This indie film with more than 500 VFX shots took more than 5 years to make
How warehouse spaces were transformed into the lush world of ‘The Wanting Mare’.
How the ‘2021’ internet of ‘Johnny Mnemonic’ was imagined in 3D Studio
At the time, PCs were not being used heavily for Hollywood VFX.
“I thought, ‘This is not going to work.’ But nobody has ever questioned it.”
The CG secrets behind General Grievous’ cape.
The in-camera FX behind ‘Next’s’ title design
Real elements, real lights and...LEGO bricks.
Flashback to the cool Kato-vision shots in ‘The Green Hornet’
The film is now 10 years old.
The VFX of ‘Greyhound’
Delivering ships at sea, submarines...and water...in limited time.
The miniature FX of ‘Air Force One’
Watch these video interviews with the team behind the work.
Reminder: there’s a whole YouTube channel dedicated to in-camera effects
And it's called...InCamera.
Remember those giraffes in ’12 Monkeys’?
Here’s how they were crafted in CG, along with some of the other animals in the film.
Did you see ‘Soul’? Now read about the tech behind it
A number of technical Pixar papers and videos have been published.
These ‘Elf’ featurettes are simply fun
And they include some neat VFX info, too.
The top 5 VFX moments of 2020
befores & afters pinpoints the landmark visual effects moments from the past year.
The VFX of ‘We Can Be Heroes’
This Netflix video breaks it down.
‘Cast Away’ and the story behind Imageworks’ in-house compositing software
The untold tale of Bonsai.
How the ‘Midnight Sky’ VFX team pulled off the film’s most shocking scene
Animating astronauts—and blood—in space.
Thanks to everyone for sharing your issue #1 pics!
Here's just some of those posted by befores & afters readers.
A ‘Midnight Sky’ VFX conversation—Part 1: LED walls, spaceships and CG face replacements
How the film used virtual production and multiple VFX methodologies.
VFX notes from the ICG ‘Mandalorian’ s2 panel
befores & afters live-tweeted some highlights.
WANTED: your story suggestions
What do you want to see more of at befores & afters?
Moving to real-time: ‘The Seed of Juna’
How the short was reimagined with Unreal Engine 4.
‘Wolfwalkers’ and the art of staging shots
Directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart reveal the secrets behind their animated feature.
How a test using a plate from ‘Jumanji’ helped sell the CG approach on ‘Mars Attacks!’
Behind the ILM test footage.
‘Mank’ VFX: ‘body-and-fender’ work and so much more
Behind Mank's invisible visual effects.
See what’s possible with just an iPhone and Unreal Engine
Kite & Lightning is back with more Baby Yoda.
How MIDI files, Houdini and the art of animation made piano play possible in Pixar’s ‘Soul’
I mean, have you ever *tried* to animate a pianist playing the right notes?
Weta Digital’s meerkat Unreal short available as free sample files
Download the entire scene.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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