Hey, anyone out there have any good sites/books/resources that talk about computer effects and how they are used in video and motion pictures. I am looking to learn about this aspect of production for use in my next couple of projects.

I don't do much of that type of work. After Effects does what I need, but lets give this a bump to the top and see if anyone else has any thoughts.

Jeff

www.vfxpro.com has a few good articles. www.flay.com is a great resource, if you forget the very technical stuff in the center and check the articles on the side. But its hard to find a good "how do i do special fx" place really. My hottest tip is to just ask here. Im sure there are more Visual Effects people here than me. (Yes, although i now mostly do behind camera work, i have screen credits for doing a fully CGI baby sequence in a UK Indie film called Designer Baby (I wonder if anyone seen that one :) )

Have fun,
Henrik Bengtsson
DocuWild

also check out www.fxguide.com, which mostly covers discreets line of visual effects tools, but also presents concepts that may be transferrable to other products and platforms. certainly worth a look though.

also two other sites i forgot to mention which may be of interest:

www.highend3d.com
www.highend2d.com

There are also some good books (from ILM for example --> very
expensive though) on the subject. I also had a short subscription
to Cinefex magazine which describes the effects for that latest
and greatest movies. This magazine comes in a book form and
actually is more of a book than a magazine and has very good
quality pictures. If your interested I can send you a couple of
scans as samples. The magazine can be found at www.cinefex.com