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I had been a generalist the whole my career, starting from year 1999. I started from 3ds Max version 1.0 and I am still a 3ds Max 2024 user. 🙂I just add additional tools to my workflow from time to time but the main software is 3ds Max.

Very insightful. Great interview.

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Great interview bud, Im so pumped to get to work on my film series.... letsssgooo

Great discussion. The next wave of storytellers will be a lot more used to the tools, and take advantage of the tools, but it does come back to working with a great team, and passionate people. While the tools and tech are amazing, it is the people, their connection and skill that is the heart of storytelling. Awesome. Thanks Allan and Kim

Man I agree. The thing that really bothers us is the emotional pain we take. some people are hard as rocks but the majority isn't and whenever they get discomfort they cry, yell or quit in rage. Pretty sure if you take away the emotional pain from a person they would be crazy enough try again and again to until they succeed.

How to get a job at Blizzard? My answer is.. DON'T. 🚫💀 Microsoft will end up letting you go.

It happened the same to me. When I was in my 20's, I just looked at my belly button. It was all about me, my professional development and my ambitions. Once I reached my 30's and beyond, suddenly the most important thing was my nephew, watch him grow and having memories together. My partner, my friends, my family... It's cold out there. It suddenly becomes so hard to be sorounded by people who actually don't know me and that naturally don't care about me. Every day. On a city or country where I don't know anyone. And to think that the studios ask that from me: just move from one place to another. I can't do that anymore. So remote work becomes the only reason why I'm still working on this industry. Everyone is different though.

Great clip. Didn't know you were up in Portland now Allan. Hope you're enjoying the PNW.

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Networking and self promotion are really important. No one can hire you if they don't know you exist.

in my case, my professor in 3D animation course not only gave advice outside classes, he also recommended me for my first gig as an animator, that opened up my career in a good footing

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As someone who has been a fan of Wes Ball for a long time but is only just seeing this after dropping out of film school due to a disability and financial problems, this is INCREDIBLY inspiring. I've been struggling with wondering if I'll ever be able to go into film or make my own films, but hearing from my favorite director that its OKAY to fail just like... turns my doomsday perspective on its head. Thank you for posting this.

i don't know, but getting a job nowadays its like winning a lottery either you get it or you don't ... its not about how good you are but its all about the company choices

suit is too photoreal...You know what render engine they used back then?

after watching the movie in 4k, theres a few vfx scenes that still held up.

The debt some of these students carry in the US is outrageous. There are definite benefits to school but self learning and good online mentorships can be lot cheaper.

I am one of your followers from Saudi Arabia. I really love your content very much. Keep providing great content ❤👏🏻👏🏻

hey @AllanMcKay i have a basic knowledge of the basic softwares like after effects, premier pro etc but how can i learn latest softwares because if i wanna learn and goes to the company to learn and company requirement will be like "Hey, first learn and then come here for job ". I am so confused what should i do.

hi the website didn't work to see and download the courses

Disappointing to se you using AI for your Thumbs ma man not gonna lie.

You know all about stealing don’t you Brendan? This guy charged me $9600 dollars for a broken spreadsheet then blocked me on all social media platforms.

Thanks for putting out this valuable content/context. Very insightful.

I would like to do this but I'm not in the United States, nor in a first world country, all I have are my savings, 20k usd, and my basic to mid knowledge in English and my wish, is it still possible to me?

Wes seems like a really chill and nice guy!

John romero seems like such a cool down to earth guy.

If you’re not a reliable or capable artist, you’ll rarely get connections or collab opportunities. Get better and put ur work out there! Try to be easy to work with too, communicate!

Great video

Id spend sometime getting familiar with basic scripting and coding mindset... Itll make you a better problen solver and give u an edge...

22:53 to achieve the edge; the whole shot could be blue sky and graded. The background looks like a matte painting there was extensive roto on this though. My colleague did the cornfield, said he would go to sleep and just see corn for months. Good video.

Hi Allan! What is the title of the music at the beginning? Thanks

That was an excellent interview. I've used their assets for years and I never imagined how much work goes into just managing the people who build and host the assets. These two seem to have a great vision and culture for their company. It makes me even more excited to use their elements.

'I have clients that say 'I have this filter on snapchat, can you do this for cheap''? Does that ever stop being annoying? 😡

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Ai or agi if there is not control over 99% it’s will be useless where is my control after generate something

Trying to marry DCCs and making tools linking to Unreal… …and automating the process is a key thing. Chat GPT4 or its equivalent is what I’ve read about it. Looking up the correct guts of the relative scripts and training the A.I. be a pain. I would have to create something that the A.I. would look at before it asks me any queries (i wonder who taught me that?).

John is always the most interesting game developer to listen to. Too bad he betrayed the moment, he said sometime ago in a stream that "we are long past the time of making our own engine". Like bro, I'm still making my game in C. You are wrong on that, John!

Thanks for sharing this interview, I enjoyed it

thanks for this episode!

I come back to this video every time I get a job interview and it has always helped very much. Thank you for everything you have done for this community.

I've heard that noise before! @43:09

I've heard that noise before! @52:09

Great Allan❤❤❤

Thanks, Allan!

Save what you love for after hours?? That is some of the worst advice I've ever heard.. Get fucking good at what you love and find a way to make it work..

I’ve been doing very similar things for years and it took me years to develop and it’s amazing to see you sharing all of these tips in just one video, I shared it with many of team members, good stuff sir!

These films are absolutely godawful