How ILM invented ambient occlusion for ‘Pearl Harbor’
Plus, a look back at the miniatures work, and rarely-discussed motion capture approaches.
All the major VFX and animation innovations in ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
Fire, water and creatures covered in the latest VFX Notes episode.
A mysterious creature in a mysterious retirement community: the VFX of ‘The Boroughs’
A brand new podcast with VFX supervisor Tara DeMarco.
‘Dragonheart’: the inside stories
Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dragonheart with key members of the VFX team.
Watch Framestore’s VFX breakdown for ‘Ted’ season 2
A new podcast is also coming soon!
A deep dive into the visual effects of ‘Murderbot’
A new podcast with visual effects supervisor Sean Faden.
VFX Notes on ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ – CGI, puppets, miniatures and stop-motion
A new VFX Notes episode on the film with Ian and Hugo.
The cardboard cut-outs used to help make ‘Death by Lightning’
Part of the crowd solution on the miniseries.
The old-school show-within-a-show in ‘Wonder Man’ used some old-school effects techniques
Including forced perspective miniature effects.
Watch east side effects’ VFX breakdown for season 2 of ‘Severance’
Go behind the scenes.
The art of CG ping pong balls and crowds in ‘Marty Supreme’
A brand new podcast, with visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur.
On The Set Pic: ‘The Odyssey’
Director Christopher Nolan with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, ASC on set of the film.
‘Mission: Impossible’ is 30 this week!
One of those game-changer VFX films.
Cover reveal! Issue #56 – Alien: Earth
Coming soon!
How to make a photoreal CG octopus: the VFX of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’
Behind the scenes with Untold Studios, including a whole bunch of before/after images.
What’s coming soon to befores & afters
New magazines, podcasts and other fun coverage in VFX and animation.
Watch this ‘Hoppers’ progression reel from Pixar’
Go behind the scenes.
Reflections on FMX 2026
A round up of chatting to Roland Emmerich, Then & Now sessions, and AI.
Demerzel’s fate
Bringing the robot character to life, and death, for season 3 of Foundation. A new excerpt from the magazine.
What the world needs right now is this video of Hugh Jackman interacting with sheep stuffies
A collection of b-roll from 'The Sheep Detectives', showcasing the stuffies and on-set stand-ins for the sheep in the film.
More of the SIGGRAPH 2026 schedule has been published
A huge number of Talks have been announced, covering projects like Fire and Ash, Stranger Things 5, Toy Story 5, and more.
Watch DNEG’s VFX breakdown for ‘Mickey 17’
Go behind the scenes.
Go behind the scenes of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’
This Netflix featurette includes VFX supervisor Chris Ritvo from Untold Studios.
Explore the world of ‘Foundation’, season 3
Issue #55 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of Foundation, season 3.
On The Set Pic: ‘Masters of the Universe’
Director Travis Knight, Nicholas Galitzine, and Camila Mendes on the set of 'Masters of the Universe'.
‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’, ‘Project Hail Mary’ to be featured in SIGGRAPH 2026 Production Sessions
It's a big, big year of Production Sessions at SIGGRAPH.
Folks breaks down its VFX for ‘Marty Supreme’
Go behind the scenes.
