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The Untapped Potential of ML in #VFX: #DunePartTwo VFX Supervisor Paul Lambert turned to Foundry’s CopyCat #machinelearning toolset in #Nuke to complete 40% of 1,000 Fremen eye shots without additional touch-ups, saving thousands of roto work hours. bit.ly/42kOF2N #Foundry #VisualEffects #VFXWorld

Nuke Stage allows real-time playback and live compositing of photo-realistic environments. creativebloq.com/entertainment/…

🎮 "It just worked—we were shocked at how easy it was." That's what happened when @jackboxgames brought their entire party game empire to the cloud with Amazon GameLift Streams. Read how they did it: go.aws/3DuC7NJ See the magic in person at #GDC2025! #AWSforGames

Metaphysic, The Company That De-Aged Tom Hanks and Robin Wright in ‘Here,’ Acquired by DNEG’s AI Arm variety.com/2025/film/glob… via @variety

DNEG’s #Brahma Division Acquires #AI Tech Company #Metaphysic: Merger with the leading AI #VFX tool company used in Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Here’ to de-age Tom Hanks and Robin Wright leaves Brahma with post-transaction value of US$1.43 billion. bit.ly/3EKbuVp #DNEG #GenAI #VisualEffects #VFXWorld

Amazon Web Services says GameLift can support up to 100M concurrent users per game venturebeat.com/games/amazon-w… via @GamesBeat

Call For Proposals is open for Unreal Fest Orlando! epic.gm/unreal-fest-or… Here's what you need to know about our celebration of the Epic Community in June 2025 🧵

Flux Festival launches in #LosAngeles Nov 23rd celebrating emerging filmmakers & artists. A full day of talks, screenings, & performances centered on innovation in #film, #art, and #technology Ticket & full details: flux.net #motiondesign #animation #design #CG

Autodesk Announces AI And Tech Advancements To Empower More Filmmaking Voices At Autodesk University dlvr.it/TFRtLy

Epic Games announces shift in game royalties for Unreal titles venturebeat.com/games/epic-gam… via @GamesBeat #EpicGames #gameengine #Unreal

We are Mega excited about this in particular 🔦 MegaLights, a new experiential feature in 5.5, enables artists to use orders of magnitude more lights. They are movable and dynamic, with realistic area shadows, and can light volumetric fog. See this capture of our live, real-time demo using Quixel Megascans and KitBash3D assets. #UnrealFest

iodyne Pro Mini delivers sustained 3+ GB/s speeds, 2-10X faster than typical Pro SSDs, even with encryption and RAID always on.

🎵#Metaphysic Resurrects #Eminem’s Alter Ego SLIM SHADY in #MTV Video Music Award Win: Eminem’s 1999 alter ego returns, via AI, live onstage at the ceremony and on the music icon’s HOUDINI video, which scored the first #VFX #VMA honor for a digital character recreated in an AI-powered pipeline – watch it here! bit.ly/4ehBq7g #SlimShady #AI #VFX #VFXWorld

Thanks William! The Jeffries/Digital Boardwalk days feel like yesterday❤️

The folks @iodynepro have a new product, the Pro Mini. The first original thinking in an SSD shuttle in quite some time. Sustained 3+ GB/s, Find My tracking, innovative cooling, passkey security and an e ink digital label. No more tape and sharpie! provideocoalition.com/the-holy-grail…

This Iodyne is the most gadgety portable SSD ever devised trib.al/AVwWFSn

We're thrilled to have wrapped up another successful Summer Learning Program, developed by our Diversity & Inclusion Working Group! Check out a full recap on the blog, and thanks to @Filmbot for sharing his reflections on being a mentor this year: aswf.io/blog/wrapping-…

.@___institute___ director Sandra Winther sat down w @Surfer to discuss her short film, A New Wave, which profiles iconic surfer Mikey February. Learn more about how she made the film - and the time she caught a wave on Mikey’s personal yellow twin pin. surfer.com/news/sandra-wi…

Vote for our #SXSW #PanelPicker 🗳️ We've teamed up with @EpicGames for @SXSW 2025 and we need your vote 🙏 Vote for Filmmaking 2.0 - Powering a Future for Indie Films” by 18th August 🗳️ bit.ly/46BaWLm. #virtualproduction #realtime #filmmaking #films #sxsw #cinema

DJ Rahming of @awscloud and Guillaume Brossard of @autodesk team up to talk about OpenRV and the critical cross-company collaborations that enabled cloud-based review sessions via various streaming solutions.