Visual Effects Society
The VES is a Professional Honorary Society that does more than just educate and honor. We reach out to one another to promote community, connecting each other to share, encourage and promote the excellence of out art and the artists, and to speak out on behalf of VFX artists
VES Membership Advantages (International ) whether you are in a Section, or not
— Membership in th
e prestigious and only Honorary Visual Effects Organization in the world.
— Online access to the VES Member Directory of over 3,000 of the top VFX professionals in more than 30 countries around the world.
— Participation in choosing the winners of the VES Awards through online voting.
— The VES Awards Online View & Vote includes before and after breakdowns of more than 20 categories of each year's top VFX work.
— Free online access to the members' only VES Video Gallery on our website with thousands of videos of past educational events, VES Awards shows, Q&A panels, archived VES Summits and VES Festivals as well as all of the clips of nominated and winning work from the past ten VES Awards.
— Access to attend any free or member discounted VES educational or social event or screening held in every VES Section around the world, including Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, New York, London, Australia and New Zealand.
— Online access to VES White Papers, scholarly Articles, the VES Camera Report as well as industry standards in business and technology and Security Best Practices.
— Leadership opportunities — Active VES members may run for a seat on the Board of Directors, and Active or Associate members may run for the Board of Managers of any Section you reside in. You can also serve on one of the many global VES Committees.
— The studios send Awards Season year-end DVD/BIu-Ray Studio Screeners to VES members. (The studios determine which screeners they send out, and they also decide whether or not to send out screeners worldwide or just to members in the U.S.).
- Discounted VES Awards Submission fees for VES members.
- Two discounted tickets for the VES Awards show for each VES member.
- Two discounted tickets for the VES Summit in Los Angeles for each VES member.
- 200/0 off the cover price for the VES HANDBOOK OF VISUAL EFFECTS INDUSTRY STANDARD VEX PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES - 2nd EDITION from Focal Press.
- Free subscription to the digital edition of Weekly VARIETY. (VES members in North America receive print edition as well ).
- 700/0 off the newsstand price for subscriptions to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
- Free mailings for VES members in North America of ANIMATION MAGAZINE and THE WRAP during Awards Season.
- VES member discounts for online and in-person classes on the latest tools of our industry. For specifics goto www.visualeffectssociety.com/members/member-benefits
