Going from greenscreen buck to soaring creature
How Framestore crafted the Bennu in 'Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire.'
Watch the Academy’s Visual Effects Nominee Programs livestream
It includes VFX nominees, special guests and...excitingly...full VFX Oscar breakdowns often with footage you might not have seen yet.
Watch Scanline’s VFX breakdown for ‘Rebel Moon’
Showcasing Jimmy and other VFX.
A lesson in VFX problem solving from beloFX on ‘Madame Web’
CG spiders, webs and even a crashing car formed part of the studio’s work on the film.
Follow along with Vine FX and their use of Nuke for two TV series
This livestream shows the complexity, and artistry, behind the compositing work, and walks through the studio’s Nuke process for some ocean scenes.
PFX’s ‘Land of Bad’ VFX breakdown is here
See what mayhem they helped create.
When your miniature ship is actually CG
How Surpreeze leveraged their digital asset for ‘Haunting of the Queen Mary’ in an unusual way.
Could ‘The Creator’ usher in a new approach to VFX?
That's something we discuss on the VFX Notes podcast!
On The Set Pic: ‘Damsel’
(L-R) Director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and Millie Bobby Brown on the set of Damsel.
Watch this ‘Land Of Bad’ VFX breakdown by Resonance Digital
Showcasing the studio's VFX for the Russell Crowe film.
A new kind of VFX collective emerges with Dream Machine FX
How it works, why they formed together, and coming up with the name.
See how VFX brought the creatures of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ to life
A new official featurette from Netflix.
See how they filmed Appa scenes, and scenes in the Volume, on ‘The Last Airbender’
Behind the scenes videos showcase the LED stage shoot, and shooting riding scenes on Appa.
Motion capture details from the set of ‘Halo The Series’
VFX supe Wojchiech Zielinkski and VFX prodn manager Mitchell Kalish share the body mocap and facial capture approach on the show.
See all the winners from the VES Awards
The Creator took out the main VFX prize while Across the Spider-Verse won big in animation.
Behind the Oscar-nominated short ‘WAR IS OVER!’
How the short was made, including how Wētā FX used Unreal Engine to craft the film's stylized look and feel.
See how Cinesite crafted a Caribou herd, a polar bear and wintry scenes for ‘True Detective: Night Country’
It's in the studio's newly released VFX breakdown video.
From ‘Speed’ to ‘Gran Turismo’: how the Blind Driver Roof Pod changed car chases in the movies (and how it all started with a forklift)
The tech is being recognized with a Scientific and Technical Award.
Watch the brand new VFX breakdown for ‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ from Imageworks
A new look at the tools and the artistry behind the film.
The VFX Oscar outsider setting the world on fire
A new VFX Notes podcast on 'Godzilla Minus One'.
How Cartoon Saloon got to play in the Star Wars universe
Behind the scenes of ‘Screecher’s Reach’, part of the ‘Star Wars Visions’ animated series. This week on the befores & afters podcast,
A new look inside ‘The Creator’ from ILM
This is a new featurette from ILM Originals and director Chris Hawkinson.
See the shark puppet used to help film ‘No Way Up’
It was made by Stitches and Glue as stand-in/stuffie/VFX reference. Read more details in their Instagram post.
ILM’s full-length VFX breakdown for ‘The Creator’ is here!
7 minutes of seamless simulants, robots, environments, vehicles and explosions.
Watch FIN Design + Effects’ VFX breakdown for ‘The Creator’
See how the studio crafted VFX for many different scenes in the film.
Here’s how Lilat City was crafted in ‘The Creator’
A brand new VFX breakdown from ILM showcases their work in the Gareth Edwards film.
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Issue #67: The visual effects of Masters of the Universe.
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