VFX supe and director Adam Valdez on the new tech in his UE5 short ‘Brave Creatures’
The short utilized the new Path Tracer feature in Unreal Engine.
Behind the insane engineering for the wave tank in ‘The Way of Water’
Here's how the performance capture tank was built.
How Industrial Light & Magic managed to deliver 48 one-off VFX shots for ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ in the last few months of production
A number of the opening space scenes, arrival on Pandora sequences, and views of Bridgehead were ILM visual effects shots.
Issue #10 of befores & afters magazine goes deep on practical effects
Coverage of the latest in creature and make-up effects, miniatures and in-camera effects.
The THEN & NOW sessions are on again at FMX 2023!
Stop-motion puppet fabrication, Dragonheart's animation and a look back at Gravity.
New ‘acting underwater’ featurette is out for ‘Way of Water’
With not-seen-before footage from the tank performance capture shoot.
Gimbal shooting for ‘Plane’
I love gimbals.
VFX supe Russell Dodgson explores three seasons of ‘His Dark Materials’ magic
From on-set puppetry, to CG work, to second unit directing.
See how this WW2 Lancaster action scene was made with models, mo-co and digital VFX
It's the latest video from InCamera!
Watch this video breakdown of the VFX of ‘Pinocchio’
Hey You Guys features this MPC reel from the film.
These students made an insane replica miniature CIA vault from ‘Mission: Impossible’
Yep, the one Tom Cruise breaks into, and befores & afters got a special visual insight into how it was built.
‘These were the amazing tools that we had at our disposal and got to use’
What the VFX supe on ‘Quantumania’ liked so much about having StageCraft and a range of other tools on the film. befores
Generating 3D models and meshes from text prompts? We asked Shutterstock about its team-up with NVIDIA
Customized Shutterstock content will be trained with NVIDIA Picasso generative AI cloud service.
‘We got them running full tilt and acting all crazy, but then we also sped it up 8%’
How practical and digital combined to make that crazy episode 5 ‘Last of Us’ clicker battle.
Celebrate the release of the new 4K UHD ‘Dragonslayer’ SteelBook release with this Phil Tippett gallery
Re-visiting the go-motion work by Phil Tippett at ILM.
How to plan for huge VFX sequences: the VFX supe and VFX producer on ‘Slumberland’
How do you get two characters to ride a giant flying goose, anyway?
DNEG made a procedural tool that let artists create bomb-shaped holes in Boston buildings for ‘The Last of Us’
Behind the scenes of the VFX studio’s environment and character integration work in the series.
Watch Windmall Lane’s VFX breakdown for ‘Wendell & Wild’
The studio showcases their VFX work for the stop-motion film.
Watch MARZ’s VFX breakdown for ‘Ant-Man: Quantumania’
The VFX studio showcases its work for the film.
Is she real? Is she CG? She’s both
How practical and digital effects combined to make the murderous A.I. toy in ‘M3GAN’.
Rodeo FX’s digi-double breakdown from ‘Stranger Things 4’ is very fun
Watch the new breaking down the breakdown here.
Be inspired by this beautiful practical photographic animation film
Here’s how FX WRX made ‘Voyager’ using optical effects, animation, motion control robotics and projection techniques.
How the hole-ly Veb in ‘Ant-Man: Quantumania’ came to be
From actor David Dastmalchian in fauxcap on set, to final gooey alien.
How Blender Studio’s latest film, with a realistic human character, was made
Exploring the use of Blender's latest features to make 'Charge'.
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ wins the VFX Oscar!
The James Cameron film, with VFX led by Wētā FX, took the Academy Award.
The making of a shot sculpting toolset
How Animal Logic implemented a new toolset for rig deformation on ‘DC League of Super-Pets’.
Watch ILM’s ‘Wakanda Forever’ VFX breakdown
The studio has released their work showcasing the attack on the city.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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