December 18, 2025
Get the inside scoop and key insights from this much-anticipated 4th edition of the VES Handbook of Visual Effects with editors Jeffrey Okun, VES, and Susan Zwerman, VES and Susan Thurmond O’Neal in a dynamic conversation with industry experts and authors: Virtual Production Technical Director at ILM Nathan Camp, 180 Studios Chief Innovation Officer Phil Galler and VFX Supervisor and President of Mechanism Digital Lucien Harriot.
The 4th edition is packed with new chapters and sections that are the definitive essential techniques, best practices, and the latest innovations. Updated to reflect the quickly evolving industry landscape, this edition brings expanded knowledge reflecting updated techniques for areas covered in the Third Edition, such as Previs, AR/VR Moviemaking, color management (including ACES), the DI process, and matte painting, as well as many new chapters by new writers that include Virtual Production, AI, NeRFs and Gaussian Splatting.
