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FMX opens ticket shop and confirms collaboration track talks
FMX opens ticket sales, confirms new speakers, details pass options and highlights ongoing PANEURAMA industry research.
That’s It for This Year: Digital Production Wishes You Happy Holidays
Digital Production is taking a short end-of-year break. Back up your data, sort out the chaos folder, enjoy the holidays, and we will be back next year.
Netflix buys Warner Bros.
Netflix will acquire Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios, HBO/HBO Max and content libraries in a $82.7 bn deal, a massive consolidation that may reshape streaming and media production.
World VFX Day 2025: Global Line-Up Revealed
WētāFX, ILM, Framestore, Adobe and more join World VFX Day 2025 this December, streaming live from London.
“A Model of Madness” Scott Ross Why VFX Fails as a Business
Scott Ross: VFX is “a model of madness.” ILM, Digital Domain, and decades later, the business still cannot stand on three legs.
Phantom Media Group: Milk, Lola, Tippett, PhantomFX and Spectre Unite
Milk, Lola, Tippett, PhantomFX and Spectre now share a roof. Phantom Digital Effects forms Phantom Media Group to align global VFX talent.
Beyond Normal: A Creative’s Guide to Different Minds and Managing Neurodivergent Talent (Part 1)
Creative brilliance doesn’t come in one flavor—and in today’s VFX-landscape, understanding how your team thinks isn’t just good leadership, it’s critical infrastructure.
TD Meetup 18: Financially Smart Freelancer
Anyone who has worked as a freelancer knows the feeling of not having enough clients or earning enough money by the end of the month. Many freelancers struggle to establish stable finances. One of the main reasons is job and income fluctuation. Some months, we work too much, others we work none at all.
RenderFlow 1.0: Pulze’s New Render Manager Steps Up
Pulze's RenderFlow 1.0 introduces advanced job submission, node monitoring, and automation features for VFX and post-production workflows.
TD Meetup 17: Contract Negotiation
Negotiating a new contract can be a confusing and nerve-racking experience. The thought of meeting a group of strangers, in-person or online, who hold the power to decide your future can be overwhelming.
Share Your Thoughts On Editing, Snag a Reward!
Evans Research and Digital Production are doing Research - into Editors and their wishes, hopes and (Broken) dreams - tell us everything about YOUR workflow and opinions!
Rodeo FX Saddles Up Mikros Animation Amid Technicolor’s Tumble
Rodeo FX acquires Mikros Animation, bolstering its animation capabilities following Technicolor's financial collapse.
MotionBuilder 2026: A little Leap
Autodesk's MotionBuilder 2026 enhances USD workflows, introduces animation retention, and adds new selection shortcuts for improved motion capture editing.
16.03.25: DESIGN FOR FILM: Bridging Art, Costume & VFX @ HFF Munich
The symposium Design for Film at HFF München explores the intersection of Art and Costume Departments with VFX, tackling workflows, communication, and education.
Technicolor Studios on the Brink – MPC, The Mill, Mikros Animation at Risk
Technicolor Group faces potential closure of MPC, The Mill, and Mikros Animation, putting thousands of VFX and animation jobs at risk.
Ronja Räubertochter Meets Generative AI: FMX 2025 Highlights Unveiled
Important Looking Pirates share VFX secrets for Netflix’s Ronja Räubertochter, while Martin Nebelong explores generative AI workflows.
TD Meetup 12: Technical Interview
What Does It Take to Nail a Technical Interview in VFX, Animation, and Games?
Submit Projects Now for Animation Production Days 2025
Animation Production Days 2025, Europe's key animation co-production platform, opens submissions for film, TV, and transmedia projects. Deadline: February 4, 2025.
VFX Reel 2024: HFF Munich’s Visual Effects Students Showcase Their Latest Work
Experience the latest in visual effects and digital storytelling at HFF Munich's VFX Reel 2024 on November 28.
How to Persuade Competing VFX Studios to Cooperate
How can you get a number of companies that are in extreme competition with each other and, therefore, do not trust each other to work together? You introduce an independent third organization in which all competitors are jointly involved.
TD Meetup 05: VFX Job Application
Applying for a new or next job can be a difficult and confusing experience, and it’s easy to…
A new element is here!
Element, our favourite 3D asset manager, is entering its second version - now with infinite scroll, duplicate detector and the long-awaited assignment of textures and maps to geometry within the manager!
Elected: Board members 2023 of the Visual Effects Society!
