Renaissance VFX Artist Jesse Michael Newman on Sapphire Plugins: Boris FX Live #35

Join us live on Wednesday, March 2nd at 2pm EST / 5pm UTC as we talk to Jesse Michael Newman, mind bending VFX artist who pushes the boundaries of art, Adobe After Effects, and Sapphire plugins to the extreme. His personal project, REBIRTH of GAEA, is a visual tapestry that interweaves reflections on the environment and spirituality with imagery of Greek Mythology. Don't miss out on this chance to hear Jesse deconstruct his artistic process and learn how he balances his professional career and his love for his incredibly personal art.

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Learn more about Jesse Michael Newman: https://www.jessenewman.com/
Read Jesse's profile on Borisfx.com: https://borisfx.com/customer-stories/renaissance-vfx-artist-jesse-michael-newman-on-sapphire/

About Jesse:
Jesse Michael Newman is a high-end VFX artist who has worked on Academy Award-nominated films, a digital matte painter whose personal work has been featured in galleries across the country, and father to seven kids.

Newman, whose recent credits include shots for DC Comic’s Justice League, Netflix’s Lost in Space, an HP/Star Wars commercial, the US Navy, and hologram-makers Light Field Lab, works across various areas of post-production. “I might do the CG, motion design, and compositing all within the same shot,” states Newman. “I think it helps to have an interdisciplinary approach so that, for example, there is a sense of design in the composite of a lens flare, a nuanced sensibility to the motion of a 3D piece, etc. It seems that more and more people are working this way.”

“Sapphire is integral to my After Effects workflow,” continues Newman. “It’s the effects package — the glue — that holds many of my projects together. I feel so much gratitude to the geniuses who create these tools. Everything I do I consider a team effort with the effect creators who make these techniques possible.” Rather than adding effects to the end of a project, Newman incorporates Sapphire into his workflow from the beginning to help him get a sense of what the final look will be as he’s creating it. Among his favorite effects are S_DistortChroma, S_ZDefocus, S_Glint, S_Kaleido, and S_DigitalDamage.

Newman works on between 20-30 projects a year with an average turnaround time between one and two weeks, and when he’s not busy with family life, he finds time to work on his personal projects blending art, technology, and spirituality. Regardless of what he’s working on, Sapphire is a constant. “There are so many different ways Sapphire’s effects can be used that not only save effort and time. They are often indispensable,” comments Newman. “From what I can tell, several of the things I do couldn’t even be achieved any other way.”

“I love discovering the latest tools that I can add to my bag of tricks. I feel like a kid in a candy store when I come across some amazing new tool that either helps me more authentically replicate what I see in my mind’s eye or through happy accidents allow ‘me’ to create something beautiful,” ends Newman. “A lot of times I just move the sliders around until something cool emerges, and it’s hard to take credit for those moments of serendipity.”

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