The visual effects of Robert Eggers’ ‘The Northman’
See the work BlueBolt crafted for the film.
Look at this. Just look at it.
Congrats to all at Wētā FX for 'Avatar: The Way of Water'.
Multi pass and motion control: re-visiting the VFX of ‘The Fifth Element’
‘You know, Mark, I don’t want to do these ‘fancy panning around and seeing the whole world shots’. I’d much rather set
At FMX, combining old-school miniatures with new-school LED walls
It's just one of the 'Then & Now' sessions at the conference, which also feature Chris Corbould, Christian Manz and Nick Dudman.
Did you know: Eagly has 9,162 feathers (about 2,000 more than normal eagles)
The VFX behind Wētā FX’s star creature in ‘Peacemaker’.
How that massive ocean storm scene was created in the first episode of ‘Vikings: Valhalla’
MPC explains the planning, tank shoot and water sims required.
Go behind the scenes of this Pink Noise music video and its star social media influencer robot
Everybody meet Crashtag.
These ‘Matrix Awakens’ behind the scenes videos are fantastic
Plus, you can download the sample city for free.
How they made those directors interact with their favorite film shots
Behind the virtual production from CBS VFX for the HBO Max docuseries ‘One Perfect Shot’.
FMX is back in-person (and online too)!
The Stuttgart conference will be showcasing what's big in VFX and animation, and more.
Anatomy of a Batmobile chase: a Wētā FX round-table
The film’s stunning Batman versus Penguin chase includes some visual effects you might not even realize were there.
Congratulations to VFX Oscar winner ‘Dune’
The winners were Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer.
Going back to ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ with this insanely detailed miniature replica set build
EXCLUSIVE: How both the model making and visual effects students at National Film and Television School made it possible.
How ‘Dune’ VFX supervisor Paul Lambert invented Nuke’s IBK keyer
"I went off, and six months later I came back with this algorithm."
Robot arms, wires and VFX helped Tom Holland’s character leap across those cargo crates in ‘Uncharted’
Behind the scenes of the mid-air C-17 fight scene with visual effects studio DNEG.
See how filmmakers directly interact with VFX, at SPARK FX 2022
befores & afters is presenting the 'Non-VFX for VFX' track at SPARK FX.
Read the ASWF paper on open source tech in filmmaking
A look at the state of play of open source projects. The Academy Software Foundation has released a new research paper that
The winners of the 20th VES Awards
'Dune' was the big winner on the night.
I’ve started watching the ‘Building the Open Metaverse’ podcast
It's hosted by Patrick Cozzi (Cesium) and Marc Petit (Epic Games).
I love this poster
(It's like they asked me first before making it...lol).
Your one-and-a-half-hour deep dive into the VFX of ‘Dune’
The DNEG breakdown is now available to watch in full.
PDI won the bid to do a CG cape in ‘Batman Forever’ for an amazing reason
The cape heralded a new wave of cloth simulation in movies.
The DNEG team are breaking down the VFX of ‘Dune’ in a big way
A free event that explores the biggest effects in the film.
How ILM created ‘Hawkeye’s’ entire Rockefeller environment, including that iconic Christmas tree, in CG
Behind the scenes of that final episode sequence.
‘OK, this looks very cool, but can you build it underwater?’
How ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ re-thought bullet time.
94th Academy Award VFX nominees are announced
An amazing group of nominees.
Inside the VFX of the freeway battle in ‘No Way Home’
One shot even saw Digital Domain replace a real car with a CG one going through real water barrels.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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