The VFX Industry in Cairo

Agenda:

This is the first gathering for CairoHUG community, we will have a discussion “in Arabic", with two great artists, Mahmoud Ageena, will talk about how Houdini hand to hand with Unreal engine have improved his creativity and productivity as a Flame / VFX artist working in broadcast branding field, and how this can make a great impact to other artists who have never tried before this workflow in Cairo. Mohamed Krak will then talk about Houdini in tv commercials and film industry, and how the demand on VFX works is rising in Cairo, and Houdini is changing the gameplay to a whole new level of flexibility of use and complexity of great FX.It will be a great inspiring discussion, showing the newbies / non-Houdini users where to start their career in these fields.

Speakers:

Mahmoud Ageena, is an award-winning Flame / VFX artist and designer from Egypt, He has 20 years of experience in tv commercials and broadcast branding.He is working at MBC Group in Dubai UAE, and before that he was working at Al Jazeera Media Network in Doha Qatar. His workflow between Flame, Houdini and Unreal engine is helping him do bigger projects, faster production with UE4 real time rendering.

Mohamed Krak, is a FX artist with 8 years of experience in film making and tv commercials in Egypt. Currently he is a freelancer, He was using many 3D softwares for FX, but for the last 4 years he switched his workflow to Houdini.

Zoom link: https://sidefx.zoom.us/j/89148515406

**NOTE: This is an open invitation - there's NO need to become a CAIROHUG member if you're already a HUG member in your local city!