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Industry Workflows, Guides, and Events this week: The Visual Effects Society has published the On-Set VFX Data Collection and Usage Guide, a standardized playbook for; and SIGGRAPH 2026’s initial Production Sessions lineup features…

Behind-the-Scenes VFX Breakdowns this week: RISE VFX delivered 244 shots for Fallout Season 2, facing a significant scale increase over Season 1 with the same; and This matters for Visual Effects and CGI because it gives a concrete…

Creators, Talent, And Leadership this week: This matters for Film and TV Development because it gives a concrete current signal to track: – **Bidding Exit**; and This matters for Visual Effects and CGI because it gives a concrete current…

Industry insights and VFX artist spotlights this week: Senior animation directors from DNEG and Framestore detail the practical constraints and creative compromises in; and A retrospective on three landmark VFX achievements—Terminator 2’s…

New software and tools for 3D and VFX artists this week: Maxon has released Cinema 4D 2026.

Behind-the-scenes VFX breakdowns for films and shows this week: The second season of Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ expands the visual effects scope with 3,800 shots, up from 2,300 in; and The Third Floor has released a previs and postvis reel for…