Behind the invisible effects of ‘The Instigators’
Car chases, explosions and even adding water onto actors.
How Wētā FX made that 5400 frame Vermithor dragon oner in ‘House of the Dragon’
Plus, behind the scenes of their dragon riding VFX.
A look at the state of play of virtual production with Jim Geduldick
LED walls, VADs, big films, smaller projects, and more.
The state of play in VFX employment right now
VFX recruiter Simon Davies shares his thoughts on the industry, getting back into the industry, and getting a VFX job in general.
VFX supervisor Stephan Fleet on the latest mayhem he helped orchestrate for ‘The Boys’
Season 4's flying killer sheep, cloning, shapeshifters, eels, octopus and more.
Celebrating the CG legacy of ‘The Last Starfighter’
Jim Rygiel breaks down his work on the groundbreaking film.
The machine learning tech behind Digital Domain’s in-house facial capture tool Masquerade3
Behind the scenes of Digital Domain's facial animation process.
All about the motion base mechs in the Jennifer Lopez film, ‘Atlas’
How VFX decisions for shooting the mechs were made, and dealing with all the on-set, talent and vendor challenges along the way.
Behind the tests, on-set shoot and CG animation of the characters in ‘IF’
A deep dive with Framestore.
VFX supe Mike Fink chats ‘Blade Runner’ props, ‘Batman Returns’ mattes and miniatures, and the lost shots of ‘Golden Compass’
Gear up for an in-depth chat, straight from FMX, with the Oscar winning visual effects supervisor.
Inside the visual effects of ‘Inside Out 2’
Character rigging, hair, particles, rendering and that crazy memory orb avalanche.
How those nuclear explosions were made for ‘Fallout’
Breaking down the nukes with RISE, as well as wasteland environments, vertibirds and battle shots.
How multiple Robert Downey Jr.’s appeared on screen in ‘The Sympathizer’
Behind the scenes of the HBO series.
The impressive array of seamless VFX shots in ‘Ripley’
That boat scene, the environments, and shots you may not even have thought were VFX ones.
Miniatures, puppets, lightsabers and Purrgils
The VFX of 'Ahsoka'.
‘Speed’ is 30, and VFX Notes is 3! Come celebrate with us!
A brand new episode of VFX Notes looks at 'the bus movie'.
Go behind the scenes of this full-length CG anime from HaZ Dulull
The making of 'MAX BEYOND' using Unreal Engine, Reallusion tools, Xsens motion capture and a suite of other tools.
The creatures of ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
How characters like Appa and Momo were made.
You might not even notice any VFX in ‘We Were the Lucky Ones’
Go behind the scenes of the WWII drama.
Creatures, battles, environments — the big VFX in ‘Halo The Series’ s2
Plus, get an inside look at asset creation and go behind the scenes with several VFX breakdown snippets.
The invisible effects of ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’
Go behind the scenes of the VFX of the show.
All about time slipping and spaghettification in ‘Loki’ s2
Plus, how the loom scenes were achieved.
Breaking down the VFX in ‘Discovery’ and ‘Strange New Worlds’
Practical and digital effects for the Gorn, virtual production and CG work for the sandrunners, and a look at the Itrinok creatures,
Stefen Fangmeier on the big ‘3 Body Problem’ VFX moments
Ship slicing, the VR game, dehydration of bodies, and that chrome VR headset.
Visual effects problem solving: the dinosaurs of ’65’
How VFX helps solve story.
Yes, we did an episode about ‘Cats’
'Cats' has reached legendary status in VFX...here's why.
Chris Nichols on Chaos’ new adventure into virtual production
Ray tracing in the real-time world of LED walls.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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How the right school helped this compositor land his latest credit on 'Invasion' season 3.
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