befores & afters magazine is now also an e-book!
Still always in print, but now available as a Kindle e-book.
Watch Monkey Rave’s VFX breakdown for ‘Moving’
The reel showcases a skydiving and plane scene.
On The Set Pic: ‘Spy Kids: Armageddon’
(L-R) Everly Carganilla as Patty Torrez and director/writer/producer Robert Rodriguez on the set of Spy Kids: Armageddon.
Watch this quick vid with ILM modelmaker John Goodson on the T-6 Jedi Shuttle in ‘Ahsoka’
Awesome to see miniatures used in the show!
Behind the scenes of ‘Meg 2: The Trench’
Watch this official featurette for some fun on-set b-roll.
Watch MPC’s previs reel for ‘Rise of the Beasts’
Includes previs and final shot comparisons.
Exclusive: see how Proof previs’d that insane freeway chase in ‘Fast X’
Watch the reel first here at befores & afters.
You might be surprised how Tinkerbell in ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ was made
A full breakdown of the Framestore workflow from actor capture to final character.
‘Make them go F.A.S.T.’
How visual effects in 'Gran Turismo' helped tell this real-world gaming story.
Creatives from this year’s biggest VFX films and animated features are speaking at VIEW
Across the Spider-Verse, Barbie, TMNT: Mutant Mayhem, Oppenheimer, Guardians Vol. 3, Nimona, Elemental - and that's only SOME of the projects that
Before and After at b&a: ‘The Great’
Behind the scenes with BlueBolt for 'The Great', season 3.
There’s some stunning invisible VFX in ‘The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart’
Alt.vfx has released their VFX reel showcasing environment work, FX and de-ageing of Sigourney Weaver.
Watch Platige’s VFX breakdown for s3 of ‘The Witcher’
The studio has released their reel.
On The Set Pic: ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’
From season 2. Credit: startrek.com
Here’s Rodeo FX’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Little Mermaid’
It features work on Sebastian, Flounder and Scuttle.
VFX supe Mike Fink looks back at bamf’ing, bears and Batman Returns
Plus stories you might never have heard before about The Golden Compass.
Into the stylized-verse
A new VFX Notes podcast on 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'.
Crafting new tools and hacking existing ones to hit a stylized aesthetic
Cinesite discusses its role on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
See the LED volume and motion control rig used on ‘The School for Good and Evil’
Framestore's VFX breakdown is now out for the film.
‘We wanted to imply teenage imperfection everywhere’
Mikros Animation on how they brought a new stylized look to 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.'
The different ways they shot the basketball games on ‘Winning Time’ were pretty cool
Season 2's games were made possible on greenscreen courts with a number camera setups, and even a camera operator on roller blades.
On The Set Pic: ‘One Piece’
(L to R) Vincent Regan as Vice-Admiral Garp, Michael Dorman as Gold Roger, Director Marc Jobst in season 1 of One Piece.
The Third Floor’s Casey Schatz on simulcam, motion bases and the eyeline system in ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
Go in-depth on many of the film's virtual production developments.
Coming soon to befores & afters…
Soon to the website, podcast and print mag!
Watch this new ‘Dial of Destiny’ ET featurette on the de-ageing of Harrison Ford
The Entertainment Tonight video includes some fun on-set imagery of Ford, plus befores/afters of the VFX by Industrial Light & Magic.
On The Set Pic: ‘The Creator’
A still on the set of The Creator.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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