Why Foundry Bought Griptape?
Foundry just revealed something MUCH bigger. And weirdly… almost nobody is talking about it properly. Because this is not just another AI tool announcement. This is potentially the beginning of AI becoming part of the actual VFX pipeline itself. And if you use Foundry Nuke… this becomes VERY interesting. Because after reading about Griptape… I…
How Star Wars Created Modern VFX
Back in the 1970s, Hollywood thought science fiction was dead. Studios believed audiences had moved on. Big space adventures were considered risky, expensive, and impossible to market. And then a young filmmaker walked into meetings carrying a strange script called The Star Wars. Nobody wanted it. The script sounded bizarre. It talked about Jedi knights,…
Netflix Launches AI Animation Studio INKubator
And It May Signal a Bigger Shift for the Animation Industry Netflix is officially moving deeper into AI-powered animation production with a new internal initiative called INKubator. According to reports from Cartoon Brew and other outlets, the company is building a studio focused on “GenAI-native” animated workflows for shorts and special projects. The initiative appears…
VFX Weekly | FMX 2026 | Freepik | LTX-2.3 | VES
Freepik Rebrands to Magnific Magnific, formerly known as Freepik, has officially rebranded itself to focus more on AI-powered creative tools. The platform is expanding beyond stock images into AI image generation, upscaling, 3D tools, and AI video workflows. Existing users can still use the same accounts and services. This shows how fast creative platforms are…
Mother’s Day in the VFX Industry
Most people only see the final shot. The explosion.The de-aging.The giant creature.The Marvel credits rolling at the end of the film. But behind many VFX artists, there’s usually someone else quietly supporting the journey:their mother. Not because she understood compositing, rendering, or rotoscoping.Most of the time, she didn’t. She probably thought Nuke sounded like hacking…
Corridor Key is NOT a green screen revolution
There’s a familiar pattern in VFX every few years. A new tool drops.A demo looks impressive.And suddenly, people start calling it a “revolution.” That’s exactly what’s happening with Corridor Crew’s Corridor Key. It’s a smart tool. It’s interesting. It’s genuinely useful in some cases.But calling it a green screen revolution ignores how compositing actually works….
VFX Weekly | Corridor Key| LumiVid | DLSS 5 | Nuke 17
₹116 Crore Investment in VFX Zee Entertainment Enterprises announced a ₹116 crore investment into PhantomFX to expand VFX, animation, and AI-driven content production. The move focuses on building original IP, scaling studio capacity, and integrating advanced pipelines for OTT and global content delivery. This isn’t just funding, it’s a power shift. Indian studios are moving…
VFX Weekly | ComfyUI | Sora | DLSS 5 | Netflix
ComfyUI Just Solved a Huge Problem (Dynamic VRAM) ComfyUI introduced Dynamic VRAM, and this is actually a big deal. What changed: 👉 Why this matters:This is the first real step toward democratizing heavy AI workflows locally.Less RAM dependency = more artists can run advanced tools without upgrading hardware. OpenAI Shuts Down Sora OpenAI is reportedly…
VFX Weekly | Oscars 2026 | NNFlowVector | ComfyUI app
Oscars 2026 VFX Race The 98th Academy Awards Best Visual Effects category is one of the most competitive technical races this year. Major contenders Industry predictions strongly favor Avatar: Fire and Ash due to its groundbreaking underwater and large-scale simulation work. Meanwhile Sinners received heavy attention because of complex digital characters and environmental effects such…
The VFX School Shuts Down, Releases Entire Course Library for Free
Recently something interesting happened in the VFX learning world. An online training platform called The VFX School has announced that it is shutting down. But instead of simply disappearing, they decided to release their entire course library for free. No signup.No payment.No account required. All the videos are currently available to stream on Vimeo, and…
