The Death of the Renderfarm: How GPU Slicing is Replacing the Old Model
Adapting to modern post-production workflows doesn’t just require new creative tools; reassigning resources can ensure cores used for rendering aren’t running idle or max out.
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VIEW 2025 Reveals Expansive Full Conference Lineup
It’s just 2 weeks away… more than 150 award-winning speakers from the world of animation, VFX, games and AI will take part in a packed schedule of keynotes, talks, panels, workshops and masterclasses; event runs October 12-17 in Turin, Italy.
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Infinity Festival 2025
Begins: October 9, 2025
The eighth annual festival returns to Los Angeles this October 9-10 to celebrate the convergence of art, technology, and entertainment; the Monolith Awards, hosted by Paul Debevec, Chief Research Officer of Eyeline Studios, will take place October 10.
MIPJUNIOR 2025
Begins: October 11, 2025
The content market dedicated to kids’ entertainment returns to Cannes, France October 11-12 with networking, screenings, keynotes, and conferences.
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MIPCOM Cannes 2025
Begins: October 13, 2025
The world’s largest entertainment content market returns to Cannes October 13-16.
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JALI Research Powers ‘When the Moon Sings’ in Competition at OIAF 2025
Jesu Medina’s short film, selected for the Canadian Student Animation program, is an abstract narrative thriller that follows a desperate mother who falls victim to a series of cruel encounters with the Muse, the Angel, and the Demon; fest runs September 24-28.
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Wacom, Blender Expand Strategic Digital Tool Partnership
The collaboration will focus on optimization of the pen and touch performance and the development of a next-generation Blender experience for Android tablets.
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Secret Weapons Announces EbSynth V2 Update
The Prague tech company’s VFX rotoscoping tool used on shows like ‘Undone’ and ‘Wednesday’ creates all in-between frames in any artistic style – oil paint, watercolor, pastel, and others
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OddBeast Crafts Half Rez 2025 Opening Film
The motion design short from Kevin Gautraud offers a Sagan-inspired meditation on our small moment in the vastness of time; produced with Gaea, Houdini, Cinema 4D, and OctaneRender.
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Previs Pro Gets Major Update, Free Access Tier
Previs Pro 3 adds new Animatics feature that incorporates motion, timing, and pacing directly into the visual planning process; Light Grade exits beta; new free pricing level allows users to generate unlimited watermarked storyboards, use up to three AI-generated props, and create one animatic sequence.
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Maxon Releases Maxon One Design Update
Company unifies Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Redshift, and Red Giant in an ecosystem redesign, with new feature capabilities across VFX, 3D modeling, and motion graphics solutions.
Ingenuity Studios Delivers 300 ‘Eye Bulging’ Shots for ‘Weapons’
The VFX team crafted CG peepers for actors Benny Wong, Austin Abrams, and Alden Ehrenreich, and created previs that allowed safe ways for kids to perform stunts instead of using digital doubles.
Proof Shares ‘Heads of State’ Visualization Reel
The studio delivered both previs and techvis for the action-packed, 12-minute Air Force One action sequence on the Prime Video comedy starring John Cena and Idris Elba.
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SCAD AnimationFest 2025 Returns to Atlanta
‘Phineas and Ferb’ co-creators Dan Povenmire and Jeff ‘Swampy’ Marsh, along with ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ writers/directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans will be honored at the festival, which runs September 25-27; the 3-day event features screenings, panel discussions, and presentations from SCAD Alumni students, alumni and industry creatives.
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JALI Research, IEL Team for Multilingual Real-Time Facial Animation Showcase
The companies demonstrated high-fidelity character performances using state-of-the-art automated lip-sync within a non-linear animation workflow at last week’s Unreal Fest Seoul.
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OPSIS Partners with Utopai Studios to Pioneer AI-Supported Content Creation
Leading visualization studio launches new division to harness video-to-video AI tools for creator driven, cost-effective feature and episodic projects; shows in pre-production with the AI-tech company include ‘Cortés’ and ‘Space.’
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Gaxos Labs Launches ‘Art-Gen’ AI Image and Video Creation Platform
The platform combines AI models from industry leaders with Gaxos’ proprietary enhancements to produce cinematic visuals, hyper-realistic imagery, or animated video content with a text prompt or reference image.
It’s All SecUnits and Alien Arthropods for DNEG’s ‘Murderbot’ VFX
Visual Effects Supervisor Jelmer Boskma and his team delivered 448 shots across 10 episodes, creating previs, techvis, alien environments, the titular security android, and a giant 2-headed centipede, on the hit Apple TV+ sci-fi comedy, now streaming, that just scored a Season 2 renewal.
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Lightcraft Unveils ‘Spark’ AI-Powered Production Platform for Filmmakers
The system augments traditional filmmaking with AI-assisted collaboration tools to create virtual shots and organize teams from pre-to-post.
iHeartMedia Debuts ‘War of the Roses’ Animated Series Adaptation
Hosted by show creator Sean ‘Hollywood’ Hamilton and his co-host Marie, the show brings real radio episodes to life through stylized animation and a spatial audio mix powered by Eclipsa Audio.
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The Academy Elects 2025-2026 Academy Foundation Board Members, Officers
The Academy Foundation Board comprises 12 trustees who also serve as members of the Academy Board of Governors; casting director Kim Taylor-Coleman was elected Board president.
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Puget Systems to Debut RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Max-Q Workstation at SIGGRAPH 2025
The high-performance workstation provider will also be demonstrating a ‘Virtual Rage Room’ immersive, interactive experience that leverages markerless mocap tech and a 10-foot LED volume.
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Catch the National Film Board of Canada at SIGGRAPH 2025
Head of technical direction and production technologies Éloi Champagne will participate in a Real-Time Live! Session, and will sit down with filmmaker Amanda Strong to discuss ‘Inkwo for When the Starving Return;’ Jo Roy’s ‘Corpus and the Wandering’ will screen as part of the Electronic Theater.
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OptiTrack to Showcase New Motion Tracking Solution at SIGGRAPH 2025
The first-of-its-kind technology enables artists to leverage Captury real-time markerless motion-capture technology alongside markered props for powerful versatility; demonstrations from August 11-14.
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AMPAS ‘ACES’ Joins the Academy Software Foundation
The open source framework for color management and image interchange across the entire motion picture production life cycle has been developed and maintained by the Academy for more than a decade.
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