So what is the reason why creative industry individuals sit for so long a a desk and on one application?

This Post will Give and Overview of what each group in the Target Market does.

Video editors mainly spend their time in their editing software. at the beginning of their editing process, they must first compile and sift through the footage they either shot, or received. this takes a substantial amount of time seeing that they can sometimes deal with hours of footage at a time. after they have sifted and sorted/labeled their footage in an organized fashion, they can now begin the editing process which can take hours or days to complete.

for Video effects Artists, they mainly spend their time in their VFX software. There are many fields within VFX such as :

  • Illustration
  • Chroma Keying (using green screens)
  • Stop Motion Animation
  • 2D & 3D Motion Capture Animation
  • 2D & 3D Animation
  • Compositing
  • Modeling/Sculpting
  • Rigging
  • Character Animation
  • Environment/Physical Effects (explosions, fog, smoke, set extensions, destruction)
  • Rotoscoping (tracing over motion picture footage)
  • Tracking
  • Camera Matching

Most if not all of these fields have commonalities in the VFX Process. Most of them work with individuals frames (and keyframes) and must animate the position of those frames to achieve a moving sequence. This process can take hours, days, and in the case of high profile movies, months to complete. They also must use their creativity to achieve the look that they desire for that particular sequence (some shots require a different aesthetic and thus require a different method or approach to the shot).

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CAD Professionals spend most of their time in their modeling software. once they have a design that needs to be either produced (in the case of Design modeling) or passed on to the VFX artist (in the case of VFX&Editing), they can begin their modeling process. whether it is CGI or CAD design, modelers need to create entire models with intricate parts and elements usually from scratch. this process can take hours or days to complete.

Insight
[A lot of tasks of VFX Artists either are, or directly tie into the tasks of a CAD modeler]

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Lesley University. (2020). Visual Effects (VFX) at the College of Art and Design. Retrieved September 28, 2020, from https://lesley.edu/visual-effects