The special effects behind that dramatic stadium save in ‘The Batman’
Some insider info from SFX technician Richard Cheal was revealed on the Team Deakins podcast.
Gregory, Goldie, Gault and…Matthew
A deep dive into the VFX of four fun characters featured in ‘The Sandman’.
You can now re-visit one of the greatest ever SIGGRAPH presentations in history
ACM has made 50 years of their publications open and freely available, including this killer animation-related session.
When you come to the VIEW Conference, it’s more than just amazing speakers
The program is out, and so are details about recruitment, exhibitors and special sessions.
Exclusive: watch Proof’s previs reel for ‘The Sandman’
And find out how the occultist summoning Dream sequence was visualized.
The AI tool used to redub F-bombs and go from an R rating to PG-13
How lines of dialogue were changed in the film, 'Fall'.
‘I wanted to pull back from that sort of perfection and leave more mistakes in’
Henry Selick on the art of stop-motion and the making of his ‘Wendell & Wild’.
Total speculation: the 10 films from 2022 that could make the VFX bake-off
What do you think? Is this list close, right on, or completely way-off?
Cloth sims for an alien entity, making the sky one giant visual effect, and a rampaging chimpanzee
Nope contains some of the most eclectic, and beautiful, visual effects you’ll see this year.
An effects artist’s dream project: Predator mandibles, cloaking and a bear fight in ‘Prey’
Plus, making a bear fight seven-foot-tall alien creature.
4 great things I saw at SIGGRAPH
Volumetric capture, ILM in-depth, Unity's virtual camera and a fireside with Tim Miller and Gretchen Libby.
Those shadow creatures in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ had a pretty amazing way of being formed
From spiky pot plant shadow to spiky shadow creature.
This is how Framestore helped make that insane birthing sequence in Alex Garland’s ‘Men’
Plus, how the VFX studio enabled Rory Kinnear to play all the men in ‘Men’.
‘Bullet Train’ rides the virtual production wave
With plenty of final visual effects as well.
So you want to try real-time chroma keying?
We got our hands on a Blackmagic Design Ultimatte 12, and tested it out.
‘Event Horizon’: You just don’t get to see this kind of raw effects footage these days
This old-school footage is direct from the miniatures set on Paul W.S. Anderson's horror film.
This lighting rig helped make that beautiful black and white moon sequence in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ possible
A breakdown of how the rig worked, with visual effects supervisor Jake Morrison.
‘Elvis’ featured a ton of VFX you may not have noticed
Visual effects supervisor Tom Wood breaks down the big VFX challenges on the Baz Luhrmann musical.
Behind the scenes gallery: ‘The Sandman’
Scroll through these very fun behind the scenes pics from the new Netflix show created by Neil Gaiman and Tom Sturridge.
Near real-time: inside the making of ‘Comandante’, before it is even made
The World War II submarine film is relying on some bespoke real-time, virtual production, live compositing, A.I. and metadata tech, all worked
‘Predator’: VFX supe Joel Hynek recalls the days of optical compositing, thermal cameras and *that* red suit
Before you see 'Prey', read about the old-school way the VFX in 'Predator' were crafted.
The last-minute roto tool that saved the ending of ‘Death Becomes Her’
A new article on the 30th anniversary of the film.
Head stretching and stomach holes: re-visiting the visual effects of ‘Death Becomes Her’
“Bob had said to Meryl Streep: ‘Whatever Ken asks you to do, no matter how silly, just go with it. You can
Star Wars and Indiana Jones alumni Craig Barron and Ben Burtt are here to go behind the scenes of the effects and sound in classic films
Behind the scenes of ‘Secrets of the Hollywood Archives’.
How ‘The Boys’ VFX team crafted that heartbreaking octopus moment, and *that* penis scene
Behind the biggest, and craziest, visual effects moments in season 3.
‘I think I found my people’
'Light & Magic': a review.
Why ‘Air Force One’ has some of the most talked about visual effects in history
The film has turned 25!
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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