‘Hands through face’ on the VFX Notes show
Ian and Hugo discuss this incredible visual effect from Deadpool & Wolverine.
Paul Franklin reflects on the VFX of ‘Interstellar’
Plus, a special heads-up on the huge film he is now working on.
A new VFX Notes Bake-off special ep: the miniatures in ‘Alien: Romulus’
Hugo and Ian break down the miniatures created by Pro Machina's team and legendary miniature effects supervisor Ian Hunter.
VFX Notes: behind the animatronic head in ‘Wicked’
From our season on the Oscar Bake-off films!
How those creatures in the finale ep of ‘The Umbrella Academy’ were made
It also involved a giant inflatable chrome ball.
VFX Notes reviews the art and tech of ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’
Ian and Hugo celebrate MPC's innovations on Mufasa, including in virtual production, mocap and grooming.
It’s the VFX Notes ep on ‘Twisters’!
Hugo and Ian discuss the film as part of our special VFX Oscar Bake-off series.
What exactly does the role of a visual effects producer involve?
An in-depth chat with VFX producer Lynzi Grant.
VFX Notes goes deep on the invisible effects of ‘Civil War’
Go behind the scenes of Framestore's work on this Alex Garland film.
The stuffies and stand-ins behind ‘Lilo & Stitch’
Going from animated feature to live-action film.
The surprising use of visual effects in season 6 of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
The invisible effects work in the show you may not have noticed.
How Steamroller Animation made a 30 min animated pilot episode in Unreal Engine
The full ep is now available to watch for free!
Version Zero AI has a splines output solution for AI/ML rotoscoping
A first look at what stealth AI/ML player Version Zero AI has been up to.
Our VFX Oscar VFX Notes series comes to an end with ‘Dune: Part Two’
Join Hugo and Ian in an in-depth discussion of the film and its visual effects.
The latest machine learning side of Silhouette
The AI, ML and VFX series continues.
AI and ML in VFX from a VFX artist/supervisor point of view
Andreas Maaninka chats AI, ML and VFX.
Behind the development of Slapshot’s AI roto and generative retiming tools
Part of the AI, ML and VFX series.
The new motion prediction from Wonder Dynamics, and what’s coming with facial animation
A new podcast in the AI, ML and VFX series.
The dream of AI roto with Electric Sheep
The latest in our series on AI, ML and VFX.
How Rising Sun Pictures’ REVIZE machine learning tech came to be
Rising Sun Pictures President Jennie Zeiher on her studio's machine learning toolset called REVIZE, used on many projects for face and body
Metaphysic’s neural HMC performance injection tech
We chat to Jo Plaete from Metaphysic about the use of its neural HMC performance injection tech, including for the character Rook
Wētā FX used its Loki state machine for muscle simulations on Red Hulk in ‘Captain America: Brave New World’
Plus, the challenge of realizing the color RED on screen.
Pitch & Produce: AccuFace as the Solution for Rapid Film Production
Geoff Hecht on his film, Love Is A Championship, and how he used AccuFace for animation. Check out the article and podcast.
The ‘Wicked’ VFX Notes episode is here!
Join Ian and Hugo as we discuss the VFX of 'Wicked'.
How the motion capture worked on ‘Better Man’
Go behind the scenes of the on-set performance capture for the film.
The ‘Better Man’ VFX Notes show is here
Hugo and Ian discuss the film, the VFX, and Robbie's eyebrows.
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