The top 5 VFX moments of 2020
befores & afters pinpoints the landmark visual effects moments from the past year.
The VFX of ‘We Can Be Heroes’
This Netflix video breaks it down.
How the ‘Midnight Sky’ VFX team pulled off the film’s most shocking scene
Animating astronauts—and blood—in space.
Thanks to everyone for sharing your issue #1 pics!
Here's just some of those posted by befores & afters readers.
A ‘Midnight Sky’ VFX conversation—Part 1: LED walls, spaceships and CG face replacements
How the film used virtual production and multiple VFX methodologies.
VFX notes from the ICG ‘Mandalorian’ s2 panel
befores & afters live-tweeted some highlights.
WANTED: your story suggestions
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Moving to real-time: ‘The Seed of Juna’
How the short was reimagined with Unreal Engine 4.
‘Wolfwalkers’ and the art of staging shots
Directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart reveal the secrets behind their animated feature.
‘Mank’ VFX: ‘body-and-fender’ work and so much more
Behind Mank's invisible visual effects.
See what’s possible with just an iPhone and Unreal Engine
Kite & Lightning is back with more Baby Yoda.
How MIDI files, Houdini and the art of animation made piano play possible in Pixar’s ‘Soul’
I mean, have you ever *tried* to animate a pianist playing the right notes?
Weta Digital’s meerkat Unreal short available as free sample files
Download the entire scene.
‘Mank’: inside the world of a synthetic LA and LED screens
How a 'simple' driving scene in David Fincher's film used some significant VFX.
Behind the VFX of ‘The Christmas Chronicles 2’
Weta Digital explains how they created elves, Jack-a-lotes, Santa’s flying sleigh, snowy environments and...a Yule Cat.
Monster molding for ‘Come Play’
MR. X on the combination of practical and digital for the creature Larry.
A visual journey into the VFX of ‘The Good Lord Bird’
Breaking down key VFX scenes from the show.
How Digital Domain aged David Beckham
They used their new face-swapping tech Charlatan for this Malaria Must Die campaign.
Unreal Engine 4.26 is out
Epic Games updates virtual production toolset, hair and fur, and other features.
In the LoUPE
Inside Tangent Labs’ new cloud-based 3D asset management and production tool.
‘Black Swan’ is almost 10 – re-visit the film’s VFX reel
Such a great mix of invisible FX.
There’s a lot happening at SIGGRAPH Asia 2020
It all starts December 4th.
Multi-angle on ‘Jingle Jangle’: Part 3—Building Buddy
Matching CG robot to on-set prop.
Watch the ViZARTS Summit, including sessions on virtual production
The Mandalorian was part of the discussion.
VFX roundtable: season 4 of ‘The Crown’
Framestore’s team discuss turning Spain into Australia, animating an injured stag and deep fake face replacements.
Exclusive: Framestore’s ‘Lovecraft Country’ Shoggoth breakdown
Watch the befores and afters video.
You definitely want to see these old-school ‘Toy Story’ featurettes
A look at Pixar's animation and modeling process from 'back in the day'.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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