Chair Lisa Cooke was re-elected. As the first Chair(woman) in VES history, she has many years of experience at Tippett Studio and Tippett Productions.
Platige Image provides the visual effects for The Witcher season 3!
Polish-based VFX house Platige Image is once again involved in the third season of the fantasy series on Netflix! The new series season is due to be released in summer 2023.
More locations, more VFX!
Looking back: In DP 03 : 2015, we found out that Rise Visual Effects Studios has been around since 2007 - eight years later, in 2015, it even had four locations. Founder Florian Gellinger explained to us how the expansion of the VFX business was achieved.
Sony Pictures Entertainment akquiriert Pixomondo
The important VFX service provider Pixomondo is now part of Sony. Jonny Slow remains CEO of Pixomondo. Does this mean that Sony is significantly expanding its capacities in the field of virtual production and visual effects?
Epic Games and Autodesk move closer together
The strategic collaboration is intended to accelerate processes in the field of architecture - but also in the entertainment & media industry in the future. In addition: Free access to Twinmotion architecture software for Autodesk Revit customers is introduced.
Club culture, techno music and character animation combined with iClone & Character Creator
Music video par excellence: Relative.berlin makes DJ Taube dance and utilises all the new features of iClone!
The glTF Scene Toolkit on Otoys Marketplace?
The Americans around Otoy join forces with the Germans from UX3D. Otoy's ecosystem now offers 100 per cent glTF support!
Maxon involved in the Metaverse Standards Forum
The company behind Cinema 4D, Redshift and ZBrush is a founding member: using 3D, AR and VR to create an inclusive metaverse?
What does this software synergy mean for Lightworks?
LWKS Software, the company behind the editing tool "Lightworks", is buying the file-sharing software "React" from ioGates. What does this mean for editors?
What does it really take to make it as a VFX artist?
How do young talents find the ideal path - to a successful visual effects career? Career tips from the on-set supervisor of Rainbow Six, Call of Duty & Co.
Building a healthy and productive team w/ Christopher Hiess | 21 Artist Show 017
Lead Lighting Technical Director at Double Negative London talks about what makes a healthy corporate culture in the visual effects industry.
Leave your home country for a VFX career?
Aiming for an international career in the VFX industry? Victor Perez is a freelance visual effects supervisor from Spain who now works in the UK. How did he manage the transnational balancing act?
Interview about the company history of “Pacific Data Images”
Company founder Carl Rosendahl chats about his VFX company PDI, visual effects in the 90s and 0s - and the legendary company's memento mori in 2015.
Arri Media is now called Pharos – The Post Group
Relaunch or just renaming? Arri Media shines with a new name that should be a beacon for filmmakers. What opportunities await you?
THQ Nordic takes over Metricminds
The masterminds from Frankfurt fraternising with the Nordic Viennese? Will this lead to a clash of cultures - or simply to better games?
Winners of Reallusion’s 2021 iClone Lip Sync Contest
Reallusion's 2021 iClone Lip Sync Animation Contest drew 468 entries from 60 countries and awarded character animation, design and special-prize winners.
Allan McKay on VFX and Games
The 21 Artist Show speaks with Emmy-winning VFX supervisor Allan McKay about effects, games, career development and lifelong learning.
Montreal Recruits Animation and VFX Talent
A Montreal recruitment initiative targeted experienced US animation, game and VFX workers for roles at major studios.
Night falls with the Ursa Mini Pro 12K!
As announced in the issue, here are the scenes from the BMD UMP 12K - at night. So if you want to know how good you are as a documentary filmmaker, you can download 5GB of video data free of charge here.
Sabine Heller on Rigging at Blue Sky
Sabine Heller discusses 12 years in Blue Sky Studios' rigging department and her path to leading character animation and rigging.
Visual Effects Society Names 2021 Special Honourees
The Visual Effects Society named James Cameron and Gary Demos honorary members, announced four new VES Fellows and revealed its 2021 Hall of Fame class.
Removing Road Traffic for an Empty-City VFX Shot
Josh Olufemii and Nick Khoo demonstrated a compositing workflow for removing vehicles from a road to create an abandoned-city effect.
Premiere listens – and types!
New functions and tools are added with every Creative Cloud update. In the last major update for Premiere, there was an entire subsection - transcribing. But how exactly does it work? (Including self-test and prize draw)
Oasis Animation Workers Demonstrate for Better Conditions
Unionised animators at Montreal studio Oasis Animation demonstrated for transparent dismissals, recognition of seniority and fair pay amid a wider organising drive in Canada.
