VFX+CG Links
CG+VFX | FILM/VIDEO PRODUCTION & POST | PHOTOGRAPHY RESOURCES
Digital Artist (extremely inspirational)
- 3d Artists – Raph.com
- Walter Behrnes
- Colon Hess – GigXL
- Dony Permedi – Character Animator
- BGSU Digital Arts Alumni Portfolios
- Taron
- Weston Harris – First Light Photographs of Landscape and Wildlife
- The cinematic and futurist art of Roger Kupelian
- Carlos Baena | Animator
- Keith Lango | Animator
- Aaron Halifax | Animator
- Thomas Suurland Design
- Jeremy Birn | 3dRender.com
- Aristomenis Tsirbas | Meni
3D Content Creation
- Maya 3D (Autodesk Maya)
- Luxology.net – Model at the Speed of Thought
- Newtek Lightwave 3D
- NeverCenter Silo 3D
- Station X Studio’s Project Messiah
- Blender 3D Software
- Rhino 3D Software
- Computer Arts UK Magazine
- Computer Arts Online
- KeyFrame Magazine headquarters!
- NewTekPro Magazine Home Page
CG Industry | News | Forums
- CG Society
- CGTalk
- CGNetworks.com
- CGChannel.com
- AWN Animation World Network
- AWN Animation Industry Database
- Conceptart.org Forum & Gallery
- Flay.com
- 3D Gate
- 3D Total
- Animation World Network
- 3D LuVr “Where Art & Technology Meet”
- Inside Computer Graphics
- Zoo Render.com
- 3D Spline
- CG Focus
- Inside CG
- Spin Quad Forums
- CG Tutorials.com
Top 25 U.S. Studios
- Luma Pictures
- Digital Domain
- Pixar
- Laika
- RhinoFX
- menithings
- Blur Studios
- Rhythm & Hues Studio
- Dreamworks Animation
- Momentum VFX
- Flash Film Works Hollywood
- Pendulum Studios
- Double Negative
- Anthem Visual FX
- The Embassy VFX
- Cinesite
- High Moon Studios
- MassiveBlack
- EdenFX
- Blind
- Walt Disney Pictures
- Suspect
- Passion Pictures
- Rezn8
Final Cut Studio | Shake
- Ken Stone’s Final Cut Pro Resources
- Los Angelos Final Cut Pro User Group Tutorials
- Ripple Training : FCP : Motion : Soundtrack : Logic : Compressor : QT 7 Pro : DVD Studio
- Stib’s free Final Cut Pro plugins
- MotionVFX.com Resources & Forums
- Joe’s FCP Filters
- DV.com the Premiere source for DV news!
- ffmpegx- video/audio encoder for OSX
- Rhed Pixel – Richard Harrington
- Automatic Duck
- Tool Farm.com
- Digital Film Tools
- The Plugin Site
- Intelligent Assistance for LiveType and Calligraphy
- Red Giant Software
- Digital-Heaven.co.uk
- Avid to FCP Utility
Best of Luxology
Best of Lightwave
- IFW Shaders Procedural Shaders – Richard Jennings
- Scott Camerons Collection of LW Tutorial Links
- Kurv Studios
- Newtek’s collection of LW Tutorials & LW Video
- Newtek’s LW written Tutorials
- Flay.com
- Joe Alter’s Hair and Facial Animation software.
Best of Maya
- CGtoolkit.com – The Art of Rigging
- HighEnd3d.com – Maya Section
- The Setup Machine 2 for Maya Anzovinstudio.com
- Animation Studio : Advanced Skeleton : Storyboard Pro
- Ian Jones shrtcwww.com – Technical Director
- Strut your Reel Forums.
- Generi – Free Maya Rig
Learning Tutorials
- Learning Maya Tutorial Site
- AnimationRigs.com
- 3d Total
- Highend3D.com
- Anticz
- Animated news, Animated Movies, Cartoons
- Character Rigging by Jean-Philippe Savariault
- Pixar’s Online Graphics Library
- The Gnomon Workshop : Training DVDs
3D Apps | Plug-ins | MelScripts | Mental Ray Shaders
Pipeline Tools
Free Tools
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Artist Resources | Drawing | Photography | Tools
- 3d.sk – Human Photo Reference 4 3d artists
- environment-textures.com
- Female Anatomy for Artist
- Red Digital Camera
- artnanomy – by Victoria Contreras Flores
- The Camera Lens.com
- Hollywood Camera Works – Cinematography Training
Podcasts | Music
- Montreal’s Best Funk, Underground Radio! CKUT : WeFunkRadio.com
- Animation Podcast – The Best Podcast available!!!!
- FXGuide.com Visual Effects News Podcast
Competitions | CG Community | Film Contests
- Siggraph.org : “Where technology & art meet”
- WithoutaBox: Home Submit your film or script to 1000′s of Competitions.
- Final Draft “Just add words”
Job Resources
- Creative Heads
- CG Channel Jobs Board
- 3D Cafe
- TV-3D
- TurboSquid
- fxphd.com Online Training for Film & VFX
