Peter Timberlake – free high quality practice material for compositors
/ production, reference, software

https://www.petertimberlake.com/practicematerial

 

“…a bunch of high quality practice material for compositors looking to build their reels. Contains all plates, roto, CG elements, matte paintings, and everything required to start compositing.

 

 

Amazon makes AWS Thinkbox software available free
/ production, software

http://www.cgchannel.com/2022/08/amazon-makes-all-aws-thinkbox-software-available-free/

 

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has made its AWS Thinkbox software products – Deadline, Draft, Krakatoa, Frost, XMesh, Sequoia and Stoke – available for free.

Anyone with a free AWS account can download the software, with 50,000 one-year licences available for each. Users of Deadline and Krakatoa can also obtain Usage-Based Licensing (UBL) render time for free.

 

Netflix shares loss may trigger a free, ad-supported streaming
/ ves

tbivision.com/2022/04/20/netflix-shares-plummet-33-after-losing-subscribers-for-first-time-in-a-decade/

Announcing its Q1 2022 results, the streaming leader revealed that it had lost 200,000 subscribers in the quarter, prompting an investor sell-off that lopped off more than a third of the SVOD’s value in after-hours trading.

Netflix co-CEO Reed Hastings then revealed in an earnings call that the streamer would roll out cheaper ad-supported versions of its service, with plans being explored “over the next year or two.”

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-61173561

 

Squeezed consumers are cutting back on streaming services to save money, while some feel there is too much content to choose from amid an avalanche of competition from rivals such as Disney and Amazon.

“Netflix’s wider problem, along with the rest of the sector is that consumers don’t have unlimited funds, and that one or two subscriptions is usually enough,” said Michael Hewson, an analyst at CMC Markets.

Netflix remains the world’s leading streaming service with more than 220 million subscribers. It is increasingly producing its own content and shows such as the Crown, Bridgerton and Squid Game have been global hits.

The firm had enjoyed uninterrupted quarterly growth in subscribers since October 2011 but on Tuesday it admitted it was losing customers to rivals, while struggling to expand due to password sharing.

It also said a decision to raise prices in key markets had cost it 600,000 subscribers in North America alone, while its exit from Russia over Ukraine lost it 700,000.

Disney’s Moana Island Scene – Free data set
/ lighting, production, reference, software

https://www.disneyanimation.com/resources/moana-island-scene/

 

This data set contains everything necessary to render a version of the Motunui island featured in the 2016 film Moana.

 

FreeCodeCamp – Foundations of Entrepreneurship
/ quotes

www.freecodecamp.org/news/important-lessons-they-dont-teach-you-in-business-school/

 

Here are the sections in this free business course:

 

  • Section 1: Relationships Are More Important Than Product Knowledge
  • Section 2: Be Long Term Greedy
  • Section 3: Avoid Burnout
  • Section 4: Create Off The Charts Confidence; Wear That Super Superman Cape!
  • Section 5: Ethics. Use It or Lose It
  • Section 6: Every Battle is Won Before It Has Been Fought
  • Section 7: Goal Setting
  • Section 8: Happiness is…
  • Section 9: Legal Stuff is Important
  • Section 10: Management Best Practices
  • Section 11: Navigating Corporate Politics; Swimming with Sharks
  • Section 12: Only Take Advice from Successful People
  • Section 13: Only the Paranoid Survive
  • Section 14: Risk Taking
  • Section 15: Sales Best Practices
  • Section 16: Think Different
  • Section 17: You Be You
Visual Code Studio – Free. Built on open source. Runs everywhere code editor.
/ production, python, software

code.visualstudio.com/

 

https://www.freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-set-up-vs-code-for-web-development/

 

Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor which runs on your desktop and is available for Windows, macOS and Linux. It comes with built-in support for JavaScript, TypeScript and Node.js and has a rich ecosystem of extensions for other languages (such as C++, C#, Java, Python, PHP, Go) and runtimes (such as .NET and Unity).
freecodecamp – The 60 core Bash commands everyone should be familiar with
/ software

This Linux Command Handbook covers 60 core Bash commands you will need as a developer. Each entry includes example code and tips for when to use that command. You can bookmark this in your browser or download a PDF version for free.

www.freecodecamp.org/news/the-linux-commands-handbook/

The Linux man command
The Linux ls command
The Linux cd command
The Linux pwd command
The Linux mkdir command
The Linux rmdir command
The Linux mv command
The Linux cp command
The Linux open command
The Linux touch command
The Linux find command
The Linux ln command
The Linux gzip command
The Linux gunzip command
The Linux tar command
The Linux alias command
The Linux cat command
The Linux less command
The Linux tail command
The Linux wc command
The Linux grep command
The Linux sort command
The Linux uniq command
The Linux diff command
The Linux echo command
The Linux chown command
The Linux chmod command
The Linux umask command
The Linux du command
The Linux df command
The Linux basename command
The Linux dirname command
The Linux ps command
The Linux top command
The Linux kill command
The Linux killall command
The Linux jobs command
The Linux bg command
The Linux fg command
The Linux type command
The Linux which command
The Linux nohup command
The Linux xargs command
The Linux vim editor command
The Linux emacs editor command
The Linux nano editor command
The Linux whoami command
The Linux who command
The Linux su command
The Linux sudo command
The Linux passwd command
The Linux ping command
The Linux traceroute command
The Linux clear command
The Linux history command
The Linux export command
The Linux crontab command
The Linux uname command
The Linux env command
The Linux printenv command