I’m a sucker for these kinds of invisible effects breakdowns
Here's Zero VFX's work for 'The Smashing Machine', which involves a range of auditorium and crowd effects.
Making Supes fly, crafting Krypto and Guassian Splat capture
The new issue of befores & afters magazine covers 'Superman'!
‘Wicked: For Good’: the VFX team preview the upcoming film
They also reflect on being part of the Wicked universe.
A new season of VFX Notes is here!
It's called 'The Rise of AI Robots'.
New making-of ‘Avatar’ book is coming
Go behind the scenes.
Virtual filmmaking on ‘Mufasa’
New approaches to virtual cinematography, the use of Unreal Engine, and understanding the film language of the filmmakers. An excerpt from issue
Why two dams were built for that explosive scene in ‘The Phoenician Scheme’
Behind the scenes with miniature unit supervisor Simon Weisse.
Doug Chiang reflects on the day he first used Photoshop
How the famed designer jumped onto the tool during the shift into digital at ILM.
Get an early look at stop-motion photography on LAIKA’s ‘Wildwood’
Includes bluescreen motion control stop-motion behind the scenes from the upcoming film.
The VFX behind ‘Alice in Borderland’ season 3
This 8-minute behind the scenes reel showcases how the dramatic scenes were made.
Celebrate MPC artists with this special magazine issue on ‘Mufasa’
Dedicated to the 1000s of VFX artists behind the film.
The art and tech behind the body morphing in ‘Together’
Making Allison Brie and Dave Franco merge into one.
How the directors of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ implemented something they called ‘sneaky deep’
How they combined silly and ‘stupid’ scenes with meaningful moments in the blockbuster Sony Pictures Animation/Netflix film.
Fire And Water: Making The Avatar Films
Watch the trailer for the upcoming doco.
On The Set Pic: ‘Frankenstein’
Guillermo del Toro has shared some miniature elements from the film.
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Bluebolt breaks down VFX in ‘Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale’
Go behind the scenes.
Why this VFX breakdown video from Todd Vaziri is SOOOO good
You rarely get this kind of analysis about VFX shots.
A foam head performance
Behind the on-set puppetry in 'How to Train Your Dragon'. An excerpt from issue #39 of befores & afters magazine.
What the role of CTO involves at Wētā FX
A discussion about tech, rendering, de-noising, data flows and, yes, AI.
Here’s the many different ways the title character of ‘M3GAN 2.0’ was made, both practically and digitally
Animatronic, performer in open and closed mask, posable doll, CG, face replacements (and all of the above).
VFX Notes on the Bake Off films: ‘Better Man’
Join Ian and Hugo as we discuss the Royal Albert Hall scene in 'Better Man', and Wētā FX's astounding work on the
How The Roddenberry Archive is preserving ‘Star Trek’ history
A new podcast with OTOY's Mark Spatny.
Here’s a bunch of ‘The Fantastic Four: First Steps’ VFX breakdowns
We will keep adding more here as they are published. Right now, check out VFX breakdowns from Framestore, Digital Domain and RISE
Watch MPC’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon’
This boat scene from s3 was filmed on bluescreens with Norman Reedus, Melissa McBride, and Stephen Merchant.
‘How to Train Your Dragon’ – the new issue of the magazine is out!
Issue #39 of befores & afters magazine goes in-depth on the visual effects in Dean DeBlois' live-action How to Train Your Dragon.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Get issue #52
Order my new book
Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
How the right school helped this compositor land his latest credit on 'Invasion' season 3.
From classroom to credits, with Campus VFX