The final trailer for Spider-Noir is here. Step into 1930s New York with Marvel’s dark live-action take on the iconic hero, blending noir atmosphere, mystery, and action. Based on the Marvel comic Spider-Man Noir, the series follows Ben Reilly, an…
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Jack Ryan returns in Jack Ryan: Ghost War. Get a first look at the new high-stakes spy thriller, where a covert mission spirals into a deadly global conspiracy. As the threat intensifies, Jack Ryan reunites with CIA operatives Mike November and James…
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Invisible visual effects played a key role in Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery. PFX delivered more than 120 shots, from seamless clean-up work to photoreal 3D environment extensions around the film’s central church. PFX delivered 123 visual e…
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After sharing insights into the visual effects of Resident Evil in 2022 and later working on Shadow and Bone Season 2, Kevin Lingenfelser is back to talk about a very different experience on the series Man on Fire. Casey Conroy brings more than 30 ye…
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By the power of Grayskull! Witness the moment destiny is forged as Adam transforms into He-Man in this first electrifying clip from the new Masters of the Universe adaptation. In Masters of the Universe, a young man living on Earth discovers a hidden…
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Go behind the scenes of The Boroughs with this new featurette featuring the filmmakers and cast, offering a closer look at the mysterious new series. Set in the vast landscapes of New Mexico, The Boroughs introduces a seemingly idyllic retirement hav…
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A new look at DC’s Lanterns is here. The teaser offers a first glimpse at the series’ grounded mystery as two intergalactic cops are drawn into a murder investigation in America. The series follows new recruit John Stewart (Aaron Pierre) and Lant…
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From recreating New York and the surrounding river environment to crafting the spectacular Northern Star cargo sequence, Eyeline Studios delivered major visual effects work for the opening episode of Daredevil: Born Again Season 2. The first episode…
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Pixar has shared a behind-the-scenes look at Hoppers, offering a step-by-step breakdown of how a scene from the animated film evolves through the studio’s creative pipeline, from storyboard development to final animation. Pixar has unveiled a new b…
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Take a look at the visual effects work crafted by Perth-based Siamese for the zombie feature We Bury The Dead, from large-scale destruction and military response extensions to atmospheric work, gore enhancement, and zombie effects. Siamese’s visual…
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For Sirât, Autrechose delivered invisible visual effects work focused on creating realistic environments and seamless driving comps designed to support the film’s grounded visual approach. Autrechose’s contribution to Sirât highlights the subtl…
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The fire is rising. Step behind the scenes of House of the Dragon Season 3 with this really cool featurette offering an early look at the production and the next chapter of the Targaryen saga. HBO has released the first teaser for Season 3 of House o…
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From FMX’s brilliantly practical concert-crowd recordings to Apple’s ASAF for immersive video, this story is a reminder that believable cinematic worlds are not just built with pixels: they come alive through sound.
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From hacky Stable Diffusion experiments to production-ready pipelines, ComfyUI is shaping how AI fits into VFX.
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Find out how Stranger Things season five deployed previs and real-time storytelling using Unreal Engine & splats, from Proof's VFX Supervisor Jordan Nounnan.
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The 2026 FMX Conference begins on May 5th and we're highlighting a few of the many sessions we're interested in checking out.
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For this episode of  the VFXshow we takeoff on Hail Mary and discuss this smash hit film which is based on the popular book.
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From terabytes to practical: this new MV-HEVC workflow cuts immersive delivery from 1.3TB to 83GB while preserving the fidelity for high quality Apple Vision Pro immersive films.
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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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In our latest fxpodcast, 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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One of those game-changer VFX films.The post ‘Mission: Impossible’ is 30 this week! appeared first on befores & afters.
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Coming soon!The post Cover reveal! Issue #56 – Alien: Earth appeared first on befores & afters.
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Behind the scenes with Untold Studios, including a whole bunch of before/after images.The post How to make a photoreal CG octopus: the VFX of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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New magazines, podcasts and other fun coverage in VFX and animation.The post What’s coming soon to befores & afters appeared first on befores & afters.
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Go behind the scenes.The post Watch this ‘Hoppers’ progression reel from Pixar’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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A round up of chatting to Roland Emmerich, Then & Now sessions, and AI.The post Reflections on FMX 2026 appeared first on befores & afters.
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The art of compositing - this artist sits at the heart of both live-action and animation.The post From classroom to credits appeared first on befores & afters.
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Bringing the robot character to life, and death, for season 3 of Foundation. A new excerpt from the magazine.The post Demerzel’s fate appeared first on befores & afters.
