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Articles

How the ‘2D’ Chip in ‘Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers’ was actually 3D

Posted onJune 29, 2022
VFX Breakdowns

Exclusive: Watch DNEG’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ VFX breakdown

VFX Breakdowns

A quick look at those flies in s4 of ‘Westworld’

VFX Breakdowns

The virtual Hogwarts Great Hall in ‘Secrets of Dumbledore’

Articles

A unique approach to face replacements by ILM helped make the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ Illuminati battle possible

VIDEO: Character Creator 4 is a universal character system

Posted onJune 9, 2022 VFX Insight

‘Can our department handle this load?’

Posted onJune 6, 2022 VFX Insight

VIDEO: Dramatically simplify character animation with iClone 8

Posted onJune 2, 2022 VFX Insight

All about the ‘Ninety Days’ Unreal Engine 5 and Quixel Megascans project

Posted onMay 30, 2022 VFX Insight
Articles

How the ‘2D’ Chip in ‘Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers’ was actually 3D

And how MPC had to make Seth Rogen’s Uncanny Valley Bob character look as bad as possible.

Posted onJune 29, 2022
VFX Breakdowns

Exclusive: Watch DNEG’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ VFX breakdown

Posted onJune 29, 2022

Pirate ships, Blackbeard, a kraken and more.

VFX Breakdowns

A quick look at those flies in s4 of ‘Westworld’

Posted onJune 29, 2022

This new HBO featurette has some behind the scenes.

VFX Breakdowns

The virtual Hogwarts Great Hall in ‘Secrets of Dumbledore’

Posted onJune 29, 2022

A new official featurette showcases the bluescreen sets, and final work by One of Us.

Articles

A unique approach to face replacements by ILM helped make the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ Illuminati battle possible

Posted onJune 28, 2022

The VFX studio also meticulously modeled a CG replica of the British Museum atrium.

Podcasts

VFX Notes: The making of *that* batmobile chase

Posted onJune 27, 2022June 28, 2022

How the Batman/Penguin batmobile chase in ‘The Batman’ was made. This week on VFX Notes, Hugo Guerra from Hugo’s Desk and Ian Failes from befores …

On The Set Pic

On The Set Pic: ‘Blade Runner’

Posted onJune 25, 2022

‘Blade Runner’ chief model maker Mark Stetson adjusts a miniature city section. Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner turns 40 today. I thought I would share one …

Podcasts

VFX Futures: How all those sparks in Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ were created

Posted onJune 24, 2022

Pixar effects supervisor Bill Watral discusses sparks, light speed and more.

Articles

From actors jumping on on-set pads to the final magical VFX shots

Posted onJune 23, 2022

A breakdown of Rodeo FX’s Berlin dining hall visual effects in ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’.

Articles

Behind Vecna’s ‘UV texture crawl’ vines, the fight of a Demogorgon, and the de-ageing of Millie Bobby Brown

Posted onJune 22, 2022June 28, 2022

Behind the visual effects of volume one of ‘Stranger Things 4’.

Articles

The invisible VFX prep work done to make that assassin scene in ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ a reality

Posted onJune 21, 2022

Image Engine explains the meticulous roto, matchmoving and tracking involved.

Articles, Retro

The forgotten freeze-frame moments from ‘Batman & Robin’

Posted onJune 20, 2022

The infamous 1997 film had its own form of bullet-time, before bullet-time.

Podcasts

VFX Notes: Volker Engel on ‘Godzilla’

Posted onJune 17, 2022

The visual effects supervisor re-visits the many practical and digital challenges on the 1998 film.

VFX Breakdowns

Behind the scenes of David Fincher’s ‘Bad Travelling’

Posted onJune 16, 2022

The animated short is in Love, Death + Robots Vol. 3.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch Pixomondo’s ‘Halo The Series’ VFX breakdown

Posted onJune 15, 2022

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RECENT POSTS

  • How the ‘2D’ Chip in ‘Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers’ was actually 3D
  • Exclusive: Watch DNEG’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ VFX breakdown
  • A quick look at those flies in s4 of ‘Westworld’
  • The virtual Hogwarts Great Hall in ‘Secrets of Dumbledore’
  • A unique approach to face replacements by ILM helped make the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ Illuminati battle possible

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