Awards Season Officially Begins! Awards season is officially coming up with the Golden Globe Awards landing on January 11, followed by the Grammy Awards in February and the Academy Awards in March. For VFX artists, the real calendar event is January 13, when nominations for the Visual Effects Society Awards are announced across 25 categories…
If you open a USD scene in Nuke 17 and feel overwhelmed by the Scene Graph, here’s the secret: everything you are looking at is a Prim. A Prim, short for primitive, is the most basic building block in USD. If something exists in your 3D scene, it is a Prim. Geometry, cameras, lights, materials,…
VFX Bingo 2026 is not about complaining. It is about recognizing the shared reality. A small moment of “oh, it is not just me.” That is why the squares are only two words each. In VFX, two words are enough. Everyone knows what Shot Reopened means. Everyone understands Still Rendering. No explanation required. Because no…
New Year wishes in the VFX industry are rarely just about celebration. They are about survival, resilience, invisible effort, and the quiet pride of work that most audiences never notice. This collection of 200+ Happy New Year 2026 wishes for VFX artists is written for every mood in the industry. From polished studio greetings to…
“Just survive 2025.” We did.Somehow. Here is what actually happened, why it mattered, and what it quietly changed. 1. AI in 2025 What happened AI was everywhere in 2025. Louder than ever. More accessible than ever. To be clear, AI itself was not new. VFX has used machine learning for years in denoising, tracking, retiming,…
A practical, no-cringe guide Buying gifts for VFX artists is harder than it looks. They already own a mouse they swear by, a keyboard they refuse to replace, and a workstation held together by deadlines and caffeine. So instead of guessing, here is a short, practical list of gifts that actually land. Nothing flashy. Nothing…
Nuke 17 is now in open beta, and at first glance, this looks like the most exciting Nuke release in years. Gaussian Splats. MaterialX shaders. Better reflections and refractions. Stronger USD workflows. More AI through CopyCat. it feels like Foundry suddenly woke up and decided to ship everything at once. But once you step back,…
Comfy UI Updated Again!! Seriously, How Many Times Is This Now? That’s 38 official releases of core ComfyUI versions that are documented on the changelog during 2025 from early smaller patch releases (v0.3.40+) up through v0.5.1 in December. This does not count incremental pre-releases or desktop packaging versions, nor separate ComfyUI-Manager or community builds. At…
Nuke 17 is now in open beta, and at first glance, it looks like the most exciting Nuke release in years. It almost feels like Foundry suddenly woke up and decided to ship everything at once. USD workflows, MaterialX shaders, volumetric tools, AI inside comp. A lot of long-promised ideas finally landed together. But more…
Foundry has quietly dropped one of the most consequential updates to Nuke in years. Nuke 17.0 is now in open beta, and for the first time, Gaussian Splats are a native citizen inside the compositor. On paper, it sounds technical. In practice, it signals a deeper shift in how environments, volumetric captures, and reconstructed worlds…
