Weekly VFX News updates
1. Adobe Acquires Topaz Labs Adobe is buying Topaz Labs! If you’ve ever used Topaz…
Weekly VFX News updates
1. Adobe Acquires Topaz Labs Adobe is buying Topaz Labs! If you’ve ever used Topaz Video AI, Gigapixel AI, or Photo AI, you already know how powerful these tools are. Adobe says they’ll continue working as usual while the deal is being completed. Now this is more than just another company acquisition. Topaz has some…
The VFX Overtime Debate Nobody Wants to Talk About
The visual effects industry has never been a stranger to overtime discussions. Recently, another debate surfaced online around unpaid overtime in VFX, and as expected, the reactions were divided. Some artists argued that if someone worked extra hours, they should be compensated. Others questioned whether all overtime is actually caused by unreasonable workloads, suggesting that…
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…
