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Published: Sept. 20, 2018, 6 p.m.

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Andy Needham is a freelance motion designer, editor, and compositor. He is also a Lynda trainer for 3D, motion, compositing, After Effects, Cinema 4D, Nuke, Illustrator, X-Particles & Octane. His clients include Google, Sony Ericsson, X Factor USA, and Coldplay.

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Show Notes: Compiled by Matt Lloyd

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00.40 - Andy introduces himself

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01.00 - He has been making C4D training for Lynda.com since 2013

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03.00 - Andy is intending to take the C4D training a step deeper for Lynda.com, in the areas of Mograph and VFX

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05.00 - OctaneRender for Cinema 4D Essential Training on Lynda

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05.30 - Discussion of the accessibility of GPU rendering, as made possible by Otoy\\u2019s subscription model.

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06.00 - Michael Rigley courses on Learnsquared: Workflow and Animation. He uses eGPUs, because he\\u2019s a Mac guy

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06.35 - egpu.io

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08.00 - How Otoy were forced to up their game by the likes of Redshift

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09.00 - If you want to work in 3d, it\\u2019s a good idea to have at least a basic understanding of all the major render engines: Octane, Redshift, Arnold etc.

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11.30 - Discussion of the importance of finding quality sources of 3d training, eg: Lynda, Pluralsight, Helloluxx, Eyedesyn, Brograph, FXPHD, John Dickinson

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13.00 - Tim Clapham\\u2019s approach to training.

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16.00 - The difficulty of balancing work and family life

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19.10 - Ditto for creative passion and professional life, and the boon of having a supportive family.

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20.42 - How beta-testing can help accelerate your learning

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21.55 - About Mocha, roto and tracking

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25.00 - Using garbage mattes to help the tracking process

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26.50 - How Andy freelances on top of producing training, and being a family man

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29.00 - Why Andy chose to go freelance, and his advice to people just starting out in their careers

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33.00 - Using Slack channels such as Brograph and ProVideoPodcast both to promote yourself and\\xa0 to reach out to other freelancers, as Andy does when offered more work than he can do.

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37.57 - Pro Video Picks

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Software/Tech:

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Notion

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42.00 - Following

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Monday Meeting on Brograph Slack

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43.35 - Inspiration and Influence

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Book: Design For Motion

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45.50 - Inspirational Video

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C4D Live

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44.27 - Follow Andy Online:

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web

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Instagram

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X-particles challenge

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46.36 - Who should be on the show?

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Marc Knapton

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