The cardboard cut-outs used to help make ‘Death by Lightning’
Part of the crowd solution on the miniseries.
The old-school show-within-a-show in ‘Wonder Man’ used some old-school effects techniques
Including forced perspective miniature effects.
Watch east side effects’ VFX breakdown for season 2 of ‘Severance’
Go behind the scenes.
The art of CG ping pong balls and crowds in ‘Marty Supreme’
A brand new podcast, with visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur.
On The Set Pic: ‘The Odyssey’
Director Christopher Nolan with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, ASC on set of the film.
‘Mission: Impossible’ is 30 this week!
One of those game-changer VFX films.
Cover reveal! Issue #56 – Alien: Earth
Coming soon!
How to make a photoreal CG octopus: the VFX of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’
Behind the scenes with Untold Studios, including a whole bunch of before/after images.
What’s coming soon to befores & afters
New magazines, podcasts and other fun coverage in VFX and animation.
Watch this ‘Hoppers’ progression reel from Pixar’
Go behind the scenes.
Reflections on FMX 2026
A round up of chatting to Roland Emmerich, Then & Now sessions, and AI.
From classroom to credits
The art of compositing - this artist sits at the heart of both live-action and animation.
Explore the world of ‘Foundation’, season 3
Issue #55 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of Foundation, season 3.
How ‘War Machine’ was made
Behind the scenes of the new Netflix film.
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.
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.
This 142-page magazine goes deep on ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
All the major innovations made on the latest James Cameron film.
A huge behind the scenes look at ‘Stranger Things 5’
All the Demogorgon battles, the oner, the Abyss and the Mind Flayer.
From classroom to credits
The art of compositing - this artist sits at the heart of both live-action and animation.
From classroom to credits
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
From classroom to credits
How the right school helped this compositor land his latest credit on 'Invasion' season 3.
The old-school show-within-a-show in ‘Wonder Man’ used some old-school effects techniques
Including forced perspective miniature effects.
The art of CG ping pong balls and crowds in ‘Marty Supreme’
A brand new podcast, with visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur.
How to make a photoreal CG octopus: the VFX of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’
Behind the scenes with Untold Studios, including a whole bunch of before/after images.
In-depth on the all the key explosive visual effects in Netflix’s ‘Man on Fire’
Listen to the brand new podcast on the series.
How the artistic innovations behind the ‘Spider-Verse’ films led to a Scientific and Technical Award
Diving deep into the tools Superdraw and Kismet, and on brushing and patching.
ILM’s Ben Morris reflects on ‘The Last Jedi’ and ‘ABBA Voyage’
Behind the key challenges in those very different projects.
‘Mission: Impossible’ is 30 this week!
One of those game-changer VFX films.
What’s coming soon to befores & afters
New magazines, podcasts and other fun coverage in VFX and animation.
Reflections on FMX 2026
A round up of chatting to Roland Emmerich, Then & Now sessions, and AI.
More of the SIGGRAPH 2026 schedule has been published
A huge number of Talks have been announced, covering projects like Fire and Ash, Stranger Things 5, Toy Story 5, and more.
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’, ‘Project Hail Mary’ to be featured in SIGGRAPH 2026 Production Sessions
It's a big, big year of Production Sessions at SIGGRAPH.
The visual effects in ‘The Bride!’ that you may not have noticed
Environment builds, plus how that falling down the stairs shot was achieved, and how the re-animation of the Bride was done.
From classroom to credits
The art of compositing - this artist sits at the heart of both live-action and animation.
Reallusion Redefines Digital Double Creation with the Launch of Headshot 3 for Character Creator 5
What's new in Headshot 3.
The Power of Hybrid AI: Reallusion Announces 2026 Vision
Reallusion is proud to unveil its latest technology roadmap.
From classroom to credits
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
Powering a VFX Oscar winner
Behind two key Wētā FX tech developments for fire and character deformation on Avatar: Fire and Ash.
From classroom to credits
How the right school helped this compositor land his latest credit on 'Invasion' season 3.
Unleash Creativity with iRender’s Cinema 4D and Redshift Render Farm in 2026
Join iRender now and unleash your creativity with Cinema 4D and Redshift rendering!
Everything you need to know about Hyper3d.ai and its Rodin 3D generative AI model
We talk to CTO Qixuan (QX) Zhang.
Solution for Your Octane Rendering in 2026 – iRender Farm
Join iRender now and level up your Octane rendering!
The cardboard cut-outs used to help make ‘Death by Lightning’
Part of the crowd solution on the miniseries.
Watch east side effects’ VFX breakdown for season 2 of ‘Severance’
Go behind the scenes.
Watch this ‘Hoppers’ progression reel from Pixar’
Go behind the scenes.
What the world needs right now is this video of Hugh Jackman interacting with sheep stuffies
A collection of b-roll from 'The Sheep Detectives', showcasing the stuffies and on-set stand-ins for the sheep in the film.
Watch DNEG’s VFX breakdown for ‘Mickey 17’
Go behind the scenes.
Go behind the scenes of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’
This Netflix featurette includes VFX supervisor Chris Ritvo from Untold Studios.