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A collection of b-roll from 'The Sheep Detectives', showcasing the stuffies and on-set stand-ins for the sheep in the film.The post What the world needs right now is this video of Hugh Jackman interacting with sheep stuffies appeared first on before…
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A huge number of Talks have been announced, covering projects like Fire and Ash, Stranger Things 5, Toy Story 5, and more.The post More of the SIGGRAPH 2026 schedule has been published appeared first on befores & afters.
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Peacock’s 10-episode dramedy turned depicting Elizabeth Banks’ small-scale Lindy into a 3,000-shot visual effects effort, combining 12:1 scale rules, grounded photography, oversized practical builds, live composites, and a multi-vendor pipeline t…
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Based on Mel Brooks and 20th Century Studios’ famed 1974 ‘Young Frankenstein,’ the show hails from Stefani Robinson, Taika Waititi, and Garrett Basch, with Brooks among the executive producers.
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Built for filmmakers, studios, agencies, and creators, the new toolset lets artists assemble node graphs that mix live-action footage, plates, masks, references, and AI-generated elements; SwitchX API access now available for custom studio pipelines…
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After years spent helming 3DCG ‘Minions’ films, the director tackles a family mystery that combines photoreal animated sheep, ensemble voice acting, and lots of whodunnit to adapt Leonie Swann’s bestselling novel; now in theaters.
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Visual Effects supervisor Sean Konrad discusses how Godzilla, Kong, a scarab horde, and the seemingly unstoppable new Titan X highlighted more than 3,000 shots he oversaw on the hit Monsterverse series, now streaming on Apple TV.
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The highly awaited new season of the epic fantasy adventure series, set during the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron as the Dark Lord seeks to forge the One Ring, will debut on November 11.
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The former SideFX and DNEG executive joins the company’s leadership team as the studio expands its investment in AI, scalable pipelines, and next-generation production technologies.
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The hardware-agnostic software for end-to-end virtual production and in-camera VFX now incorporates expanded 3D workflows to work natively with USD, enhanced metadata tracking, Gaussian Splat rendering, and other enhancements.
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The leading content creation software company has expanded no cost access to its motion graphics, VFX and compositing application to studios, agencies, educators, brands, and creative organizations of any size.
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New real-time virtual shot system enables filmmakers to visualize and develop projects collaboratively in 3D from the earliest stages of production.
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New award recognizes a select group of professionals who have made an outstanding contribution to the motion picture industry.
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Watch the reels! Leading visualization studio shares 2 new reels detailing its work across all 8 episodes of the final season of the hit Netflix series, including nearly 1,900 shots and a pipeline built around Unreal Engine.
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‘Mission: Impossible’ is 30 this week!  befores & afters
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Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Ramayana’ Meeting Has a Bigger Problem Than Visual Effects Speculation — And No One's Talking About It  Altbollywood
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How Saif Ali Khan dismissed Shah Rukh Khan's prediction on 'VFX is the future' 25 years ago at a London b  The Times of India
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Cover reveal! Issue #56 – Alien: Earth  befores & afters
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Ranbir Kapoor's visit to 'Ramayana' producer Namit Malhotra's office sparks buzz about new first look on  The Times of India
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Sizing Up the Six-Inch VFX Challenge of ‘The Miniature Wife’  Animation World Network
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Beeble Launches Canvas Node-Based AI Compositing System  Animation World Network
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STRANGER THINGS SEASON 5 TURNS THE UPSIDE DOWN RIGHT SIDE UP  VFX Voice -
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Kyle Balda Brings an Animator’s Eye to Live-Action / Hybrid ‘The Sheep Detectives’  Animation World Network
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DreamWorks Animation's MoonRay Open Source Renderer Joins Academy Software Foundation  Animation Magazine
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The Filmmakers at Cannes Who Are Learning to Love AI  Yahoo
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The “Invisible” Magic Behind Netflix’s ‘Man on Fire’ Explosions  What's on Netflix
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For Mental Health Awareness Month, I wrote about the inner life of creative people. About spirituality without performance, the missing room, and the practice of not abandoning ourselves when suffering arrives.
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The 21st edition of Animayo Gran Canaria will host the world premiere of the exhibition “The Visual World of Alan Bodner”, a star guest and one of the most recognised figures in contemporary animation art direction.
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How Latvian animation studio, Panic, transcended their geography and became a leading player in the industry!
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Acclaimed Visual Effects and Creative Director, Doug Appleton, joins award-winning New York design studio, BigStar, bringing the kind of creative depth and artistic leadership that will push the studio’s work, and its people, further than ever.
