RSVFX’s breakdown reel for ‘Wednesday’ is lots of fun (and it includes Thing!)
Rocket Science (RSVFX) has posted a behind the scenes breakdown reel showcasing its work for Wednesday, including for Thing.
Fury — Or Else: Z by HP’s extreme Z8 Fury workstation launches with an extreme stunt
How the promo for Z8 Fury, from Z by HP, was made.
Spoilers! Watch this ‘Alice in Borderland’ s2 making of
It's from the Netflix Türkiye channel, but shows great behind the scenes.
How the VFX for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ were made
A new podcast with visual effects supervisor Frank Petzold.
See how miniatures, real aircraft and CG were combined for the plane scenes in ‘Wolf Hound’
EXCLUSIVE: Watch this visual effects breakdown for the film.
Have you checked out the VFX Notes Shorts?
The latest Shorts features Avatar: The Way of Water.
The production design of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
Now in featurette version.
‘We literally turn-tabled real jets on the tarmac’
The VFX supervisor for ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ breaks down the biggest visual effects challenges in the film, and some of the invisible
An old Amiga with ‘Titanic’ miniature shoot ‘video taps’ on it is a treasure-trove of VFX history
The Commodore Amiga 4000/040 was used by Digital Domain to help craft effects shots and review miniature shoots for Titanic, Apollo 13
The insider guide to the art and tech of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
A new VFX Notes breaks down the big ticket VFX items in the film.
Watch PFX’s VFX breakdown for ‘Medieval’
Here's how the Czech VFX studio PFX crafted 650 visual effects shots for the Petr Jakl film.
‘I like the idea of doing a real place, underwater tank, LED screen, animatronic and CG, and then glueing them all together’
How ‘Emancipation’ VFX supervisor Rob Legato designed the Will Smith vs alligator scene.
Check out Cause and FX’s breakdown for ‘Mosquito Coast’
See how the studio executed a key storm sequence and other shots in series 2.
Watch Rodeo FX’s digi-double work for ‘Stranger Things 4’
A new breakdown explores the human character VFX.
Strange designs
Wētā FX unleashes zombies, and strange environs, for Multiverse of Madness.
Digital people, CG water, miniatures, morphing: ‘Titanic’ had it all
VFX supervisor Rob Legato looks back on 25 years since the film was released. And yes we talk about Propeller Guy!
Imageworks breaks down ‘The Sea Beast’
A very impressive VFX breakdown video showcasing water effects, rigging, and character work.
Sci-Tech winners announced
Sci-Techs include recognition of rain bar practical FX, renderfarm management, 3D texturing and AI-driven facial veiling technology.
Watch a whole bunch of ‘Wakanda Forever’ breakdowns in one place
Featuring reels from Marvel, Digital Domain, Cinesite, Storm Studios, Scanline and Weta FX.
The unique challenge of making a stalking, unfolding, alien entity that hides amongst the clouds
MPC’s key role in designing Nope’s ‘Jean Jacket’: an excerpt from issue #8 of befores & afters magazine.
Check out Scanline’s VFX breakdown for ‘Andor’
The studio has posted its reel.
Fun lighting rigs and stunt rigging set-ups on Lockwood & Co
Check out this official Netflix video.
Behind Namor’s wings in ‘Wakanda Forever’
A new featurette is out!
See the on-location and VFX process for ‘Prehistoric Planet’
MPC has released a new behind the scenes video.
Here’s how Industrial Light & Magic orchestrated Luthen’s ‘lightsaber’ ship in ‘Andor’
Plus, behind the scenes on ship builds to replicate the ‘miniatures look’, Ferrix’s shipyard, and Coruscant’s cityscapes.
How to find befores & afters content online, in audio and video, and in print
A quick round-up of where you can find befores & afters stories, podcasts, videos and social media postings.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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