Every weekend, we highlight a handpicked selection of stories from Art of VFX. Whether you’ve missed an interview, want to revisit a great breakdown, or discover the artists behind today’s biggest productions, Weekend Spotlight is your chance to…
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Dinosaurs take center stage in this new The End of Oak Street featurette! Production #VFX Supervisor Jay Cooper discusses the visual effects created by ILM, while really cool on-set footage and breakdowns offer a closer look at how the creatures were…
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A dangerous scheme pulls two brothers into the orbit of the Russian mafia in the first trailer for James Gray’s Paper Tiger. In Paper Tiger, two brothers become involved in a scheme that initially appears too good to be true. Their plans soon draw…
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What begins as a mysterious encounter aboard a private yacht soon becomes something far more dangerous… Discover the first teaser for Day Drinker! A private-yacht bartender encounters a mysterious guest onboard, before the pair find themselves enta…
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From Hollywood leading man to one of Gotham’s most distinctive villains… The final trailer for Clayface reveals more of Matt Hagen’s tragic and terrifying transformation! The teaser reveals a disturbing journey from fame to monstrosity, weaving…
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Sebastien Raets started his career in visual effects in 2009, working for a number of studios including MPC and Rodeo FX. In 2025, he joined Outpost VFX, bringing with him experience from projects such as The Jungle Book, The Last Duel, The Little Me…
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Brad Bird is back with Ray Gunn! The director of The Iron Giant and The Incredibles takes us to Metropia, a gigantic retro-futuristic city where private eye Raymond Gunn is drawn into a mysterious case involving aliens, murder and multimedia star Ven…
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Go behind the scenes of Whalefall with the director and cast as they explore the making of this intense survival story. Trapped inside a massive sperm whale with his oxygen running out, a scuba diver faces an extraordinary fight to escape. Whalefall…
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The first trailer for The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth brings back Brad Pitt’s Cliff Booth, the memorable character introduced in Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, as his adventures continue in Hollywood in 1977. The visual effects are mad…
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A battlefield built beyond the practical set. Discover how Framestore created the vast war-torn environment for Lioness Season 3 across 180 VFX shots. See how the team combined CG, FX, DMP and Compositing to bring the ambitious opening sequence to li…
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From the game to the big screen, Street Fighter recreates some of the franchise’s most iconic moves in a new video dedicated to the upcoming live-action adaptation. Ryu and Ken reunite under the call of Chun-Li for the legendary World Warrior Tourn…
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From the futuristic world of The Creator to a story filled with dinosaurs, Jay Cooper returns to Art of VFX to discuss his latest project, The End of Oak Street. How did you get involved on this film? After I finished work on The Creator, I met with…
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Join the team for our latest episode as they dig deep into how the film was made, debate what worked and what didn’t, and put the filmmaking choices under the microscope.
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The Television Academy and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the 2026 Emmy Awards for developments in television engineering, science and technology.
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From compositor to CEO: Alana Newell on the future of Crafty Apes.
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An look at adopting generative AI open-weight models and how they can improve workflow stability, security, cost predictability, and delivery efficiency.
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Go with the Flow—AI filmmaking just got directable, with a system that combines interactive 3D scene construction with the visual power of generative 2D video models.
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Join us for our friendly neighbourhood disagreement about the latest film from the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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How Los Angeles based Impossible Objects are using HP ZGX Nanos to bring new artist-driven AI workflows alongside traditional vfx tools.
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DNEG'S Daniel Baldwin on the fire, full-CG crashes, seamless camera handoffs, and more on the invisible effects for Citadel Season 2.
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VFX Supervisor Betsy Paterson breaks down Stranger Things season 5. The best visual effects don’t replace reality, they convince reality to play along.
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Can a ten-year voyage finally bring the vfxshow crew to a shared opinion about Director Christopher Nolan? Probably not. But listen and find out for yourself.
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StEM3 gives creative filmmakers a free, standardised toolkit to test, validate and trust an LED volume before the cameras roll.
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Sony’s FX5: a cinema camera so small Gareth Edwards can hide in plain sight and so capable he calls it a TARDIS.
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How Steve Rogers (before super soldier serum) was made for 'Captain America: The First Avenger'.The post The making of Skinny Steve appeared first on befores & afters.
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Breaking down ILM's work on the film!The post Really fun 11.5 minute featurette on the dinos in ‘The End of Oak Street’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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...which I helped make!The post The new Guinness World Records features a special ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ spread appeared first on befores & afters.
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Your first look at the cover for the Masters of the Universe issue!The post New cover reveal! All the magazines coming soon from befores & afters appeared first on befores & afters.
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Hosting panels, sessions, workshops...and with the mags and book available!The post Here’s what befores & afters is up to at VIEW Conference! appeared first on befores & afters.
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A great conversation that includes a hands-on-demo.The post A great conversation about VFX in stop-mo with LAIKA’s Steve Emerson and ILM veteran Jeff Mann appeared first on befores & afters.
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ILM's Jay Cooper also showcases use of AR app.The post New ‘The End of Oak Street’ featurette highlights ILM’s Spinosaur appeared first on befores & afters.
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Lots of fun befores/afters, animation and CG work here.The post Watch this VFX breakdown by DNEG for ‘Coyote Vs. ACME’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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How those incredible Nightcrawler BAMF'ING VFX shots by Cinesite in 'X2' were made.The post The art of BAMF’ING in ‘X2’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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Behind the scenes.The post Hybride showcases its VFX for ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ appeared first on befores & afters.
- 11 days ago16 Sep 26, 9:58pm -

