Special surprise – a republish of issue #1!
Including the HUGE look back at stuffies in VFX, with a HUGE collection of behind the scenes images.
FMX 2026 is nearly here, and so is the Then & Now track!
This year it features director Roland Emmerich, a look back at Softimage, an exploration of stop-motion, and a live VFX Notes podcast with Ian
All the ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ VFX breakdowns in one place
Including work by Rodeo FX, MR. X, DNEG, Folks, Alchemy24, Digital Domain.
On The Set Pic: ‘One Piece’
Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy on the set of 'One Piece.'
A deep dive into Wētā FX’s visual effects for ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Including everything you need to know about Malgosha.
The making of ‘F1’, at VFX Notes
Our 2026 VFX Oscars nominees season is here!
ILM’s Janet Lewin reflects on more than three decades with the studio
Her early VFX producer roles including Pearl Harbor and Hulk, the development of StageCraft, and more.
EXCLUSIVE: Imageworks breakdown videos from ‘In Your Dreams’
Check out this behind the scenes look at Nightmara, and a VFX breakdown.
Roland Emmerich is coming to FMX
And he'll be sitting down on stage with befores & afters to celebrate the 30th anniversary of 'Independence Day'!
The creatures of ‘Keeper’
A fascinating story about extending and augmenting and enhancing practical creatures on the film.
ILM’s VFX breakdown for ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ is here
The VFX Oscar nominated work is presented in this reel narrated by VFX supervisor David Vickery.
The thing about Thing
How on-set performance and CG were mixed together for season 2 of 'Wednesday'. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine.
All ‘The Lost Bus’ visual effects breakdowns in one place
Videos from ILM, beloFX, Cinesite, RISE FX and Outpost VFX.
How Thing, Slurp, Professor Orloff and a host of creatures and effects were made for ‘Wednesday’ season 2
A new 106-page issue of befores & afters magazine.
See the full list of VES Awards winners right here
Avatar: Fire and Ash won seven awards and KPop Demon Hunters won three. See all the award winners below.
Don’t miss this ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ behind the scenes video
This Gnomon session featured production designer Helen Chen, animation director Joshua Beveridge, and art director Wendell Dalit.
Our new ILM podcast series starts with Dennis Muren!
The legendary VFX supe on speeder bike chase in ROTJ, stained glass knight in Young Sherlock Holmes, & how ILM conquered digital comp'ing.
Watch The Yard’s VFX breakdown for ‘Stranger Things’ 5
Check out the CG environments, set extensions and other VFX crafted by the studio.
From virtual production to final VFX: how ‘Mercy’ was made
Go behind the scenes with DNEG. Timur Bekmambetov’s Mercy, starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, sees Pratt’s detective character need to prove his innocence
How Wētā FX made young Will, Vecna 2.0, the Mind Flayer and some badass Demogorgons in ‘Stranger Things 5’
A look at photoreal CG faces, AI re-lighting, BBQ steak reference, optical flow and iPad AR tools and a sneaky Texas Switch you may
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
How the right school helped this compositor land his latest credit on 'Invasion' season 3.
From classroom to credits, with Campus VFX