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VFX Breakdowns

Important Looking Pirates’ VFX reel for s2 of ‘Foundation’ is online

Posted onSeptember 27, 2023
Podcasts

Behind the biggest VFX scenes in ‘Foundation’ s2

Posted onSeptember 26, 2023September 26, 2023
VFX Breakdowns

Watch Hybride’s VFX breakdown for s3 of ‘The Mandalorian’

Posted onSeptember 26, 2023
Magazine

befores & afters magazine is now also an e-book!

Still always in print, but now available as a Kindle e-book.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch Monkey Rave’s VFX breakdown for ‘Moving’

The reel showcases a skydiving and plane scene.

On The Set Pic

On The Set Pic: ‘Spy Kids: Armageddon’

(L-R) Everly Carganilla as Patty Torrez and director/writer/producer Robert Rodriguez on the set of Spy Kids: Armageddon.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch this quick vid with ILM modelmaker John Goodson on the T-6 Jedi Shuttle in ‘Ahsoka’

Awesome to see miniatures used in the show!

VFX Breakdowns

Behind the scenes of ‘Meg 2: The Trench’

Watch this official featurette for some fun on-set b-roll.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch MPC’s previs reel for ‘Rise of the Beasts’

Includes previs and final shot comparisons.

VFX Insight

Discover the artistic power of Rebelle – bridging the gap between traditional and digital painting

Meet Rebelle from Escape Motions: hyper-realistic painting software.

Articles

Exclusive: see how Proof previs’d that insane freeway chase in ‘Fast X’

Watch the reel first here at befores & afters.

Podcasts

You might be surprised how Tinkerbell in ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ was made

A full breakdown of the Framestore workflow from actor capture to final character.

Articles

‘Make them go F.A.S.T.’

How visual effects in ‘Gran Turismo’ helped tell this real-world gaming story.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch MPC’s visual effects breakdown for ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’

Roll-out!

Articles

Creatives from this year’s biggest VFX films and animated features are speaking at VIEW

Across the Spider-Verse, Barbie, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, Oppenheimer, Guardians Vol. 3, Nimona, Elemental – and that’s only SOME of the projects that will be featured this year. See the full list of speakers right here.

Before and After

Before and After at b&a: ‘The Great’

Behind the scenes with BlueBolt for ‘The Great’, season 3.

VFX Breakdowns

There’s some stunning invisible VFX in ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’

Alt.vfx has released their VFX reel showcasing environment work, FX and de-ageing of Sigourney Weaver.

VFX Insight

The making of Bank Heist mocap series for action films

ActorCore stages riveting blockbuster productions with fresh stunts.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch Platige’s VFX breakdown for s3 of ‘The Witcher’

The studio has released their reel.

On The Set Pic

On The Set Pic: ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’

From season 2. Credit: startrek.com

VFX Breakdowns

Here’s Rodeo FX’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Little Mermaid’

It features work on Sebastian, Flounder and Scuttle.

Podcasts

VFX supe Mike Fink looks back at bamf’ing, bears and Batman Returns

Plus stories you might never have heard before about The Golden Compass.

Podcasts

Into the stylized-verse

A new VFX Notes podcast on ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’.

Articles

Crafting new tools and hacking existing ones to hit a stylized aesthetic

Cinesite discusses its role on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

VFX Breakdowns

See the LED volume and motion control rig used on ‘The School for Good and Evil’

Framestore’s VFX breakdown is now out for the film.

Articles

‘We wanted to imply teenage imperfection everywhere’

Mikros Animation on how they brought a new stylized look to ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.’

VFX Breakdowns

The different ways they shot the basketball games on ‘Winning Time’ were pretty cool

Season 2’s games were made possible on greenscreen courts with a number camera setups, and even a camera operator on roller blades.

On The Set Pic

On The Set Pic: ‘One Piece’

(L to R) Vincent Regan as Vice-Admiral Garp, Michael Dorman as Gold Roger, Director Marc Jobst in season 1 of One Piece.

Podcasts

The Third Floor’s Casey Schatz on simulcam, motion bases and the eyeline system in ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’

Go in-depth on many of the film’s virtual production developments.

Articles

Coming soon to befores & afters…

Soon to the website, podcast and print mag!

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