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VFX Artifacts: Elastic Reality
The VFX software was highly influential in the 90s, particularly in shots requiring morphing.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: A helicopter, a prison, an avalanche and a digital pig
“They had four trained pigs on set and they were all very good, fine actors, but…”
Here’s how they made Miss Minutes for ‘Loki’
A new Marvel behind the scenes interview with VFX supe Brad Parker.
Here’s how that crazy motorbike jump onto a C-17 in ‘Infinite’ was done
Plus, a breakdown of some of the film’s other intense visual effects.
VFX Notes: Ep 4 – Space Jam 2, Tomorrow War, Loki, and a look at LED volume filmmaking
Hugo and Ian review some films and shows, and discuss LED walls.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: Making the Red Room red
How VFX aided in Dreykov’s map projections and more.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: How Belova blew off that BMW back door in Budapest
ILM breaks down their role in the motorcycle and heavy vehicle smash-up.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: Setting the scene with that sudden opening escape
How the plane escape—and de-ageing-VFX—were carried out.
Celebrating ‘Joe’s Apartment’ and those CG cockroaches
The roaches came to life thanks to Blue Sky Studios.
VFX Watch: VFX and Chill
VFX and Chill is a fun Maxon/Red Giant video series with Daniel “Hashi” Hashimoto (Action Movie Kid) and Seth Worley.
Tech Weeklies: Epic buys Sketchfab, Unity buys SpeedTree, FreeMoCap, ASWF Open Source Days
The latest in VFX tech.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: How they destroyed the Red Room (and orchestrated the skydiving that follows)
Spoilers! Digital Domain does a deep, um, dive on their visual effects for this sequence.
25 years on, ‘The Frighteners’ still thrills as Weta Digital’s first calling card
A look back at the VFX studio’s first major project.
Re-creating an important time in baseball history, in VR
How Reallusion Character Creator and iClone helped create this immersive experience.