What it took to make ‘Stuart Little’s’ fur, 20 years ago
A short history of mouse fur at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Making a short is hard, but here’s how one team persevered
Go behind the scenes of the made-with-Blender short, 'Skywatch'.
Pixar has launched RenderMan 23
Duke Caboom shows you what's new.
The project files for Beeple’s latest film are available for you to download for free
'Manifest Daily' is the latest from the graphic designer/filmmaker.
Here’s how you can learn VFX in a real studio production environment
Vancouver’s CG Masters School of 3D Animation & VFX teaches more than just the tools.
When only the *right* kind of microphone will do
This ‘Mindhunter’ promo needed something very, very specific. Territory Studio delivered.
How the ‘I Lost My Body’ filmmakers used Blender to create their startling animated feature
The film was animated in 3d, then given a 2d look, using the free open-source software.
All the dog mocap and photogrammetry you can handle
It's right here in this DIGIC Pictures services reel.
Puppeteering the dæmons for ‘His Dark Materials’
On the set of the BBC show.
A personal experience with ftrack
How do people actually use ftrack day to day?
Houdini 18 now available
Solaris, Karma, USD.
How this stylized hand-drawn-esque CG animated short was made…in 1992
All about PDI and Eric Darnell’s ‘Gas Planet’.
Stylized animation with real-time tech
Watch this behind the scenes of Blue Zoo's 'Ada' experimental short.
The tech behind all those trees in ‘Frozen 2’
The new tools developed for the film, and a history of vegetation tech at the studio.
There’s some nice tracking breakdowns in this Mocha video
See the tracking tech behind 'Stranger Things', 'Black Swan' and more.
The stop-motion effects of ‘The Rocketeer’
'The Rocketeer' has a ton of incredible old-school VFX.
Watch this behind the scenes Laika stop-motion clip
A new making-of clip from 'Missing Link.
Making ‘The Laundromat’s’ opening oner
VFX gallery: How that Gary Oldman and Antonio Banderas shot was done.
Scanline’s ‘Far From Home’ reel is a powerful force
Fluids and FX go wild in Scanline's VFX breakdown for 'Far From Home'.
Headshot: a virtual 3D head from a single photo
I just saw this demo'd at SIGGRAPH Asia in Brisbane - was very fun to see.
The major VFX moments of ‘Ford v Ferrari’
How VFX and CG enhanced the action with stadiums, crowds, cars and crashes.
Q&A: The hardest shots to get right in ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’
A VFX-focused interview with director Tim Miller.
A Bifrost journey
How a call to help deliver the biggest film in the world changed everything for Marcus Nordenstam.
Pixo’s breakdown for ‘The Boys’ has some of the most devastating shots of the series
Spoiler alert! And an alert for a fun breakdown reel.
First look: Halon’s previs reel for ‘Ad Astra’
Watch the Space Antenna jump, in previs form.
Here’s what made the 2D animation in ‘Klaus’ look ‘3D’
The art and tech of the film, including behind the scenes videos.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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