How's your year going?...A follow up to poll from end of last year.

Last year I asked everyone "Will 2026 be better than 2025"

https://www.reddit.com/r/vfx/comments/1pdliuo/coming_up_to_the_end_of_the_yeara_quick_little/

We're a little over halfway through the year now and I was just curious how everybody's doing? How has your prediction gone?

Is 2026 be better than 2025 so far?

1. Yes

2. No

3. Worse



For me the answer is Yes. But really it's only because I just got lucky with easy as shit high paying tech job that got me out of a crazy bullshit movie I was dying on. Not because industry is really improved. In that regard, I think the industry is pretty much the same as last year and not very good. Job postings are very limited and I've had only two recruiters reach out to me for short immediate start gigs.

https://redd.it/1vi4yjz
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Realistic Lens System for NUKE

https://redd.it/1vhmajd
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Vellum cloth test
https://redd.it/1vimbvu
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Projection Failure
https://redd.it/1vitx83
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How do you do this set extension?!
https://redd.it/1viuuwn
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I built a plate trackability checker for matchmove, looking for artists to tell me where it's wrong
https://redd.it/1vj9i0c
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I guess this is 2026?

A colleague that is bit better connected with stronger personal network has declined to introduce me to any of his studio contacts because "What if they like you more than me?" It makes me sad.

https://redd.it/1vjeqfo
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Could VFX evolve into a broader form of experience engineering?

During a conversation I had the feeling that VFX could be the beginning of something broader, like kind of "experience engineering"

I took some time to write the idea down here: Beyond Special Effects

I’d love some feedbacks from people working in the field. I know it is a big extrapolation and very prospective, with a little touch of sci-fi, but I’m curious how far it really feels from becoming a possibility for VFX professionals.

(PS I have an artist and software engineer background)

https://redd.it/1vj0wju
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The Frozen Oath

https://redd.it/1vjlipd
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Free Blender Geometry Nodes Tool: Hair Groom to Procedural Feathers

https://redd.it/1vk0kdg
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Autodesk is discontinuing Mudbox
https://www.cgchannel.com/2026/08/autodesk-is-discontinuing-mudbox-its-digital-sculpting-software/

https://redd.it/1vks7cj
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Before and After VFX shot I made in Blender and Davinci

https://redd.it/1vkumwt
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Sharing My VFX Work ,Blender and Nuke

https://redd.it/1vllnix
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Wet Hot Andromeda -Concept DMP - Clip

https://redd.it/1vlnyxo
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Looking for Blackmagic fusion compers! (Fusion only, please)

Hi all! I've got bids out for three projects, all three are up in the air for the next couple weeks.

My go-to folks are booked out for the next month, so I'm looking for a few Fusion based compositors to bring on. Day rates negotiable, still working out budgets, no bullshit low-balling I promise. Ideally aiming to bring on a mix of skill/price range. Trying to do my part to help juniors build their reels and actually earning a proper rate.

All remote. If you're not willing to work in Fusion, please do not reach out, my mini-studio (aka me and whoever else is brought onto the project) needs to work in Fusion for posterity sake.

If you're interested please DM me your reel/portfolio and rate! The projects won't be awarded for a few weeks so delivery wouldn't likely be until end of September at earliest. Main timezone will be PST, but doesn't matter to me where you're based as long as you've got skills and decent internet.

https://redd.it/1vln850
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The Last Lecture | I spent 2 years making this animation! | NoAi | What do you think?
https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZERFaui_zy8&si=ATfBBEGvg_-LPif3

https://redd.it/1vniqzu
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Solo dev on a camera solver for Blender. 1.0.7 adds planar tracking with corner pin export, ST maps, and multi frame projection bake.

https://redd.it/1vqr94p
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