How the Celestial Island scene in ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ was re-worked with previs and VFX
Here’s how the VFX team helped design the final sequence. Plus, how they made Harrison Ford’s Hulk, and a character that audiences
Behind the face replacement VFX and **those** lasers in the craziest scene from ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’
befores & afters goes behind the scenes with Rising Sun Pictures.
The visual effects you may not have noticed in ‘Maria’
Behind the invisible environment, crowd and clean-up VFX in the Angelina Jolie film.
Thunderbolts*, The Perfect Storm, live make-up effects session and the history of Nuke…all coming to FMX
A special preview of the 'Then & Now' sessions coming to FMX.
Making a mint
Behind DNEG's work on Skeleton Crew.
‘Dune: Part Two’ wins BAFTA for Special Visual Effects
The BAFTA for Special Visual Effects was awarded to Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer and Rhys Salcombe for 'Dune: Part Two.'
Mocap actor and VFX supervisor: the ‘Better Man’ Q&A
Wētā FX visual effects supervisor Luke Millar and motion capture performer Jonno Davies discuss bringing Robbie Williams to life.
Here are all the winners from the 23rd Annual VES Awards
Major prizes went to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Civil War, The Wild Robot, Shōgun and The Penguin.
How that crazy car crash oner in ‘Carry-On’ was made
Including filming actors on a bluescreen rotisserie rig.
Get all the details on the upcoming Virtual Productions Gathering 2025
It's happening in Breda, Netherlands April 9-10, 2025. Find out how to get discounted tickets with a special befores & afters code.
Adding to the Offspring, and crashing a massive space station
Behind Wētā FX’s killer visual effects on ‘Alien: Romulus.’
How One of Us gave a stop-motion feel to their digital visual effects on ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
Behind the scenes of the Sandworm, the shark attack, and those face-stretching shots.
See the speaker line-up at IAMAG Master Classes 25
Includes artists from Arcane, Avatar: The Way of Water and The Wild.
‘…one more thing’
How the directors of ‘Heretic’ gave Niche VFX the film’s biggest and most surprising VFX shot.
This year’s Sci-Techs have been announced
See all the recipients here in this press release from the Academy.
Snowmen in the sun, and other incredible effects
Behind the visual effects by Imageworks for ‘Red One’.
Here are all the Oscar VFX nominees for 2025
Congrats to all the nominees!
Here are all the nominees for the 23rd Annual VES Awards
Leading the noms are 'Dune: Part Two', 'The Wild Robot', 'Shōgun' and 'The Penguin'.
‘We called it hands through face’
Behind that stunning visual effect in 'Deadpool & Wolverine' where Cassandra moves her hands through Paradox, Wolverine and Deadpool’s faces.
Here’s how PXO AKIRA’s new motion base vehicle processing ecosystem works
It was just announced at CES.
The new tech that made ‘Mufasa’ possible
Behind MPC’s QuadCap motion capture, premium previs and 2,000 frame renders on the film.
‘Here’: A test with Tom Hanks
The de-ageing Pepsi challenge. An excerpt from issue #24 of befores & afters magazine in print.
Yep, Wētā FX did it, they turned Robbie Williams into a chimpanzee
Behind the scenes of ‘Better Man’.
Here’s the 10 films that will go to the VFX Bake-off in early 2025
Another stunning year in VFX!
How visual effects put ships (and sharks!) in the Colosseum
Visual effects supervisor Mark Bakowski breaks down key sequences from Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator II’, including the Colosseum ship battle, the rhino and
So, what’s it like to get to work on lightsabers?
How beloFX contributed to ‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’.
How DNEG made Venom dance
Plus, DNEG’s visual effects for Venom Horse and the Venom vs Xenophage airplane fight in ‘Venom: The Last Dance’.
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Issue #64: The visual effects of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, s2.
Issue #63: The visual effects of 28 Years Later.
Issue #62: The visual effects of The Boys, s5.
Issue #61: The visual effects of Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age.
