‘What’s the story? What’s the feeling? That’s the hard part.’
Rodeo FX art director Deak Ferrand on his concept contributions to ‘Dune’.
How to build an animation studio –> Sergio Pablos shows you how
Listen in on my chat with Sergio from SIGGRAPH.
So…you need a humanoid robot in your film? What are your options?
The VFX supervisor of 'Finch' outlines the considerations made in bringing Tom Hanks’ robot companion to life.
This behind the scenes video showcases Weta Digital’s history of VFX tool development in the wake of the Unity acquisition
Unity is acquiring Weta Digital.
These charts tell the sobering results of a new women in VFX report
Study from Annenberg Inclusion Initiative and Women in Animation finds that the participation of women in VFX remains very low.
The ‘Dune’ visual effects team used sandscreens instead of bluescreens
A look behind the scenes at the extensive VFX work in Denis Villeneuve’s film.
‘If a real monkey cannot do it, Ampersand won’t do it’
How ILM crafted the starring capuchin monkey in ‘Y: The Last Man’.
Cinesite turns 30: a look back at the VFX studio’s history
Cineon, digital workflows, visual effects highlights and animated beginnings.
How Aaron Sims Creative made ‘The Eye: Calanthek’ in UE5 in six weeks
And, how you can download the alien creature animated with Control Rig from the short right now.
‘Monsters, Inc.’ is 20 years old – look back at Pixar’s fur tech breakthroughs
The hairball model Pixar used to develop the dynamic movements of Sulley's fur.
Watch this Squid Game VFX breakdown from Gulliver Studios
From Gulliver Studios.
Fxtras: ‘The Suicide Squad’ on DVD and Blu-ray
Notes on the VFX featurettes on the home entertainment release for 'The Suicide Squad'.
How to make a trawler sink and a glider fly (and go underwater): 6 of the biggest visual effects scenes in ‘No Time To Die’
We also cover the ice fall, Matera scenes, Land Rover chase and those final devastating explosions.
Roger Deakins on cinematography and VFX cross-over, and why the DOP calls his stills photography ‘personal scribbles’
"I spend a lot of time trying to take photographs. But I can go days and not take a single frame."
Why Jorge Gutiérrez describes ‘Maya and the Three’ as “CG stop-motion”
befores & afters sits down with husband and wife creative team Jorge R. Gutiérrez and Sandra Equihua.
What actually goes into ‘designing’ visual effects for a major feature film?
'Venom: Let There Be Carnage' visual effects supervisor Sheena Duggal explains.
Go behind the scenes of that insane Burberry ‘Open Spaces Film’
This new spot sees characters flying high above fields, and a cliff.
Making water tank elements – a guide from InCamera
The latest in their submarine showcase (which was also a special tutorial in issue #2 of the magazine).
Sneak peek of Houdini 19, Rust Working Group, UE5 modeling mode
The latest in VFX tech.
The SFX supervisor on ‘No Time To Die’ breaks down the film’s five biggest practical effects
Special effects supervisor Chris Corbould reveals the secrets of the DB5 scenes, Land Rover chase, sinking shots, and...EXPLOSIONS!
The invisible effects of ‘Modern Love’
Image and video breakdowns showcase the work by Molecule VFX. Amazon’s anthology series Modern Love is not, of course, a VFX-centric show.
How the visual effects team on Apple TV+’s ‘Foundation’ kept things grounded
“We can't just have all of our actors working in front of a bluescreen. They need to be on a hill, interacting
How-to: extend a vampire face
Scanline VFX breaks down the process for 'Blood Red Sky'.
How they made those intense ‘Shang-Chi’ prelude battle scenes
Including that incredible camera-spinning oner.
VFX artists used Marvel’s actual original CG model of Abomination from ‘The Incredible Hulk’ as reference for his new scenes in ‘Shang-Chi’
Behind the scenes with TRIXTER on their work for the character (and on the stand-in performer on stilts!).
A new video showcases practical submarine model filming
It's from the team at InCamera, who also made that amazing submarine tutorial for befores & afters magazine.
It’s 25 years since ‘Dragonheart’; learn the VFX secrets behind the film
One of the befores & afters retro panels happening at VIEW Conference
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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