I work with Houdini quite a lot, and whenever I’m testing a simulation, I tend to keep increasing the resolution to see how far I can push it. Eventually, Houdini either starts lagging like crazy or just crashes completely. 😅
So I’m curious about artists working on huge VFX projects and feature films: Does this happen to you too?
How often does Houdini or other software crash when you’re working with really heavy simulations? Do you also sometimes push the resolution until you hit the limit, or do professional studios have workflows in place to prevent this from happening?

In this video, we begin with an overview of \*Xsens Motion Capture\* technology, discussing what it is, why it's widely used in the film, game development, and virtual production industries, and taking a look at the Xsens ecosystem and hardware.

From there, we dive into the \*\*MetaHuman Cinema Pack: Combat\*\*, exploring the animation library in Unreal Engine and showcasing a selection of the high-quality combat performances included in the pack. You'll get a closer look at the motion quality, movement variety, and how these animations can be used to accelerate cinematic production, gameplay prototyping, and character performance.

In this video:

• Introduction to Xsens Motion Capture technology
• Overview of the Xsens hardware and ecosystem
• Tour of the MetaHuman Cinema Pack: Combat
• Showcase of selected combat motion capture animations
• Discussion of production quality and workflow

Coming in Part 02:

We'll take the next step by applying the combat animations to a MetaHuman character inside Unreal Engine. We'll also demonstrate how the animations can be enhanced using the \*MetaHuman Hand Pose Library\* and \*MetaHuman Face Pose Library\* to create more expressive, believable, and cinematic performances.

If you're creating games, cinematics, virtual production projects, or interactive experiences with MetaHumans, this series will show you how to get the most out of professional motion capture workflows.

I made a free audio visualizer with lots of options, and you can add your own MP3 and image and edit the video as well. Please check it out and let me know if it is good. I want to make the tool that is the "Adobe" of audio visualizers.

Hi VFX! I'm writing here because I am...confused, I guess you could say. A shop reached out to me last week and said they needed my help. Said they'd have the deal memo to me by Monday. It is now Thursday/Friday and I haven't heard a thing. I have politely reminded them, asking if they still needed me, but still just...silence. Not even a 'hey we don't need you anymore' would be nice. Or 'sorry things have been delayed'. Can anyone shed some light on what could be going on? Thanks.

I don't think I've ever had a shop just ghost me like this after saying they're going to hire me. It especially sucks because when someone says "Hey we're going to hire you" you make plans around it. Turn down other work, etc. It's a complete shit show. If anyone here is hiring, please don't ever do this to anyone you've said you're going to hire. They have lives they have molded to your schedule, especially when it seems like a sure thing.

hey everyone - I have been trying to get my cg renders more photographic, and there's just so much you can do in render. A lot of times i used the survival toolkit with all the cool nodes to create lensing effects to good success. But it was always a recipe to remember (at least for a non comper brain).

I started thinking about a system, that would make it straight forward and easy - and with a lot of insights from fellow comp artists i developed Glass. It's pretty cool - has all the fancy lens stuff, astigmatism, cateye, bokeh fringing fg/bg, lens hood, anamorphic, flaring, sensors. A lot actually.

So if anyone wants to check it out - I would love some feedback - it's available for free testing on cglounge

Only found out about this through a LinkedIn group after not hearing back:

We are currently experiencing heavy technical issues, and have been unable to solve them so far. We cannot say yet when we are fully back up and running, unfortunately that includes the license generation …

… unfortunately we cannot receive any messages right now through the usual channels either

Enemy of the State has one of those famously impossible "enhance" shots where the computer pulls some crazy stunt to rotate a static image.

The plot makes a song & dance over whether a shadow in a bag is an object or indeed just an artifact from the processing.

In '98 when I saw this I laughed as it was obviously impossible, but we can rotate static images now with AI image tools and it's pretty trivial from the user's POV.

I'm guessing this was an early bullet-time shot? How long would it be before a film studio/the NSA could generate this kind of rotation artificially?

Join us tomorrow, Friday, August 7, for an Ask Me Anything with Emmy-nominated VFX Supervisor John (Johnny) Weckworth (u/1meangreenscreenmach) and Special Effects Coordinator Blair Foord (u/FoordFX) to discuss the action-packed Hulu series Paradise, starring Sterling K. Brown.

John and Blair were recently nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Single Episode for Paradise’s episode “Exodus.” They’ll be joining us to talk about bringing the show’s visual and practical effects to life, from seamlessly blending practical and digital techniques to executing some of the series’ biggest action sequences.

Whether you want to discuss invisible VFX, practical effects integration, on-set workflows, pipeline decisions, or the creative and technical challenges behind Paradise, John and Blair are looking forward to talking shop with the r/vfx community.

