Maya is declining right now, with the rise of Houdini and Blender. It is by far the best for animating and rigging right now, and is ideal for rendering final shots and lighting in. Maya is used all over the place, but it dominates in the VFX industry.

I'm not sure what to put my time towards learning/what's kind of the accepted practice in the industry. I just don't know if it's up to snuff compared to C4D. I realize using a C4D demo reel as the example for what I want to do while asking this question might seem a little stupid lol but I've seen some demos for grease pencil in blender and that looks cool too so I don't know.

His is a good example of the sorts of things I want to do: Generally I'm looking to get into VFX/animation and motion graphics, as well as lighting and modeling but not as intensive.

I know C4D is something of the industry standard in this field but I've also heard really good things about blender lately and am wondering how it might stack up now that it has the eevee renderer built-in. Hey everyone, I'm looking to get more into 3D with a focus on motion graphic vfx type stuff working in tandem with AE.

Foundry - Learn (Tutorials for Foundry products (Nuke, Mari, Katana.).

CGSociety (8 week courses focussing on key areas of VFX and digital art).

Plural Sight(Formally 'Digital Tutors').

FXPHD (Higher end VFX training with full access to software via VPN).

(Training for all software! Free with most (all?) North American library cards).

Some other VFX related subreddits you may enjoy.

r/Allegorithmic (Substance Painter / Designer).

Some other software specific subreddits that may be of interest. etc)įor Live VFX chat, try the Discord Server here VFX for industry pros, students, and hobbyists! Video clips, articles, news, and tutorials for fans and people in the visual effects industry.Ĭhris Mayne's vfx resource document available here (Job openings, Internships, Upcoming Events.

C4d or blender