The SEMAFX Network

Since 1998, the SEMAFX Network has been Southeast Michigan's HUB for Animation, Visual FX and the digital arts. We are a professional organization who emphasizes sharing, collaborating and mentoring of young people who need resources for learning, networking, and developing their Craft in the Digital Visual Arts.

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May 8 at 6:30 PM, 29 Digital Artists attended
SEMAFX Gets Personal Tour of Raleigh Michigan Studio!
They rated it 4.507 (7 ratings) and uploaded 5 photos

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It's nice to know that a facility is located in Michigan that has the capacity to provide services to large and small scale producti ...

—Jon Hillis

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Thank you David for the great tour of Raleigh! ...

—Scott Paul Dunham
April 24 at 6:00 PM, 45 Digital Artists attended
SEMAFX Hits the Road to Ferris State in Grand Rapids! April 24th
They rated it 5.003 (3 ratings) and uploaded 1 photos

SEMAFX is hitting the ROAD! Yep, we're going on a ROAD TRIP! The good folks at Ferris State University in Grand Rapids are hosting our April 24th SEMAFX Networking event... Learn more
March 13 at 6:30 PM, 45 Digital Artists attended
Attend the "SEMAFX Showcase" at Schoolcraft College!
They rated it 5.004 (4 ratings)

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Some great work, talented local digital artists and good times talking all things pixel...

—shane

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Liked to see what local artists had to show.

—Dan Kessler
February 7 at 6:30 PM, 72 Digital Artists attended
SEMAFX Network Tours Autodesk- Feb 7th
They rated it 5.0011 (11 ratings)

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Great meeting. Glad to see such a large attendance.

—Dan Kessler

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This was a cool event, also the first I have attended. ...

—Sam Compton
January 17 at 6:30 PM, 22 Digital Artists attended
Mackevision Tour, Talk and Social Gathering
They rated it 4.507 (7 ratings)

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Great night! Eric Pinkel gave Pa great talk, demo and tour. It was good to see so many new faces and old friends. SEMAFX is BACK!

—Scott Paul Dunham

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Fantastic presentation by Mackevision and really enjoyed meeting members of the team. ...

—Rich Mazza

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New Member

Matthew Weng joined
Wednesday at 11:03 AM

"CG/VFX - Creative Editorial Currently I'm a freelance Smoke/Avid editor and colorist at Digital Image Studios in Farmington Hills."
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Sarah added 4 new photos to SEMAFX Gets Personal Tour of Raleigh Michigan Studio!
May 21 at 4:16 PM
New Discussion

Brendan Levesque started Jugnoo Video Contest- $3000 bucks Top Prize!
May 11 at 6:36 PM

"Hello Fellow Filmmakers! Just another reminder that Jugnoo’s Trap a Trend and Win!..."

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Brendan Levesque joined
May 11 at 6:35 PM

"Brendan!"
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Felicia Cross attended SEMAFX Gets Personal Tour of Raleigh Michigan Studio!
May 10 at 7:35 PM

"Sadly Raleigh Studios looks like a ghost town, but I appreciate the opportunity to see the facility because the chance doesn't come around often. Scott you put together a nice evening."

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Group Review

Joe Dinda wrote a group review
May 9 at 4:57 PM

"I've only attended one meetup/function so far, but I'm very happy with my experience so far! I let a lot of nice, knowledgeable people last night, and look forward to future meetups."
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Joe Dinda attended SEMAFX Gets Personal Tour of Raleigh Michigan Studio!
May 9 at 4:57 PM

"Had a great time, and met a lot of nice people."

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Scott Paul Dunham started Hey, can you give us your feedback on the Raleigh Tour event? And any events you attend.
May 9 at 1:48 PM

"Just for posterity, it really helps me if you can give me a quick note on what you thought of the events- If you attended the Raleigh tour (and afterglow), let me know what you think. ..."

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Scott Paul Dunham attended SEMAFX Gets Personal Tour of Raleigh Michigan Studio!
May 9 at 1:41 PM

"Thank you David for the great tour of Raleigh! It's nice to know we have people out there working so hard to create jobs in Michigan. We appreciated the "behind-the-scenes" description of the "Oz" production...."

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New Member

Ben Skutt joined
May 9 at 1:40 PM

"I'm Ben. I recently graduated Salutatorian from Full Sail university and have been doing freelance work since then. My focus is character and concept art, but I have strong skills as a 2d and 3d generalist."

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