Behind the face replacement VFX and **those** lasers in the craziest scene from ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’
befores & afters goes behind the scenes with Rising Sun Pictures.
The visual effects you may not have noticed in ‘Maria’
Behind the invisible environment, crowd and clean-up VFX in the Angelina Jolie film.
Thunderbolts*, The Perfect Storm, live make-up effects session and the history of Nuke…all coming to FMX
A special preview of the 'Then & Now' sessions coming to FMX.
On The Set Pic: ‘Severance’
From that opening episode of s2 of 'Severance' (posted by EP and director Ben Stiller).
‘Constantine’ behind the scenes to revisit
It was recently the 20th anniversary of 'Constantine', and Warner Bros. released a whole bunch of bts featurettes from the home video
The ‘Wicked’ VFX Notes episode is here!
Join Ian and Hugo as we discuss the VFX of 'Wicked'.
Making a mint
Behind DNEG's work on Skeleton Crew.
See Rodeo FX’s VFX breakdown for ‘Red One’
Sleighs and creatures and environments.
Watch Scanline’s VFX breakdown for ‘American Primeval’
Go behind the scenes.
How the motion capture worked on ‘Better Man’
Go behind the scenes of the on-set performance capture for the film.
The river and 1.2 petabytes of disk space
How the emotional Raka scene from 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' was made. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine.
‘Dune: Part Two’ wins BAFTA for Special Visual Effects
The BAFTA for Special Visual Effects was awarded to Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer and Rhys Salcombe for 'Dune: Part Two.'
Mocap actor and VFX supervisor: the ‘Better Man’ Q&A
Wētā FX visual effects supervisor Luke Millar and motion capture performer Jonno Davies discuss bringing Robbie Williams to life.
The making of Chistery and the monkey guards from ‘Wicked’
An excerpt from befores & afters print magazine.
The ‘Better Man’ VFX Notes show is here
Hugo and Ian discuss the film, the VFX, and Robbie's eyebrows.
See Rodeo FX’s breakdown for ‘Sonic The Hedgehog 3’
Go behind the scenes.
On The Set Pic: ‘Sonic The Hedgehog 3’
Director Jeff Fowler on the set of Sonic The Hedgehog 3.
Here are all the winners from the 23rd Annual VES Awards
Major prizes went to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Civil War, The Wild Robot, Shōgun and The Penguin.
Whoa, Wētā FX’s full VFX breakdown for ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ is now available
Behind the scenes of the film.
Watch Union’s VFX breakdown for ‘Tattooist of Auschwitz’
Full of invisible effects.
The directors of ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ break down the art of stop-motion
Go behind the scenes of the Aardman film in this befores & afters video interview.
Go behind the scenes of ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’
Marvel has made the entire 'Marvel Studios’ Assembled: The Making of The Falcon and The Winter Soldier' featurette available to watch on
VFX Notes breaks down ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’
Hugo and Ian continue the 2025 VFX Oscar nominees season of VFX Notes.
Framestore breaks down Dr. Dillamond VFX from ‘Wicked’
Scanning, the build, lip sync and performance.
How ILM made the audience-favorite character Dulicbear for ‘Wicked’
An excerpt from befores & afters print magazine.
Go deep into ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ in latest print mag
Full of before/after photos and tech info on Wētā FX's visual effects.
How that crazy car crash oner in ‘Carry-On’ was made
Including filming actors on a bluescreen rotisserie rig.
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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