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Website Improvement Plan
As I hope to return to the VFX/FILM industry, I want to start a feedback loop with my portfolio and website. This however will probably bring up some glaring issues that the website has. Before I get feedback for my work, we need to address the main issues that my work has. 10/04/26 TAROT CARD UPDATE [Tarot Cards, old design] [Tarot Cards, new design] 17/03/26 ABOUT PAGE Redesign the about page to be uniform with the remainder of the website. [Right: Old About Section] / [Lef

Ethen Dent
Mar 253 min read


Escapeverse: A Journey into a Career in Animation
“Rebecca will be talking about her journey into and through the animation industry starting off in GCSE Art and Media studies and ending up at DNEG Animation department working on her 6th feature project. This presentation will track how her journey into this industry started, before even deciding to go into film - the strategic steps taken at University to land her first job one month after graduating, and navigating the industry after that first project.” 24/02/26 10:30 - 1

Ethen Dent
Mar 25 min read


Export & Basic Pipeline (Phase 3)
A successful solve is only useful once it can be successfully exported and integrated into a production pipeline. In Phase 03, I cover the funcamentals of exporting matchmoving data and focus on introducing the data into a production pipeline that allow tracked cameras and scene data to move between softwares used in VFX workflows. 26/02/26 EXPORT TO MAYA Since last working with 3DEqualizer, many things have been updated and moved around. Exporting is mostly the same with add

Ethen Dent
Feb 272 min read


Solving, Lenses & Lineups (Phase 2)
Thumbnail Photo After the fundamentals of tracking, our focus shifts towards the necessary skills to improve our solve accuracy: lens parameters, solving and lineups. Before camera solves can match up with the plate, the parameters of the lens need to be calculated. From there, lineups ensure that the reconstructed scene aligns with the original plate. This phase covers technical accuracy and parameters for improved integration. 23/02/26 LENS DISTORTION GRIDS In this tutorial

Ethen Dent
Feb 252 min read


Core Fundamentals (Phase 1)
As someone who specialised in Matchmove and Layout, I ought to brush up on my 3DE knowledge as well as fill in any gaps I may have had. The plan is to go through all of Science D-Visions tutorial content to ensure I (re)cover anything I need to know in 3DE. This post consists of PHASE 01 - CORE FUNDAMENTALS. 05/02/26 INSTALLATION GUIDE 3DEQUALIZER4 So we’re not practicing any skills yet. Just going through the installation guide and I’ve prepped a rough order to the tutorial

Ethen Dent
Feb 224 min read
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