Master Cinematic Matte Painting for Production
Create environments for VFX and game cinematics using Blender, Photoshop and Nuke with The Gnomon Workshop's tutorial.
Saturday, August 22nd, 2026
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See VFX breakdowns for Season 3 of Foundation in one place
Watch breakdowns of the epic CG environments from the sci-fi series from Rodeo FX and Framestore - the latter VES Award-nominated.
Friday, August 21st, 2026
Foundry releases Nuke 17.1
Check out the changes to the compositing software, including relighting Gaussian splats and Hydra 2.0 support in the 3D viewer.
Thursday, August 20th, 2026
See how Vine FX created 150 VFX shots for Enola Holmes 3
See a VFX breakdown for the Victorian era mystery drama, from subtle invisible effects to sequences visualizing Enola's thoughts.
Thursday, August 20th, 2026
Scantic trains 3D Gaussian Splats entirely on your phone
New iOS app generates 3DGS scans of objects and environments entirely on your phone, without cloud processing. The base app is free.
Wednesday, August 19th, 2026
See how Storm Studios created its VFX for Season 2 of Percy Jackson
Discover how the studio created custom solvers to attach CG barnacles to the surface of the Sirens for the fantasy TV series.
Wednesday, August 19th, 2026
CreativeRates tells you how much other people are earning in VFX
New site shows real-world pay data for jobs in VFX, animation, games and motion graphics, submitted anonymously by other users.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2026
Check out benuts' 1980s-tastic VFX breakdown for Police Flash 80
Check out benuts' VFX breakdown for the cop comedy - from stunts and gunfire to an eye-replacement for a cartoon aubergine costume.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2026
ArtDeck is a new alternative to PureRef that supports video
$6 app collects visual reference for art, animation and motion graphics projects into organized boards, and can import and step through videos.
Monday, August 17th, 2026
See ReDefine's VFX breakdown of Indian war drama Ikkis
Check out ReDefine's making-of for the tank combat sequences, some visceral, recreating events from the 1971 India-Pakistan war.
Monday, August 17th, 2026
New CG software you may have missed: 16 August 2026
See the week's other updates to CG tools, like V-Ray 7.4 for Cinema 4D, Storm HydroFX 1.5, and free motion graphics tool Autograph 2026.1.
Sunday, August 16th, 2026
Tutorial: Tracking & Compositing VFX for Film & TV
Master common real-world production workflows with The Gnomon Workshop's essential new visual effects tutorial.
Saturday, August 15th, 2026
How Dupp Film created a hybrid CG mermaid for Summer of 1985
VFX Supervisor Anders Nyman reveals how the unsettling creature from the TV series was created via a mix of practical and CG effects.
Friday, August 14th, 2026