Gareth Repton

Explore how #RISE London, led by #VFX Supervisor Stuart Bullen and VFX Producer Michelle Cullen, crafted the dramatic world of #LastBreath. Our breakdown showcases the creation of a research ship, open-ocean environments, and underwater sequences built on large-scale water simulations—all in service of a gripping true story of divers fighting to save a trapped crewmate.

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The future favours those who adapt. Wētā FX CEO Daniel Seah shares why embracing AI is essential for the industry, and how they're using it to shape what's next in VFX. With a decades-long history in advancing the use of machine learning, Wētā FX continues to push creative boundaries.

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We are very excited to have launched a new set of FREE VFX training courses, delivered in collaboration with ScreenSkills. Don't miss out on this unique opportunity if you want to get a comprehensive introduction to the often-misunderstood areas of VFX. You can apply now for one of four courses: 'VFX Management Essentials for Unscripted TV’ on 6th & 7th June, or 'VFX Management Essentials for Unscripted HETV & Docs with Theatrical Release’ on 7th & 8th March, 18th & 19th April or 18th & 19th July. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/emYsNDF3

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A few years ago, we supported Figment Productions Ltd on The Gunpowder Plot at the Tower of London, providing volumetric capture for the VR experience. At the very end of the project, Figment and Layered Reality invited us back for a final task: to digitally archive the entire venue before the experience was dismantled. The capture took place the day before removal, while the attraction was still fully operational. The rooms were filled with theatrical smoke, access was limited, and we had only a few hours to scan the entire space. We used our Leica BLK360 for accurate LiDAR scanning and carried out full photographic capture, later exported as a Gaussian Splatting model. This is one of the many rooms we captured, the quality and workmanship of the set builds was amazing and hard to believe we are in an under ground breeze block room! This film exists purely as an archive of one of the UK’s leading experiential events. Post-processing was intentionally minimal, with under 30 minutes of clean-up, to preserve the space as it actually was on the day. Projects like this are a reminder of how quickly physical experiences disappear, and why accurate digital capture matters.

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The Academy Colour Encoding System (ACES) has long been the standardised VFX workflow for cinema and HETV, but is rarely seen at a commercial level. For many projects with tight deadlines and limited budgets, traditional Rec. 709 workflows are often deemed "good enough" for content intended for standard dynamic range displays. Furthermore, inadequate training and education within the industry mean many artists don't fully grasp the benefits of an ACES workflow. This means that many teams are not extracting everything they can out of their camera footage and renders. By adhering to Rec. 709, they are compromising on image quality and limiting their ability to leverage the wider colour gamut, higher dynamic range, and improved colour accuracy that ACES offers. In the next week or so, I'll be dropping a handy guide for colourists, VFX artists, and 3D artists to help demystify some of the jargon and provide a simple yet effective ACES workflow to elevate your output and hopefully make sense of this funny-looking flow diagram I've just drawn.

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🎬 Elevating HDR Grading Standards with HeyLED Two leading Chinese post-production studios have recently integrated the 5-meter HeyLED HDR DCI-certified screen into their workflows, setting a new benchmark in HDR grading. DM more for details. #studio #filmmarker #DIgrading #DigitalIntermediate #DCI #HeyLED

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Hot off the press: UK Screen Alliance predicts a 7% growth in UK VFX over the next year...Watch the full talk from World VFX Day, link in the comments. Thanks Neil Hatton MBE for your valuable insights! #vfx #ukvfx

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🚀 🚀 Starting a new VFX Project? 🚀 🚀 Launching a VFX workflow that scales with your show's needs doesn't have to mean starting from scratch every time. BIND Hub from Bind Studio, designed by VFX professionals, provides flexible storage and automated vendor submissions, allowing a VFX production team to ingest assets and initiate reviews without the hassle of downloads or version chaos. From set data ingest to final EXR delivery, the pipeline operates seamlessly. Integrated with your Flow Production Tracking instance, BIND Hub allows you to concentrate on the VFX work rather than the workflow. As demands change, storage and access scale automatically, enabling supervisors to focus on quality over logistics. For productions prioritizing scalable workflows, BIND Hub offers reliability. Learn more at www.bind.studio #vfx #vfxproducer #workflow #visualeffects

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