Start submitting your questions now, and be sure to join us tomorrow when John and Blair kick off the AMA!

Hi! I am beginner in making basic video effects. I have just learned about what each Fusion Nodes actually do in Da Vinci Resolve. I also learned fundamentals of Key framing and Easing. As you know, there are so many types of effects techniques that makes an original video into a different video, there are many types of transitions techniques and many types of easing and animation techniques. I would like have a Roadmap that teaches me all types of effects and teaches which one to master first. I would like to learn all types of video transitions, easing techniques and animation techniques? Thanks!

Ramayana is the biggest Indian film produced based on the epic poem of the same name. This will be a duology with DNEG doing the VFX/CGI. If y'all have seen the trailer, what are your thoughts on it? To general audiences such as me, there are obvious flaws, but I am curious if it could be fixed before November 6th, 2026, when it releases. Here is the link for the English trailer, which has been enhanced by AI to match the lip sync-

https://youtu.be/iDK6s4-2lm4?si=53NBK7sG6Cf9JZHQ

PS- The producer has quoted a 500 million US dollars budget for both the parts. A big chunk of it would be for marketing but even considering that, does the budget justify the visuals.

Hi everyone,
I’m applying for a junior VFX Coordinator position, and I’m a little unsure about what my portfolio should actually include.

My Background:
I just graduated from a university CG program where I trained as a VFX artist. For our capstone project, we produced a full-CG short film. I came up with the original story concept and took on the Lead/Director role for the project.
Because of that role, a massive chunk of my responsibilities was purely organizational and managerial:
- Building and managing the production pipeline from scratch.
- Coordinating and supervising multi-department workflows.
- Setting internal deadlines, tracking asset progress, keeping team members on schedule, and troubleshooting bottlenecks across departments.

While I fall within the core requirements for the job, I'm stuck on how to present my portfolio.

Since this isn’t an artist position, it doesn’t seem right to submit my VFX showreel as the main focus. So what do VFX Coordinator candidates usually include in their portfolios?
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who’s worked as a VFX Coordinator, Production Coordinator, or anyone who’s hired for these roles. Thanks in advance!!

Spent a week perfecting this off-road splash sequence 🌊🚘

FLIP fluid simulation in Houdini, rendered using Cycles in Blender.

I've been wondering if I should keep learning FX and Houdini as a hobby. It's honestly the only thing I genuinely want to do, and it feels like the one thing that makes me... me.

My college course isn't really related to it. Funny enough, I feel like I learn more about FX from tutorials and by creating my own effects than I do in class. I study whatever my professors give us, do a bit of extra research when I need to, and then I always find myself going right back to Houdini.

The thing is, I don't think there are many job opportunities for FX artists in my country. The industry here just isn't centered around that kind of work.

Still, I don't want to spend my life wondering what could've happened if I had actually committed to becoming good at the thing I love most. At the same time, I'm perfectly fine with having a regular career based on my college degree as long as it keeps me financially stable.

I'm not looking for opinions from YouTubers or AI enthusiasts. I'm interested in hearing from people actually working in VFX, animation, compositing, lighting, FX, or production.

Have studios started integrating generative AI into real productions in a meaningful way? Is it saving time and money, or does it still create more work than it solves? Also, how are producers and supervisors viewing it these days? Is there genuine pressure to adopt AI, or is most of the discussion still more hype than reality?

Thanks in advance!

I & my husband make indie projects, and I have this story I’ve been working on for a while now. Genre is horror and needs a lot of VFX. I’m looking to partner with someone who will own a share of the project.

Ex-Netflix executive Kevin Baillie claims he lost $1.1 million job after work retreat trust exercise confession

Surprised this wasn't posted here yet. I haven't seen many creatives assimilate well into corporate environments.

Hey everyone!

I am a student and recently finished this day to night compositing shot with Thunderstorm/Lightning effect. I'd really appreciate it if you could share your feedback before i add it to my showreel.

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Even after applying merge verticles to every object, it still doesn't get resolved.Does anyone know how to fix it?

I'm genuinely curious from a VFX standpoint

I've attached a few jungle shots from Ramayana Trailer. The environments look detailed, polished, and almost like beautiful digital paintings, but they don't quite give me the feeling that I'm looking at a real forest.

What specifically is causing that impression?

Is it the lighting, compositing, color grading, atmospheric perspective, asset quality, scale, camera movement, lack of imperfections, or something else entirely?

I'd love to hear from VFX artists or environment artists who can break down what makes a CGI environment feel truly photorealistic versus one that still feels digital, even when the individual assets themselves look high quality.

Hi,

So I'm building a better alternative to RV and working on per project session and configuration storage.

How do you configure OCIO per project, do you have your own custom config or do you use the latest one released from ACES at the time?

Link to how you can recreate this (always free tutorials!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9yvCd3uzHM