How ILM invented ambient occlusion for ‘Pearl Harbor’
Plus, a look back at the miniatures work, and rarely-discussed motion capture approaches.
All the major VFX and animation innovations in ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’
Fire, water and creatures covered in the latest VFX Notes episode.
A mysterious creature in a mysterious retirement community: the VFX of ‘The Boroughs’
A brand new podcast with VFX supervisor Tara DeMarco.
A deep dive into the visual effects of ‘Murderbot’
A new podcast with visual effects supervisor Sean Faden.
VFX Notes on ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ – CGI, puppets, miniatures and stop-motion
A new VFX Notes episode on the film with Ian and Hugo.
The old-school show-within-a-show in ‘Wonder Man’ used some old-school effects techniques
Including forced perspective miniature effects.
The art of CG ping pong balls and crowds in ‘Marty Supreme’
A brand new podcast, with visual effects supervisor Eran Dinur.
How to make a photoreal CG octopus: the VFX of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures’
Behind the scenes with Untold Studios, including a whole bunch of before/after images.
In-depth on the all the key explosive visual effects in Netflix’s ‘Man on Fire’
Listen to the brand new podcast on the series.
How the artistic innovations behind the ‘Spider-Verse’ films led to a Scientific and Technical Award
Diving deep into the tools Superdraw and Kismet, and on brushing and patching.
ILM’s Ben Morris reflects on ‘The Last Jedi’ and ‘ABBA Voyage’
Behind the key challenges in those very different projects.
ILM’s Rachel Rose on the R&D side of visual effects
How StageCraft came to be, plus a look at BlockParty 2 and Fez.
ILM’s Jeff White breaks down that incredible oner from ‘The Avengers’
A look back at the ILM Vancouver creative director's career.
Rob Bredow shares ‘Solo’ stories, and how ILM inspired him before he was even at ILM
It's the third ep of our special ILM series.
A deep dive into Wētā FX’s visual effects for ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Including everything you need to know about Malgosha.
The making of ‘F1’, at VFX Notes
Our 2026 VFX Oscars nominees season is here!
ILM’s Janet Lewin reflects on more than three decades with the studio
Her early VFX producer roles including Pearl Harbor and Hulk, the development of StageCraft, and more.
The creatures of ‘Keeper’
A fascinating story about extending and augmenting and enhancing practical creatures on the film.
Our new ILM podcast series starts with Dennis Muren!
The legendary VFX supe on speeder bike chase in ROTJ, stained glass knight in Young Sherlock Holmes, & how ILM conquered digital
The final Rise of AI Robots ep is here!
Looking back at 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day' at VFX Notes.
Alec Gillis on the practical effects design process for ‘Predator: Badlands’
What went into Dek and other characters on the film.
How the in-house VFX process worked on s2 of ‘The Sandman’
A rarely-discussed insight into how visual effects work is done.
Crafting ‘Andor’ season 2
VFX supervisor Mohen Leo and VFX producer TJ Falls break it down on the befores & afters podcast.
Our special 1hr20 VFX Notes ep on ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ is now here!
We sit down in person with VFX supe Christian Manz, and include a TON of VFX breakdowns.
How on-set scanning of environments and actor capture works
Clear Angle Studios discusses photogrammetry booths, LiDAR scans and other capture on big projects.
‘Ghost in the Shell’ vs ‘Ghost in the Shell’
A new VFX Notes episode is here!
How Framestore helped make the creatures and cinematography of ‘Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age’ feel so real
Plus, the incredible on-set puppetry utilized in the show.
