VFX Artifacts: How the ‘Harry Potter’ miniature Hogwarts Castle was made
Model supervisor Robbie Scott goes back to the first 'Potter' film in this new ep.
VFX Futures: The art and tech behind Nivellan
How ILM helped transform Kristofer Hivju into the beastly character in s2 of 'The Witcher.'
VFX Notes: VFX supervisor Stef Ceretti joins us on the podcast!
The VFX supervisor shares fun old-school stories and tales from Marvel shoots.
VFX Futures: What it’s like to work on the VFX for a Super Bowl spot
Behind the scenes with Untold Studios' Ben Cronin and the Frito-Lay 'Push It' commercial.
VFX Futures: Douglas Trumbull on his plan to change cinema
A never released audio interview with the VFX pioneer.
VFX Firsts: What was the first composite done in Nuke?
We try to get to the bottom of the first comp done at Digital Domain in their tool.
VFX Notes: Go behind the scenes of ‘Tenet’
"I'll see you at the beginning, friend."
VFX Notes: The VFX of ‘Eternals’
A new video and audio podcast on the Marvel film is here.
VFX Notes: The Matrix!
"This Is The Best Thing I've Done In A Long Time."
VFX Futures: VFX supervisor Scott Stokdyk looks back on the digital human breakthroughs in ‘Spider-Man 2’
How Imageworks crafted a digital Alfred Molina and Tobey Maguire back in 2004.
VFX Futures: VFX supervisor Kaitlyn Yang on starting a studio, diversity in VFX, and more
Yang recently VFX supe'd 'The Shrink Next Door'.
VFX Notes: ‘Shang-Chi’ – A VFX and martial arts masterpiece
Go behind the scenes of the film with Hugo and Ian!
VFX Artifacts: Shane Mahan on the practical Dilophosaurus in ‘Jurassic Park’
How the 'Spitter' dino was made at Stan Winston Studio.
VFX Futures: Pipeline, tools and tech with Cinesite
Cinesite's technology leaders break down the major tech achievements and challenges facing the studio right now in VFX and animation.
VFX Notes: The art of matte painting and invisible VFX with Craig Barron
A look back at the old-school days of matte painting, and the new digital realm.
VFX Futures: The making of SideFX’s new renderer, Karma
Go inside the release of the new renderer from SideFX.
VFX Notes: Your first look at Nuke’s Unreal Reader
A sneak peek of Foundry’s new Unreal Reader tool for Nuke with a special guest. On the VFX Notes podcast with Ian
VFX Firsts: NLEs and digital film editing, with Evan Schiff
Do you remember your first non-linear editing experience?
VFX Notes: Celebrating the 10th episode!
We turn 10, and discuss the VFX of Venom 2, Halloween Kills, The French Dispatch, and the state of play of WFH
VFX Futures: Behind the scenes of ‘My Universe’ from Coldplay x BTS
Volumetric capture and VFX.
VFX Notes: Looking back at David Lynch’s ‘Dune’
The practical, miniature, matte painting and optical visual effects behind the 1984 film.
VFX Artifacts: Phil Tippett on ED-209 in ‘RoboCop’
The iconic ED-209 is the latest VFX Artifact we discuss.
VFX Futures: The visualization tools and techniques behind The Third Floor
Breaking down The Third Floor's approach to previs and more.
VFX Notes: Ep 8 – David Fincher and the rise of invisible VFX
A look behind the scenes at films like 'Zodiac' and 'The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.'
VFX Futures: The FreeMoCap Project
An inexpensive and open source mocap solution might be on the horizon.
VFX Futures: How Halon previs’d ‘Free Guy’
Go behind the scenes of the visualization of the film.
VFX Futures: Christos Obretenov on stylized rendering
Looking at one of the big new trends in animation.
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