For One Piece Season 2, Refuge VFX delivered 240 visual effects shots across the series’ eight episodes, continuing its work from the first season with a focus on weapon extensions and action-driven effects. Sword fights presented a major challenge…
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The first trailer for Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord has arrived, offering a new look at the infamous Sith as he seeks to rebuild his criminal syndicate after the Clone Wars. The series follows Maul in the aftermath of the Clone Wars as he begins pl…
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The world of One Piece continues to grow in Season 2, and this featurette highlights how the production team is bringing the next chapter of the live-action adaptation to life. Netflix’s epic high-seas pirate adventure One Piece returns with a firs…
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In 2025, Simon Stanley-Clamp detailed Cinesite’s visual effects work on Warfare. He now returns to discuss his latest project, Crime 101. How early were you involved? From very early on. The contact came through Working Title, and I was given the s…
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In IT: Welcome to Derry, the visual effects team at Mr. X crafted several disturbing forms of IT, including transformations into a moose, a man, and even a baby. These eerie manifestations expand the terrifying presence of the entity and introduce ne…
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Avatar: Fire and Ash has won the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 98th Oscars®, recognizing the extraordinary artistry behind the film’s groundbreaking visuals, created by the teams at Weta FX. The film once again pushes the boundaries…
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The first trailer for Steven Spielberg’s highly anticipated film Disclosure Day has arrived, teasing a story centered on humanity’s discovery that we may not be alone in the universe. The trailer sets an unsettling tone, asking what would happen…
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The first trailer for Thrash has been unveiled, offering a first look at the high-stakes survival thriller. The film blends large-scale hurricane destruction with a terrifying predator lurking beneath the floodwaters. When a Category 5 hurricane deva…
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The teams of Zero VFX delivered a range of visual effects for the film Eenie Meanie, including a CG car used in a casino escape sequence, as well as striking moments featuring a red fish and burning hair. The studio supported several action beats in…
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The Cambridge-based studio Vine FX delivers a range of invisible visual effects for the ITV series After the Flood Season 2, supporting the drama with large-scale fires, CG environments, and seamless set extensions. Sophie Rundle returns in the secon…
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This TV spot for They Will Kill You sets the tone for a blood-soaked night of survival. Trapped inside a mysterious cult compound known as the Virgil, a young woman must face deadly traps and ruthless followers determined to make her their next offer…
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Sean Stranks brings more than 26 years of experience in visual effects. Over the course of his career, he has contributed to a wide range of projects, including Cloverfield, In the Heart of the Sea, Raised by Wolves, and The Hunger Games: The Ballad…
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NVIDIA's new neural rendering DLSS 5 isn’t just rendering faster frames - it’s quietly redefining how real-time final pixels are made.
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Inside Hijack. DOP Ed Moore breaks down the massive stage builds, clever virtual production, and the 2,000+ VFX shots that keep the world’s unluckiest commuter racing in another high-stakes season.
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Congrats to the winners at the 98th Oscars, a night celebrating the art and science of modern filmmaking.
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Closer to reality than virtual: The Dobos Connection explores how Apple Immersive Video and the Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive are creating a new cinematic language beyond both film and VR.
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VFX Supervisor Jay Worth discusses the intricate production of Fallout Season 2, highlighting a continued commitment to blending practical puppets with digital enhancements, cutting-edge VFX, and state-of-the-art AI.
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A deep dive into Nuke 17 exploring BigCat machine learning, native Gaussian splats, the new USD-based 3D system, and how evolving workflows are reshaping the role of the modern compositor.
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How do you visualize an AI judge, holographic forensics, and city-wide destruction in 90 minutes? We go behind the VFX of Mercy with DNEG.
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Griptape's Jason Schleifer (Chief Creative Officer) and the Foundry's Christy Anzelmo (Chief Product Officer) discuss the just announced acquisition and what the ongoing shift in the vfx industry means for artists, studios, and pipelines.
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Congratulations to this year’s Scientific and Technical Awards recipients.
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How invisible VFX and obsessive period detail to turned Timothée Chalamet into a table-tennis hero in the Oscar nominated Marty Supreme
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From Unreal previs to real flames: Oscar-nominated The Lost Bus demonstrates that sometimes the hardest VFX work is making reality feel honest.
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We spoke with Emma Kolasinska (Executive VFX Producer) and Tav Flett (Compositing Supervisor) to discuss how they used invisible VFX to support the unscripted television series without breaking emotional or visual authenticity.
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A new behind the scenes featurette.The post How Tony Tony Chopper was made for s2 of ‘One Piece’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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It comes from production co Silverback Films, which worked with ILM on the Amblin/Netflix series.The post Watch this official VFX breakdown for ‘The Dinosaurs’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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An excerpt from the re-published issue #1 of befores & afters magazine.The post Stuffy stories, including the ventilation hose from ‘The Abyss’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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A huge congratulations to Avatar: Fire and Ash!The post And the Oscar for Best Visual Effects goes to… appeared first on befores & afters.
