A Cup Of Joe VFX & Animation

SIGGRAPH 2024 ANNOUNCEMENT: 6 VFX/Animation Birds of a Feather Talks - A Conference within SIGGRAPH

Meet Andy Parma, AMD Segment Dir., Talking about the Threadripper Pro vs. EPYC CPU / NAB & SIGGRAPH

Learn Virtual Production: This new VES Handbook covers the world of LED Walls & Real-time rendering

Virtual Production LED Volumes revisited for 2024 w/Erik Weaver, industry expert, a trusted resource

Triple-Shot of SIGGRAPH 2023 BoF Talks On-prem/Hybrid Renderfarming, Cloud Native, & Studio Storage!

Surviving an Extended Strike: Mitigating Risks, Financial Planning for VFX & Animation Workers

Practice Safe Teleconferencing - don’t be that person who “thought the cam was off!” #safewebcamming

2022 Nominations for the VES Awards AND Big News, not only am I attending, but... | VFX & Animation

We hit 1000 Subs! Thanks everyone.

Happy New Year! I talk about the big VFX/Animation tech moments of '22 and what to expect in '23.

VFX Pipeline in 60 Secs

How to build a VFX Studio in 60 Seconds

The CTO for VFX & Animation at Dell on Virtual Production, Hardware, Storage, new tech in '23 & '24

Where did Joe go? Arctic Ocean? Will the Channel Keep Going? Let me explain what is going on?

Stack frames from the same render job on the same render host!

Inside scoop: BoF notes on RenderFarming & Studio Storage talks at SIGGRAPH 2022. Get Tips & Tricks!

Look at the size of that rack! It's even bigger than it looks! Guess how much each one weighs!!

Which Version of Linux do you run for VFX/Animation Studios? Red Hat? Ubuntu? CentOS is going away!

Build procedures early in projects, before you need them. Crunch time is not when you want to start.

The power of a rapid first response - Acknowledging a request is one of the most important steps!

Standardize your workflows and then expect to most of your time to be spent managing the exceptions.

Tip from Joe: When you hear distressing news, avoid reacting emotionally.

IATSE had a booth at SIGGRAPH 2022 so I thought I would let them explain thier purpose.

iograft's SIGGRAPH Debut: Adaptable node-based processing framework & visual interface for pipeline

Exclusive Sneak Peek Dell/AMD Precision @SIGGRAPH VFX Desktop with a Threadripper. Not yet available

Should I do an audio-only podcast? Shout out to Matt Ward for suggesting it!

SIGGRAPH 2022 Walk-through: Lets walk the floor with a wide-angled lens - see VFX & Animation booths

Goodbye SIGGRAPH! I had hoped to avoid COVID there. This is my quick exit & overall impressions.

Pixar Animation Hiring - Dream Job - Great for Mid-level ex-wranglers, lighting ATDs and CG artists.

Ep 3 VAST Data: Breaking the tiered data paradigm, an all-flash NAS and a DASE model is just a start

I just passed 100 vids! Time to answer some questions. Send me your ideas on what you'd like to see!

Ep 2 Qumulo: Widely deployed NAS to Petabyte scale w/ a big focus on Analytics & Render Farm files

Ep 1 Dell PowerScale aka Isilon a NAS widely sold to VFX/Animation. Isilon is great for Render Farms

Which NAS should I buy for my VFX & Animation Studio? The Render Farm-Storage Challenge w/ CGI loads

Big pre-SIGGRAPH ANNOUCEMENTS. What else will be announced?

NEW INTRO with Drone Footage / We talk about Opportunity Cost and Render Farms & killing render jobs

DigiPro: A Conference Within A Conference 1-day before SIGGRAPH, VFX & Animation Digital Production

Were You Planning to Attend SIGGRAPH 2022? WATCH THIS! Things have changed. MUST-KNOW INFORMATION.

The RAM-HOURS vs. CORE-HOURS Challenge. VFX & Animation job size is all about RAM now. CPU & GPU

Which SIGGRAPH Pass should you buy?? Every VFX & Animation worker should consider one of the levels

Ep 6: The REAL reason he walked away from Industrial Light & Magic? Was it Jar-Jar or South Park?

Guinness Book of Records -Largest LED Virtual Production Stage is In Vancouver!! VFX's newest tool.

Chris Rock SLAPPED by Will Smith at Oscars for Jada Pinkett Smith. Let's talk about Professionalism

Ep 5: Star Wars to Big Rig Trucker? VFX/Animation's Louis Katz trades a desk for 18-wheeler! Ep. 5

My TOP 5 Lucasfilm/ILM Moments! I re-edited my older Linked-In vid with Star Wars memories.

How a render farm lesson changed my life. Let's sit down for a quick Cup of Joe, VFX & Animation

Big Drama at the VES Awards this year! Shout out to Dune, Encanto, Loki, Foundation, and more!

OOPS! My 1st $15,000 Mistake at a VFX Studio! How to deal with a costly mistake in the workplace.

This topic silenced the room at SIGGRAPH! No one will touch it, but its time I speak my truth! :-)

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