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Friday, May 22nd, 2026
MPC
Technicolor Group begins to shut down operations
Financial problems of the owner of Mikros Animation and VFX Oscar-winners MPC and The Mill threaten thousands of artists' jobs worldwide.
Tuesday, February 25th, 2025
VFX breakdown | MPC | Atlas
Discover how MPC created its 266 VFX shots for the sci-fi movie, including the spectacular Planet Fall sequence.
Thursday, June 20th, 2024
VFX breakdown | The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon | MPC
Discover how MPC transformed Paris into a post-apocalyptic city with its VFX for the latest series in The Walking Dead universe.
Wednesday, November 1st, 2023
VFX breakdown | Strays | MPC
Check out the CG dogs MPC created for the canine comedy, with the help of Houdini/USD-based fur grooming toolset LOMA.
Thursday, October 26th, 2023
The 10 best VFX and animation breakdowns of 2019
Watch the best tech breakdowns of 2019, as determined by 120,000 CG Channel Facebook followers.
Sunday, January 12th, 2020
Eye candy: Autodesk's 2019 M&E showreel
See new work created in 3ds Max, Maya and Flame, from Fantastic Beasts to fabulous student shorts.
Monday, April 8th, 2019
Discover the secrets of MPC's creature work
Discover how the Oscar-winning studio creates CG characters at a free event at Gnomon next week. Watch online for free.
Saturday, February 16th, 2019
Eye candy: Allegorithmic's 2018 Substance VFX showreel
See amazing VFX created with Substance Designer and Painter, from ads to Blade Runner: 2049.
Monday, September 17th, 2018
Eye candy: IDV's epic 2018 SpeedTree VFX showreel
Watch innocent CG trees meet their ends at the hands of superheroes, spacecraft crashes and King Kong.
Wednesday, August 15th, 2018
Eye candy: SideFX's 2018 Houdini customer reel
See the best new work created in Houdini, from Blade Runner 2049 to VFX from Germany and Japan.
Monday, August 6th, 2018
Eye candy: DI4D's facial performance capture reel
See the firm's markerless mocap tech in use on Far Cry 5 trailers and MPC's VFX for Blade Runner 2049.
Sunday, July 1st, 2018
Q&A: Atoms Crowd co-creator Daniele Federico
We chat to the former Framestore pipeline developer about his promising new Maya and Houdini crowd simulation tool.
Wednesday, January 17th, 2018