FMX 2014 got underway in Stuttgart, Germany on Tuesday. Over the years, this has become Europe’s premiere VFX related conference and this year is no exception. We recap some of the highlights from the first day, with help from fxphd prof Matt Leonard.

Behind the scenes of two recent TVCs for Evian and Nissan with VFX by Mikros Image and Digital Domain.

See how ILM crashed a Helicarrier in this video on Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

fxguide won’t be doing live streaming from NAB this year, but The Foundry will be doing two live streams from the show: an “exclusive announcement” on Monday and four hours of streaming from the booth on Tuesday.

Adobe has announced a suite of updates for its Creative Cloud video apps – Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC and Adobe Anywhere.

We recap presentations from MPC, Pixar, Fabric Engine, and Red Giant about how they are exploring and using GPU tech in their facilities or projects.

DreamWorks Animation is the latest studio to adopt The Foundry’s story development tool FLIX.

Our day one coverage of the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference includes highlights from the keynote by NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang as well as the Octane Renderer 2.0 announcement.

We sit down with Chaos Group founders Vladimir Koylazov and Peter Mitev to discuss the latest with V-Ray and what you can expect into the future.

Part 1 of a making of series for Ubisoft’s painterly role-playing game Child of Light.

We talk to Animatrik Film Design about their approach to virtual production work.

Find out what Red Giant Universe is and what it means for you.

A tracking Q&A about 3DEqualizer with the co-founder of Science.D.Visions Rolf Schneider.

Ex-ILMer Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams shares a story about working with Softimage during the making of Jurassic Park. Autodesk has just announced the software is EOL.

Find out how Mr. X destroyed Pompeii, got their teaser trailer imagery into the final film and delivered one particularly crucial shot.

Gravity has won the VFX Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards.

ADAPT (Asso­ci­a­tion of Dig­i­tal Artists, Pro­fes­sion­als & Tech­ni­cians) has released a video titled “Corporate Welfare For Hollywood?”

The MPAA wants trade courts to consider the use of electronic means to distribute intellectual property to be treated the same as physical goods, LA City Council hears testimony, Life After Pi has been released and ADAPT is announced.

See behind the scenes of the wonderful short film ‘Silent’ made by Dolby and Moonbot Studios. UPDATED with exclusive breakdown video and original artwork.

A documentary following the bankruptcy of Rhythm & Hues as it won the Oscar for Life of Pi and plans for a second protest march at the Oscars.

Gravity took out the visual effects gong at the 2014 BAFTA Awards.

In this special gallery we feature images taken by fxguide at the Scientific and Technical Awards.

We talk to one of the original developers of FiLMBOX, which became MotionBuilder, and is soon to be recognized with a SciTech Award.

LIVE COVERAGE: fxguide is at the VES Awards in Los Angeles tonight, and we’ll be updating this post with all the winners plus photos from the evening.

Exclusive Weta Digital breakdowns of Smaug, one of the animated characters featured in this year’s Visual Effects Awards nominations. Plus see our ‘Desolation of Smaug’ eBook.

New Autodesk 3ds Max product manager Eddie Perberg discusses the future of the software package. Plus a look at where 3ds Max is being used.

We talk to Cinesite MD Antony Hunt about the VFX studio’s expansion to Montréal.