If you can't login, check to make sure that your "caps lock" key is off. Your username and password are CaSe SeNsItIvE. If you still cannot login, you can request to reset your password or contact us.

If you are aboslutely sure that you want to delete your account, you can do so here. Please note that your account will be permanently deleted and irrecoverable!

To update your profile, you must visit the Edit Profile page. You can move through the different parts of your profile by clicking the tabs at the top of the page.

Go to Settings at top-right and update the Username field.

You can update your email address on the My Account page.

To report an error or problem with the site, you can contact us here.

Resetting your profile views allows you to track them after posting a blog, article, poll, after using your points to promote your profile, etc.

To reset your profile views, click the "reset" button in the "Notifications" box on your "Home" page. Or you can click here to reset now. NOTICE: Once you click the reset link, it cannot be undone. You will be redirected to your "Home" page and see "0 profile views" in the "Notifications" box.

First you must use your rewards to upgrade your membership. Then once you have upgraded your profile go to your Profile Settings.

If someone is bothering or harassing you, blocking them is usually the best solution. Visit the Account Settings page to learn how to block people. If someone continues to harass you despite your efforts, you can report them here.

You can report spam, pornography, or any other inappropriate content here.

Absolutely. We do not share any personally identifying information about you to ANY third party.

You can make your profile private by visiting the Profile Privacy page.

You can block people by adding their username to your blocked users list. Visit the Account Settings page to learn more about how to block people.

Post your portfolio or post your blog to show up on the Main page (and in your colleagues' recent activity). You may even make it into the Featured Portfolios section of the enewsletter.

Redeem the Rewards you've earned through site activities to promote your profile, poll and group across the whole site.

Send an update to all of your colleagues at once and get to the top of their activity list by updating your Status.

Post comments on just about any section of the site - polls, groups, events, blogs...

Update your status. Do it here now.

Yes, a vfxConnection badge has already been created for you to post on any website or email. Just copy + paste the badge code on your "Home" page (scroll down to "Your Profile Badge" box in the left column)

You can promote your profile by redeeming Rewards you've earned for your site activity. Select a 1-day or 5-day campaign.

Embed showreel clips and breakdowns for potential clients/employers to see by going to the Reels tab under edit Profile.

If you have a YouTube video, you can embed it directly into your profile with just one click.

---How to embed FLASH into HTML---

MINIMUM REQUIRED CODE

Step 1
Go back to your Flash program and export your FLA file to a SWF file.

Step 2
Save your SWF file to a Web folder.

Step 3
Insert this code where you want to embed your Flash file:
<object width="xxx" height="xxx">
<param name="movie" value="myreel.swf">
<embed src=http://www.somedomainname/myreel.swf" width="xxx" height="xxx">
</embed>
</object>

Step 4
Type in the address of the HTML file in your browser and look at your first Flash movie.

Note: A broken icon will appear on the Web page if the user does not have the Flash plug-in installed.

Note: In the code above there is both an <embed> tag and an <object> tag. This is because the <object> tag is recognized by Internet Explorer, and Netscape recognizes the <embed> tag and ignores the <object> tag.

SUGGESTED CODE FOR ADDING IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES

• classid is an attribute to the <object> tag. It tells Internet Explorer to load the ActiveX plug-in if it is not installed pluginspage is an attribute to the <embed> tag. It displays a link to the Shockwave download page if Netscape does not have it.
• pluginspage is an attribute to the <embed> tag. It displays a link to the Shockwave download page if Netscape does not have it.

Step 1
In your Flash program, choose File > Publish. Flash will now create the <object>, <param>, and <embed> tags for you. It will also create the classid and pluginspage attributes.

Step 2
Open the HTML document that Flash created, view the HTML source and copy the code into your HTML page where you want your Flash movie.

Step 3
Be sure that your SWF file is saved in your Web folder.
Step 4
Type in the address of the HTML file in your browser and look at your first Flash movie.

The link to it has been moved to the bottom of the site.

