How VFX turned Tom Hiddleston’s dance moves into painful-looking timeslipping scenes
Also, behind the scenes of Framestore’s spaghettification and the Yggdrasil finale in season 2 of ‘Loki’.
The AI/ML tools one VFX artist used for a new short horror film
Go behind the scenes with Freddy Chávez Olmos on 'BYE-BYE' and the actual AI and machine learning tools he used .
Issue #14 of befores & afters mag is out and goes deep into in-house VFX tools
From Spider-Verse to Transformers to the Little Mermaid: how bespoke tools brought these films to life.
Here’s how Beast was made for that end-credits scene in ‘The Marvels’
The character was all CG. Plus, how the VFX team handled teleportations, how they dealt with Brie Larson's hair, filming Goose and
Watch Bottleship VFX’s breakdown for ‘Comandante’
See how the Italian submarine film's visual effects were made, including the extensive use of camera tracking data from the shoot.
‘A great big show of visual effects where nobody will know that we did anything’
Behind ILM’s 700 invisible visual effects shots for Martin Scorsese’s 'Killers of the Flower Moon'.
Watch TRIXTER’s ‘Loki’ season 2 VFX breakdown
The work includes the Temporal Loom and (human) spaghettification VFX.
This ‘Godzilla Minus One’ behind the scenes footage is a fun watch
Check out greenscreen work, CG animation and even miniatures.
ILM’s Rob Coleman on co-chairing this year’s SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival
The ILM creative director also reflects on the importance of his past SIGGRAPH experiences.
Music video for ‘Follow the Toad’ follows virtual production workflow
Impossible Objects worked on this music video 'Follow the Toad' for PIA and EDM music producer Anymize, captured on a small stage
How this music video was made by painting the talent silver
VFX supervisor joins the podcast to discuss making Big Time Rush’s music video for 'Weekends'.
KISS as avatars, by ILM
Check out the short featurette that showcases the performance capture and digital avatar work by Industrial Light & Magic.
EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Behind the visual effects of ‘NYAD’
In this EXCLUSIVE visual effects breakdown video, find out the ‘NYAD’ visual effects team helped turn Annette Bening into an open ocean
You can now watch Framestore’s ‘FLITE’ in full online
The virtual production short film was also covered in depth in befores & afters magazine.
Re-thinking the approach to creatures
Cinesite adopted new workflows to bring more flexibility to its creature pipeline for the latest incarnation of ‘The Witcher’. A new excerpt
‘The water needed to have a performance’
How the ‘NYAD’ visual effects team helped turn Annette Bening into an open ocean endurance swimmer.
On The Set Pic: ‘All the Light We Cannot See’
Louis Hofmann as Werner Pfennig in episode 104 of All the Light We Cannot See.
A new VFX Notes is here! And we go deep on both ‘Extraction’ films
Looking at how CGI, stunts and practical effects blend together.
Nick Dudman on the make-up effects and creatures in s2 of ‘The Wheel of Time’
Trollocs and Fades!
Watch Rodeo FX’s VFX breakdown for ‘Heart of Stone’
Breaking down the opening chase scene.
Some more amazing invisible effects from ‘The Killer’
This time, Artemple showcases its impressive VFX work for the David Fincher film, including for THAT opening scene.
Building up Beki
Framestore took the domesticated bishop’s claw in Foundation to a new level. Read this excerpt from issue #13 of befores & afters
‘It’s actually what an illustrator would’ve done’
The new tools that Walt Disney Animation Studios used to give ‘Wish’ an old-school feel.
Be amazed by these invisible effects in David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’
Wylie Co. has posted a VFX breakdown showcasing their Michael Fassbender digi-double visual effects work.
Doug Chiang and Doug Smythe reflect on winning a VFX Oscar for ‘Death Becomes Her’
The Academy has two short 'Behind the Oscars Speech' videos with the pair.
How the live-action plate shoots worked for nature documentary series ‘Life on our Planet’
A new podcast on making dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures with ILM.
Watch Image Engine’s VFX breakdown for ‘Ahsoka’
The studio has released its reel showcasing work on the Star Wars series.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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