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It's the third ep of our special ILM series.The post Rob Bredow shares ‘Solo’ stories, and how ILM inspired him before he was even at ILM appeared first on befores & afters.
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Including the HUGE look back at stuffies in VFX, with a HUGE collection of behind the scenes images.The post Special surprise – a republish of issue #1! appeared first on befores & afters.
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This year it features director Roland Emmerich, a look back at Softimage, an exploration of stop-motion, and a live VFX Notes podcast with Ian and Hugo!The post FMX 2026 is nearly here, and so is the Then & Now track! appeared first on befores & aft…
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Including work by Rodeo FX, MR. X, DNEG, Folks, Alchemy24, Digital Domain.The post All the ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ VFX breakdowns in one place appeared first on befores & afters.
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Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy on the set of 'One Piece.'The post On The Set Pic: ‘One Piece’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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Including everything you need to know about Malgosha.The post A deep dive into Wētā FX’s visual effects for ‘A Minecraft Movie’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans’ hit musical comedy nabs wins for both Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, while James Cameron’s ‘Avatar’ sequel gets the nod for Best Visual Effects; Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski’s ‘The Gi…
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The Trojan Horse was a Unicorn conference, which returns to Tróia, Portugal, September 28–October 3, reveals its official poster and announces its initial lineup spanning entertainment, science, and sound design.
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Show to center on famous J.M. Barrie character, with ‘Friday Night Lights’ collaborators Liz Heldens and Bridget Carpenter writing and executive producing.
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Latest version of the look development and 3D lighting software includes new framework that allows direct editing of USD primitives at the node graph level via the Python API. 
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Go behind-the-scenes with VFX supervisor Nicola Lavender to learn about how the sophisticated sand, water simulations, and destruction, along with the surreal, cartoony donut and cereal-filled scenes were created by Sony Pictures Imageworks on Netfli…
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Based on DC’s ‘Green Lantern’ and produced in association with Warner Bros. Television and DC Studios, the series, which will stream this August, follows 2 intergalactic space cops drawn into an Earth-based mystery.
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As we count down the final days of yet another awards season, AWN and VFXWorld asked a group of award-winning VFX artists what they look for when judging the quality of visual effects work and what they consider some of the finest work they’ve seen…
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Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen star in new series about spouses reshaping their relationship after an unfortunate technological accident; streams April 9.
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‘Andor’ and ‘Severance’ also took home trophies at this past Saturday’s ceremony that celebrated excellence in production design across theatrical motion pictures, television, commercials, music videos, and animated feature films.
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‘Sinners’ and ‘The Penguin’ also took home trophies at the American Cinema Editors’ ceremony held this past Friday at UCLA’s Royce Hall.
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The new tool allows editors to use natural language prompts to assemble uploaded or generated footage into a structured first draft within the Firefly video editor.
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Latest version of the compositing software introduces native Gaussian Splat support, a production-ready USD-based 3D system, expanded machine learning tools, and core performance updates for VFX and animation pipelines.
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Apple Acquires MotionVFX: Here’s What’s Next For the Popular Plugin Developer  No Film School
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UPGRADES TO MAGIC EFFECTS ELEVATE THE WITCHER SEASON 4  VFX Voice -
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Going underground: Hijack  fxguide
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Dustin Adair talks visual effects career and fan-driven decisions with 'Lost In Space - The First Adventure'  Nerdvana Media
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Kiwi creatives win big in multiple categories at the Oscars  1News
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Isaac Julien - All That Changes You. Metamorphosis  Little Black Book | LBBOnline
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Hotels.com Calls Out Life’s Misleading Names in 'It’s All in the Name'  Little Black Book | LBBOnline
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ALUMS Chat: Amaan Akram on Code, Creativity & Craft and Building a Global VFX Legacy  LUMS
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VFX Breakdown: How Eenie Meanie Movie Was Brought to Life  80 Level
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Apple acquires video effects firm MotionVFX  varindia.com
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How Tony Tony Chopper was made for s2 of ‘One Piece’  befores & afters
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Maine native Eric Saindon wins his second Oscar for Best Visual Effects  WMTW
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A decade after its founding, The Motion Awards returns with a new website, juror nominations, and two powerful new distinctions, marking not just an anniversary, but a deeper declaration of what Motion Design has always deserved."
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Breanna Lynn’s Drive It Like You Stole It began as a no-budget spec car commercial and became something far bigger, a testament to community, trust, and radical belief. With no client, no agency, and no budget, she rallied more than eighty collabor…
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Black Math debuts a brand relaunch that formalizes "Start with Art" framework as major tech collaborates & high-growth brands continue to engage the studio.
