If you’re squeamish, maybe don’t watch this ‘Old Guard’ breakdown reel
But it does show the fantastic VFX work by Image Engine.
‘Westworld’: what it took to transform the Los Angeles skyline
Pixomondo on its future LA VFX work.
There’s some clever practical filmmaking in Damien Chazelle’s vertical iPhone movie
The director of 'La La Land' even included an in-camera iPhone composite in the vertically shot 'The Stunt Double'.
Behind Prop Store’s Nostromo model restoration
Just in time for the huge live auction later this month.
It’s pretty wild to see this ‘Kissing Booth 2’ scene was filmed on greenscreen
Netflix has posted a befores and afters vid.
How to set up an indie virtual production studio at home
Matt Workman breaks down his work-from-home approach using Unreal Engine.
DigiPro 2020 preview: Mando, Trolls, Cats and more
DigiPro is going virtual this year.
Wait, there’s a talking goldfish!? These are the killer VFX scenes from s2 of ‘The Umbrella Academy’
SPOILER WARNING: The making of the opening battle oner, baby Pogo, a fish-headed android, Ghost Ben and the final confrontation.
Have you been checking out Kite & Lightning’s facial cap demos?
Showcasing new characters (even Baby Yoday) animated with Unreal Engine, iPhone and Xsens.
Under the SkinGen, with Reallusion
Character Creator 3.3's digital human workflow now includes SkinGen.
FXhome releases CamTrackAR
The iOS app captures video and 3D tracking data simultaneously.
Woah – check out the physics-based character animation software Cascadeur
Cascadeur open beta is out.
How virtual production was used to make ‘His Dark Material’s’ big bear fight
Step-by-step with Framestore.
Get ready for Real-Time Live! at SIGGRAPH 2020
One of the coolest events at SIGGRAPH.
See what’s new in the latest VES Handbook of Visual Effects
The third edition is now out.
The VFX Emmy noms are out!
Congratulations to all the nominees.
The making of ‘Chalk Warfare 4.0’
Watch the new short, and a behind the scenes featurette.
‘Medical websites, bullet hits and blast wounds – it’s pretty horrific’
UPDATED with VFX breakdown: ‘The Old Guard’ VFX supervisor Sara Bennett on what it took to make immortal mercenaries.
Check out this ‘Ghostbusters’ effects featurette
Yep, they talk about Slimer.
Foundry launches Nuke Indie
Solo artists can now use the compositing tool on commercial projects; plus Foundry releases Nuke 12.2.
SIGGRAPH 2020 Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater – the winners
It will be SIGGRAPH's first ever streaming CAF.
Behind the scenes with the on-set stand-ins in ‘His Dark Materials’
Framestore shares the puppetry, stuffies and laser pointer-guided rigs used to help make the show’s creatures.
See Pixar’s Dylan Sisson in a new PreVIEW of VIEW Conference (and RenderMan!)
I'll be joining him for a chat about the latest RenderMan tech, including NPR.
A storm, a flamethrower and a snow hedge
SFX supe Jeremy Hays reveals his practical effects for The Equalizer 2, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Doctor Sleep.
Body of Work: Framestore bears (a lot of) bears
From Paddington to Pooh.
Weta Digital’s zero-G ‘Space Force’ chimp mocap included pushing an office chair around
The VFX studio also leveraged its extensive primate experience in bringing the season-favorite character to life.
Keeping production going, remotely
Epic Games gets practical with remote multi-user virtual production.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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