VFX Engine Newsletter

VFX Engine Newsletter

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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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2 min read

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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Final Fantasy 7 rejects Unreal Engine 5

Jun 25, 2026

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3 min read

Final Fantasy 7 rejects Unreal Engine 5

The FF7 dev team explains skipping UE5, Epic details Unreal Engine 6's Verse shift, and Toonz Media pivots to premium animation

Priyank Murarka
Priyank Murarka

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BlueBolt reveals invisible tracking on Jack Ryan

Jun 17, 2026

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3 min read

BlueBolt reveals invisible tracking on Jack Ryan

Mocha Pro 2026.5 Point Track ML, free Maya bear rigs, and WRC's 700-shot comedy.

Priyank Murarka
Priyank Murarka
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