A very nice new high quality #HDRI resource. Deserves your support. Initial tests show nice dynamic range, strong shadow casting, and some very high resolutions: openhdri.org #VFX #CG #b3d #maya #houdini #render #renderer #vray #arnold #redshift #karma

A nice overview from AskNK of Nvidia's Kimodo text-to-motion tool with keyframing and editing capabilites. I've worked on a number of projects where we've needed quick rig-driven animation clips, but haven't seen a UI this intuitive. #motioncapture #VFX #cgi #AI www.youtube.com/watch?v=gPm6...

The highly anticipated follow up to #HandmaidsTale has dropped its first trailer featuring work from the talented #VFX team at Mavericks VFX. Premieres April 8th on Hulu. www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpWy...

Another compelling (and genuinely useful) #AI workflow for #VFX artists from @mickmumpitz.bsky.social Kudos to him for his continuing genorosity with his workflows, clear explanations, and clear documentation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wki...

The unique set up of this upcoming show from Peacock presented some fun #VFX challenges. Challenges met by the team at Mavericks. Premieres April 9th. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-ot...

Are you an Ontario-based #Unreal specialist with experience in #VFX? We're currently looking for the right team member. dmfx.bamboohr.com/careers/121

Proud to have played a small role in this year's #VisualEffectsSociety #VFX #VESAwards nomination judging with @vesnewyork.bsky.social . Some phenomenal work on display from 2025. Here's to an even stonger 2026 for all of us in the industry!

How 'bout that? Opens and closes with two Mavericks #VFX shots, with plenty more in the sandwich between. Alex Cross Season 2 premieres February 11th on Prime Video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1tF...

Proud to share I'll be retuning once more as a #VES judge in early January to help judge and celebrate the best and brightest #VFX of 2025. #VESawards #visualEffectsSociety

Coming in the new year, with #VFX from the team at Mavericks: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVlZ...

Mesh2Motion is an #openSource #mixamo style animation suite from @scottpetrovic.bsky.social that can be run locally or online. Super interesting. Nice slick interface. Deserves your support. app.mesh2motion.org #VFX #3D

Interesting open-source #VFX methodology from Polyfjord, leveraging a photogrammetry algorithm to batch-process camera tracks. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xx85... Looking forward to testing this out. #b3d #colmap #ffmpeg

Got an interesting opportunity coming up. Seeking expressions of interest from Ontario and Quebec-based #blender literate #VFX artists. #geometryNodes experience a plus. DM me directly for details. #b3d #cg #fx

Shout-out to YouTuber Monzon Media. If you're a complete beginner looking to learn #comfyUI , I can't think of a better teacher. Clear, patient, contextual explanations: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

A nice video overview from #b3d artist Jacob Zirkle - building on all the great work from Sean Kennedy - getting lens distortion out of #blender with ST maps, freeing compositing from Blender and into your favorite #VFX #compositing pipeline. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSVQ...

The official trailer is here. Proud to have served as #CG Supervisor for the #VFX contributed by Mavericks VFX. Streaming August 1st. www.youtube.com/watch?v=owdG...

Huge shout out to Githubber Mwni and his contributors who have a free #blender #animation retargeting addon script up for grabs. Successfully tested on my side with great results. Very intuitive. github.com/Mwni/blender... #b3d #cg #vfx

One of the most compelling, and clearly explained #Nuke #VFX #ML tutorials I've seen in a while. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA_x...

Seeking expressions of interest from Ontario and Quebec-based #VFX artists as we look forward to new projects on the horizon: - #Houdini crowd work - #Animation - #Blender -based pre-viz Ping me if you think you'd be a great fit.

Here's a fun one - a few years back I had the pleasure of contributing some level design assets, character work, and more to this #VR title. And I was excited to hear the team at Coal Car have launched to early access. Good things come to those who wait. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxXv...

Nice little #b3d plugin from #blender user Ogjee. Has been successfully used by our COMP artists when a quick lightweight solution has been needed to add distant movement, bringing life to a scene. #VFX #CG ogjee.gumroad.com/l/kjvpp

Coming soon from the team at Mavericks #VFX www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmSs...

