Watch ILM’s VFX breakdown for ‘Stranger Things’ 5
Go behind the scenes.
Current obsession: this how to animate water video from LAIKA
It's part of their Craft in Motion series, and includes both practical and digital water.
Want to learn how ‘The Dinosaurs’ was made? Watch these featurettes
Rare glimpses inside ILM, and a look at the stuffies, practical builds and VFX work.
Watch El Ranchito’s VFX breakdown for ‘Marty Supreme’
Ping pong, crowds and more.
Here’s Hybride’s VFX breakdown for season 2 of ‘Andor’
Including significant environment work on Ghorman.
VIDEO: ‘Project Hail Mary’ creature effects creative supervisor Neal Scanlan on the magic of Rocky
Behind the scenes on the Rocky puppets and animatronics created for the film.
How that enormous goldfish was made in ‘One Piece’
EYELINE breaks down the giant goldfish, and the dinosaur scenes, from season 2.
Olivier Gondry on the making of Kylie Minogue’s ‘Come Into My World’
We revisit this making of article in light of the new Margot Robbie CHANEL ad directed by Michel Gondry.
Always fun to see invisible effects in the ‘Knives Out’ films
This VFX breakdown is from Eyeline.
ILM’s Jeff White breaks down that incredible oner from ‘The Avengers’
A look back at the ILM Vancouver creative director's career.
Watch Important Looking Pirates’ VFX breakdown for ‘Predator: Badlands’
Go behind the scenes.
VFX artists vs. The Golden Gate
The bridge we love to destroy in movies. An excerpt from issue #1 of befores & afters magazine.
On The Set Pic: ‘War Machine’
Go behind the scenes.
How Tony Tony Chopper was made for s2 of ‘One Piece’
A new behind the scenes featurette.
Watch this official VFX breakdown for ‘The Dinosaurs’
It comes from production co Silverback Films, which worked with ILM on the Amblin/Netflix series.
Stuffy stories, including the ventilation hose from ‘The Abyss’
An excerpt from the re-published issue #1 of befores & afters magazine.
And the Oscar for Best Visual Effects goes to…
A huge congratulations to Avatar: Fire and Ash!
Rob Bredow shares ‘Solo’ stories, and how ILM inspired him before he was even at ILM
It's the third ep of our special ILM series.
Special surprise – a republish of issue #1!
Including the HUGE look back at stuffies in VFX, with a HUGE collection of behind the scenes images.
FMX 2026 is nearly here, and so is the Then & Now track!
This year it features director Roland Emmerich, a look back at Softimage, an exploration of stop-motion, and a live VFX Notes podcast
All the ‘IT: Welcome to Derry’ VFX breakdowns in one place
Including work by Rodeo FX, MR. X, DNEG, Folks, Alchemy24, Digital Domain.
On The Set Pic: ‘One Piece’
Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy on the set of 'One Piece.'
A deep dive into Wētā FX’s visual effects for ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Including everything you need to know about Malgosha.
The making of ‘F1’, at VFX Notes
Our 2026 VFX Oscars nominees season is here!
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'!
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Get issue #52
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
From classroom to credits, with Campus VFX