Across The Rift
The dramatic school bus fight in 'In the Lost Lands'. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine.
In season 2 of ‘Light & Magic’, Joe Johnston has an incredible way of bringing out some of the geekiest ILM details
Including a new revelation about the Jar Jar practical suit and CG head test.
Getting your VFX head around ACES 2.0
ILM’s Alex Fry is here to help, and explain how it was used on ‘Transformers One’.
Effects sims by Wētā FX in ‘Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire’
A new VFX breakdown is out.
The dream of AI roto with Electric Sheep
The latest in our series on AI, ML and VFX.
Framestore runs through the visualization of ‘Wicked’ in this hour-long webinar
Previsualisation supervisor Chris McDonald discusses all aspects of previs, techvis and postvis, including for Defying Gravity.
Watch Storm Studios’ VFX breakdown for ‘The Electric State’
Includes how the studio created an authentic VHS look for some shots by recording comps onto old VHS tapes.
Issue #30 of befores & afters mag is a full deep-dive on ‘In the Lost Lands’
Get the magazine in PRINT or DIGITAL.
Digital Domain’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Electric State’ is here
See how DD brought so many robots to life.
I think this is the first VFX breakdown of Framestore’s work I’ve seen from ‘Edge of Tomorrow’
It also shows a digi-double of Tom Cruise for a hand-off shot to a practical stunt. The video is an Academy original,
Some fun bts in this ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ blooper reel
Includes the bluescreen shoot, stunts, mocap and Red Hulk reference.
See this ‘Gangs Of London’ s3 VFX breakdown from Flaming Frames
Watch the frenetic reel showcasing bullet hits and blood and gore. Warning: blood and gore.
Jack Black (and Jason Momoa) on greenscreen for ‘A Minecraft Movie’
From Jack Black's Instagram feed.
NFTS students built a miniature replica of the Tantive IV corridor
A miniature ship, a detailed droid maquette, digital set extensions and a fully-CG droid all inspired by 'Rogue One' were also crafted.
Here’s Noid’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Substance’
Including how the Blob and Monstro digital visual effects were achieved.
How Rising Sun Pictures’ REVIZE machine learning tech came to be
Rising Sun Pictures President Jennie Zeiher on her studio's machine learning toolset called REVIZE, used on many projects for face and body
On The Set Pic: ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
This new pic comes from an upcoming book from Marvel Studios showcasing images from the set.
Watch CGEV’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Substance’
A whole range of invisible effects work, make-up effects enhancements, and more. Note: this breakdown contains nudity.
Behind the titles for ‘Severance’ s2
Oliver Latta from extraweg.studio has posted this breakdown. You can also see lots of behind the scenes at Behance.
On The Set Pic: ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
Go behind the scenes.
Behind the scenes of that crazy plane fight, plane crash and parachute jump in ‘Back in Action’
‘I'm going to be merciless when it comes to the CG parachute’.
CGA Belgrade speaker preview: Hristo Velev
The founder of Bottleship VFX will be speaking on his studio, developments in virtual production and AI agent tech.
‘Snow White’ puppeteer breaks down the process for on-set dwarf performance
Check out Robin Guiver's great Insta post.
Metaphysic’s neural HMC performance injection tech
We chat to Jo Plaete from Metaphysic about the use of its neural HMC performance injection tech, including for the character Rook
That all-greenscreen version of ‘Sin City’ rocked my world 20 years ago
Celebrating the two-decades anniversary of the Robert Rodriguez film.
New video sheds light on mocap used for ‘Transformers One’
Motion capture done at ILM was used to help craft virtual story reels.
On The Set Pic: ‘Snow White’
Behind the scenes.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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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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