Director as cheerleader? Budget-minder? Technician? What are the different sides to directing an animated feature?
Director Joel Crawford on making DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Croods: A New Age’.
Behind the scenes of ‘Lovecraft Country’
Watch the new 30 min featurette.
Lighting a city of light sources
How Imageworks tackled Lunaria in ‘Over the Moon’.
Watch, listen, absorb: Jaron Presant, ASC at Indy Mogul
The DOP explains the process of capturing VFX plates.
Pixomondo’s ‘Raised by Wolves’ breakdown is here
Creatures, environments and that crazy face cutting scene.
Watch 9 ‘Mandalorian’ VFX breakdowns all in one place
A collection of the stunning making-ofs released from season 1.
Body of Work: Rodeo FX on how it crafts crowds
Now You See Me, Game of Thrones and Fantastic Beasts.
Here’s how the effects teams on ‘Tenet’ pulled off those crazy time-bending scenes
Forwards, backwards, practical, digital—and everything in-between.
Unreal Build: where to learn more about virtual production
A new event coming from Epic Games.
VIDEO: Watch these Imageworks breakdowns for ‘Mulan’
Environments, avalanches and CG horses.
VFX Tech: Houdini 18.5
What to expect in the new Houdini release from SideFX.
Behind the hunt for unseen imagery while making ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Inside the Art & Visual Effects’
What it took to get the book written, including wading through a hard drive of 27,000 images.
Follow the process
Four industry people you should follow on social media.
Behind the scenes with ‘A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting’
Monster. Hunting.
Miniature planes for ‘Turning Tide’
Watch the film and the making-of.
‘The Boys’: inside a VFX review session on season 2
befores & afters was in the room.
5 VIEW Conference sessions you don’t want to miss
VFX, CG animation, stop-motion, VR, paper craft!
The VFX of ‘Raised by Wolves’—Part 3
Spoiler alert: Bringing a new baby into a new (alien) world.
The VFX of ‘Raised by Wolves’—Part 2
Creature feature.
The VFX of ‘Raised by Wolves’—Part 1
How they made Mother fly, and blow people apart.
Watch the making of Eva and Seth Worley’s ‘Dino Feast’
A new Red Giant film, with dinosaurs (sort of).
Want to get started in virtual production? Unreal Engine has a quick way to begin
Epic Games has released free 'Virtual Production Primer'.
NVIDIA’s Omniverse is going into open beta
The platform will be available for open beta download in fall 2020.
Missing THU? There’s still a lot going on with the event
...including the Sony Talent League, which just announced Phil Lord and Chris Miller as mentors.
Preserving a Peter Ellenshaw
The Academy Museum showcases Ellenshaw's 'Spartacus' matte painting.
‘Yellowstone’: behind the special effects
A new video featurette for the Paramount show.
VFX past, present and future at VIEW
Old-school practical FX, and virtual production, panels to check out at the conference.
Get my new book in PRINT or on KINDLE.
Issue #66: The visual effects of Avengers: Endgame.
Latest limited edition t-shirt: Pseudopod.