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Although Montana proved to be a beautiful filming location for The Madison, Michelle Pfeiffer was far from paradise. The Golden Globe winner recently explained that it “took a while” for the cast to adjust to filming the Taylor Sheridan-created P…
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Veteran filmmaker Ira Sachs returns to a place where his own creative spark was lit, the downtown New York City world where artists of all stripes (and sexualities) from experimental theater to painting to music to poetry and more could congregate an…
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While Inde Navarrette gives a chilling performance in Obsession, she’s responding to discourse over the character being both a villain and victim. The actress, who plays Nikki in the Curry Barker horror film, explained why she “wanted to humanize…
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EXCLUSIVE: Ciarán Hinds, May Calamawy and Ruaridh Mollica joining Channing Tatum and Eve Hewson on the Amazon MGM Studios pic Isle of Man, a new movie set around the iconic race with production starting this Friday. Reid Carolin is directing the fil…
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Schmigadoon!, the most Tony Award nominated production of the 2025-2026 Broadway season, will launch a North American Tour in September 2027, producers announced today. The tour will premiere at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre before traveling acros…
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ATG Entertainment, the British and Broadway theater operator whose venues house such major productions as The Book of Mormon, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Titanique, is, according to Reuters, “in the early stages of being prepared ​for a…
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A new version of the No Fakes Act — a bill to regulate the use of AI replicas of a person’s voice and likeness — was introduced on Wednesday, in hopes that the legislation will gain momentum in the time remaining of the current Congress. An ear…
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Netflix’s docuseries Michael Jackson: The Verdict has set the premiere date for June 3. The three-part docuseries, directed by Nick Green and told by key players inside the courtroom, dissects the trial of Michael Jackson and his complex legacy. Pr…
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EXCLUSIVE: American Horror Story has added John Carroll Lynch (Ballard), Mena Suvari (American Beauty), Matt Fraser (Gangs of London), and Berto Colón (The Night Agent) for Season 13. Production on the hit anthology series from creators Ryan Murphy…
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Dernsie, Mike Mendez’s Bruce Dern documentary, received a six-minute standing ovation at its Cannes Film Festival premiere Wednesday night. The Cannes Classics film — full title: Dernsie: The Amazing Life of Bruce Dern — follows the eponymous a…
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Stephen Colbert is saying goodbye to late-night as The Late Show ends its run on CBS. The comedian will complete an 11-year tenure on Thursday, May 21, and ahead of the finale, he teased what audiences can expect. “With The Colbert Report, I knew h…
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Just as their bond formed an unexpectant heartbeat of the series, an apology by Margo’s (Elle Fanning) father Jinx (Nick Offerman) to Susie (Thaddea Graham) took its actors and the Margo’s Got Money Troubles creators by surprise in a good way. Fo…
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Inside of the train, the train going fast behind her, the hair reacting to it, where should I even start? I would love to get some kind of blueprint. Thank you! submitted by /u/Silver-Special8310 [link] [comments]
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Been thinking about this a lot lately, especially with how much the conversation has shifted from "will AI replace VFX artists" to "okay so where does it actually slot in usefully.", From what I can tell, the stuff that's genuinely working right now…
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I don't want to elicit groans from the crowd here but I thought it might enlighten some and interest others. Never have I been in a position to see a film I worked on, on a streaming service, months before being paid. Also probably the most chaotic p…
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Hi, I'd like to share this character I created for my personal project. He's part of the story of the travelers; they'll find him along the way, and he'll guide them to his brother and the monks of the planet. I've always loved science fiction,…
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Here is my situation. I would dearly and desperately love some feedback. Folks, I’ve been living in Vancouver for the last 10 years. For the past 22 years, I’ve worked as a visual effects artist, graphic designer, and CG artist, including the las…
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Guys, I'm a video editor with five plus years of experience. Right now I run my own studio and stuff, and I was really interested in VFX for a long time. Due to my work schedule, I've never had the chance to actually pick it up, so if I was to start,…
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Motion capture has definitely come a long way. I'm impressed at how good the graphics look even since it's invention. submitted by /u/TheAbyssalOne [link] [comments]
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I find Reddit to be a hornet's nest of misanthropes. Lately someone posted my comment on Reddit and given the BS and hate that followed, I felt the need to write the following: A friend pointed me to the Reddit community and showed me the comments on…
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Ok so i have been developing a tool for quite some time(i think the best way to describe it is as a mix of cinema4d/embergen/syntheyes/tracking software). It started as just a pet project for fun but im thinking i might realese it(either open source…
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https://www.animationmagazine.net/2026/05/netflix-staffing-for-inkubator-ai-powered-experimental-animation-studio/ Netflix Staffing for ‘INKubator’ AI-Powered Experimental Animation Studio May 14, 2026 Another major entertainment firm is entering…
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