How a tracking algorithm helped insert Tom Hanks into news scenes with historical figures in ‘Forrest Gump’
A look back at the early days of tracking and matchmoving at ILM for the film.
Illumination’s illustration of the animation process is fun
A large illustration with some info boxes guides you through.
Here’s how Will Smith and Martin Lawrence took on a giant albino alligator in ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’
Behind the visual effects with Framestore.
Patreon: How a key line made its way into ‘The Lion King’
A fun nugget of info with Brenda Chapman!
How Death, the talking macaw, was brought to life in ‘Tuesday’
Behind the on-set performance and visual effects in Daina O. Pusić’s film, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Behind the scenes of Robert Zemeckis’ ‘HERE’
Including a brief look at the de-ageing and virtual production work on the film.
Making young Furiosa
How Rising Sun Pictures employed machine learning techniques to translate the look of Anya Taylor-Joy’s Furiosa to the actor playing her younger
SFX supervisor Brian Johnson discusses ‘Thunderbirds’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘Space: 1999’ and more
The SFX legend recounts his career in this interview.
Patreon: ‘Tarzan’ turns 25 – a look back at Deep Canvas
Painting 3D geometry.
Patreon: John Bruno on the original Slimer and optical compositing from ‘Ghostbusters’
The making of Slimer, and more!
The 10th Annual VES NY Celebration and how you can attend
A look at the awards, how to grab tickets and a breakdown of the event with VES NY board chairman Jose L.
‘It’s like a constantly evolving three-dimensional puzzle’
The VFX of ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’, incl the crazy War Rig scenes, impressive wasteland, immense rotoscoping, and how Anya Taylor-Joy’s
The VFX of ‘Fallout’: shooting on an LED volume on film, crafting one-eyed digital humans, mixing practical and digital, and more
Visual effects supervisor Jay Worth on the extensive visual effects of the Amazon series.
See the new features in Golaem 9 in this release video
The crowd tool updates include a new animation engine, ways to create shots without simulation, foot locking, and an ML deformer.
Patreon: ‘The Flintstones’ at 30, perhaps a forgotten turning point in VFX history
A new retro article for Patreons!
Patreon: Looking back at ‘The Day After Tomorrow’
A new RETRO EXCLUSIVES piece at the Patreon - a podcast with VFX supe Karen Goulekas.
I think this was the coolest sequence from ‘The Day After Tomorrow’
A look back at The Orphanage's work on those freezing helicopters for the 20th anniversary.
Patreon: How that elevator explosion in ‘The Matrix’ was crafted
Miniatures and CG.
Patreon: Those doors in the Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi vs Darth Maul duel
Some fun notes from visual effects supervisor Scott Squires.
Watch the new ViewScreen Scout real-time scouting app in action
The app, in beta, is currently free.
‘We were almost like a little mini ILM inside ILM’
Go behind the scenes of Industrial Light & Magic’s matte painting department from the early 1980s on The NeverEnding Story, which turns
Here’s how those brutal fights in ‘Road House’ were helped made possible with VFX
Go behind the scenes with the careful stunt choreography, shooting fights with pads and helmets, and meticulous VFX work by Cinesite.
How exactly does Wētā FX take on set performance capture and translate it into living, breathing apes?
Find out in this in-depth VFX look behind the scenes of ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’.
Behind the miniature T-6 Jedi Shuttle in ‘Ahsoka’
Adam Savage from TESTED chats to modelmaker John Goodson and machinist Dan Patrascu.
The VFX you might have missed in ‘The First Omen’
Some of the seamless effects work included the jackal, setting a nun on fire, and de-modernizing Rome.
‘I really feel like the cameras tell half the story’: Behind the visualization of ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’
How The Third Floor helped craft the film’s craziest sequences.
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