On the set of ‘Reminiscence’
Rebecca Ferguson and DOP Paul Cameron.
Tech Weeklies: Adobe acquires Frame.io, new Silhouette, disguise and UE 4.27, new Resolve
The latest in VFX, anim, editing and virtual production tech.
Breaking down the face replacement for this ‘Love, Death + Robots’ stop-mo short
Go behind the scenes of the 'All Through the House' ep with Storyline.
You can already download the in-camera VFX sample for the now-out Unreal Engine 4.27
4.27 has just been released, and a big part of its offerings relate to in-camera VFX workflows.
‘Loki’: Time doors, time turning and pruning
FuseFX reveals the secrets of these visual effects for the show.
That time Emily Blunt met pink dolphins
The visual effects behind those scenes in 'Jungle Cruise'.
Phil Tippett goes behind the scenes of ‘MAD GOD’
A video excerpt from a VIEW Conference chat with the stop-motion/VFX legend.
Stuffie to stuntie to CGI
How ‘Jungle Cruise’ jaguar Proxima was brought to life, including with an on-set stunt performer in a jaguar-print suit.
Neill Blomkamp on what volumetric capture brought to his new horror film, ‘Demonic’
The filmmaker talks to befores & afters about venturing into vol-cap and real-time.
VFX Artifacts: The alpha channel and Alvy Ray Smith
The computer graphics pioneer goes deep on RGBA.
Weta Digital on how they made those raging rapids in ‘Jungle Cruise’
Water sims, CG environments…and lots of bubbles.
Tech Weeklies: New news from Nvidia, Autodesk, Epic, Chaos and Adobe
The latest in VFX and animation tech.
The VFX behind that ‘Dad jokes’ scene in ‘Jungle Cruise’
How they filmed The Rock and his passengers as they go for a boat ride.
VFX Notes: Ep 5 – The Suicide Squad, Jungle Cruise, Old, and de-ageing VFX
Notes on the latest films and techniques.
Designing the sacred timeline in ‘Loki’
How Cantina Creative made the timeline, as well as those morphing He Who Remains figures.
VFX Futures: Where are we at with virtual production?
Boom! Another VFX podcast show from befores & afters!
Gene Kelly’s performances were a direct source of reference for the animators on ‘Vivo’
Also, how to animate a kinkajou, a snake and 2D-looking sequences in 3D.
Here’s where you can download ‘production-ready’ CG assets from VFX, anim and game engine studios
Thanks to Animal Logic, WDAS, Pixar, Oats, Unity and Epic.
‘You just described a movie that’s got eight pipelines in it and eight different looks!’
How Imageworks tackled the look and feel of ‘Vivo’.
VFX Firsts: The first film to use an all-CG photoreal character
Could this breakthrough film with VFX from ILM contain yet another first?
Meet the SIGGRAPH 2021 Featured Speakers: your guide to their sessions
Animation studios, deep fakes, math, interactive gaming, animals and robots!
Possible spoilers: Watch this VFX breakdown for ‘Lamb’
Great work done here by Edisen (formerly The Chimney Group).
‘Loki’ visual effects supervisor Dan DeLeeuw on the hardest scene to pull off in the show
He also talks about the retro feel to the VFX, filling bluescreens with final shots, and offers his thoughts on LED volume
Breaking down the end of the timeline in ‘Loki’
A new official Marvel breakdown video.
Tech Weeklies: HieroPlayer for free, Cascadeur updates, new Blackmagic Studio Camera, das element launches
A week of tech news, right here.
VFX Artifacts: Elastic Reality
The VFX software was highly influential in the 90s, particularly in shots requiring morphing.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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