- newLightcraft Technology Opens Spark Story Beta at SIGGRAPH 2026
The tech company has launched a rolling beta of its interactive previs tool, with new features including a 3D asset library, real-time compositing, Spark Atlas and direct USD file loading.
- 24 hours ago20 Jul 26, 8:17pm -
- Foundry Releases AI-Powered SmartRoto Plugin for Nuke
Available for Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio and Nuke Indie, the tool acts as a specialized roto assistant that moves and deforms splines from initial input frames; artists can refine generated shapes, lock splines and keep workflows inside Nuke’s existi…
- 4 days ago17 Jul 26, 7:07pm -
- SIGGRAPH 2026 Experience Hall to Showcase 5 Interactive Programs
Spatial Storytelling, the Immersive Pavilion, the Art Gallery, Emerging Technologies and the in-person Hands-On Courses track spotlight boundary-pushing tools and interactive techniques; conference runs July 19-23.
- 4 days ago17 Jul 26, 5:56pm -
- Foundry Launches Griptape Enterprise for Secure AI-Accelerated VFX Workflows
New tier adds studio-controlled licensing, project management and governance tools for high-end media production, giving pipeline supervisors control over which AI models artists use; studios can run workflows on-premises or in private cloud infrastr…
- 5 days ago16 Jul 26, 4:25pm -
- Tracey Ullman, Sam Spruell and Jerome Flynn Join ‘Alien: Earth’ Season 2
The trio join previously announced Peter Dinklage and returning stars, including Sydney Chandler, on the Noah Hawley, FX and Hulu hit series’ sophomore season production, now underway in London.
- 6 days ago15 Jul 26, 5:20pm -
- NFB Brings Gaussian Splatting Animation Session to SIGGRAPH
Eloi Champagne will lead the July 22 Birds of a Feather session with Jimmy Fournier, covering Gaussian-based animation workflows, hybrid pipelines and production uses from acquisition through delivery, with examples from NFB works in progress and tec…
- 6 days ago15 Jul 26, 4:15pm -
- Never a Dull Moment: Stephan Fleet Unpacks the VFX of 'The Boys' Final Season
The VFX supervisor reflects on 8 years leading visual effects production on the hit Prime Video series; the final season pushed his teams through 1,600+ shots including Homelander’s CG death and Seth Rogan’s celebrity cameo explosion.
- 7 days ago14 Jul 26, 11:05pm -
- Framestore Adds 3 Senior Leaders to Design Studio
Ric Comline joins as executive creative director, Thierry Levy as executive producer and Sean Cooper as creative director; the London-based trio to focus on expanding advertising and brand work while supporting global episodic, immersive and film pro…
- 7 days ago14 Jul 26, 5:43pm -
- Disney Reveals D23 2026 Programming Lineup
Epic 3-day fan event will feature a ‘Muppets’ songbook celebration with Seth MacFarlane, new Leslie Iwerks documentary, and anniversary panels for ‘Alice in Wonderland,’ ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ ‘KINGDOM HEARTS,’ and ‘Spider-Man’ a…
- 8 days ago14 Jul 26, 12:28am -
- NVIDIA ‘Neural Rendering, World Models and Simulation’ Keynote Set for SIGGRAPH 2026
The company’s Research and Engineering leaders Neil Ashton, Ming-Yu Liu and Edward Liu will talk on advances in neural rendering, world models and AI-driven simulation next Monday, July 20; conference runs July 19-23 in Los Angeles.
- 8 days ago13 Jul 26, 6:38pm -
- SIGGRAPH 2026 Launches New Games Summit Track
The opening-day program, running July 19, brings studios and indies together for talks and networking on how games are made; sessions span accessibility, audio, VFX, performance capture, pipelines, and game development economics, with games programmi…
- 8 days ago13 Jul 26, 5:37pm -
- Disney Legend, Oscar Winner Don Iwerks Passes as 96
The son of Mickey Mouse co-creator Ub Iwerks helped advance projection technology, 3D and large-format filmmaking, Circle-Vision, motion simulators, and immersive attractions across more than six decades with Disney and Iwerks Entertainment.
- 9 days ago12 Jul 26, 3:52pm -