Dear All:
I am a mechanical engineer and reasonably adept at most things technical, but I would like to learn how to do VFX relatively quickly. Yes, I know how to run Google, but instead of watching 2 hour tutorials for things I don’t need to do and downloading demo programs I don’t need, I would prefer to have direct tutoring to get started and get the project done sometime over the summer / early fall of this year. It’s not a lot of special effects and nothing overly complex but again, I have been overwhelmed with information using Google and haven’t gotten very far. First discussion would be which tools do I need and which can I get free or reasonably low cost (lease per month?). Anyway, please PM if interested or can direct me to the right place. I am looking to make the sequel to this:
Special effects are around 10:00 and then 15:00 and then again at the end. Looking to continue the story.
There’s a budget for all of this and it’s not huge. My guess so far is that I can lease Maya LT for $50 a month and do what I need, but I am not sure about this. Other people have recommended Fusion 8, the free version and Blender of course for the 3D stuff.
Starting with some basic stuff… Tie fighter, Millennium Falcon cruising through space near the Death Star. Maybe some Light Sabre work, that sort of thing.
Mike