How did they pull that light effect off?

https://preview.redd.it/wnugkkmr4nhg1.png?width=1366&format=png&auto=webp&s=1f49c7440017a544a2fd1656d782e1bcb0421471


I’ve been watching the national news here in the Philippines and I’m interested in trying out a specific light effect I saw. I don't know what it’s called, but I’m eager to learn how they pull it off. Could you tell me what this effect is called and where I can find tutorials for it? I'm using Premiere pro and After effects.

https://redd.it/1qwgalw
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Sinners Twins vs The Social Network Twins

I’ve been reading breakdowns and interviews about the movie and people seem to genuinely seem blown away by the effect. But it got me thinking, isn’t it basically the same idea as the Winklevoss twins in The Social Network?

https://redd.it/1qvuwoa
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Master Chief After hearing Fuel Price in Mumbai Local Train

https://redd.it/1qvju6t
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IA to enhance renders not to generate. Help

Do you have a consistent workflow for using AI to enhance your renders, making them more realistic, giving them style, etc.? I’m looking for something that maybe can be applied after compositing to push the render to the next level while still remaining manageable.

Do you use something like this?

https://redd.it/1qwh5be
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Getting work in vfx

Hi, this is the first time I have posted on Reddit so please bear with me.

So my partner has been trying to get a job in vfx since he finished his masters in August 2024. He did the masters after not having luck getting a job post BA due to Covid. The masters degree promised him placements and connections with industry (this did not happen). He ranked first in his course for his masters receiving a high distinction.

He got a job in motion graphics after being put in contact with the hiring manager at a company in may 2025. He was doing really well here and they were promising him a permanent contract and a pay rise. However, at the start of November they had a sudden budget cut and they had to let him go.

He was well regarded at his old company and his manager gave him an excellent reference.

Since then he has been trying to get a job in either Vfx or motion graphics however hasn’t had much luck with most companies not even giving him feeding.

He is really talented and this has been his dream industry since he was at school therefore I would love to see him succeed. He has several different show reels depending on the type of job and hands in a CV and cover letter.

I was wondering if anyone has advice on how to get into the industry and what he could do to stand out.

Thanks in advance

https://redd.it/1qvygb3
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Pikimov 5 - I created this free After Effects and CapCut alternative

https://preview.redd.it/mg6unsenwohg1.png?width=2940&format=png&auto=webp&s=e145a1c32f1dc5d18bb1f00b76d26a01d5c3b7b3

This is a follow up from my popular 2024 post about Pikimov

https://www.reddit.com/r/vfx/comments/1dqf4kd/i\_created\_a\_free\_after\_effects\_alternative/?rdt=54629

Since the original post received a lot of love, it's once again a pleasure to share another update with the vfx community: Pikimov 5.

This release adds many new features:

A new NLE 'classic editor' (same as in Premiere, DaVinci Resolve, Capcut...)
A graph editor to manually edit easing curves
A new vector line item
New FXs: motion blur, extrude, vintage colors
New blend modes: brighten, darken
Add personal notes to projects, like a 'post-it' (don't know why very few app allow taking notes, personally I find it vey usefull)
Text stroke
Support for Arabic text
Export as a .webm video with transparency
Added support for importing .webm video with transparency

Pikimov is a 2D/3D web alternative to After Effects I created, inspired by Photopea.
With the addition of the new NLE classic editor, it can now claim to be an alternative to simple video editors like CapCut.

It’s free, without signup, works directly in Chrome, no app to install, and it's not using your projects to train AI models, and not bloated with AI stuff.

All the editing is processed locally, no files are uploaded to a cloud server.

https://preview.redd.it/6qxdyiirwohg1.png?width=2940&format=png&auto=webp&s=3662ae8f8f306a65827ebc8d9019191df0d52409

https://preview.redd.it/gml5s67uwohg1.png?width=2940&format=png&auto=webp&s=223289c202816fd1325396c4e828eaed85f03682

https://preview.redd.it/r4xy3wgwwohg1.png?width=2940&format=png&auto=webp&s=f7194dbe925b8fd5d8b6e12dd49d639a652e75c3


To support the development of the app, consider subscribing to the Patreon page.

To start using Pikimov, simply visit: https://pikimov.com

At a time like this, when leading creative software companies are getting so much bad press from their customers, I hope Pikimov comes as good news to you.

https://redd.it/1qwnh0c
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Trailer for my Unreal animated short film

https://redd.it/1qwubul
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Amazon plans to use AI to speed up TV and film production
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/amazon-plans-use-ai-speed-up-tv-film-production-2026-02-04/

https://redd.it/1qwu1t4
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Do Entry Level Opportunities Still Exist? Am I Too Old To Start?

Hey, everybody. I been having a bit of an existential crisis. I want to get started with VFX jobs but I'm completely unsure about whether or not it would work out for me.

