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Category: Articles

Articles

‘He had so much stuff on him it was crazy’

Posted onNovember 17, 2022

The making of Werewolf by Night’s Man-Thing.

Articles

Performance, hair and…sequins: Wētā FX on its toughest tasks in ‘She-Hulk’

Posted onNovember 16, 2022

The VFX studio’s history in crafting photoreal CG humans and human-like characters was further extended on the series.

Articles

What you need to know about the ASC Framing Decision List

Posted onNovember 15, 2022

It’s a new specification for standardizing how the documentation, tracking and use of framing.

Articles

Working on ‘She-Hulk’ gave animators a rare chance to bring a fully CG photoreal female character to life

Posted onNovember 10, 2022

Wētā FX on the unique challenges of this superhero.

Articles

Where the invisible effects sing

Posted onNovember 8, 2022

Crafty Apes breaks down their key shots in ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’.

Articles

Digital Domain on the art and tech of a female CG character

Posted onNovember 3, 2022November 12, 2022

How new developments in the studio’s Masquerade and Charlatan tools were part of its digital human work for She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.

Articles

What it’s like stepping onto a giant LED wall volume

Posted onOctober 26, 2022

My visit to Pixomondo’s Vancouver virtual production stage.

Articles

Does A.I. kill art, the tech behind ‘Love and Thunder’, and getting a job in VFX

Posted onOctober 6, 2022October 7, 2022

Here’s what befores & afters is up to this year at the VIEW Conference.

Articles

You can now watch this ‘Love, death, and Tim Miller’ AWS session from SIGGRAPH

Posted onOctober 6, 2022

Hosted by Ian Failes from befores & afters, and also featuring Gretchen Libby.

Articles, VFX Breakdowns

Watch MPC’s VFX breakdown for ‘Secret Headquarters’

Posted onSeptember 24, 2022

Befores and afters from the film.

Articles

The special effects behind that dramatic stadium save in ‘The Batman’

Posted onSeptember 23, 2022

Some insider info from SFX technician Richard Cheal was revealed on the Team Deakins podcast.

Articles

Gregory, Goldie, Gault and…Matthew

Posted onSeptember 20, 2022

A deep dive into the VFX of four fun characters featured in ‘The Sandman’.

Articles, Retro

You can now re-visit one of the greatest ever SIGGRAPH presentations in history

Posted onSeptember 18, 2022September 18, 2022

ACM has made 50 years of their publications open and freely available, including this killer animation-related session.

Articles

When you come to the VIEW Conference, it’s more than just amazing speakers

Posted onSeptember 11, 2022

The program is out, and so are details about recruitment, exhibitors and special sessions.

Articles

Exclusive: watch Proof’s previs reel for ‘The Sandman’

Posted onSeptember 9, 2022

And find out how the occultist summoning Dream sequence was visualized.

Articles

‘I wanted to pull back from that sort of perfection and leave more mistakes in’

Posted onSeptember 7, 2022

Henry Selick on the art of stop-motion and the making of his ‘Wendell & Wild’.

Articles

Total speculation: the 10 films from 2022 that could make the VFX bake-off

Posted onSeptember 6, 2022September 6, 2022

What do you think? Is this list close, right on, or completely way-off?

Articles

Cloth sims for an alien entity, making the sky one giant visual effect, and a rampaging chimpanzee

Posted onAugust 31, 2022August 31, 2022

Nope contains some of the most eclectic, and beautiful, visual effects you’ll see this year.

Articles

An effects artist’s dream project: Predator mandibles, cloaking and a bear fight in ‘Prey’

Posted onAugust 30, 2022October 15, 2022

Plus, making a bear fight seven-foot-tall alien creature.

Articles

4 great things I saw at SIGGRAPH

Posted onAugust 25, 2022August 25, 2022

Volumetric capture, ILM in-depth, Unity’s virtual camera and a fireside with Tim Miller and Gretchen Libby.

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