Latest Vfx news and Updates
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences just announced that they’re diving into 11 different areas of scientific and technical research for 2024. This is all in preparation for their big Scientific and Technical Awards happening on February 18, 2025. They’re making these investigations public so that anyone who’s got cool new tech or innovative…
The Animation Guild and Hollywood studios have scheduled additional negotiation dates in September after a week of talks ended without an agreement, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The union, representing over 5,000 animation workers, and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers had set aside one week to reach a new three-year contract, but…
The winners of the 70th National Film Awards were announced at the National Media Center in New Delhi on Friday. The winners will be felicitated by President Droupadi Murmu in a ceremony in October, 2024 Brahmastra has 4000+ VFX Shots, The scene where SRK takes the form of Vanarastra is simply the best. Then there…
The Alien franchise is back on track with Alien: Romulus, following the mixed reception of Ridley Scott’s prequel films. This time, the story slots in between the original Alien and Aliens, focusing on a group of young folks trying to survive in a remote mining colony. Early reviews are already calling it the scariest Alien…
A small compilation of what happened in Siggraph 2024. – New Geb AI updates for Substance Modeler; Firefly integrated into Substance 3D Sampler Read Siggraph papers here : https://www.realtimerendering.com/kesen/sig2024.html
Animation Guild Fires Up Members at Pre-Negotiations Rally
Toronto, ON – In a groundbreaking move for the visual effects industry, three leading Canadian VFX studios—Krow VFX, Torpedo Pictures, and Trypty—have announced their merger, forming a new powerhouse studio known as Ticket VFX. This strategic collaboration promises to deliver world-class VFX services, from concept development to post-production, to audiences worldwide. Leading the new venture…
The union announced on Tuesday that VFX workers at Apple Studios unanimously voted to unionize with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) after a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) election. All twelve workers, who hold critical positions across six Apple Studios LLC shows, cast their ballots in favor of unionizing. The organizing Apple…
Autodesk has acquired Maya crowd simulation tool Golaem (plug-in for Autodesk Maya)