ILM’s Janet Lewin reflects on more than three decades with the studio
Her early VFX producer roles including Pearl Harbor and Hulk, the development of StageCraft, and more.
EXCLUSIVE: Imageworks breakdown videos from ‘In Your Dreams’
Check out this behind the scenes look at Nightmara, and a VFX breakdown.
Roland Emmerich is coming to FMX
And he'll be sitting down on stage with befores & afters to celebrate the 30th anniversary of 'Independence Day'!
The creatures of ‘Keeper’
A fascinating story about extending and augmenting and enhancing practical creatures on the film.
ILM’s VFX breakdown for ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ is here
The VFX Oscar nominated work is presented in this reel narrated by VFX supervisor David Vickery.
The thing about Thing
How on-set performance and CG were mixed together for season 2 of 'Wednesday'. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine.
All ‘The Lost Bus’ visual effects breakdowns in one place
Videos from ILM, beloFX, Cinesite, RISE FX and Outpost VFX.
How Thing, Slurp, Professor Orloff and a host of creatures and effects were made for ‘Wednesday’ season 2
A new 106-page issue of befores & afters magazine.
See the full list of VES Awards winners right here
Avatar: Fire and Ash won seven awards and KPop Demon Hunters won three. See all the award winners below.
Don’t miss this ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ behind the scenes video
This Gnomon session featured production designer Helen Chen, animation director Joshua Beveridge, and art director Wendell Dalit.
Our new ILM podcast series starts with Dennis Muren!
The legendary VFX supe on speeder bike chase in ROTJ, stained glass knight in Young Sherlock Holmes, & how ILM conquered digital
Watch The Yard’s VFX breakdown for ‘Stranger Things’ 5
Check out the CG environments, set extensions and other VFX crafted by the studio.
From virtual production to final VFX: how ‘Mercy’ was made
Go behind the scenes with DNEG. Timur Bekmambetov’s Mercy, starring Chris Pratt and Rebecca Ferguson, sees Pratt’s detective character need to prove
How Wētā FX made young Will, Vecna 2.0, the Mind Flayer and some badass Demogorgons in ‘Stranger Things 5’
A look at photoreal CG faces, AI re-lighting, BBQ steak reference, optical flow and iPad AR tools and a sneaky Texas Switch
The final Rise of AI Robots ep is here!
Looking back at 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' at VFX Notes.
Sci-Tech honorees include rendering developments, artistic looks in animation and more
See the full list here.
Alec Gillis on the practical effects design process for ‘Predator: Badlands’
What went into Dek and other characters on the film.
New Foundry video highlights lighting and comp in ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Featuring Pablo Holcer, Senior CG Supervisor, and Jiwoon Kim, Comp Supervisor, at Imageworks.
Watch ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ director Gareth Edwards scout a gaussian splatted scene in real-time
How Proof enabled the real-time scouting in record time with gaussian splats.
Watch Rodeo FX’s ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ VFX breakdown
Go behind the scenes.
How an Olympic white water rafting course was used for the tense T-rex river scene
Plus, the unique approach ILM adopted to digital set dressing. An excerpt from issue #49 of befores & afters magazine.
Framestore showcases the 4D Gaussian Splatting used for ‘Superman’
A new video breaks down their collaboration with Infinite Realities.
How the in-house VFX process worked on s2 of ‘The Sandman’
A rarely-discussed insight into how visual effects work is done.
The art of flowing water, the riverbed, swamp and oceans
Including major advancements in connecting real water to CG water. An excerpt from the Avatar: Fire and Ash magazine from befores &
Breaking down a scene from ‘F1’: Monza
An excerpt from befores & afters magazine. Plus, watch Framestore's BRAND NEW visual effects breakdown video.
This 142-page magazine goes deep on ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
All the major innovations made on the latest James Cameron film.
Crafting ‘Andor’ season 2
VFX supervisor Mohen Leo and VFX producer TJ Falls break it down on the befores & afters podcast.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
How the right school helped this compositor land his latest credit on 'Invasion' season 3.
From classroom to credits, with Campus VFX