‘I was just completely mesmerized by it’
Special effects veteran Mark T. Noel was recognized with a Scientific and Technical Achievement Award from the Academy for his contributions to
How do you explode a glass swimming pool?
Behind the practical effects in that impressive sequence in ‘The Amateur’. Updated with Proof's previs for the pool scene.
Creature feature: the art of a CG unicorn
Go behind the scenes of the visual effects of ‘Death of a Unicorn’, and see a detailed video breakdown.
Behind the tool Wētā FX developed to help ‘blockify’ geometry in ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Plus, how key characters like the evil Malgosha and the wolf Dennis were made.
Capitol locations: the visual effects of ‘Zero Day’
Go behind the scenes with VFX studio RVX.
In season 2 of ‘Light & Magic’, Joe Johnston has an incredible way of bringing out some of the geekiest ILM details
Including a new revelation about the Jar Jar practical suit and CG head test.
Getting your VFX head around ACES 2.0
ILM’s Alex Fry is here to help, and explain how it was used on ‘Transformers One’.
NFTS students built a miniature replica of the Tantive IV corridor
A miniature ship, a detailed droid maquette, digital set extensions and a fully-CG droid all inspired by 'Rogue One' were also crafted.
Here’s Noid’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Substance’
Including how the Blob and Monstro digital visual effects were achieved.
Behind the scenes of that crazy plane fight, plane crash and parachute jump in ‘Back in Action’
‘I'm going to be merciless when it comes to the CG parachute’.
CGA Belgrade speaker preview: Hristo Velev
The founder of Bottleship VFX will be speaking on his studio, developments in virtual production and AI agent tech.
That all-greenscreen version of ‘Sin City’ rocked my world 20 years ago
Celebrating the two-decades anniversary of the Robert Rodriguez film.
Golaem crowd tools have now been added to the Autodesk M&E Collection
Watch the video to find out more.
An exclusive look at the sessions coming to CGA Belgrade 2025
All about the upcoming computer graphics and arts conference. Plus, how to get in early for tickets.
Crafting the creatures of ‘The Gorge’
Behind the visual effects for the mutated Hollow Men in the film.
How the gorge was made in ‘The Gorge’
Behind the visual effects by DNEG in the film.
And the VFX Oscar went to…Dune: Part Two
Congratulations to all the nominees!
The cross-over between production design and visual effects
How it worked on ‘Captain America: Brave New World’, with production designer Ramsey Avery.
How the Celestial Island scene in ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ was re-worked with previs and VFX
Here’s how the VFX team helped design the final sequence. Plus, how they made Harrison Ford’s Hulk, and a character that audiences
Behind the face replacement VFX and **those** lasers in the craziest scene from ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’
befores & afters goes behind the scenes with Rising Sun Pictures.
The visual effects you may not have noticed in ‘Maria’
Behind the invisible environment, crowd and clean-up VFX in the Angelina Jolie film.
Thunderbolts*, The Perfect Storm, live make-up effects session and the history of Nuke…all coming to FMX
A special preview of the 'Then & Now' sessions coming to FMX.
Making a mint
Behind DNEG's work on Skeleton Crew.
‘Dune: Part Two’ wins BAFTA for Special Visual Effects
The BAFTA for Special Visual Effects was awarded to Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer and Rhys Salcombe for 'Dune: Part Two.'
Mocap actor and VFX supervisor: the ‘Better Man’ Q&A
Wētā FX visual effects supervisor Luke Millar and motion capture performer Jonno Davies discuss bringing Robbie Williams to life.
Here are all the winners from the 23rd Annual VES Awards
Major prizes went to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Civil War, The Wild Robot, Shōgun and The Penguin.
How that crazy car crash oner in ‘Carry-On’ was made
Including filming actors on a bluescreen rotisserie rig.
