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 Testing - Please ignoresMy tests.Jump to to New SectionMore stuff here This is a testMore stuff here as wellNew SectionJumping to here.

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I've started a new website. Not sure if I'll be going to add new blog posts here or at the new site moving forward. I don't have any immediate posts in mind (nor the time at the moment) but let m...

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I've had some discussions with a few people about the need to try preserve some of the pre-Digital visual effects equipment (optical printers, animation stands, motion control systems, etc) as we...

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Visual Effects and Overtime The visual effects industry and workers suffer from a number problems. Two of those are massive overtime and unpaid overtime. A full-time job in most industries is 40 ...

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Since this is happening more frequently I thought it best to create a form for visual effects workers and reporters. ------------------------------------ cut here --------------------------------...

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It's NOT just business At last year's VES Production Summit I was approached by the owner of a small vfx shop asking why I didn't cover some of the good or successful stories. He mentioned his co...

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I'm doing some basic research on 2 things: Visual effects and animation students or graduates who feel they were misled by the school they went to regarding vfx and animation jobs, their ability,...

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Underbidding Visual Effects One of the most problematic issues in the VFX industry, besides subsidies, is underbidding This is where a company knowingly underbids what the company  estimates...

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Film Subsidy Bubbles Dangers to those in the subsidized areas even if they may not be aware of it. Someone on an email group questions why subsidies for visual effects were bad and why would we w...

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The Impact of Visual Effects Subsidies  This was a post in regard to a conversation and postings on a mailing list.  I'm paraphrasing the original comments here so these are not the tru...

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Sad state of the Visual Effects Industry For anyone considering visual effects as a career and for those already working in the industry-  please check out this great article by Jeff Heusser...

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Survey Comments I did a simple survey asking visual effects and animation professionals about their working conditions. For more details and the results of the survey see  Visual Effect...

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Visual Effects Working Conditions Survey [Update:  What follows is the details of the survey and then final summery at the end.  I'm adding some of summary results here for those who si...

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Visual Effects Professionals United [Update: 4-12-2013 I've adjusted the page a bit. The VES has a project in process and one of those has to do with the workforce. I've been tasked with trying t...

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Last night was a great visual effects event.  Visual Effects World Wide Town Hall - Pi Day. A great many people worked incredibly hard to pull this off in the time available. (Big thank...

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In case you haven't heard the VFX Town Hall on Pi Day is being held 3.14 (Tomorrow as I write this) It's in Los Angles but there will groups in San Francisco area, Vancouver, New Zealand and else...

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We are artists I was asked in the comments of another post why I didn't care for the term technicians. Aren't there technicians as well as artists doing visual effects? Here's my response that I ...

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Van Ling, a visual effects artists for many years and a fellow board member at the VES has asked me to publish his open letter.  I've never had a guest blogger post here before but I thought...

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Visual effects are inexpensive (relative to other options) Ang Lee and everyone in Hollywood say visual effects are too expensive. We’ve created the worlds and characters that make their movies...

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Risk and subsidies This post is in response to a comment on the previous post Oh, the mess we’re in! . Blogger is unable to allow long comments so I've made a new post for the respons...

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Bad Visual Effects Business Practices It seems a few times a year we hear of another visual effects company going out

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