YouTuber Atomic Gains has some clever set-extension / compositing ideas at play here with generative #AI, mixing back in as much of the original plate as possible to maintain image quality and performance consistency. #VFX www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJ7C...

Could have some interesting DMP projection/parallax uses: youtube.com/watch?v=u4E9... #VFX #DMP #digitalmattepainting #mattepainting #b3d #blender

Can't wait to see this. Grew up loving Jeff's games.

Really interesting #daviniciResolve #VFX plugin could put an end to smoking up sets: greyscalelabs.com/nano

Epic's #metahuman updated ELUA now officially supports use outside of Unreal in #maya, #houdini, and "...any engine or creative software" - this is big news: www.metahuman.com/en-US/news/m...

Proud to have played a small #CG role in the extensive #VFX from the talented comp team at Mavericks VFX. Lots of the studio's shots on show in the debut trailer for A Big Bold Beautiful Journey coming this fall. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t9c...

Super excited to share the official teaser trailer for the upcoming Apple TV+ drama, Chief of War. The trailer includes several shots from the talented #VFX team at Mavericks VFX. Streaming August 1st. youtu.be/-VIAsu_G7so?...

A terrific new visual FACS reference for #VFX artists from Melinda Ozel and Pooya Deperson: pooyadeperson.com/the-ultimate...

Impressively detailed #gaussiansplat example over at #supersplat from user ovrcast. Trained with Postshot (SPLAT3) @ 4K res, 700 photos (Sony A6100 + Sigma 16mm). #VFX superspl.at/view?id=60f5...

The fine folks at #digitalFoundry are out with their #GTA6 analysis: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zVI...

An #animation opportunity for my #NYC #VFX / #VES community: zerply.com/industry-job...

Fantastic on-set interview with John Knoll who's using #arduino and as many off-the-shelf tools he can muster to re-create the classic Dykstra approach to motion control for modern audiences. #ILM #VFX www.youtube.com/watch?v=74mn...

The Handmaid's Tale final season is almost here. Episodes 1-3 premiere tonight at Midnight ET on #hulu. Can't wait for you to see the shots we've contributed at Mavericks VFX. Very proud to have played a part in this award winning show. #VFX www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBBR...

Nice bump map trick for cheap plate integration from Alfie Vaughan: #b3d #VFX www.youtube.com/shorts/WBu02...

Regardless of what you think of #AI tools like #stablediffusion in creativity, they're here to stay. This is certainly a compelling example that delivers real world benefits courtesy of #blender master @glebalexandrov.bsky.social via @blendernation.com : www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsQn...

#Mari individual licensing currently 50% off: www.foundry.com/products/mar... #VFX

What a rollercoaster day. Our parent company Dream/Machine FX is stepping in to find roles for the "creative leadership and 'practically the entire creative staff'" from The Mill US. Under the circumstances, some positive #VFX news. #technicolor #themill variety.com/2025/artisan...

Can't wait for you all to see the great work we've been cooking up at Mavericks #VFX. The final season premieres April 8th. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyVD...

Kudos to creator Jepe and their #Blender plug-and-play rain generator. A great, optimized #geometrynodes #vfx set up that's currently saving my butt on a tight deadline, without having to get into the weeds in #houdini. www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNwv...

Currently working on a #b3d project extracting Google Map data to compliment set extensions. Shout out to YouTuber Nicko16 who's written a fantastic script to speed up the process of ingesting data from BLOSM and similar map extractors. #blender #VFX www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQnk...

Just recently re-watched "The Mist" - still one of my favorite movies of the 2000s. The Blu-Ray includes this fantastic look behind the scenes at Cafe FX's work (RIP) that still holds up fantastically today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAFS... #vfx #bts

I had some solid success with their 1.0 version on a recent fast-turnaround project. Possible nice alternative to LiquiGen within the #b3d environment. Worth checking out: youtu.be/H2gFP6k6hgY?... #fx #blender #houdini.

Sharing my #VFX demo reel here. vimeo.com/922166672

Well it was a good run over at you-know-where, but it's time to start things up for all things #VFX, #CG, #B3D, #maya, #houdini and similar here at Blue Sky. Looking forward to sharing more in the near future.