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.   Show Notes: Compiled by Matt Lloyd   00.40 - Andy introduces himself 01.00 - He has been making C4D training for Lynda.com since 2013 03.00 - Andy is intending to take the C4D training a step deeper for Lynda.com, in the areas of Mograph and VFX 05.00 - OctaneRender for Cinema 4D Essential Training on Lynda 05.30 - Discussion of the accessibility of GPU rendering, as made possible by Otoy’s subscription model. 06.00 - Michael Rigley courses on Learnsquared: Workflow and Animation. He uses eGPUs, because he’s a Mac guy 06.35 - egpu.io 08.00 - How Otoy were forced to up their game by the likes of Redshift 09.00 - If you want to work in 3d, it’s a good idea to have at least a basic understanding of all the major render engines: Octane, Redshift, Arnold etc. 11.30 - Discussion of the importance of finding quality sources of 3d training, eg: Lynda, Pluralsight, Helloluxx, Eyedesyn, Brograph, FXPHD, John Dickinson 13.00 - Tim Clapham’s approach to training. 16.00 - The difficulty of balancing work and family life 19.10 - Ditto for creative passion and professional life, and the boon of having a supportive family. 20.42 - How beta-testing can help accelerate your learning 21.55 - About Mocha, roto and tracking 25.00 - Using garbage mattes to help the tracking process 26.50 - How Andy freelances on top of producing training, and being a family man 29.00 - Why Andy chose to go freelance, and his advice to people just starting out in their careers 33.00 - Using Slack channels such as Brograph and ProVideoPodcast both to promote yourself and  to reach out to other freelancers, as Andy does when offered more work than he can do.   37.57 - Pro Video Picks Software/Tech: Notion 42.00 - Following Monday Meeting on Brograph Slack 43.35 - Inspiration and Influence Book: Design For Motion 45.50 - Inspirational Video C4D Live 44.27 - Follow Andy Online: web Instagram X-particles challenge   46.36 - Who should be on the show? Marc Knapton   Pro Video Podcast...