Secrets of ‘The Matrix’ code
It comes from Japanese cookbooks, it’s back to front, and it didn't always flow vertically.
The Solid Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride
A sticky post with a regular landscape featured image on the corner of a nondescript block in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a
A visual journey inside the miniatures of ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’
Shooting models sideways, making Tim Robbins act in reverse, and the movies where the same miniatures made surprise reappearances.
Skrull transformations: inventing a new type of morph
All about ‘Captain Marvel’s’ shape-shifting Skrulls, and ponytails.
‘We tried a million things’ – the oral history of ‘Sphere’s’ sphere
The sphere in 'Sphere', and how it was made.
OK, so a shark man needs to fight a gorilla – what do you do?
“I was surprised no one scratched my car after that conversation.”
‘She eats a lot during this film, you know’ – giving CG characters some bite
How do you make a CG character eat, anyway? Weta Digital reveals all.
Dennis Muren on the art of crafting VFX shots that don’t reveal how they’re done
The ILM veteran breaks down 3 of his classic 'how did they do that?' film effects.
‘I felt like it was a poem’: the VFX oral history of Guinness ‘Surfer’
Original CFC crew members reflect on bluescreen horses, crashing waves and a St. Patrick's Day debut for the famous Jonathan Glazer spot.
‘No more talk, we need positive action’: exploring more diversity in VFX
A report from the joint VES and SPARK CG Society Diversity & Inclusion Summit.
That Moment When You Have to Reveal Your Work to the World
What it was like for Sony's 'Spider-Verse' artists after the film's first teaser trailer was released in 2017.
‘Super Mario Bros.’: the other huge VFX film from 1993
The first film to use Flame in a big way, as well as several other VFX 'firsts.'
Remembering ‘Ruby’s Saloon,’ and how it helped make Maya
The untold oral history of the short that helped promote Maya to the world.
Heads up: the oral history of ‘Iron Man’s’ original HUD
It changed HUDs forever - members of the original Iron Man HUD design group look back on the work.
Tracking nightmares: behind Blur’s half-digested Billy shots in Deep Rising
Tracking was (still) hard 20 years ago.
Three things you might not have known about Bullet Time
For befores & afters patrons.
How to prepare breakfast
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Viewpaint: ILM’s secret weapon on ‘Jurassic Park’
Do you really know how they texture painted the dinosaurs?
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Opinion: Inside the book
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Oscar 2023 Highlights
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