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StEM3: Know your LED volume before you shoot
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (912+ words) Virtual production has given filmmakers an extraordinary amount of control, but it has also made the stage itself part of the VFX imaging pipeline. A cinematographer can arrive with a carefully tested camera, lens package and colour workflow, only to…...
With the Sony FX5, Gareth Edwards takes guerrilla filmmaking to the next level
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (1664+ words) Sony has launched a new compact full-frame Cinema Line camera with 5K Open Gate acquisition, internal 16-bit X-OCN, and thus offered a new level of distinctly stripped-down approach to production. Gareth Edwards, director of The Creator, Rogue One: A Star Wars…...
Foundry's SmartRoto: AI-assisted roto that aims to work the way you do
1+ week, 2+ day ago (361+ words) Foundry has released SmartRoto, a new AI-powered plugin for Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio and Nuke Indie that aims to take the grind out of one of the most tedious jobs in visual effects: rotoscoping. We spoke to Adam Cherbetji, Foundry’s…...
SwitchHDR, an AI model for HDR reconstruction from SDR video
2+ week, 2+ day ago (345+ words) Beeble has announced SwitchHDR, a new AI model designed to reconstruct HDR imagery from conventional SDR video and output scene-linear 16-bit EXR sequences for professional post-production. The company is positioning the tool squarely at filmmakers, colourists and VFX artists who…...
2026 VFX Emmy nominations
2+ week, 3+ day ago (275+ words) fxguide The 2026 visual effects nominations underline just how broadly high-end episodic VFX is now spread across the major streamers, but Apple TV had the strongest showing in the top seasonal/movie category FX/Hulu also performed strongly with Alien: Earth,…...
The VFX power of lens metadata
2+ week, 4+ day ago (585+ words) Play in new window Download In this fxpodcast, we talk to Jordan Thistlewood, Chief Digital Officer at Cooke Optics, about the evolution of Cooke’s /i Technology and why lens metadata has become one of the most practical, and often underused,…...
VFXShow 304: Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (110+ words) Play in new window Download On this episode of The VFXShow, we head back to a galaxy far, far away for Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu, Jon Favreau’s big-screen continuation of the Disney+ series that brought the Mandalorian and…...
Union VFX on production-ready Gaussian splat crowds
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (335+ words) fxguide Union VFX has been developing the approach in partnership with Clear Angle Studios, building on Clear Angleâs new Volumetric Capture Rig, or VCR The rig uses 40 synchronised machine-learning cameras in a half-dome configuration, with integrated LED lighting, allowing…...
Paul Debevec: a history of lighting the future of VFX
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (231+ words) Play in new window Download Here are just a few of the other articles or podcasts we’ve done with Paul over the years. If you’re looking for more, just use the search bar at the top of the site. In…...
Believable and immersive audio
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (681+ words) John Montgomery and I wrapped another great week at FMX in Stuttgart, Germany, and while the conference was packed with the expected wealth of AI, visual effects, and emerging technology talks, one of the unexpected highlights for me was a…...