Zach Goodwin2 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Hi, I would like to be interested in visual effect making in filmmaking, could anyone tell me what software do filmmakers use the most? I am somewhat familiar with Adobe After Effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaylee Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 there's a LOT of options, if you're a bit familiar with AE, I'd start there...! you can do an incomprehensible amount of stuff in AE, and it's a bit more approachable than Fusion, for example, or some of your other options what is your intended use? if you need to make full 3D characters that's another story... Zach Goodwin2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonim Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 I think that everything starts with inspiration as motivation - so, my suggestion would be to watch tutorials about manipulation and effects in 3D space done with Fusion, Nuke, Flame (how to change background, tracking components, even how to make enough visually suggestive simulated 3D objects from 2D images via projection maps etc). Although great and best for fast 2D effects, AE is not as much suitable for proper 3D, but has tone of ready made templates, great plugins. Also, for everything higher than several layers/intervention, nodal structure or 'tree' becomes more and more suitable. So Fusion for obvious integration with Resolve, Nuke still a bit more if you really plan to get a job into big industry players, Flame if you like to feel yourself as noble and elite member as it could be. UI logic of Flame is for me pick of the software aesthetic. Of course, there's also powerful Mistika, but it becomes, I'd say, nowadays more exotic than really differentiated. Besides, I found that nodal thinking in accomplishing 3D tasks is the most interesting encounter of logic and creativity in all software's usage. (If you wish to happily lost your mind in endless possibilities as, say, top chess players - than go into cosmos of Sidefx Houdini.) Zach Goodwin2 and kaylee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronFilm Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 If you're an indie filmmaker, then I highly highly recommend checking out HitFilm Pro! https://www.facebook.com/groups/426174967509293/ https://fxhome.com/hitfilm-pro Zach Goodwin2 and kaylee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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