FMX is around the corner

April 24, 2026

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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Delivering Apple Immersive Video for streaming: a new practical workflow

March 26, 2026

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 real-time neural rendering with DLSS 5

March 17, 2026

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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And the winner is …

March 15, 2026

Congrats to the winners at the 98th Oscars, a night celebrating the art and science of modern filmmaking.

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Sci-Tech Oscars announced

February 18, 2026

Congratulations to this year’s Scientific and Technical Awards recipients.

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Congrats to the 98th Oscar Nominees

January 22, 2026

The nominations for the 98th Oscars have been announced…congratulations to the teams.

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Blackmagic ProDock and iPhone as a VFX Gaussian splatting weapon at Radiant Images

January 21, 2026

Blackmagic’s ProDock turns the iPhone 17 Pro into a production camera rig and in Radiant Images’ hands it becomes a killer rig for Gaussian Splats and bullet-time shots.

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These are some of our favourite things from 2025

December 29, 2025

Some of our favourite things from 2025. Do you agree? What did we miss?

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Adobe Firefly doubles down on control, choice, and scale for AI video creators

December 17, 2025

With the latest updates, Adobe is positioning Firefly as a serious, end-to-end creative platform for AI-assisted storytelling and imagery.

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Yuki’s Revenge: how Unreal Engine revived Tarantino’s missing Kill Bill scene

December 16, 2025

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.

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NUKE 17.0 in beta with Gaussian Splats

December 12, 2025

The NUKE 17.0 public beta brings Gaussian Splatting into the compositor pipeline, unlocking real-time, editable volumetric scenes directly inside Nuke.

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SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 : sessions we’re looking forward to

December 5, 2025

A quick look at some of the presentations we’ve highlighted at the upcoming SIGGRAPH Asia in Hong Kong.

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Wētā FX & AWS partner on artist-first AI tools

December 2, 2025

Could this partnership of Wētā FX & AWS be a turning point for creativity, artist-driven, and responsibility in AI VFX?

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Writing the book on cinematic immersion

December 1, 2025

A new powerful guide that shows filmmakers how to craft truly cinematic, emotionally powerful stories in Apple’s new immersive spatial format.

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Ray3 brings 16-bit HDR generative video – now in Adobe Firefly

September 26, 2025

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.

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First look: Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive test footage for Apple Vision Pro

July 24, 2025

Check out Apple Immersive Video in action with an exclusive download of the world’s first AVP footage shot on the camera.

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Exploring the new Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera

July 8, 2025

Exploring the pipeline for immersive storytelling with the camera system purpose-built to create video content for the Apple Vision Pro.

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Diffusing reality: how NVIDIA reimagined relighting

June 17, 2025

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.

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The Wheel of Time postviz reel from Proof

June 3, 2025

Proof Inc. reimagined post-visualization for Amazon’s The Wheel of Time, blurring the boundaries between previs, postvis, and final VFX.

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The making of Netflix’s Senna – Scanline

March 24, 2025

The ‘Making Of’ Scanline’s VFX work on “Senna,” the Netflix series that celebrates Ayrton Senna.

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Congratulations to the 2025 oscar winners

March 2, 2025

Congrats to all the artists on this year’s Oscar winning films.

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How generative AI is being used in VFX (VES Panel)

February 20, 2025

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.

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2025’s 14 Sci-Tech Academy Awards

January 27, 2025

Denoising and stabilising along with stunt fire gel and importantly captioning all honored in this year’s Sci-tech Awards

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Congrats and reactions to the 2025 Oscar Nominees

January 23, 2025

Congrats to all the Oscar Nominees

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BAFTA nominations have been announced

January 15, 2025

Congrats to all the Nominees +plus linked to interviews with each of the teams.

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VES 2025 Nominees

January 14, 2025

Congrats to the nominees in the 23rd Annual VES Awards in all 25 categories.

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The VFX of Alex Garland’s Civil War

January 10, 2025

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.

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Agatha All Along with Digital Domain

November 13, 2024

Agatha All Along goes a long way with old-school digital comping, blue screen, and set extensions.

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Adele’s world record LED concert experience

November 12, 2024

We discuss how Disguise provided the World record breakingly large LED screen for Adele in Munich.

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Cinesite for a more perfect (The) Union

October 29, 2024

Cinesite’s realistic action VFX work on Netflix’s The Union.

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