Watch PFX’s VFX breakdown for ‘Medieval’
Here's how the Czech VFX studio PFX crafted 650 visual effects shots for the Petr Jakl film.
‘I like the idea of doing a real place, underwater tank, LED screen, animatronic and CG, and then glueing them all together’
How ‘Emancipation’ VFX supervisor Rob Legato designed the Will Smith vs alligator scene.
Check out Cause and FX’s breakdown for ‘Mosquito Coast’
See how the studio executed a key storm sequence and other shots in series 2.
Watch Rodeo FX’s digi-double work for ‘Stranger Things 4’
A new breakdown explores the human character VFX.
Strange designs
Wētā FX unleashes zombies, and strange environs, for Multiverse of Madness.
Digital people, CG water, miniatures, morphing: ‘Titanic’ had it all
VFX supervisor Rob Legato looks back on 25 years since the film was released. And yes we talk about Propeller Guy!
Imageworks breaks down ‘The Sea Beast’
A very impressive VFX breakdown video showcasing water effects, rigging, and character work.
Sci-Tech winners announced
Sci-Techs include recognition of rain bar practical FX, renderfarm management, 3D texturing and AI-driven facial veiling technology.
Watch a whole bunch of ‘Wakanda Forever’ breakdowns in one place
Featuring reels from Marvel, Digital Domain, Cinesite, Storm Studios, Scanline and Weta FX.
Using iClone 8 with Vicon to recreate the iconic ‘I am your father’ scene from ‘Empire’
Here’s how Quitasueño Studio crafted the scene with motion capture and real-time tools.
The unique challenge of making a stalking, unfolding, alien entity that hides amongst the clouds
MPC’s key role in designing Nope’s ‘Jean Jacket’: an excerpt from issue #8 of befores & afters magazine.
Check out Scanline’s VFX breakdown for ‘Andor’
The studio has posted its reel.
Fun lighting rigs and stunt rigging set-ups on Lockwood & Co
Check out this official Netflix video.
Behind Namor’s wings in ‘Wakanda Forever’
A new featurette is out!
See the on-location and VFX process for ‘Prehistoric Planet’
MPC has released a new behind the scenes video.
Here’s how Industrial Light & Magic orchestrated Luthen’s ‘lightsaber’ ship in ‘Andor’
Plus, behind the scenes on ship builds to replicate the ‘miniatures look’, Ferrix’s shipyard, and Coruscant’s cityscapes.
How to find befores & afters content online, in audio and video, and in print
A quick round-up of where you can find befores & afters stories, podcasts, videos and social media postings.
How those underwater scenes were made in ‘Wakanda Forever’
Watch this new Marvel featurette.
Go behind the scenes of JUNG_E
This featurette includes VFX making of material.
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The volumetric capture crowd tech behind ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody’
A step-by-step on how 700 terabytes worth of volumetric capture was crafted for the concert crowds in the Whitney Houston biopic.
The VFX Oscar noms are out!
Congrats to the nominees, and here's how befores & afters covered each project.
How the ‘Pinocchio’ VFX team took the stop-motion further
They crafted environments, water, snow, rain and many other effects for the Guillermo del Toro film.
VIDEO: Explore this VFX breakdown for ‘The Pale Blue Eye’
Director Scott Cooper's film, now on Netflix, features a range of invisible effects supervised by Jake Braver and crafted by studios including
The latest issue of befores & afters magazine goes deep on VFX art departments
The designs in Nope, The Witcher and more--from the point of view of the VFX studios.
‘The Voice in the Hollow’ is an Unreal Engine short with a difference
Made in UE5 with the support of Gnomon and Epic Games. Plus, there's some really interesting mocap and other techniques used by
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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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