‘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.
Go behind the scenes of ‘Space Jam: A New Legacy’ in this official featurette
Includes fun befores/afters, greenscreen footage and WIP shots.
Remember that live-action scene in the making-of for ‘Final Fantasy’? Here’s how it happened
‘Cut! OK, let’s strike the set.’
Tech Weeklies: Lumberyard to O3DE, Lightworks, Instant Terra
VFX-related releases from the past week.
Some fun TRON animation details
Shared by animation compositor Glenn Campbell on Crew Stories.
The making of ‘The Liberator’
Juice breaks it down.
You’re going to get a whole lot more out of the featured speakers this year at SIGGRAPH
Usually there's just one featured speaker at SIGGRAPH. This year we have 7!
Watch ILP’s VFX breakdown for ‘Jupiters Legacy’
See how the ocean-going ship shots were done.
VFX Firsts: What was the first digital matte painting in a film?
A game-changer in VFX in so many ways.
Chris Pratt pantomimed fighting creature tentacles in ‘The Tomorrow War’ with a stuffie called the football
How the visual effects teams brought the white spikes to life in the film.
On the set of ‘Black Widow’
An official behind the scenes pic of Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh from Marvel.com.
Go world building with Rodeo FX for ‘Lovecraft Country’
How the VFX studio built Chicago and Tulsa.
Tech Weeklies: RenderMan 24, Penzil, 3D Coat 2021, Dynamixyz acquired
Here's what got released in VFX and animation tools this week.
Proof’s 3,000 previs shots for ‘F9’ were all hand-animated in Maya
Behind the scenes of Proof's previs, techvis and postvis.
RenderMan 24…so, what are Stylized Looks?
Behind this particular framework in the latest release of Pixar's RenderMan.
VFX Notes: Ep 2 – F9, stylization in animation, VFX forums and z-depth
Hugo and Ian are back with episode 2 of the podcast.
Tech Weeklies: Substance rebrand, V-Ray 5 for C4D update, Nvidia’s Canvas, Red Giant Universe 4
A round-up of the big VFX and animation tech news from the past week.
Watch these 3 Imageworks ‘Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ VFX breakdowns
Behind the scenes of the studio's digi-doubles and CG city work.
‘You’re going to have to remind me, which are the CG dogs?’
A deep dive into the digital dogs MPC Film made for ‘Cruella’.
VFX Artifacts: The Dinosaur Input Device
A chat with Craig Hayes about the stop-motion armature input device made during 'Jurassic Park'.
The virtual production behind ‘Stowaway’s’ space walk scenes
How Unity’s virtual camera offering was used by the filmmakers, with exclusive video.
I kinda love that you can bid on this Phil Tippett video cassette
Tape contains original animatics for the 'Jedi' Rancor sequence.
How motion capture for ‘The Stand’s’ raunchy scenes was all done remotely by a single performer
The pandemic required the show’s VFX team to quickly pivot the approach to these crazy crowd scenes.
Go on set of Coldplay’s ‘Higher Power’ music video
Greenscreen, mocap and more.
Behind the scenes of ‘Sweet Tooth’
A quick look at Zoic Studios' visual effects work for the Netflix series.
VFX Firsts: What was the first previs made for a film?
Previs has a rich history, find out more in the podcast.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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