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Watercolor painting effect Photoshop tutorial

Transform any image into a soft watercolor-style painting using simple Photoshop techniques. #Photoshop #PhotoEditing Donald Trump reacts after F-15 US fighter jet shot down in Iran Courtroom battle ...
MacRumors

Apple Acquires Final Cut Pro Plugin Company MotionVFX

Apple today acquired MotionVFX, a major developer of plugins, visual effects, and motion graphics tools for Final Cut Pro. MotionVFX is a Polish software company founded by Szymon Masiak in 2009. It ...
Gold Derby

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ makes Oscar history with a win in Best Visual Effects

On Sunday night, the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects went to Avatar: Fire and Ash, cementing its historic status in film history. See the list of 2026 Oscar winners. James Cameron's third trip ...
Gizmodo

‘Project Hail Mary’ Used a Surprising Amount of Practical Effects

Directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller wanted to balance CGI effects with real sets and physical elements as much as possible. Reading time 3 minutes Special effects are an essential part of just ...
Gizmodo

‘Sinners’ Is Obviously Great But Its Visual Effects Might Be Better

A new video details all of the technology and tricks used to bring Ryan Coogler's vampire film to life. Reading time 2 minutes The awards season finish line is finally in sight, and while it looked ...
The Hollywood Reporter

Visual Effects Society Awards: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Leads With 7 Wins

'KPop Demon Hunters' tops the animation categories. By Beatrice Verhoeven Awards Editor The Visual Effects Society (VES) has announced the winners for the 2026 VES Awards, recognizing excellence in ...
IGN

Google's Project Genie Seemingly Causes Some Investors to Lose Faith in Roblox, Unity and...GTA 6

Just one day after the announcement of Genie, Google's generative AI-powered virtual world creator, a number of major video game companies are seeing their stock prices tumble, seemingly because some ...
TheWrap

‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Leads Nominations for Visual Effects Society Awards

James Cameron’s “Avatar: Fire and Ash” has received 10 nominations for the Visual Effects Society Awards, the organization announced on Tuesday. In the top category, honoring photorealistic features, ...
provideocoalition.com

The VES Handbook of Visual Effects: Fourth Edition announced

The VES Handbook of Visual Effects, Fourth Edition, includes contributions from 95 visual effects experts and will be published on December 18, 2025 from Routledge. With the Fourth Edition, the VES ...
Variety

Oscars Visual Effects Top 20 Finalists: ‘Avatar,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Predator,’ ‘Sinners,’ ‘Wicked’ and More Make the Cut (EXCLUSIVE)

The Oscar race for visual effects is down to 20. With multiple sources confirming to Variety, the list of finalists includes a mix of anticipated blockbusters and franchise entries, with major studios ...
GitHub

Visual Effect Graph - Samples

Other Samples were updated and polished to match new features: Added Motion Vectors / Motion blur in Butterflies, Portal, SpaceshipHoloTable, UnityLogo, Volumetric, VoxelizedTerrain Reduced texture ...