VFX Futures: Christos Obretenov on stylized rendering
Looking at one of the big new trends in animation.
VFX Notes: Ep 7 – Free Guy, Mortal Kombat, Super Mario, Final Fantasy and films based on video games
What works, and doesn't work, with movies that start as games?
VFX Firsts: 25 years of Foundry
The founders of Foundry celebrate their quarter century birthday.
VFX Futures: Kevin Mack’s abstract virtual reality artworks
The art of making VR art.
VFX Firsts: What was the first film to use Houdini?
The surprising VFX breakthroughs of this Arnold Schwarzenegger film.
VFX Futures: How a deep learning renderer was used to re-animate a character’s lines in ‘Free Guy’
Digital Domain used its Charlatan tool to re-animate a line for the game-play version of Channing Tatum in the film.
VFX Futures: How do you edit a live action/CG hybrid film?
'Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway' editor Matt Villa explains.
VFX Notes: Ep 6 – Looking back at ‘2010: The Year We Make Contact’, and, are miniatures dead?
A deep dive with Hugo and Ian on an old-school film and old-school VFX techniques.
VFX Futures: Facial capture, CG and cut scenes on Codemasters’ ‘F1 2021’
How REALTIME and DI4D combined for the new story-mode on this racing game.
VFX Futures: Framestore’s FIRA for portable real-time rig deformation
The VFX studio explains their tech to extend proprietary simulation and rigging tools to real-time workflows.
VFX Artifacts: The alpha channel and Alvy Ray Smith
The computer graphics pioneer goes deep on RGBA.
VFX Notes: Ep 5 – The Suicide Squad, Jungle Cruise, Old, and de-ageing VFX
Notes on the latest films and techniques.
VFX Futures: Where are we at with virtual production?
Boom! Another VFX podcast show from befores & afters!
VFX Firsts: The first film to use an all-CG photoreal character
Could this breakthrough film with VFX from ILM contain yet another first?
VFX Artifacts: Elastic Reality
The VFX software was highly influential in the 90s, particularly in shots requiring morphing.
VFX Notes: Ep 4 – Space Jam 2, Tomorrow War, Loki, and a look at LED volume filmmaking
Hugo and Ian review some films and shows, and discuss LED walls.
VFX Firsts: The first motion capture used in a film
Total Recall? Or The Lawnmower Man? Find out in the latest podcast ep...
VFX Artifacts: The Bullet Time rig from ‘The Matrix’
How the actual rig was built and operated for the Wachowskis' film.
VFX Notes: Ep 3 – Black Widow, SIGGRAPH preview, LUTs, CG vs. practical
Hugo and Ian discuss movies and more in this latest episode.
VFX Firsts: What was the first digital matte painting in a film?
A game-changer in VFX in so many ways.
VFX Notes: Ep 2 – F9, stylization in animation, VFX forums and z-depth
Hugo and Ian are back with episode 2 of the podcast.
VFX Artifacts: The Dinosaur Input Device
A chat with Craig Hayes about the stop-motion armature input device made during 'Jurassic Park'.
VFX Firsts: What was the first previs made for a film?
Previs has a rich history, find out more in the podcast.
VFX Notes: Ep 1 – Actor replacement, UE5 and what exactly is gamma?
A new podcast from Hugo's Desk and befores & afters is here!
VFX Firsts: What was the first ocean simulation in a film?
The early days of mastering CG water.
VFX Firsts: The first motion control shot in a film
A filmmaking technique that might just be a lot older than you think.
VFX Firsts: What was the first digital face replacement in a film?
Just one of the many breakthroughs on this particular movie...
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