I took a while to flesh out my skills after leaving school and I ran into some life events that took me out of trying to get into the industry since late 2023. I'm finally getting back into enjoying the work again but is it realistically too late for me? I never successfully landed a job since leaving school in 2015 likely from spreading myself a little too thin in an attempt to build skills as a compositor, modeler, and animator. I even tried networking at SIGGRAPH animation events in bars up until COVID hit then pretty much fell out of the loop on that front. I'm also turning 35 this year if that makes things worse.


I guess my question is if it's too late for someone in their mid 30s to get into VFX or even games starting from nothing right now. Is it too late to dedicate a few months to a year to tailor a reel and get a studio or even freelance jobs? I tried searching for an answer but didn't get exactly what I was looking for. I'm very out of the know and trying to get a feel of what 2026 is looking like for the industry. It would suck to have to hard pivot careers.


https://redd.it/1qwhmt3
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Creating a ghost VFX HELP!!

Hey!

I am a student studying Film and I am tasked with creating a ghost for an upcoming short. Using some test shoot footage, I’ve experimented with rotoscoping, opacity, tint, and many more effects, but everything I do looks very fake and well, quite bad.

Does anyone have any help or tips to creating an actually convincing ghost effect?

Thanks so much in advance!

Ashton

https://redd.it/1qx0evp
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Making Weta’s Animatomy from scratch. Testing a tetrahedron flesh mask to target shape simulation on face scans I obtained to hone in on the correct parameters for the quasi simulation step of Animatomy.
https://redd.it/1qx90io
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Why does the VFX industry pay less compared to IT and Finance, despite requiring high-level skills?

I’ve been observing something interesting about the VFX industry.

Compared to many “normal” jobs, VFX actually pays decently. But when you compare it to industries like IT, software, or finance, the gap becomes very noticeable.

This confuses me because VFX work is far from easy. It requires:

Strong technical knowledge
Creativity
Expensive software skills
Long working hours
Constant upskilling

Yet, many professionals in tech and finance seem to out-earn VFX artists, sometimes with better work-life balance too.

So I’m genuinely curious:

👉 Why does this pay gap exist?
👉 Is it because VFX is treated more like a service industry?
👉 Oversupply of artists?
👉 Outsourcing pressure and tight studio margins?
👉 Or simply how the global market is structured?

For people already working in VFX:

Do salaries improve significantly at senior levels?
Does the pay eventually become competitive?
Would you still recommend this career to someone starting today purely from a financial perspective?

Not trying to criticize the industry — just trying to understand the economic reality behind it.

Would love to hear honest insights from experienced artists and industry professionals.

https://redd.it/1qxa9fs
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Best Europe based recruiters to follow on linked in for job postings?



https://redd.it/1qxeli1
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Is AI becoming standard in VFX?

Hi everyone! Long story short, I’ve been in talks with a small studio about a script, but I’m very concerned about AI use in production/VFX/CGI.

I pressed them on how they will use AI, and they essentially said they are pro-human art, but that technology is changing in the film industry. they said films are made differently today than 5 years ago and that AI is the future in entertainment. They wouldn't say exactly how AI is used.

Is this accurate? Is it really becoming standard to use generative AI imagery/assets in film these days? How is AI really used in the industry?

https://redd.it/1qxi5kt
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Official BFI statistics reveal £6.8 billion film and high-end TV production spend in the UK

The latest official figures from our Research and Statistics Unit show that film and high-end TV production spend in the UK was £6.8 billion in 2025, a 22% increase on 2024’s first reported figures..

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/official-bfi-statistics-reveal-68-billion-film-bo7ge/

https://redd.it/1qxj824
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Looking for a Deepfake artist

The virtual production studio I work for are on the lookout to hire a deepfake artist with a high level of experience in deepfacelab. We are after a permanent member of staff, so it's a salaried position and the person would need to be able to execute and lead ongoing deepfake work.

If that sounds interesting DM me a showreel.

https://redd.it/1qxldnm
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how would you do this cross section semi-realistically?

https://redd.it/1qxhie9
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Saw a demo at a conference about photo-based 3D scene generation — how does this hold up in real workflows?

I was at a small conference recently and saw a talk showing a product called Aholo that could turn photos and videos into a navigable 3D scene.

The result looked clean and surprisingly stable, but it made me wonder how usable this kind of output actually is beyond demos.

For people working with 3D assets or environments:
 Is this kind of reconstruction something you’d trust in a real project?
 Or does it usually fall apart once you need proper topology, control, or edits?

Curious how others see this fitting (or not fitting) into existing 3D workflows.

https://redd.it/1qxdin2
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Camera tracking problems
https://redd.it/1qxtx4r
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Can someone make an HDRI for me?

I have all the files uploaded. Tried doing it in PS myself, couldnt seem to crack it.

https://redd.it/1qxwpdi
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Spider-Man Across The Universe …

Watched it for the first time last night, and I was blown away. My god that was awesome. I come here to ask? How the heck did they do that? Every shot had so much detail, and things happening EVERYWHERE! it must have taken years. They didn’t use AI I assume …

Anyways, if any of you have some ideas or worked on it, share insight. That was very cool.

https://redd.it/1qy320x
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