Simulating the baking of bread, cookies and pancakes!
...you can eat, um, learn it all at SIGGRAPH Asia in Brisbane.
Woah, Epic acquires Megascans
It's come a long way since I interviewed them about their incredible tools.
Exclusive Video: Making ‘Far From Home’s’ Molten Man
A first look at this behind the scenes VFX breakdown from Luma Pictures.
Getting your head around rendering in the cloud
A cloud rendering explainer for people who want to know more.
Talking animal VFX: the pioneering films you might not know about
Before you see 'Lady and the Tramp', re-visit these landmark speaking animal effects.
Get your stunt fix right here
Go behind the scenes on the big stunts of 'Hobbs & Shaw'.
The mix of techniques used to make ‘Undone’ is insane
They included rotoscoping, 3D, FX sims and oil painting.
ftrack is acquiring Cospective, the makers of cineSync
They're joining forces but, don't worry, your 'cineSync sessions' aren't about to become 'ftrack sessions'.
Some of your favorite CG ‘Toy Story’ characters actually began as clay sculpts
Inside the old-school modeling process with Pixar's Bill Reeves.
Get up to speed quickly on ZBrush 2020 with these videos
A quick guide to the new brushes and the new MorphUV feature.
You probably won’t like alligators after watching this breakdown
It's OK, they're not real!
How to get started with real-time ray tracing
Video: what real-time ray tracing is, and the first steps to trying it out in Unreal Engine.
Some early behind the scenes from ‘His Dark Materials’
A few places to check out befores & afters from the show.
I have to post this. It’s so good.
The Blizzard cinematics team rocks. See some of their other work, here.
What’s coming in Houdini 18
Get a glimpse in this video.
‘Stargate’ stories
Jeffrey A. Okun reflects on the somewhat tumultuous VFX history of the classic sci-fi film.
‘Captive State’: how the director and VFX studio collaborated
Getting visual effects on board, early.
More invisible VFX, this time for ‘Mindhunter’
Check out Artemple's VFX breakdown reel for season 2 of David Fincher's 'Mindhunter'.
Check out this different kind of VFX breakdown reel
VFX artist Daniel Magya reveals some of his work on 'Midsommar'.
How blue velcro stubs became the magnificent wings of ‘Maleficent: Mistress of Evil’
The actors playing winged characters also practiced with stand-in backpacks that sprouted foam wings.
This driver
We all want to be him.
Tech preview: How Disney simulated that stunning water horse for ‘Frozen 2’
Plus, how a new tool called Swoop made the film's wind spirit character possible.
Go behind the scenes with ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’
Mr. X breaks it down.
‘Like you’re there’
That really is how this Unreal Engine Apollo 11 AR experience felt.
What Brad Bird is watching (and thinks you should, too)
The director shares a bunch of his favorite live action films, animated features and musicals.
The tech of ‘Terminator 2’ – an oral history
Everything from Make Sticky to Body Sock and painting a grid onto Robert Patrick.
Hear directly from women in FX
Watch the full 45 minute SideFX panel from SIGGRAPH 2019.
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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