Yes, just click on the tiny black triangle in the top left hand corner of the reply box to use the HTML editor. (Available for Firefox and IE. We are still developing the HTML editor for Chrome and Safari.)

The email address you entered is either not spelled or formatted correctly, or it is already registered on vfxConnection. If you think you spelled or formatted the email address wrong, go back to the manual "invite friends" page. If you spelled the address correctly and still received the error message, Click here to find your friend who is already on vfxConnection.

We have 2 types of RSS feeds available right now and are always working to bring you more features.
--ALL member activity including your colleagues
--Individual member feeds (click for example member)

TIFF and Targa files don't display properly in browsers.
FLV, QT and AVI files are not allowed because of bandwidth and legal concerns; however you can embed them into your main profile page from your website, Vimeo, YouTube, etc. FLV embed instuctions can be found at this link.
You can upload these file types: jpg, jpeg, gif, png, bmp, mp3, mpeg, mpa, mov, swf

Embed showreel clips and breakdowns for potential clients/employers to see by going to the Reels tab under edit Profile.

If you have a YouTube video, you can embed it directly into your profile with just one click.

---How to embed FLASH into HTML---

MINIMUM REQUIRED CODE

Step 1
Go back to your Flash program and export your FLA file to a SWF file.

Step 2
Save your SWF file to a Web folder.

Step 3
Insert this code where you want to embed your Flash file:
<object width="xxx" height="xxx">
<param name="movie" value="myreel.swf">
<embed src=http://www.somedomainname/myreel.swf" width="xxx" height="xxx">
</embed>
</object>

Step 4
Type in the address of the HTML file in your browser and look at your first Flash movie.

Note: A broken icon will appear on the Web page if the user does not have the Flash plug-in installed.

Note: In the code above there is both an <embed> tag and an <object> tag. This is because the <object> tag is recognized by Internet Explorer, and Netscape recognizes the <embed> tag and ignores the <object> tag.

SUGGESTED CODE FOR ADDING IMPORTANT ATTRIBUTES

• classid is an attribute to the <object> tag. It tells Internet Explorer to load the ActiveX plug-in if it is not installed pluginspage is an attribute to the <embed> tag. It displays a link to the Shockwave download page if Netscape does not have it.
• pluginspage is an attribute to the <embed> tag. It displays a link to the Shockwave download page if Netscape does not have it.

Step 1
In your Flash program, choose File > Publish. Flash will now create the <object>, <param>, and <embed> tags for you. It will also create the classid and pluginspage attributes.

Step 2
Open the HTML document that Flash created, view the HTML source and copy the code into your HTML page where you want your Flash movie.

Step 3
Be sure that your SWF file is saved in your Web folder.
Step 4
Type in the address of the HTML file in your browser and look at your first Flash movie.

You earn rewards by being active on the site, like posting a poll, inviting colleagues, leaving comments, etc. To see the long list of other ways to earn rewards and how you can promote yourself with them or potentially redeem for products, click here.

vfxConnection aims to be your self-organizing artist database and therefor we recommend you contact the artists or groups you require directly. So in this spirit the classified section has been closed. If you still wish to publicize your job opening you can post a blog but you do need to upgrade your profile to Professional Membership first. Click here to upgrade your company profile to Pro Membership today.

The events section has been removed.

You can promote your event by redeeming Rewards you've earned for your site activity. Select a 1-day or 5-day campaign.

Go to My Events and click through the calendar months until you see the event that you can't get rid of. Click on that event and then click on "Remove from My Events".

You can promote your poll by redeeming Rewards you've earned for your site activity. Select a 1-day or 5-day campaign.

You can promote your group by redeeming Rewards you've earned for your site activity. Select a 1-day or 5-day campaign.

Yes! You can increase your audience simply by embedding the external RSS feed of your blog into your profile. You might consider posting the blog itself on vfxConnection too so that you show up on the Main page.

The link to it has been moved to the bottom of the site.

You can edit comments and the details of the pet project from http://vfxconnection.com/user_pet.php. Just click the "edit pet project" link on the right.

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