Pennywise returns for more mayhem
Behind the creatures and environments of IT: Welcome to Derry.
The visual effects of ‘Star Trek: Starfleet Academy’
Go behind the scenes in this podcast and extensive VFX breakdown video.
Go behind the scenes of ‘Brazil 70’ with EYELINE
A new featurette breaks down the VFX for the football series.
How to get the most out of the VES On-Set VFX Data Collection and Usage Guide
How the Guide was made, and what you can use it for right now.
Behind the craziest creature in ‘Alien: Earth’ – the Eye Midge
An excerpt from issue #56 of befores & afters magazine.
Behind the visual effects of ‘Ted’ season 2, including the bear, and the deepfake Bill Clinton
How the Seth MacFarlane show was made.
The practical and digital creatures of ‘Alien: Earth’
A brand new issue of the magazine is out!
All the VFX breakdowns for ‘One Piece’ s2 in one place
Featurettes and vendor VFX breakdowns from the season.
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.
Issue #63: The visual effects of 28 Years Later.
Issue #62: The visual effects of The Boys, s5.
Issue #61: The visual effects of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age.
Issue #60: The visual effects of Spider-Noir.
