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Author: Ian Failes

Articles

Meet the true unsung hero of visual effects: the tennis ball

Posted onMarch 4, 2023

Why the humble tennis ball plays an ace role on film sets and beyond.

Articles

You might be surprised about what’s real and what’s synthetic in ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’

Posted onMarch 3, 2023March 3, 2023

Behind the scenes with VFX studio DNEG on digital environments and invisible effects.

Articles, Magazine

Issue #9 of the magazine is here!

Posted onMarch 2, 2023March 3, 2023

This latest issue focuses on feature animation.

Articles

The amazing engineering behind that eyeline system on ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’

Posted onMarch 1, 2023March 4, 2023

The tech of the Spidercam-like set-up that allowed live-action actors to interact with CG ones.

Podcasts

Behind the VFX of ‘Wakanda Forever’

Posted onFebruary 28, 2023

Hugo and Ian tackle the VFX of this Black Panther sequel.

Articles, Podcasts

How they make the fire in ‘Fire Country’

Posted onFebruary 27, 2023

Practical fire, fire elements, fire sims.

Articles, Retro

Dark City at 25

Posted onFebruary 26, 2023February 26, 2023

A conversation with colorist Peter Doyle.

Articles, VFX Breakdowns

Behind the scenes of ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’

Posted onFebruary 26, 2023

A new Academy featurette video is out.

Articles, VFX Breakdowns

Oscars MakeUp & Hairstyling nominees in new showcase video

Posted onFebruary 25, 2023

This official video is a highlights reel from the Bake-Off.

Articles, VFX Breakdowns

Academy posts VFX Bake-Off summary video showcasing 5 nominees

Posted onFebruary 23, 2023

A new video includes fun breakdowns.

Articles, VFX Breakdowns

Watch this ‘L Word’ car crash making-of

Posted onFebruary 23, 2023

The virtual production making of video, from Assimilate, showcases work done by Leandro Marini of Imperial Creative for this crash scene.

Articles, VFX Breakdowns

See Goodbye Kansas’ VFX breakdown for ‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’, s3

Posted onFebruary 22, 2023

Watch the breakdown reel here.

Articles, Podcasts

‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ gets the VFX Notes breakdown

Posted onFebruary 22, 2023

Smoke, tanks, environments…and rats!

Articles, VFX Breakdowns

Watch Brainstorm Digital’s ‘Hello Tomorrow!’ VFX breakdown

Posted onFebruary 21, 2023

From the new AppleTV+ retro-future world show.

Articles, Podcasts

Go in-depth on the visual effects by FuseFX for ‘Wendell & Wild’

Posted onFebruary 20, 2023February 22, 2023

Combining stop-motion and digital effects.

Articles, Magazine

Shape language, silhouettes and scanning ‘nurnies’

Posted onFebruary 19, 2023

What it took to design Cinesite’s creatures for s2 of The Witcher. The basilisks and chernobog featured in season 2 of Netflix’s The Witcher were …

Articles

So, what’s the latest on the Wētā Digital and Unity deal?

Posted onFebruary 17, 2023February 17, 2023

befores & afters got an update from Unity itself.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch Image Engine’s ‘Willow’ breakdown reel

Posted onFebruary 17, 2023February 17, 2023

Showcasing their work for the series.

Articles

The water droplets on the kids fighting on the beach in ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ took 8 days to simulate

Posted onFebruary 16, 2023February 20, 2023

Covering the CG characters with photoreal drips via a thin film solver was just one of the many water simulation challenges on the film.

Articles

‘The Way of Water’ wins big at the VES Awards

Posted onFebruary 16, 2023February 16, 2023

The full list of winners is here! OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURE Avatar: The Way of Water Richard Baneham Walter Garcia Joe Letteri …

VFX Breakdowns

RSVFX’s breakdown reel for ‘Wednesday’ is lots of fun (and it includes Thing!)

Posted onFebruary 16, 2023February 16, 2023

Rocket Science (RSVFX) has posted a behind the scenes breakdown reel showcasing its work for Wednesday, including for Thing.

Articles, VFX Insight

Fury — Or Else: Z by HP’s extreme Z8 Fury workstation launches with an extreme stunt

Posted onFebruary 16, 2023February 15, 2023

How the promo for Z8 Fury, from Z by HP, was made.

Articles, VFX Breakdowns

Spoilers! Watch this ‘Alice in Borderland’ s2 making of

Posted onFebruary 15, 2023February 15, 2023

It’s from the Netflix Türkiye channel, but shows great behind the scenes.

Articles, Podcasts

How the VFX for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ were made

Posted onFebruary 14, 2023

A new podcast with visual effects supervisor Frank Petzold.

Articles, VFX Breakdowns

See how miniatures, real aircraft and CG were combined for the plane scenes in ‘Wolf Hound’

Posted onFebruary 13, 2023February 13, 2023

EXCLUSIVE: Watch this visual effects breakdown for the film.

Articles, VFX Breakdowns

Have you checked out the VFX Notes Shorts?

Posted onFebruary 13, 2023February 13, 2023

The latest Shorts features Avatar: The Way of Water.

VFX Breakdowns

The production design of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’

Posted onFebruary 11, 2023February 12, 2023

Now in featurette version.

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