Watch the trailer for Netflix’s ‘Maya and the Three’
Meet Jorge R. Gutiérrez's latest creation.
Tech Weeklies: Adobe acquires Frame.io, new Silhouette, disguise and UE 4.27, new Resolve
The latest in VFX, anim, editing and virtual production tech.
You can already download the in-camera VFX sample for the now-out Unreal Engine 4.27
4.27 has just been released, and a big part of its offerings relate to in-camera VFX workflows.
‘Loki’: Time doors, time turning and pruning
FuseFX reveals the secrets of these visual effects for the show.
That time Emily Blunt met pink dolphins
The visual effects behind those scenes in 'Jungle Cruise'.
Phil Tippett goes behind the scenes of ‘MAD GOD’
A video excerpt from a VIEW Conference chat with the stop-motion/VFX legend.
Stuffie to stuntie to CGI
How ‘Jungle Cruise’ jaguar Proxima was brought to life, including with an on-set stunt performer in a jaguar-print suit.
Neill Blomkamp on what volumetric capture brought to his new horror film, ‘Demonic’
The filmmaker talks to befores & afters about venturing into vol-cap and real-time.
Weta Digital on how they made those raging rapids in ‘Jungle Cruise’
Water sims, CG environments…and lots of bubbles.
Tech Weeklies: New news from Nvidia, Autodesk, Epic, Chaos and Adobe
The latest in VFX and animation tech.
The VFX behind that ‘Dad jokes’ scene in ‘Jungle Cruise’
How they filmed The Rock and his passengers as they go for a boat ride.
Designing the sacred timeline in ‘Loki’
How Cantina Creative made the timeline, as well as those morphing He Who Remains figures.
Gene Kelly’s performances were a direct source of reference for the animators on ‘Vivo’
Also, how to animate a kinkajou, a snake and 2D-looking sequences in 3D.
Here’s where you can download ‘production-ready’ CG assets from VFX, anim and game engine studios
Thanks to Animal Logic, WDAS, Pixar, Oats, Unity and Epic.
‘You just described a movie that’s got eight pipelines in it and eight different looks!’
How Imageworks tackled the look and feel of ‘Vivo’.
Meet the SIGGRAPH 2021 Featured Speakers: your guide to their sessions
Animation studios, deep fakes, math, interactive gaming, animals and robots!
‘Loki’ visual effects supervisor Dan DeLeeuw on the hardest scene to pull off in the show
He also talks about the retro feel to the VFX, filling bluescreens with final shots, and offers his thoughts on LED volume
Tech Weeklies: HieroPlayer for free, Cascadeur updates, new Blackmagic Studio Camera, das element launches
A week of tech news, right here.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: A helicopter, a prison, an avalanche and a digital pig
"They had four trained pigs on set and they were all very good, fine actors, but..."
Here’s how that crazy motorbike jump onto a C-17 in ‘Infinite’ was done
Plus, a breakdown of some of the film's other intense visual effects.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: Making the Red Room red
How VFX aided in Dreykov’s map projections and more.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: How Belova blew off that BMW back door in Budapest
ILM breaks down their role in the motorcycle and heavy vehicle smash-up.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: Setting the scene with that sudden opening escape
How the plane escape—and de-ageing-VFX—were carried out.
VFX Watch: VFX and Chill
VFX and Chill is a fun Maxon/Red Giant video series with Daniel "Hashi" Hashimoto (Action Movie Kid) and Seth Worley.
Tech Weeklies: Epic buys Sketchfab, Unity buys SpeedTree, FreeMoCap, ASWF Open Source Days
The latest in VFX tech.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: How they destroyed the Red Room (and orchestrated the skydiving that follows)
Spoilers! Digital Domain does a deep, um, dive on their visual effects for this sequence.
Get my new book in PRINT or on KINDLE.
Issue #66: The visual effects of Avengers: Endgame.
Latest limited edition t-shirt: Pseudopod.
