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Men are Men and Sheep are Scared! VFXWorld

Kyle Balda Brings an Animator’s Eye to Live-Action / Hybrid ‘The Sheep Detectives’

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, May 19, 2026 at 8:13am

After years spent helming 3DCG ‘Minions’ films, the director tackles a family mystery that combines photoreal animated sheep, ensemble voice acting, and lots of whodunnit to adapt Leonie Swann’s bestselling novel; now in theaters.

Cutting Edge Previs On the Horizon Headline News

Lightcraft Technology Unveils Spark Story Interactive Previs Tool

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 6, 2026 at 8:58am

New real-time virtual shot system enables filmmakers to visualize and develop projects collaboratively in 3D from the earliest stages of production.

Visualization Magic Headline News

Proof Delivers Extensive Previs and Postvis for 'Stranger Things' Final Season

Watch the reels! Leading visualization studio shares 2 new reels detailing its work across all 8 episodes of the final season of the hit Netflix series, including nearly 1,900 shots and a pipeline built around Unreal Engine.

We Love Misfit Animal Athletes Headline News

India-Based Digikore Studios Releases ‘Kingdom Games’ Trailer

By Dan Sarto | Friday, April 17, 2026 at 2:21pm

The 90-minute 3DCG film about a misfit team of animal athletes, created with an AI-assisted pipeline that touched every stage of the animation production, hits theaters worldwide on July 24.

That’s Gotta Hurt! VFXWorld

DNEG Gets All Broken Up Over ‘The Wrecking Crew’ High-Speed Chase VFX

VFX supervisors Xavier Bernasconi and Simon Maddison talk muzzle flashes, face replacements, and a cacophony of van, motorcycle and helicopter crashes on the Amazon MGM Studios action-adventure thriller, starring Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista, now streaming.

Beary Funny VFXWorld

Fuzzy Door Tech Talks Virtual Production ‘D&D’ on ‘Ted’ Season 2

Faith Sedlin and Brandon Fayette discuss how their company’s ProVis tools let actors and crew see digital assets with their own eyes, in real-time, blending live-action and CGI in-camera on the new season of Seth MacFarlane’s hit comedy.

Beary Funny Headline News

Fuzzy Door Tech Expands ViewScreen Capabilities on 'Ted' Season 2

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at 9:15am

The company shares details on how its ProVis tools enhanced real-time visualization and production workflows on new season of the Seth MacFarlane comedy, enabling complex sequences blending live-action and digital elements to be executed in-camera.

Who Doesn’t Want Pose Mode? Headline News

Previs Pro Releases Update with User-Requested Refinements

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 1:23pm

Software introduces Pose Mode, Hand Pose presets, and a series of community-suggested workflow mods to make storyboarding and scene creation more expressive and precise.

It’s Unreal! Headline News

Epic Games Releases Twinmotion 2025.2

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 5:03pm

With added support for Unreal Engine’s Nanite virtualized geometry system, the major update offers significant workflow benefits across numerous industries including Media & Entertainment.

You Can Now Gen Animatics Headline News

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.

Visualization Magic Headline News

Proof Shares ‘Heads of State’ Visualization Reel

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, September 4, 2025 at 12:25pm

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.

The Future of Film is Here Headline News

OPSIS Partners with Utopai Studios to Pioneer AI-Supported Content Creation

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 1:25pm

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.’

MCU Misfits Assemble! VFXWorld

The Two Jakes Come Together for ‘Thunderbolts*’ Visual Effects

Using mocap, practical sets, and rigorous previs, VFX supervisor Jake Morrison helped director Jake Schrier create complex, multi-character action, stunts, and combat with authenticity and detail, using as much real footage as possible, in the latest Marvel Studios action adventure.

Postvis Magic Headline News

Proof Shares ‘Wheel of Time’ Season 3 Postvis Reel

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, July 3, 2025 at 10:33am

The studio delivered 35 minutes of visualization across all 8 episodes using a unique Sketchvis pipeline to create the ‘channeling’ of different powers before final effects were in place.

Indie Filmmaking Headline News

Animating a Post-Apocalyptic Love Story

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at 11:20am

What happens when a buoy and a satellite fall in love? Sam and Andy Zuchero share their process for creating avatars with stars Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun on their indie feature, ‘Love Me.’

Technology Headline News

Previs Pro Introduces ‘Light Grading’ Tool

New feature includes a library of classic lighting scenarios with over a dozen presets that can be customized or replaced entirely via in-built generative AI prompt; now available via the Previs Pro app.

Business Headline News

Halon Entertainment Launches New Glasgow Studio

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 2:21pm

Expansion to state-of-the-art facility with up to 250 artist positions grows the company’s international footprint and ability to take on more ambitious work; expansion also planned at Los Angeles headquarters.

It’s Wicked Cool! VFXWorld

From Start to Finish, Framestore Visualizes ‘Wicked’

Visualization supervisors Christopher McDonald and Maike Fiene discuss their teams’ expansive and extensive efforts, from previs to postvis and final, including helping devise camera angles and character movements, on Nessarose Thropp’s levitating wheelchair, Elphaba taking flight, and Doctor Dillamond sequences, on Jon M. Chu’s hit musical adventure.

Conferences Events

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025

Begins: December 15, 2025

The 18th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia will be held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre December 15-18, 2025.

The Proof is in the Great Work Headline News

Proof Shares ‘Something in the Water’ Previs Reel

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, December 19, 2024 at 2:12pm

The leading visualization studio’s work involved animating and editing a number of sequences, including a boat crash and shark chase, for the StudioCanal film about a group of friends who meet up for a wedding in the Caribbean and become stranded at sea after their boat sinks.

Arrakis Beckons VFXWorld

Paul Lambert Returns to Arrakis for ‘Dune: Part Two’ VFX

The Oscar-winning VFX supervisor once again teams up with filmmaker Denis Villeneuve for the second of three adaptations of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi tome, shooting practical wherever possible to capture the right desert light, shadow and tone.

It’s Tough Being a Demigod VFXWorld

Building the World of ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’

From the Minotaur and the Chimera to the Underworld and the pit of Tartarus, Senior VFX Supervisor Erik Henry talks about what it took to create the mythological universe for the hit Disney+ series, now streaming.

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