Discussions

Join our Discussions on all things VFX, animation and games, where we cover a wide range of topics with industry practitioners and experts.

Upcoming webinars

CAVE Academy v002 Overview 1001

Starts on 20.07.2026, at 09:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Jahirul Amin

CAVE Academy v002 Overview 1002

Starts on 20.07.2026, at 16:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Jahirul Amin

CAVE Academy v002 Overview 1003

Starts on 20.07.2026, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Jahirul Amin

State of the Industry 2027

Starts on 06.01.2027, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speakers: TBC

Fundamentals v Tools

Starts on 03.02.2027, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Jahirul Amin and Paul Mellender

Adding Gravity to your Art

Starts on 03.03.2027, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Jahirul Amin and Paul Mellender

Past webinars

Into the Unknown

Started on 24.09.2025, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Jahirul Amin and Paul Mellender

VFX Production Overview

Started on 10.01.2025, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Elena Pagliei

Surfacing Props for VFX Overview

Started on 12.12.2024, at 18:00 BST

Jahirul Amin

Modelling Props for VFX Overview

Started on 11.12.2024, at 18:00 BST

Jahirul Amin

Thoughts on Creating a Demoreel for VFX and Animation

Started on 20.11.2024, at 17:00 BST

Jahirul Amin

Generating Art?

Started on 25.10.2024, at 17:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Paul Mellender

State of the Industry 2024

Started on 28.08.2024, at 17:00 BST

Guest Speakers: Ros Webb, Paul Mellender, Neil Hatton

Art and AI

Started on 25.05.2023, at 19:00 BST

Guest Panelists: Andrew Schlussel, Oliver James, Adrien Saint Girons, Alvaro García Martínez, Gael Kerchenbaum.

Nuke for Modellers

Started on 19.04.2023, at 10:30 BST

Guest Speakers: Martin Mayer and Eugenie L-Nitusgau, Foundry

A Pipe TD’s Journey into VFX

Started on 22.03.2023, at 10:30 BST

Guest Speaker: Isabella Ippolito, Performance Technical Director, Animated Women UK / Animal Logic

Working with Scan Data

Started on 15.03.2023, at 10:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Graham Hudson, Asset Supervisor, Clear Angle Studios

Becoming a Character Artist

Started on 08.03.2023, at 17:00 BST

Guest Speakers: Tomas Sackman and Marissa Ng DNEG

Directing the Flow

Started on 01.03.2023, at 10:00 BST

Guest Speakers: Antone Magdy, Lead Facial Modeller, Framestore

Observation and Analysis

Started on 15.02.2023, at 10:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Lambert, Digital Model Shop Supervisor, ILM

Modelling for VFX

Started on 08.02.2023, at 10:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Christopher Antoniou, VFX Supervisor, Outpost

Emulating Natural Vision in Real-Time with Fovotec

Started on 21.09.2022, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speakers: Alistair Burleigh and Robert Pepperell

Creating Realistic Digital Portraits

Started on 14.08.2022, at 12:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Vahid Ahmadi

Artistic Anatomy

Started on 11.10.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Rey Bustos

Realtime Automotive Rendering

Started on 29.09.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: David Baylis

Road to Realtime 1008: Post-processing

Started on 24.09.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Realistic Digital Portraits

Started on 15.09.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Şefki Ibrahim

Diversity in VFX

Started on 08.09.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speakers: Lauren McCallum, Ace Ruele, Louise Hussey, Ellie Ansell, Boyan Georgiev, Jahirul Amin

Road to Realtime 1007: VFX Graph

Started on 30.07.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Road to Realtime 1006: Lighting

Started on 18.06.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Modelling a Digi Double

Started on 11.06.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Christopher Antoniou

Introduction to Unreal

Started on 04.06.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Paul Eliasz

Road to Realtime 1005: Layout

Started on 21.05.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Women in VFX

Started on 14.05.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speakers: Debra Coleman, Harriet Edge-Partington, Marieke Franzen, May Leung, Lauren McCallum, Brenda Ximena Roldan Romero

Road to Realtime 1004: Animation

Started on 16.04.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Mental Health and Wellbeing

Started on 09.04.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speakers: Lauren McCallum, Hugo Guerra, Pat Imrie, Robert Andrews, Paul Mellender, Melinda Ozel

Concept Design for Storytelling

Started on 02.04.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speakers: Bobby Rebholz, Robin Konieczny

Road to Realtime 1003: Look Development

Started on 19.03.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Finding your Voice

Started on 12.03.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Panel: Debra Coleman, Hugo Guerra, Michael Morgan, Melinda Ozel

Breaking down a Script for VFX

Started on 05.03.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Victor Perez, Jenny Basen

Road to Realtime 1002: Assets and Environments

Started on 19.02.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Developing as an Artist

Started on 12.02.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Panel: Lucy Salter, Hugo Guerra, Paul Mellender, Ben Radcliffe

Art in Action

Started on 05.02.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Paul Mellender

Road to Realtime 1001: Previs

Started on 29.01.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Digital sculpting for 3d printing

Started on 22.01.2021, at 18:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Jonathan Reilly

State of the industry and future skills for 2021

Started on 15.01.2021, at 17:30 BST

Guest Panel: Andrew Schlussel, Mark Flanaghan, Amy Backwell, Ben Radcliffe

Modelling Creatures

Started on 17.12.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Nicolas MOREL

Unity for XR 

Started on 10.12.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

The Art of Saby Menyhei

Started on 19.11.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Saby Menyhei

Introduction to Bolt: Unity’s New Visual Scripting Tool

Started on 12.11.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Virtual Production with Treehouse Digital

Started on 05.11.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Paul Hamblin

Unity Visual Effect Graph: Create Beautiful VFX in Real-time

Started on 14.10.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Introduction to Onset Data Acquisition – Texture, Look Dev and Data Wrangling

Started on 08.10.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Daniel Gilligan, Jahirul Amin

Introduction to Onset Data Acquisition – HDRI, Panoramas and Geometry Reference

Started on 24.09.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Daniel Gilligan, Jahirul Amin

Unity for Animated Storytelling: Bring your stories to life with the power of realtime tools

Started on 17.09.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Developing a Character

Started on 10.09.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ace Ruele

Technicolor PULSE

Started on 27.08.2020, at 16:00 BST

Guest Speakers: Jeremy Stapleton, Jason T. Morrow, Simon Frame and Cristi Stoica

Face the FACS

Started on 20.08.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Melinda Ozel

BTS: Battlesuit

Started on 23.07.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull

Modelling Digi-Doubles with Scan Data

Started on 16.07.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Jan Jinda

Photoreal Texturing

Started on 09.07.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Chun Chun Yang

Unleashing Unity for Media & Entertainment

Started on 02.07.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Ben Radcliffe

Shotsculpt with Mush3D

Started on 25.06.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Luiz Elias

Creating Creature Concepts

Started on 18.06.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Madeleine Spencer

WFH: Past, Present, Future

Started on 04.06.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Panel: Lee Danskin, David Conley, Gavin Graham, Jack Bosworth, Tom Spenceley

Sculpting Realistic Portraits

Started on 28.05.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Vimal Kerketta

Conductor Cloud Rendering

Started on 14.05.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Mac Moore

Introduction to Camera Lenses

Started on 27.04.2020, at 20:00 BST

Guest Speaker: Zeno Pelgrims