I've made this handy little website, that helps you calculate the best bitrate for your H.264 video exports from Adobe After Effects /Premiere/Maxon etc. bitratecalculator.app Any feedback is welcome!

For those that work in 3D/VFX do AI solutions work in real projects(final results not R&D) without dropping quality?

Make something this weekend.

Join us on the SOM Podcast this week as we talk to the legendary Territory Studio, who brought their creative minds to iconic projects like Dune: Prophecy, Call of Duty Black Ops 6, Vast Haven-1 and so much more! Listen to the full podcast here ➡️ som.bz/4aUFZUw

People wanting to know about camera methods in SIMPLE MOVES. Yeah you can do it. Here's a quick tip! #c4d #motiondesign #Maxon #Cinema4d #simplemoves

This is shocking! What’s going on with the UK VFX industry? It was one of the first companies I ever worked the the UK. My heart goes out to everyone affected. This is so sad! So many friends are out of work. This is terrible news! animationxpress.com/latest-news/je…

Real

JFK files were declassified today and they found photorealistic renders of him made in ZBrush, Maya, and rendered with Arnold 😱

tendril.studio/careers 🩶

#Fusion 20 EXR's Finally you can now split out the passes from the loader node, Making updating so much easier and cleaner.

Houdini 21 Sneak Peek youtu.be/aq7JQCV51CY?si… via YouTube #vfx #cgi #visualeffects #Houdini

The more they try to cover it up, the more it will appear

#AIBRO Only 40% I guess the other 60% are lying 😂. How it works in the real world of AI pixels. It's the same reason why we do things correctly at the start and don't just photoshop everything to fix 3D. You can try to get away with it, but it will never work out.

Available from next week for #Houdini, #Cinema4D, #Fusion #Resolve, #Substance,#Zbrush + #Adobe. Can use #Octane, #Arnold, #Redshift [email protected]

Fusion PROPAGATE - change parameters across multiple nodes youtu.be/yT1KqW1dVRw?si… via YouTube

The greatest battle I've ever seen.

We have a phase of not appreciating creativity. Compound that again with what AI is doing.. This really stands out!!! youtu.be/kDAnDeI0zmM I think consuming AI is like viewing the world through a blurred lens. You don’t really appreciate the details. But I did with this???

Available again from the 17th of January for #3D, #Houdini, #Cinema4D, #Compositing(#Fusion/#Nuke/#AE) & #VFX Supervision.

What is everyone learning or focusing on in 2026?

1) So we value art. 2) Then we devalue art(social algorithms driving what we create) 3) Then we value Art(NFTs) 4) Then we devalue art(AI) WTF is going on? Why this cycle? and what’s next?