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As MOUVO returns for its 11th edition, the Prague conference invites the Motion Design community to explore the idea of Space, not just as a physical environment, but as the creative territory where design, technology, and imagination intersect.
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NBC News is partnering with journalist and author Joanna Stern to expand its coverage of AI and emerging technologies. Stern, who recently left The Wall Street Journal to start her own independent media company, will serve as chief tech analyst and c…
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EXCLUSIVE: As production begins on Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer, they’ve stacked up their Season 5 cast with 8 new recurring stars: Diane Guerrero (Doom Patrol) as Natalia, Teresa Maria (Narcos Mexico) as Tina Perez, Richard Cabral (Mayans) as Be…
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EXCLUSIVE: Busy Philipps has signed with Paradigm for representation. Philipps is a New York Times best-selling author, actor, activist, writer, and host of the new series, Busy This Week, which she executive produces with Caissie St. Onge and Michae…
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Audiences got an ample serving of Forbidden Fruits during the movie’s SXSW world premiere on Monday, marking director Meredith Alloway’s unhinged camp feature debut. Co-written by Alloway and Lily Houghton, based on the latter’s 2019 play Of th…
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EXCLUSIVE: Grace Burford has been promoted to agent in the Motion Picture Literary Department at IAG. Burford joined the agency last year as the Motion Picture Literary Department coordinator, following nearly four years at WME. She represents writer…
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EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate has landed The Death Roll, a survival horror-thriller spec from Kas Graham & Rebecca Pollock, with Glen Powell and Dan Cohen aboard to produce via their Barnstorm banner, alongside Bryan Haas (The Order) via his Chasing Epic Pict…
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An annoying thing happened to David Ellison and Paramount today on the way to taking over Warner Bros Discovery — he got sued for $1.5 billion over a beef a self-declared confidant of Jeff Shell’s has with the Paramount president. As exclusively…
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The Chi is about to enter its final chapter. Paramount+ has unveiled a few new photos (see above and below), providing a first look at the upcoming eighth and final season. Production began in January on the Chicago-set drama series created by Emmy w…
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As production is underway on the Jason Momoa and Andy Samberg-led Netflix film Protecting Jared in Oahu, Aimee Carrero (Your Friends and Neighbors, The Menu) and Jai Courtney (American Primeval, War Machine) have joined the cast. Additionally, Ruben…
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EXCLUSIVE: No wonder HBO’s The White Lotus has been Emmy nominated for casting for each of its installments to date, winning for Seasons 1 and 2. A lot of work goes into assembling each season’s sprawling cast, and the upcoming Season 4 is no exc…
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EXCLUSIVE: Nora Lum, the actress, comedian, and producer better known as Awkwafina, has signed with CAA. Earning a Golden Globe for her leading role in Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, which made her the first person of Asian descent to win one of their L…
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The 2026 SXSW Film & TV Festival kicked off March 7, in Austin and features 49 world premieres among debuts. It’s the first time the event has launched on a Thursday. Boots Riley’s sci-fi comedy I Love Boosters was the opening-night film, and o…
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I have been experimenting with a few AI tools that animate still images and wanted to share a small observation related to early concept work. Sometimes during the concept stage it helps to see how a character or element might move before committing…
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Hi everyone, I’m close to 40 and only have about 2 years of actual paid experience in CGI/VFX (short contracts, mostly environment/procedural work in Houdini + some photogrammetry). I started late after years in hospitality and wrong fields of stud…
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I understand that the training data came directly from MBJ actually acting out the scenes with the Halo rig, but since the trained faces are put on the stunt actor’s face, the selections are based on *his* underlying performance, not MBJ’s. So if…
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All us vfx artists know you can say you worked on an Oscar winning film but if your name wasn't on the award you obviously can't say you won it. Despite that this person is getting huge praise on twitter for pretty much lying that they official…
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I have a question for people who work with video, animation, or AI tools. A friend of mine owns a law firm and has been posting a lot of short videos on social media (about 30–60 seconds each). In the videos he presents different legal scenarios to…
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So for those who saw the earlier post, here's what I managed. Isn't the best in the world or anything. But don't think it's a bad start with limited VFX skills. The shadows posed quite a problem as suspected. I ended up exporting a depth map of…
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So I’m working with Maya, Embergen, and Nuke and I really want to stick close to this approach of simulating in Emergen and then comping it in Nuke if possible, so I can avoid VDBs in Maya. The only issue I’m having at the moment is alignment. Le…
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Hi yall. I made a super short test last weekend, to see how the model, rig, and clothing hold up before I start working on the actual project. I found a bunch of issues ranging from rigging, simulation and shaders. Plan is to fix all of that th…
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This is the effect. Can it be down with ordinary after effects with no extra plugins and how does one go about doing it?. submitted by /u/manqoba619 [link] [comments]
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