Technicolor Consolidates Animation Businesses Under Mikros Animation
Technicolor brought Technicolor Animation Productions, Technicolor Animation and Mikros Animation together under the Mikros Animation brand, led by Andrea Miloro.
Epic Games Acquires ArtStation and Makes Learning Content Free
Epic Games acquired ArtStation and parent company Ballistiq while keeping the portfolio platform independent, reducing marketplace fees and opening learning content.
Adobe Offered 20% Off Selected Creative Applications
Adobe offered a limited-time 20% discount on selected Creative Cloud applications including Premiere Pro, After Effects and Audition.
Bryan Godwin Named Head of Pixomondo Los Angeles
Pixomondo appoints Shade VFX founder and former DNEG executive VFX supervisor Bryan Godwin to lead its Los Angeles studio.
Rebelway Offers Free VFX Career Guide
Rebelway’s free 70-page ebook covers VFX software, education, demo reels, industry pay and advice for aspiring artists.
Netflix Cuts 4K Streaming Bitrates with Shot-Based Encoding
Netflix said optimised shot-based encoding could deliver comparable 4K image quality at roughly half the bitrate.
Unity Joins Blender Development Fund as Patron
Unity committed $120,000 annually to the Blender Development Fund, supporting Blender’s core development team at the highest sponsorship tier.
Unity Software Files for Stock-Market Listing
Unity Software filed to list shares of its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
CG Market Forecast at $154 Billion
A 2020 Jon Peddie Research forecast projected the computer-graphics hardware and software market to reach $154 billion by 2023.
Blackmagic | ATEM Mini Pro ISO & ATEM Streaming Bridge
Recording engine extended to 5 channels, output as a Resolve project and more.
Netflix Tests NetFX Platform
Netflix's beta NetFX platform aimed to connect VFX artists and production partners across international projects.
Weta Digital Opens Animation Division
Weta Digital launched an animation division under CEO Prem Akkaraju, extending the Wellington studio beyond visual effects production.
FMX 2020 Imagines Tomorrow
As 2019 draws to a close, the FMX - Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Immersive Media has some exciting news to announce: It will be celebrating its 25th anniversary from 5 to 8 May 2020!
Black Friday Deals | CG Industry
Anyone looking to expand their CG toolsets, assets or knowledge may find an offer or two in our Black Firday deals list.
New HDR grading monitor from EIZO
At the IBC in Amsterdam, EIZO presented its ColorEdge PROMINENCE CG3145 HDR monitor for the first time - everyone is talking about HDR. Not least because many 4K televisions are already being sold with an HDR label and HDR is therefore a buzzword for end users.
HP’s New Z Workstation Range
The new HP Z8, Z6 and Z4 workstations are enormously powerful and expandable. Here is an overview of all the important data.
MedienNetzwerk Interviews at animago 2017
They normally work behind the camera. That is why MedienNetzwerk Bayern exceptionally brought some of the speakers and nominees at this year’s animago event 2017 in front of the lens to learn more about their work.
Documentary on February 22: How VFX Artists Are Exploited by Hollywood
The documentary “Hollywood’s Greatest Trick – The Exploitation of Movie Magic” will go online on February 22. VFX studio founders, former employees, and many more will discuss how major Hollywood studios have ripped them off.
VES Section Now Also in Germany
VFX supervisor Florian Gellinger of Rise | Visual Effects Studios initiated a German section of the Visual Effects Society, which has now been founded.
Equipment Checklist for the Film Set
Everything for the camera packed? Enough storage media available? BildTon GmbH has published a useful checklist for film and television productions that also immediately shows the daily rental prices for the technical equipment.
That’s the Thanks You Get.
A good two-thirds of the VFX artists who worked on the new blockbuster "Star Trek Beyond" do not appear in the credits. Bitter, as always.
Production-Technology Knowledge in App Form
If, for example, that one video format simply will not come to mind ... then the Film Tech App from Transfermedia Production Services provides an overview of film and television production technologies.
Old Boys’ Club Declares: CGI Is Out
The New Yorker is not known for VFX insight and proves it with a supposed Hollywood shift from animated to practical effects.
FX Reel by Vasilis Antipas
Vasilis Antipas worked on effects for “Guardians of the Galaxy” at MPC and on “The Great Gatsby” at Iloura, among other projects. In his reel, he shows his most exciting work.
Platige Image’s Comet Rendezvous
Polish studio Platige Image created the image film “Ambition” for the European Space Agency’s Rosetta mission—at Hollywood feature-film level.
