These are some of our favourite things from 2025
Some of our favourite things from 2025. Do you agree? What did we miss?
ReadAdobe Firefly doubles down on control, choice, and scale for AI video creators
With the latest updates, Adobe is positioning Firefly as a serious, end-to-end creative platform for AI-assisted storytelling and imagery.
ReadYuki’s Revenge: how Unreal Engine revived Tarantino’s missing Kill Bill scene
Tarantino’s long-lost Kill Bill sequence comes to life inside Fortnite, showcasing how Unreal Engine’s real-time filmmaking tools are reshaping modern cinematic storytelling.
ReadNUKE 17.0 in beta with Gaussian Splats
The NUKE 17.0 public beta brings Gaussian Splatting into the compositor pipeline, unlocking real-time, editable volumetric scenes directly inside Nuke.
ReadSIGGRAPH Asia 2025 : sessions we’re looking forward to
A quick look at some of the presentations we’ve highlighted at the upcoming SIGGRAPH Asia in Hong Kong.
ReadWētā FX & AWS partner on artist-first AI tools
Could this partnership of Wētā FX & AWS be a turning point for creativity, artist-driven, and responsibility in AI VFX?
ReadWriting the book on cinematic immersion
A new powerful guide that shows filmmakers how to craft truly cinematic, emotionally powerful stories in Apple’s new immersive spatial format.
ReadRay3 brings 16-bit HDR generative video – now in Adobe Firefly
Luma AI’s new Ray3 video model brings high quality generative video with a fast Draft Mode a step closer to true production-ready pipelines.
ReadFirst look: Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive test footage for Apple Vision Pro
Check out Apple Immersive Video in action with an exclusive download of the world’s first AVP footage shot on the camera.
ReadExploring the new Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera
Exploring the pipeline for immersive storytelling with the camera system purpose-built to create video content for the Apple Vision Pro.
ReadDiffusing reality: how NVIDIA reimagined relighting
NVIDIA’s DiffusionRenderer redefines neural rendering by using AI to relight, edit materials, and insert objects into real-world videos with no 3D geometry needed.
ReadThe Wheel of Time postviz reel from Proof
Proof Inc. reimagined post-visualization for Amazon’s The Wheel of Time, blurring the boundaries between previs, postvis, and final VFX.
ReadThe making of Netflix’s Senna – Scanline
The ‘Making Of’ Scanline’s VFX work on “Senna,” the Netflix series that celebrates Ayrton Senna.
ReadCongratulations to the 2025 oscar winners
Congrats to all the artists on this year’s Oscar winning films.
ReadHow generative AI is being used in VFX (VES Panel)
AI is already influencing VFX workflows, but how much of it is actually useful? What’s practical today, and what’s still evolving? The VES presents a panel on generative AI. We talk to VFX supervisor Jim Geduldick about what to expect.
Read2025’s 14 Sci-Tech Academy Awards
Denoising and stabilising along with stunt fire gel and importantly captioning all honored in this year’s Sci-tech Awards
ReadCongrats and reactions to the 2025 Oscar Nominees
Congrats to all the Oscar Nominees
ReadBAFTA nominations have been announced
Congrats to all the Nominees +plus linked to interviews with each of the teams.
ReadVES 2025 Nominees
Congrats to the nominees in the 23rd Annual VES Awards in all 25 categories.
ReadThe VFX of Alex Garland’s Civil War
Civil War was hailed as one of the year’s most startling and visceral films, Framestore was an early collaborator delivering over a 1,000 shots.
ReadAgatha All Along with Digital Domain
Agatha All Along goes a long way with old-school digital comping, blue screen, and set extensions.
ReadAdele’s world record LED concert experience
We discuss how Disguise provided the World record breakingly large LED screen for Adele in Munich.
ReadCinesite for a more perfect (The) Union
Cinesite’s realistic action VFX work on Netflix’s The Union.
ReadGoogle’s NotebookLM: everyone has a podcast about AI, even AI itself
Another incredible jump in large language models (LLM) and generative AI (GenAI) but how does it affect visual effects (vfx)?
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