Puppeteering re-visited
Everyone wants to try this, surely.
Watch The Mill’s Apex Legends live CG character performance
A digital character on stage, live and ‘in person’ at The Game Awards 2019.
Exclusive: Method’s ‘Terminator: Dark Fate’ VFX breakdown
Go behind the scenes on the fiery C-5 and helicopter chase from the film.
The VFX of ‘Watchmen’
A 3-min VFX breakdown reel for the HBO show.
One scene, many artists
Multiple Framestore artists describe how a single shot from ‘See’ was made.
Go inside Blue Sky Studios
Official 'Spies in Disguise' b-roll from the animation studio.
Breaking down the coolest scene from ‘Ad Astra’
A new featurette has the stunts, shoot and VFX details of the moon rover shots.
This ‘Irishman’ VFX featurette has all-new breakdowns
Details of the new camera system and facial solves by ILM.
Come to the dark side, with FXhome
You want this, don't you.
Imageworks posts its ‘Far From Home’ breakdown
Environments, digital characters and lots of FX.
Oners: a VFX top ten
Seamless transitions, crazy frame counts, and why Hugh Grant is in this featured image.
Preview: a new book about Disney special effects legend Ub Iwerks
The book goes deep on Ub’s animation and photographic effects contributions.
USD: what it is and why it matters
Pixar's Bob Moyer explains what all the fuss is about.
Don’t watch this until you’ve seen ‘1917’
A lengthy making-of for the 'one-shot' 1917.
Maya 2020 is out
Find out more in the video and a detailed Autodesk blog post.
That time a CG elephant crushed a car
...and audiences went wild.
How Animal Logic automates character FX
Inside the studio's character FX cloth and fur toolset.
Animating a stop-motion elephant
There's something very special about Laika making-of videos.
Inside the VFX of ‘War of the Worlds’
Realtime UK's breakdown reel for the TV series.
A nice behind the scenes look at that ‘E.T.’ Xfinity spot
Showing the practical FX, animatronics and digital work.
De-aging De Niro
How ILM approached the youthification effects in ‘The Irishman’, with a brand new technique.
What it took to make ‘Stuart Little’s’ fur, 20 years ago
A short history of mouse fur at Sony Pictures Imageworks.
Making a short is hard, but here’s how one team persevered
Go behind the scenes of the made-with-Blender short, 'Skywatch'.
Pixar has launched RenderMan 23
Duke Caboom shows you what's new.
The project files for Beeple’s latest film are available for you to download for free
'Manifest Daily' is the latest from the graphic designer/filmmaker.
When only the *right* kind of microphone will do
This ‘Mindhunter’ promo needed something very, very specific. Territory Studio delivered.
How the ‘I Lost My Body’ filmmakers used Blender to create their startling animated feature
The film was animated in 3d, then given a 2d look, using the free open-source software.
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Issue #65: The visual effects of The Electric State.
Issue #64: The visual effects of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, s2.
Issue #63: The visual effects of 28 Years Later.
