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VFX Engine Newsletter

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Backrooms walked an actor through a wall | VFX Engine Weekly

Aug 14, 2026

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Backrooms walked an actor through a wall | VFX Engine Weekly

Epic sells ArtStation to KitBash, and Spider-Man beats Avatar in India.

Priyank Murarka
Priyank Murarka

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Barnstorm shows how Spider-Noir was built

Jul 30, 2026

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Barnstorm shows how Spider-Noir was built

Plus Star Wars VFX workers unionise, and a 3-second element pass with 10 credits on us.

Priyank Murarka
Priyank Murarka

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Neill Blomkamp ships a fully AI 13-minute film

Jul 23, 2026

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2 min read

Neill Blomkamp ships a fully AI 13-minute film

Free MetaHuman rigs in Blender, your city as a film-stage miniature, and India's Bhagavatam epic.

Priyank Murarka
Priyank Murarka

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Automated SDR-to-HDR reconstruction hits Nuke

Jul 15, 2026

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3 min read

Automated SDR-to-HDR reconstruction hits Nuke

Plus our own Nuke gaussian-splat camera move, single-stereo 3DGS, and India's IP pivot.

Priyank Murarka
Priyank Murarka

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Outlander fakes 3D with a 2.5D trick

Jul 8, 2026

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Outlander fakes 3D with a 2.5D trick

White House miniature pyrotechnics, a Gaea terrain rebuild, and our own truck test.

Priyank Murarka
Priyank Murarka

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Wētā FX breaks down Stranger Things 5

Jul 2, 2026

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2 min read

Wētā FX breaks down Stranger Things 5

Plus: a gray Nuke blockout comes back photoreal, iClone goes free, and splats anchor straight to LiDAR.

Priyank Murarka
Priyank Murarka
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