‘The Angry Birds Movie 3’ Unpacked by VFX Supervisor, Including Red’s Redesign and Character-Effects Automation: ’He’s Similar by Choice’

Oct 17, 2026 6:56am PT ‘The Angry Birds Movie 3’ Unpacked by VFX Supervisor, Including Red’s Redesign and Character-Effects Automation: ’He’s Similar by Choice’

DNEG Animation rebuilt the franchise’s characters while developing a workflow capable of automating character effects on up to 75% of shots, VFX head Patrick Harboun said at a View Conference presentation in Turin

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The red-feathered hero of “The Angry Birds Movie 3” looks reassuringly familiar, but DNEG Animation had to rebuild much of him to bring the franchise back to theaters. And as the studio reconstructed Red’s fur, facial rig and expressions, it also developed a system that ultimately automated character-effects work on roughly 75% of the film’s shots.

“He’s similar by choice,” VFX supervisor Patrick Harboun said at View Conference in Turin on Friday.

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