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…
Generating detailed asteroids or rocky debris usually means sculpting assets, projecting textures, or relying on 3D renders. For many comp tasks this is far more than what is needed. A lot of shots only require a single turntable element, a drifting foreground rock, or a stylized asteroid field. With Nuke 17 and BlinkScript, you can…
Last week, I saw a post from an artist who said something interesting. He had a job interview. He spoke to a human HR, but those conversations are actually recorded. Ten minutes later, he received a detailed report about who he is as a professional and as a person. Here’s the part that caught my…
Academy Scientific and Technical Awards Winners Announced The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has revealed the recipients of this year’s Sci-Tech Awards, honouring innovators behind tech that drives filmmaking forward. This includes tools and systems that stretch from simulation and rendering to materials and shading. The ceremony is set for April 28, 2026,…
Here’s a roundup of the major VFX news from the past week across creative tools, workflows, and open source developments: Seedance 2.0 — Next-Gen AI Video Generation Seedance 2.0 grabbed attention as one of the most talked-about AI video generation engines. It promises frame-level precision, multimodal input (images, video, audio, text), and consistent character and…
,The latest release of OpenRV 3.1.0 isn’t just another incremental update for a playback tool. It lands at a moment where the visual effects and animation industry is quietly reshaping how artists review work, collaborate, and build pipelines that aren’t locked into expensive, proprietary ecosystems. GIF movies are now supported directly in RV. It sounds…
1) Governments Are Now Funding VFX Like Infrastructure India’s 2026 Union Budget officially put the Orange Economy on the national priority list.That includes animation, visual effects, gaming, and comics. The plan is not just subsidies for studios. It includes creator labs inside thousands of schools and colleges to build a long-term talent pipeline. This is…
If you’re working with USD in Nuke 17, you’ll hear the word Xform everywhere. But what does it actually mean, and why does it matter for your compositing work? In simple terms, an Xform in USD is a transform node a way of positioning, rotating, or scaling something in 3D space. But the story behind…
Ben Affleck on AI and VFX Ben Affleck’s take on AI in VFX is interesting mainly because it says the quiet part out loud. Yes, some AI tools will replace parts of CGI work, mostly the repetitive and background stuff, and yes, the reason is money and speed. That is already happening. What makes the…
If you have ever used the default Noise node in Nuke for skies, domes, environment maps, or full frame textures, you already know the issue. The noise looks fine in the middle, but as soon as it wraps horizontally, you get a sharp visible seam. That seam instantly breaks realism, especially in lat-long or spherical…
