Tech Weeklies: HieroPlayer for free, Cascadeur updates, new Blackmagic Studio Camera, das element launches
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VFX Artifacts: Elastic Reality
The VFX software was highly influential in the 90s, particularly in shots requiring morphing.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: A helicopter, a prison, an avalanche and a digital pig
"They had four trained pigs on set and they were all very good, fine actors, but..."
Here’s how they made Miss Minutes for ‘Loki’
A new Marvel behind the scenes interview with VFX supe Brad Parker.
Here’s how that crazy motorbike jump onto a C-17 in ‘Infinite’ was done
Plus, a breakdown of some of the film's other intense visual effects.
VFX Notes: Ep 4 – Space Jam 2, Tomorrow War, Loki, and a look at LED volume filmmaking
Hugo and Ian review some films and shows, and discuss LED walls.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: Making the Red Room red
How VFX aided in Dreykov’s map projections and more.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: How Belova blew off that BMW back door in Budapest
ILM breaks down their role in the motorcycle and heavy vehicle smash-up.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: Setting the scene with that sudden opening escape
How the plane escape—and de-ageing-VFX—were carried out.
Celebrating ‘Joe’s Apartment’ and those CG cockroaches
The roaches came to life thanks to Blue Sky Studios.
VFX Watch: VFX and Chill
VFX and Chill is a fun Maxon/Red Giant video series with Daniel "Hashi" Hashimoto (Action Movie Kid) and Seth Worley.
Tech Weeklies: Epic buys Sketchfab, Unity buys SpeedTree, FreeMoCap, ASWF Open Source Days
The latest in VFX tech.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: How they destroyed the Red Room (and orchestrated the skydiving that follows)
Spoilers! Digital Domain does a deep, um, dive on their visual effects for this sequence.
25 years on, ‘The Frighteners’ still thrills as Weta Digital’s first calling card
A look back at the VFX studio’s first major project.
Epic made a new in-camera VFX short: go behind the scenes here
Epic Games and Bullitt used the in-camera VFX toolset in upcoming Unreal Engine 4.27.
On the set of ‘The Suicide Squad’
The cast and director on the set of the upcoming film.
VFX Firsts: The first motion capture used in a film
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Richard Edlund looks back at the making of ‘Multiplicity’
The invisible effects film is celebrating its 25th anniversary.
The surprising game-changing VFX of ‘Jurassic Park III’
All about ILM’s adoption of several new technologies back on JP3, including ambient occlusion, virtual sets, Maya Paint Effects and dynamic flesh
Tech Weeklies: OptiTrack’s Motive, MaterialX joins ASF, NIM 5.0
Tech news in VFX and animation from the past week.
How the ‘F9’ filmmakers used camera arrays and bluescreen shoots to make fast action
Plus, details of a deleted scene that would have featured VFX-altered plates from the first movie.
VFX Artifacts: The Bullet Time rig from ‘The Matrix’
How the actual rig was built and operated for the Wachowskis' film.
The making of ‘Mortal Kombat’
Watch this official featurette covering several aspects of the production, including SFX and VFX.
The miniatures of the original ‘Space Jam’
Go behind the scenes with Vision Crew Unlimited back in 1996.
The making of ‘Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness’
See how the mocap was performed.
VFX Notes: Ep 3 – Black Widow, SIGGRAPH preview, LUTs, CG vs. practical
Hugo and Ian discuss movies and more in this latest episode.
‘Escape From New York’ at 40: how those ‘CG’ glider graphics were actually achieved with physical models
The model build behind those simulated computer wireframes.
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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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