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Business Headline News

BrightFrame Studios Opens Atmos Post-Production Facility in Burbank

Company’s second location extends service offerings, featuring a PMC-powered 9.1.4 Dolby Atmos mixing room with an Avid S6 console; includes curated selection of premium microphones, preamps, and outboard equipment bookable now ahead of its July 17 launch.

Business Headline News

Alkemy X Expands Operations to Toronto

Building on its existing presence in Vancouver, the post-production and VFX studio moves to reinforce its ‘long-term investment in and commitment to the Canadian market, and to the varying needs’ of its clients.

Postvis Magic Headline News

Proof Shares ‘Wheel of Time’ Season 3 Postvis Reel

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 10:33am

The studio delivered 35 minutes of visualization across all 8 episodes using a unique Sketchvis pipeline to create the ‘channeling’ of different powers before final effects were in place.

18’s the Charm VFXWorld

Clone. Kill. Repeat: Framestore Shares its ‘Mickey 17’ Visual Effects

VFX supervisor Stuart Penn discusses the quirky, grisly mayhem, including the Niflheim ice cavern, native creatures known as Creepers, and our hero’s multiple deaths and subsequent regenerations, in Bong Joon-ho’s dark, sci-fi comedy.

Innovations in VFX Pipelines Headline News

How Vivid VFX used AYON for Wes Anderson’s ‘The Phoenician Scheme’ – Without Crunch

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, June 5, 2025 at 5:09pm

The studio shares how the flexible, customizable pipeline helped them deliver 700-800 mostly invisible VFX shots, including editorial splits, performance tweaks and background cleanups, on the iconic filmmaker's latest movie, now in theaters.

Virtual Chicken and Lava VFXWorld

Behind the Virtual Scenes: ‘A Minecraft Movie’

By Dan Sarto | Monday, June 2, 2025 at 1:36pm

Disguise Creative Services spent 52 weeks on Jared Hess’ hit action comedy, working as a virtual art department to create 20 digital environments in Unreal Engine that were used in pre-production, production and post.

Who Doesn’t Love Dennis the Wolf? VFXWorld

‘A Minecraft Movie’: Wētā FX Helps Adapt an Iconic Game One Block at a Time

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, May 29, 2025 at 12:18pm

VFX Supervisor Sheldon Stopsack and Animation Supervisor Kevin Estey discuss the studio’s extensive world building and character design / animation work on Jared Hess’ hit comedy adventure, delivering 450 visual effects shots that wove together the game’s block-based aesthetic with live-action photography; work included villain Malgosha, The Overworld, The Nether, 12 different Piglin variants, zombies, skeletons, and loveable wolf Dennis.

The Increasing Need for Entertainment Content ANIMATIONWorld

Smarter Tools from Lenovo with AMD Power Creatives in Media and Entertainment

Consumers continue to expect fresh and innovative experiences across film, TV, games and interactive experiences, in greater quantity with higher fidelity, which means artists and studios require more compute power to handle ever-growing datasets while still delivering on time and on budget.

We Are Not Alone VFXWorld

How Lighting FX Influenced Visual Storytelling in ‘The Manhattan Alien Abduction’

VFX studio Lux Aeterna delivered hyper-realistic shots for the Netflix docuseries on the famous 1989 Linda Napolitano story of her abduction, keeping in line with an 80s cinematic feel.

Heading to Stuttgart Headline News

FMX 2025 Program Now Online

Lists of participating speakers and companies have also been published; presentation categories include VFX for Features, Feature Animation, Sound Design, Managing Change, and News.

It’s Wicked Cool! VFXWorld

Nathan Crowley Goes Big and Practical on ‘Wicked’ Production Design

Fresh off his Oscar win for Jon M. Chu and Universal’s hit musical adventure, the production designer talks real trains, Unreal Engine digital fly-bys, and growing 9 million tulips.

