Performance, hair and…sequins: Wētā FX on its toughest tasks in ‘She-Hulk’
The VFX studio’s history in crafting photoreal CG humans and human-like characters was further extended on the series.
What you need to know about the ASC Framing Decision List
It's a new specification for standardizing how the documentation, tracking and use of framing.
Working on ‘She-Hulk’ gave animators a rare chance to bring a fully CG photoreal female character to life
Wētā FX on the unique challenges of this superhero.
Where the invisible effects sing
Crafty Apes breaks down their key shots in ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’.
Digital Domain on the art and tech of a female CG character
How new developments in the studio’s Masquerade and Charlatan tools were part of its digital human work for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
What it’s like stepping onto a giant LED wall volume
My visit to Pixomondo's Vancouver virtual production stage.
Does A.I. kill art, the tech behind ‘Love and Thunder’, and getting a job in VFX
Here's what befores & afters is up to this year at the VIEW Conference.
You can now watch this ‘Love, death, and Tim Miller’ AWS session from SIGGRAPH
Hosted by Ian Failes from befores & afters, and also featuring Gretchen Libby.
Watch MPC’s VFX breakdown for ‘Secret Headquarters’
Befores and afters from the film.
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.
Get my new book in PRINT or on KINDLE.
Issue #69: The visual effects of The End of Oak Street.
Issue #68: The visual effects of The Mandalorian and Grogu.
Latest limited edition t-shirt: Pseudopod.
