Shotmakers: How to put on a concert…for dragons
Behind REALTIME's visual effects on 'The Watch'.
VFX Oscar noms are out…
What do you think of the final five list?
VIDEO: Tribes of Europa VFX breakdown
Rick Sander, co-VFX supe on Tribes of Europa, breaks down the work.
Stuffies: an appreciation
Yes, this author is a bit obsessed.
VIDEO: Watch this Imageworks ‘Over the Moon’ breakdown
A look behind the scenes at the magic VFX, with commentary from VFX supe David Smith.
How ‘Welcome to Chechnya’ used A.I. and machine learning techniques to mask the doco’s subjects
"For their safety, people fleeing for their lives have been digitally disguised."
Behind the scenes of Pixar’s shorts, ‘Out’ and ‘Burrow’
A look at the production of the SparkShorts at the studio.
The Tom Cruise ‘deepfake’, broken down
What's up, TikTok?
‘We treated that mice sequence as though this was Gollum’
How Temprimental delivered the zany VFX for the zany ‘Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar’.
Shotmakers: how that opening train scene in s2 of ‘Snowpiercer’ was made
FuseFX’s visual effects supervisor Damien Thaller explains.
Find all the nominees right here for the 19th Annual VES Awards
The Awards take place April 6th!
The visual effects of ‘Wonder Woman 1984’
A look behind the scenes at the making of the film with the VFX team.
Catch a glimpse behind the scenes of ‘Tom & Jerry’
A featurette has some nice on-set and animation b-roll.
Shotmakers: the transitions in ‘Wander Darkly’
How Ingenuity Studios crafted these very specific VFX for the film.
A tribute to Cinefex
For me, Cinefex was everything.
Q&A: ‘Greyhound’ director Aaron Schneider
How the director jumped into 3D and real-time tools to help make the film.
Video: MPC FIlm’s ‘The One And Only Ivan’ VFX breakdown
Virtual production was a key part of making the film.
Get the VFX studio and indie perspective on virtual production at Vertex
All the details on a panel I'm hosting at the conference.
Go behind the scenes of Digital Domain’s Coach Lombardi spot
The studio utilized its Charlatan face-swapping tool for the Super Bowl commercial.
How ‘The Witches’ drew upon a ton of the latest VFX techniques
The virtual production, character anim and FX behind Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Witches’—including how ‘BobZ oners’ were crafted.
Sci-Techs: see all the acceptance speeches
A great way to watch the award winners.
Watch this 40min demo on how to use MetaHuman Creator
The new digital humans app from Epic Games.
The tech behind Baobab Studios’ real-time platform for making VR narratives
It was used for the studio’s latest interactive piece, Baba Yaga.
Video: behind the LED filmmaking in ‘Midnight Sky’
Key parts of building the world of the film.
VFX vids you should watch right now
A super-quick collection of visual effects videos you should check out.
Shotmakers: the DMP behind this MR. X scene in ‘Raised by Wolves’
A breakdown of a single shot from the show.
Now you can meet a MetaHuman
Epic Games has announced a browser-based app called MetaHuman Creator.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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