ILM’s Rob Bredow shares his thoughts on driving creative and technical design
befores & afters sat down with the Industrial Light & Magic SVP and chief creative officer at SIGGRAPH Asia.
Flashback to some ‘First Man’ miniatures and motion control
A couple of newly released videos from Pacific Motion Control.
‘Oppenheimer’ special effects supervisor Scott Fisher on what the Trinity Test explosions in the film were made of
Plus, how he collaborated with VFX supe Andrew Jackson on the film.
Issue #15 of the magazine is out (and has some big changes)
Jump into the world of models and miniature effects filmmaking in the latest issue of the magazine.
See how director Jake Kasdan is using Sony’s Torchlight
A new video showcases the virtual production/visualization workflow of Torchlight.
How ZBrush was used on ‘Godzilla Minus One’
Maxon features an interview with director Takashi Yamazaki and modeler Kousuke Taguchi about the film.
Watch this ‘Masters of the Air’ behind the scenes featurette
Featuring some volume footage.
Watch Digital Domain’s VFX breakdown for ‘Echo’
Visualizing the origin story of the Choctaw people.
Hand-made paintings and sculpted maquettes were part of the VFX creation process on ‘Dial of Destiny’
Production visual effects supervisor Andrew Whitehurst from ILM details more on de-ageing Harrison Ford, plus the film’s trip into the time fissure.
It’s here! Our VFX Notes ep on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
We dive deep into creature work, that oner, and more.
The crazy, intricate work behind DNEG’s VFX for ‘NYAD’
Water sims, incredible body tracking and matchmove, and insane comp.
Watch this new behind the scenes video for ‘Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom’
A look at some of the rigs for filming creature work on the Deserter world.
Behind the scenes of the Kid Cudi and Star Trek colab
See photogrammetry scanning, mocap, greenscreen work, animation and more.
Here’s Outpost VFX’s breakdown for season 1 of ‘Silo’
Check out the impressive environment work in this reel.
Watch Cinesite’s ‘Dashing Through The Snow’ VFX breakdown
Plus check out their case study.
Watch this side-by-side video from ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’
Bluescreen stage shooting and final shots.
On The Set Pic: ‘Lift’
Behind the scenes of filming Lift.
96th Academy Awards – VFX Oscar nominees are…
Read the full list here!
When your octopus, jellyfish and manta ray all need to do arabesques
A new excerpt from the VFX tools issue of befores & afters magazine.
David Silverman on the influence of music, and how he got started on ‘The Simpsons’
A look back at the director's work on The Simpsons TV series and movie, and Monsters, Inc. And yes we talk about
Watch Ollin’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Killer’
Digital traffic, and great blood and gore invisible effects.
See how Proof helped visualize the creatures in ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’
Watch their postvis reel.
Fun behind the scenes in this ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ featurette
See some of the bluescreen shoot.
See the 22nd Annual VES Awards nominees right here
See the 25 categories and nominees at befores & afters.
The virtual production tech behind the new ‘Ted’ television series
How ViewScreen brought 'pro-vis' to the making of the Seth MacFarlane series.
The meticulous art of sending a locomotive off the edge of a cliff
A combination of full-scale practical effects, and invisible visual effects from Industrial Light & Magic, made it possible in ‘Dead Reckoning Part
Here’s the different tech and artistry Industrial Light & Magic employed to de-age Harrison Ford for ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
Behind ILM FaceSwap and the process the VFX studio followed to turn Ford from 80 to 42.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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