Studio behind visual effects on ‘Outer Banks’ and 'The Greatest' adds a third production facility alongside its operations in Milan and Tenerife, to be run by head of studio Samara Melanson.
- 3 days ago24 Sep 26, 4:47pm -

19 fresh postings from ILM, EA, Framestore, Netflix, Flying Bark and more, spanning look development, layout, FX, modeling, supervision and a paid graduate placement.
- 3 days ago24 Sep 26, 2:08pm -

New LinkedIn openings across studios in Toronto, Vancouver, London, Paris, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Noida, from matchmove and lighting to environment modeling leads and VFX supervision.
- 5 days ago22 Sep 26, 7:56pm -

As sole vendor, the studio delivered 302 shots across 15 sequences in 7 months for Potsy Ponciroli's near-wordless revenge thriller, projecting Visual Effects Supervisor Serkan Selzele's own concept art onto period Detroit environments, tracking gore…
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Montreal studio's 2-decade highlights span 'Game of Thrones,' 'Dune,' 'Stranger Things' and 'Blade Runner;' more than 1,000 people across 6 facilities now at work on 'Dune: Part Three,' 'House of the Dragon' and 'Silo.'
- 6 days ago21 Sep 26, 7:36pm -

New job listings in Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia and India include Framestore, ILM Sydney, Crafty Apes, Rebellion and a deep set of motion design roles.
- 6 days ago21 Sep 26, 4:44pm -

New job listings including Blizzard, Sony Pictures Animation, Framestore, Flying Bark, Electronic Arts and Zoic, from Irvine and Burbank to New York and New Orleans, each linked straight to the employer's application page.
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The Industrial Light & Magic senior VP, general manager and head, who was overall VFX producer on 5 'Star Wars' films and co-producer on 'The Mandalorian,' will be honored for outstanding contribution to the visual arts; conference runs October 12-16…
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Deal puts the machine-learning stereoscopic pipeline that turned Disney's 2D 'Lilo & Stitch' into 3D in 8 weeks alongside the company's native 3D capture in a single end-to-end 3D production system.
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Publisher Roberta Griefer, who ran the commercial production and post trade outlet for 36 years and co-owned it since 2005, calls the closure 'simply the right time'; the company is still open to a buyer.
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A new reimagining of the Hanna-Barbera mystery-solving teens streams next year on Netflix; 8-episode series puts a real Great Dane in the role for the first time; Mckenna Grace and Paul Walter Hauser star.
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Framestore's Immersive Studio, Netflix in Sydney, Skydance in Madrid, Lucasfilm and Stellar Creative Lab lead this week's crop of new studio postings, from senior pipeline roles to entry-level compositing.
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Corridor Crew Ep 244: Ft. John Knoll  Fantha Tracks
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From weak VFX to a wasted female lead, how many ways did ‘The Vvaan: Force of the Forest’ fail its own premise?  The Statesman
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CRUSH Short Film Sees Crash Test Dummies Become Self-Aware Before Impact  GeekTyrant
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The VFX of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’: Dinos, Dragons and Puppets, Oh My!  Animation Magazine
- 2 days ago25 Sep 26, 8:00pm -

