VFX Notes breaks down ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’
Hugo and Ian continue the 2025 VFX Oscar nominees season of VFX Notes.
Going behind the scenes on the visual effects of ‘Alien: Romulus’
'Alien: Romulus' visual effects supervisor Eric Barba about the VFX Oscar nominated film.
Our VFX Oscar nominees season of VFX Notes is here, starting with ‘Alien: Romulus’
Go behind the scenes of the creatures and space environments of Fede Álvarez's film.
Old-school and new-school tech in ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’
Will Becher, supervising animator and stop motion lead at Aardman, on 'Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl' and the tech used in
The wide use of machine learning VFX techniques on ‘Here’
Up-rez'ing, ML for transitions, and ageing and de-ageing were all part of the mix.
Part two of the VFX Notes breakdown of ‘The Phantom Menace’ is now here
A further deep dive celebrating the achievements in 'Episode I'.
How the Academy Software Foundation works
David Morin from the Academy Software Foundation on the VFX software packages the ASWF encompasses.
How to get VFX into your Sundance film
VFX for indie filmmaking.
How DNEG crafted the troll and the Eregion battle in s2 of ‘The Rings of Power’
Including a whole heap of before/after imagery.
How to make practical water and bubble effects
Plus, old-school motion graphics anim and optical effects.
The virtual production behind ‘Daddio’
How the Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn film was shot on an LED stage.
How the wrestling scenes in ‘Unstoppable’ were made
The fantastic face replacement and other invisible effects work responsible.
In-depth on face replacement, environments and that crazy tennis ball POV shot in ‘Challengers’
A new podcast with VFX supervisor Brian Drewes.
‘The Phantom Menace’ is 25. Let’s talk about it
The latest VFX Notes podcast covers 'Episode 1'.
Animation producer Jinko Gotoh on getting her start on ‘Space Jam’
Plus, a preview of Gotoh's keynote session at SIGGRAPH Asia 2024.
How ActionVFX assets were used in ‘Godzilla Minus One’
Smoke, dust and fire elements helped combine the CG creature into final shots.
The visual effects of ‘Dune: Part Two’
An exclusive interview with visual effects supervisor Paul Lambert.
The making of ‘Gladiator’: a look back with VFX supervisor John Nelson
The Colosseum, tigers and more.
The VFX and stop-motion animation of ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
Including some very fun Easter eggs about the stop-motion scenes.
The visual effects of ‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’
Visual effects supervisor Erik Henry on using ILM StageCraft, and on the many creatures of the show.
Starting a startup in the world of VFX training
Urban Bradeško, founder of DoubleJump Academy, discusses launching a VFX training company and what it took to get there.
‘Fight Club’ is now 25 years old: we break down its stunning VFX
A new VFX Notes episode is out!
Matt Estela: a life
We chat to Matt Estela about Houdini, CG Wiki and his path from VFX into...a different world.
The invisible visual effects in the horror flick ‘Longlegs’
Planned and unplanned VFX shots, and some you may not have noticed at all.
How the Visual Effects World Atlas might change your perspective on the VFX industry
Joseph Bell has collated data on the world’s largest VFX hubs and VFX studios, the global distribution of VFX skill sets and
Creating alternate versions of reality for ‘Dark Matter’
Environments, destruction, twinning and more.
‘Sky Captain’ turns 20: looking back at filmmaking on the digital backlot
DOP Eric Adkins re-visits the groundbreaking film with befores & afters.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
How the right school helped this compositor land his latest credit on 'Invasion' season 3.
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