Facebook Meeting for VFX Artists
Whether hated or loved: Facebook groups are useful for exchanging ideas online according to interests. We introduce "Visual Effects Germany" and spoke to group founder Timo Fecher.
(Download) The Ten Most Popular Cameras in UK Rental
Rent a camera? Sure! But which one? Televisual.com surveyed all British rental houses and compiled a top ten.
Free Nuke version available
The non-commercial version of the Nuke product family is free and available immediately from The Foundry - with some functional limitations.
Next 4K Recorder Announced
Cinemartin has now officially announced the release date of the palm-sized Next recorder, which can display 4K resolution.
Environment Reel from Sony
Sony Pictures Imageworks’ environment reel shows impressively large green screens and the final result in the respective blockbusters.
3Delight 2.0 for 3ds Max
3Delight is a render engine for 3ds Max with interesting features: among other things, the plug-in supports multi-light, OpenVDB and active shader support. The second full version has now been released.
“Dawn of the..stuff” Teaser
This title should satisfy many interest groups: “Dawn of the Planet of The Zombies and The Giant Killer Plants on Some Serious Acid” – here is the teaser by Alf Lovvold.
Material and Shader Setup with Octane for C4D
Inlife Thrill Designs has released a three-part tutorial series explaining how to achieve an optimal material and shader setup with Octane for C4D.
Game of Thrones making-of interview
Season 5 of "Game of Thrones" has just started. in 2012, Pixomondo was nominated in the animago category Best Postproduction for its VFX work on season 2.
New Maya 2016 Features
Autodesk has released numerous videos in which the company shows the new features of Maya 2016. As expected, Bifrost in particular receives an all-round update.
Anniversary Special at FMX 2015
ILM, “Toy Story” and “Hobbit” fans should definitely make a note of three program items at the 20th anniversary edition of FMX.
Useful New Features in Premiere Pro CC
The upcoming version of Premiere Pro CC will include the extremely practical Morph Cut function and much more.
Improved Nuke Studio version
The Foundry will present its revised version of Nuke Studio at NAB tomorrow and will also showcase it in a live stream.
Phosphene Showreel
Phosphene is a VFX studio from New York. In its current VFX Builds Reel, the company shows its best work, including “Foxcatcher” and “Boardwalk Empire”.
Download for the Issue: Element 3D V2 Deform After Effects Project Files
In the current issue of DP, you can read a workshop on the latest Element 3D version – and here you can find the associated files as a free download!
Canon Strike Even Before NAB*
A new C300, a mini 4K, a new codec and a new 4K monitor: Canon is firing on all cylinders for NAB
Guerilla Render 1.3
Mercenaries Engineering has released Guerilla Render version 1.3. Here is an overview of the new features.
CG Easter Package
This weekend, with icy cold and storms expected, the rabbit festival takes place. We are already putting together an Easter package with CG entertainment and animago projects.
Audi Goes Hitchcock
Audi has not only appropriated “World War Z” for advertising purposes; Hitchcock’s classic “The Birds” has also served – in the modern drone version.
Tidy Elements with the Rageboard
The grading panels of the "Element" series can be found in many grading suites - and usually in a hopeless mess. But now there is a chassis for this: the "Rageboard".
Arri’s New Alexa
Arri has presented the new Alexa SXT camera, which can record ProRes 4K internally and is due to appear in three versions in mid-2015.
One Step Closer to the Feature Goal
PostPanic from Amsterdam made the extremely impressive short film “Sundays” with the help of crowdfunding in order to get a foot in the feature-film market.
Hair Script for Maya
Thunder Cloud Studios is working on version 2.6 of GMH2 Maya Hair, which can turn geometry into Maya hair with just one mouse click.
Unbroken Breakdown Video
Rodeo FX has released a breakdown video for the war drama “Unbroken”, directed by Angelina Jolie.
Otoy Has Announced Octane 3
With version 3, Otoy will give the GPU renderer Octane and its companions a massive upgrade.
Image Composite Editor Version 2.0
Image Composite Editor makes it easy to create panoramas from individual images. Microsoft has now released version 2.0 of the free tool.
Showreel with Flowline Simulations
FX TD Tuba Yalcin has released an impressive showreel with many breakdowns created at Scanline using the in-house software Flowline.
New Rental Model from Allegorithmic
Allegorithmic has introduced a new “Rent-To-Own” pricing model called Substance Live. This gives artists access to all Substance tools for a monthly fee starting at 19 US dollars.