Indian AI firm backed by Dune and Odyssey visual effects studio valued at $2 billion in fundraise  CNBC
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The Odyssey | Christopher Nolan reveals his visual effects secret to Guillermo del Toro  Film Stories
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Alumna’s Visual Effects Career Reaches New Heights With Emmy Win  CSUN Newsroom
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The Story of Industrial Light & Magic — the Company That Changed Visual Effects Forever  thewaltdisneycompany.com
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ONYX VISUAL EFFECTS KEEPS RETURNING TO PARADISE  VFX Voice -
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Visual effects artist Phil Tippett, of ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Jurassic Park,’ closes Berkeley studio  Los Angeles Times
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‘I’ve always been fond of hairy creatures!’ Visual effects maestro Rick Baker on a monstrously good career  The Guardian
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Introducing ‘WHOA! Great Moments in Effects History Vol. 1’ !  befores & afters
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Free party tickets for Motionographer's 20th at Mamacita went fast, but general admission is still open on Dice and at the door. Motion Plus Design New York takes the stage at Roulette from 1 pm, and a few seats remain. Then the whole room moves to D…
- 3 days ago25 Sep 26, 1:03am -

AI didn’t arrive yesterday. Clients didn’t wake up this morning and decide they could do more themselves, and the value of creative work didn’t change overnight. But it is easy to get comfortable with where the work has always come from, what c…
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This is the film Motion Plus Design opens with on Saturday, September 26, at Roulette in Brooklyn: the speakers, one by one, and the people standing behind the day. Mehdi Hadi, Saad Moosajee, Bhakti Patel, Danaé Gosset, Brian Yoo, Rachel Brickel and…
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Twenty years of championing Motion Design deserve a celebration. Motionographer marks its 20th anniversary with Motion Plus Design New York and “20 Seats for 20 Years,” celebrating the creative community at the heart of it all.
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Twenty-five years after Bridget Jones's Diary, Sharon Maguire and Renée Zellweger sat down at the Tribeca Festival to talk about big pants, tabloids, and why the most specific details are the ones that travel. A lesson for anyone building a characte…
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Twenty years, twenty days. To mark Motionographer's 20th anniversary, job postings on Motionographer Jobs are free from September 10 through September 29, every submission personally reviewed, every approved listing live for 30 days.
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MAKE, the creative studio known for impactful animation and original storytelling, has officially opened applications for the 2026 MAKE Animation Thesis Grant. The annual program offers senior animation students funding, production resources, and pro…
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As Trump brushes off the need for additional guardrails around artificial intelligence, Bill Gates is sounding the alarm. In a recent interview, the Microsoft co-founder urged the U.S. government to implement regulations around the development of AI,…
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Although Paramount was one of several companies to roll back their DEI initiative when Trump was re-elected, Survivor continues to operate by it. Host Jeff Probst recently noted that “nothing has changed” with how the reality competition series a…
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The MTV Video Music Awards are back tonight for the 42nd awards show, celebrating the best music videos of the year. Hosted by 3x VMA winner Snoop Dogg, the ceremony broadcasts live on Sunday night from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, with perfor…
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Former Disney exec Kevin Mayer, who oversaw his former employer’s 2019 acquisition of 20th Century Fox, has shared his thoughts on the Paramount-Warner Bros merger. The pragmatic exec, who has been co-CEO of Blackstone-backed media company Candle M…
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What was old at the global box office this weekend was new as Disney/Marvel Studio’s Avengers Endgame: Encore led in an exceptional take for a re-release of $86M WW. Beamed Andrew Cripps, Disney’s Global Boss of Distribution, “The success of th…
