DNEG has released a new VFX reel featuring work from First Man, Venom, Deadpool 2, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Bohemian Rhapsody, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, and more. Watch it on YouTube.

Allan McKay has published a detailed discussion of the VFX for Season 8 Episode 5 of Game of Thrones. In the video he analyses many of the standout VFX sequences deconstructs them from the perspective of a VFX Supervisor. Allan was not directly involved in the episode, rather he looks at how he "might approach these shots in a VFX production, from a supervisor's perspective". Watch it on YouTube.

ILM has released breakdown reel for its work on Bumblebee. Watch it on YouTube.

Adobe has announced significant changes to its policies regarding access to previous versions of Creative Cloud tools. Since Creative Cloud launched in 2012 it has been possible to use any version of the products, and as features occasionally got removed, some users chose to hang on to the earlier versions. According to the announcement, only the last two major releases will now be available for direct download, and in Acrobat's case, only the most recent version.  (more...)

Adobe has announced the latest update to Lightroom for iOS, Android and desktop. New features added in the may update include an updated home view that will show most recent photos but also new interactive tutorials that can be completed directly from within the application. (more...)

SideFX has published recordings of the presentations it held at the FMX 2019 conference. Watch them below or visit the company's Vimeo channel

Maxon has made recordings of its various presentations at FMX 2019 available on YouTube. Watch them on this YouTube playlist.