Honoring the Best in Kids and Family TV Animation Headline News

‘Percy Jackson,’ ‘Orion and the Dark’ Win Big at 3rd Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards

By Dan Sarto | Monday, March 17, 2025 at 9:52am

‘Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,’ ‘Merry Little Batman’ and ‘StoryBots: Answer Time’ were three of the top shows among other winners at this weekend's two separate awards ceremonies.

It’s Wicked Cool! VFXWorld

From Start to Finish, Framestore Visualizes ‘Wicked’

Visualization supervisors Christopher McDonald and Maike Fiene discuss their teams’ expansive and extensive efforts, from previs to postvis and final, including helping devise camera angles and character movements, on Nessarose Thropp’s levitating wheelchair, Elphaba taking flight, and Doctor Dillamond sequences, on Jon M. Chu’s hit musical adventure.

No Artist Left Behind Events

CTNX 2025

Begins: November 20, 2025

The 4-day event transforms the city’s ‘Animation Week’ into a hub for seasoned and emerging creators to recharge, inspire, celebrate, and ignite their passion for storytelling, running November 20-23 in Burbank, California.

Innovations in Virtual Production Headline News

Door G Launches New England’s Tallest Virtual Production LED Wall

The independent creative production studio’s new digital set is now part of its pipeline to build immersive video experiences leveraging virtual production, AI, and agile workflows.

Conferences Events

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025

Begins: December 15, 2025

The 18th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre December 15-18, 2025.

Business Headline News

Brompton Technology Powers FINAS ICVFX Virtual Production Studio

Now fully operational, the Malaysian studio includes a curved LED wall, side panels, and ceiling displays, powered by three 4K Tessera SX40 LED video processors; INFiLED p2.5, p3.91, and p5.9 LED panels deliver HDR-ready visuals to meet the growing demands of the country’s filmmakers and content creators.

Heading to Stuttgart Events

FMX 2025: Rhythm of Change

Begins: May 6, 2025

The 4-day event returns to Stuttgart, kicking off May 6; on-demand presentations are available May 10 – June 10.

Technology Headline News

Foundry Releases Nuke 16.0

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 11:23am

Latest version of industry-leading compositing software allows changes to multiple shots at the same time, faster large-scale roto work, and updated timeline tools for faster shot approval and delivery.

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It’s a Ho Ho Whodunnit for Hallmark+’s ‘Mistletoe Murders’ VFX

By Dan Sarto | Monday, February 3, 2025 at 5:11pm

Visual effects supervisor Aaron Wright and his Blue Rain Productions team created various effects for the all-new Hallmark+ holiday mystery series, including scene enhancements, photo replacements, a breaking sleigh, and a big warehouse explosion.

Honoring Excellence in VFX Headline News

Comedians The Sklar Brothers to Host 23rd Annual VES Awards

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 10:40am

This marks the first hosting of the awards by the comedy duo, whose knowledge of VFX stems from being two identical humans; event set for February 11 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel.

Technology Headline News

Mindshow Unveils Real-Time Virtual Production Platform

Technology merges real-time rendering with asset ingest and character animation tools accessible across the entire production pipeline, from storyboarding to final pass; streaming veteran David Baron joins leadership team as COO.

Technology Headline News

Chaos Releases V-Ray 7 for Maya and Houdini

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, January 28, 2025 at 9:16am

New features include accelerated Gaussian Splat support, new shading tools, a new firefly removal algorithm, interoperability, and an updated Open Image Denoiser.

Technology Headline News

Adobe Introduces Software Updates, Invests in Filmmaker Community

Company unveils new Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects and Frame.io innovations to streamline post-production and save time; the Film & TV Fund has been expanded with $5M to accelerate career growth for underrepresented creators.

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Autodesk Reveals New Artist Tools and Workflows at AU 2024

At this year's Autodesk Univerisity, with the help of Mikros Animation, Digital Fish, and Wonder Studio, the tech giant demonstrated a slew of program feature updates and improvements across its product lineup, all designed to increase creative productivity and lower barriers for great storytelling.

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