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Although Zoe Saldaña speaks highly of collaborating with Taylor Sheridan, don’t expect her to make a trip to Dutton Ranch anytime soon. The Lioness star recently explained why starring as Joe McNamara “is all that I can handle at this time,” n…
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Musk producer Nick Shumaker, Hollywood film financier Vania Schlogel, directors Zack London (Gods Don’t Give Gifts) and Nick Holt (AI: Probably Nothing to Worry About) took to the stage at the Zurich Summit this weekend to dig into the implications…
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SUNDAY AM WRITETHRU: after Saturday update. .A Nor-easter wasn’t enough to make a dent in the North American box office, which remained in high gear with an unprecedented late September frame, all movies counting an estimated $122.3M per Rentrak. T…
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FilmNation Entertainment Founder and CEO Glen Basner will receive the Game Changer Award this evening at the Zurich Summit, the annual industry event aimed at fostering transatlantic connections taking place within the Zurich Film Festival. As part o…
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At this weekend’s Zurich Summit a group of film financiers were asked by Deadline for their thoughts on the prospects of a U.S. federal film incentive. Last week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers unveiled the bill for a 20% incentive, which with bon…
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For those wondering how SNL‘s new cast members factored into tonight’s season premiere, the answer was: not much. The two new featured players, Saidah Belo-Osagie and Grace Reiter, were introduced together, as part of an early sketch on the searc…
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Following the Knicks’ big win at Madison Square Garden, Jalen Brunson took the stage at 30 Rockefeller Center for his Saturday Night Live hosting debut. On Saturday’s Season 52 premiere, the NBA Finals 2026 MVP showed off some comedic chops in an…
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Looking for a VFX artist for a micro-budget feature film I’ve been working on the past couple years. The film is an offbeat sci-fi thriller with some campy horror thrown in. I was planning on doing all the vfx myself, but I’m trying to hit a fest…
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Hi all, I’m experimenting with inserting a 3D object into casual monocular video (VFX-style compositing) and I’m stuck on anchoring the object to the scene. Pipeline: 1. Generate a 3D object with TRELLIS2 -> GLB (mesh + mask). 2. Reconstruct the…
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Built this for our own reviews at a product-viz studio and decided to release it as open source (MIT): - instant start (sequence detection from any frame, multi-threaded RAM cache); - OCIO 2.5 on the GPU: ACES 2.0/1.3, custom configs with file…
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It was a really fun project to continue exploring Unreal Engine and Niagara, especially with all the rock smashing involved :) You can check out the full project on ArtStation here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Y8GGPK I’d appreciate any…
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I've figured out how to do the cloning effects for most of my film. I'm struggling to pull of a shot of my actor stabbing himself. In my test, I recorded myself stabbing, then reacting to the stab in roughly the same location the knife was. The first…
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Obviously those shots of the ranger were super cool and I remember thinking at the time I haven't really seen that angle before. Now it seems more common and every time I see it I think "Ah the Intersellar shot". But were they actually the first or i…
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Would love some honest feedback on our showreel I’ve been working on this showreel for a while, bringing together some of the work we’ve created across branding, design, filmmaking and digital. The thought behind the reel is something I genuinely…
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Hey there everyone, Just wanted to share more experiments I've been doing with a Canon 100m f/2.8 L macro series lens and a petri dish with various materials (epoxy alcohol ink, glycerine, dish soap, vegetable oil, and isopropyl alcohol) in an…
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I've never really felt comfortable with the whole EXR workflow stuff and especially the passes and compositing side of things. Thats why I've always stuck to just rendering from Blender as a 'finished' piece of work. And although there are alot of to…
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