See also General Filmmaker and Editor pages.
Links
Animation World Network
https://www.awn.com
Largest animation publishing group on the web
Ansah & Miller’s VFX Podcast
https://www.thevfxartistspodcast.com
Art Station – store portfolio, find & post jobs
https://www.artstation.com
Art of the Title
https://www.artofthetitle.com
Autodesk – Visual Effects Software
https://www.autodesk.com/solutions/visual-effects
Autodesk – Maya
https://www.autodesk.com/products/maya/overview
Maya Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbvsJz5ZcmxFtaUnn2Gwzws-kgXRbO8MP
Best Software Compared (GitNux)
https://gitnux.org/best/vfx-compositing-software
Corridor Crew: How it was made channel
https://www.youtube.com/user/samandniko
Digital Cinema Today
https://www.dcinematoday.com
Envato Tuts – After Effects for Beginners Mega Course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWvPbGWVRrU
FX Guide
https://www.fxguide.com
Mocha Tutorials
https://borisfx.com/videos/?tags=product:Mocha%20Pro,product:Mocha%20AE&search=
Motion Array – After Effects Tutorials
https://motionarray.com/learn/after-effects/after-effects-beginners-course-learn-after-effects-in-1-hour
Red Giant (VFX specialists’ blog)
https://www.maxon.net/en/red-giant
RenderHub
https://www.renderhub.com
Shanks FX (channel)
https://www.youtube.com/user/joeyshanksfx
Special Effects Homepage
https://www.angelfire.com/movies/nobudgetsfx/index.html
Studio Binder: What is VFX?
https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-vfx
Superhive: tools for Blender
https://superhivemarket.com
Topic Rooms VFX
https://www.topicroomsvfx.com
Assets for Unity & Unreal Engine
https://www.fab.com
Unreal Engine – 11-hour course for beginners
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UlU_FsicK8
Unreal Engine – free assets
https://www.makeuseof.com/unreal-engine-5-assets-where-to-find
Unreal Engine Plugins (9 x best 2024)
https://kitbash3d.com/a/blog/best-plugins-for-unreal-engine-5
Unreal Engine Tutorials
https://dev.epicgames.com/community/unreal-engine/learning
Vashi Visuals:
- Adobe After Effects
- Unreal Engine
- VFX (in general)
VFX Cookbook
https://www.vfxcookbook.com
VFX in Maya & After Effects (course)
https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/3580-introduction-to-vfx-in-maya-and-after-effects
Video Co-pilot (Adobe After Effects tutorials)
https://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials
Visual Effects Headquarters
http://www.vfxhq.com
Visual Effects Society
https://www.vesglobal.org
Visual Effects Society: London Branch
https://www.vesglobal.org/group/london
Wired Design FX
https://www.wired.com/video/series/design-fx
Worldwide Effects (Bulgaria)
https://wwfx.net
Software
- Adobe: After Effects
- Apple: Motion
- Autodesk: 3Ds Max
- Autodesk: MAYA
- Blackmagic: Fusion
- Blender Foundation: Blender
- Boris FX: Mocha
- Foundry: Nuke
- FXhome: HitFilm Pro
- IDV Inc.: SpeedTree
- Maxon: Cinema 4D
- Next Limit Technologies: RealFlow
- Pixologic: ZBrush
- SideFX: Houdini
- Solid Angle: Arnold
- Epic Games: Unreal Engine
Fora
Action VFX Forum
https://forum.actionvfx.com
ArtStation Forum
https://help.artstation.com/hc/en-us
Blender Artists (Blender community)
https://blenderartists.org
CG Society Forum
https://forums.cgsociety.org
Mocha
Mocha AE Users’ Forum
https://forum.borisfx.com/c/mochaae
Mocha Pro Users’ Forum
https://forum.borisfx.com/c/mochapro
Real-Time VFX
https://realtimevfx.com
Red User
https://reduser.net/forum/forum.php
https://social.sparkles.cafe/exploreReddit VFX Forum
https://www.reddit.com/r/vfx
Unity Forum
https://forum.unity.com
Unreal Engine Fora
https://forums.unrealengine.com
https://www.reddit.com/r/unrealengine
Magazines
Cinemagic back issues
https://comicsforall269084760.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/cinemagic
Books
BRINKMANN, Ron:
The Art & Science of Digital Compositing
(Morgan Kaufmann, 2008)
BYRNE, Bill:
The Visual Effects Arsenal: VFX Solutions for the Independent Filmmaker
(Routledge, 2012)
DINUR, Eran:
The Filmmaker’s Guide to Visual Effects
(Routledge, 2023)
FINANCE, Charles & ZWERMAN, Susan:
Understanding the Art & Business of VFX
(Routledge, 2009)
GRAGE, Pierre:
Inside VFX: An Insider’s View into the Visual Effects & Film Business
(Createspace Independent, 2014)
HOLMES, Shaina & POWERS, Laurie:
Visual Effects for Indie Filmmakers: A Guide to VFX Integration & Artist Collaboration
(Routledge, 2023)
LAU, Vicki:
Why I Do VFX: The Untold Truths about Working in Visual Effects
(independently published, 2021)
OKUN, Jeffrey & ZWERMAN, Susan:
The VES Handbook of Visual Effects: Industry Standard VFX Practices & Procedures
(Routledge, 2020)
PERISIC, Zoran:
Visual Effects Cinematography
(Focal Press, 2001)
RADKE, Richard:
Computer Vision for Visual Effects
(Cambridge University Press, 2012)
RODA, Chris:
Real Time Visual Effects for the Technical Artist
(CRC Press, 2022)
SAWICKI, Mark:
Filming the Fantastic: A Guide to Visual Effects Cinematography
(Routledge, 2020)
Unreal Engine: Amazon UK lists tens of books about using Unreal Engine
WATT, Martin et al:
Multithreading for Visual Effects
(AK Peters /CRC Press, 2014)
WOLF, Mark:
Smoke & Mirrors: Special Visual Effects B.C. (Before Computers)
(BearManor Media, 2021)
WRIGHT, Steve:
Digital Compositing for Film & Video: Production Workflows & Techniques
(Routledge, 2017)