Creating the Spinosaurus for 'The End of Oak Street'
Practical and digital effects combined.
Offline and VFXBrand new 'Backrooms' VFX breakdown is out
Behind the scenes of the stunning found footage opener, suburban street alleyway, the Vertigo Room and more. Roxel Creative has released its visual effects breakdown for Backrooms . Roxel is run by Calvin Romeyn, who was associate visual effects supervisor...
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Behind the motion base vehicle, the wire work and the incredible VFX work by DENG for The Bat in 'The Dark Knight Rises.' This episode is sponsored by ActionVFX . Get 20% off any ActionVFX course using the code B4ACOURSES...
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Beast Man was fully CG (and the plates shot at a former RAF runway)
The fully CG character and the transformation of a plain backlot, in Masters of the Universe. An excerpt from issue #67 of befores & afters magazine. Beast Man (voiced by Gary Martin) in Masters of the Universe is one of...
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New in-depth issue on Skeletor, Cringer and all the He-Man heroics in 'Masters of the Universe'
Issue #67 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of Masters of the Universe. DIGITAL MAGAZINE members can download the issue right now from the shop post. Inspired by the original animated series that introduced He-Man and the...
Offline and VFXBig Setups , Ep.01: Taking the logarithm of a 3d scene (Escher's Print Gallery)
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DNEG on Making Cartoon Logic Work in Coyote vs. Acme
Alexander Seaman, VFX Sup and Keith Roberts, Animation Director discuss Coyote vs. Acme: the physics are optional, but the falling piano is non-refundable.
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Stage every scene with characters, CG worlds, and cameras you control. Build and direct entire scenes, with characters, animation, worlds, and cameras, all framed in 3D Editor. Every detail exactly as you intend. Get started with Autodesk Flow Studio. Try...
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‘Fall 2’ reaches new heights in VFX
Behind Koala FX’s visual effects for this latest survival-thriller. Following the vertiginous success of Fall , the sequel Fall 2: Deadpoint takes its survival-thriller premise from a single isolated tower and expands it into an entire mountain environment. Directed by...
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Blender Survey 2026
Blender Foundation announces its annual user survey, which aims to better understand: The user community demographics: age group, geography and professional background Common use cases and workflows Users' top priorities for further improvements How people connect with the Blender project...
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Creating 4K from Apple Immersive (AIV)
Expanding the audiences for Immersive AIV films with faithful 4K conversion.
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VFXShow 310: Coyote vs. Acme
The laws of physics plead the Fifth as we cross-examine Coyote vs. Acme on the latest VFXShow.
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Chris got a request from Kay John Yim at HIVEalt26 to build a tool for gaussian splat segmentation. And Chris did exactly that. He will show you how to create a 2D Mask from your gaussian splats, that can then...
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Geometry Nodes Workshop: September 2026
As in previous years, we had a Geometry Nodes workshop during the week after the Blender Conference. This post gives a general overview of the topics we discussed. You can also read all the notes we took during the meetings...
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Celebrating 20 Years of Open Movies
This year we are celebrating 20 years of making Open Movies. 17 titles, all different and beautiful in their own way. We want to thank you for being a part of this journey , without the community support, all of...
Offline and VFXAdvanced Setups , pt. 32: SDF Hacks from HIVEalt 26
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Blender Foundation Annual Report 2025
The 2025 Blender Foundation report is now publicly available. Download it at Annual report 2025 (pdf) . Thanks so much for the support we've had from you and/or your organizations. Thanks to the Development Fund we could make a real...
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Show your support for Blender projects
A donation to the Blender Development Fund has always been a non-targeted form of support that the Blender project further distributes as it sees fit. This will stay the same: the established process brings balance to development activities, ensuring that...
Offline and VFXSmall Teams, Ambitious Projects
Enabling individuals and small teams to create with free and open source technology has always been at the core of Blender's mission. As the software has evolved, generalist users have been able to single-handedly complete incredible projects. When it comes...
Offline and VFXVellum 201 , Ep.08: Creating Studio Drift's Shylight in Houdini
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VFXShow 309: The End of Oak Street
Join the team for our latest episode as they dig deep into how the film was made, debate what worked and what didn’t, and put the filmmaking choices under the microscope.
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Congrats to the Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Award winners
The Television Academy and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the 2026 Emmy Awards for developments in television engineering, science and technology.
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Crafty Apes CEO Alana Newell
From compositor to CEO: Alana Newell on the future of Crafty Apes.
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The power of on-premises open-weight models for generative media
An look at adopting generative AI open-weight models and how they can improve workflow stability, security, cost predictability, and delivery efficiency.
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Nikola Todorovic on Autodesk Flow Studio’s new 3D Editor + Canvas
Go with the Flow—AI filmmaking just got directable, with a system that combines interactive 3D scene construction with the visual power of generative 2D video models.
Offline and VFXGuest Tutorial: Adding Deforming Bubbles to your Viscous FLIP Simulation
Philipp is back with his Honey setup for another round of FLIP. He will show you how to add deforming bubbles to any viscous fluid without having to resim or other complicated additions. Meshes, Lights and Materials: Wooden honey dipper...
Offline and VFXVellum 201 , Ep.07: Cloth Upressing & Wrinkle Postprocessing
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Offline and VFXHeightfields on 3D Objects (Modding Houdini 22)
Chris has been playing with the new Adjacency and Heightfield workflows in Copernicus. Both work really well on their own, so why not combine them to put Heightfields on any uv unwrapped object, not just flat planes. That seemed to...
Offline and VFXBig Setups , Ep.00: FLIP based Foam
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Geometry Nodes Physics
In Blender 5.2 LTS we released the first version of a new hair and cloth dynamics system powered by Geometry Nodes. This post describes what we have so far and what our plans for the future are. State in Blender...
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Remote Asset Libraries
Remote Asset Libraries let Blender discover assets stored on remote servers and download them only when needed. This enables integrated support for online asset services, better sharing of libraries, and an extended Essentials library while keeping Blender fully usable offline...
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Blender 5.2 LTS Release
Blender Foundation and the online community proudly present Blender 5.2 LTS ! Blender 5.2 LTS splash artwork by Joanna Kobierska, featuring the now-extinct Panthera spelaea . Download this .blend file What's new Blender 5.2 LTS brings a great balance of...
Offline and VFXBlender at SIGGRAPH 2026
SIGGRAPH (the premier conference & exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques) will take place in Los Angeles, California at the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC), from Sunday, July 19 until Thursday, July 23. The Blender team will be present...
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Blender in Annecy 2026 Recap
It's been almost a week since the International Animation Film Festival and Market of Annecy wrapped up. Like last year, the Blender delegation was small: Fiona and Francesco representing Blender at various events, plus a couple of Blender Studio team...
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