The insider guide to the art and tech of ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
A new VFX Notes breaks down the big ticket VFX items in the film.
Digital people, CG water, miniatures, morphing: ‘Titanic’ had it all
VFX supervisor Rob Legato looks back on 25 years since the film was released. And yes we talk about Propeller Guy!
‘The Voice in the Hollow’ is an Unreal Engine short with a difference
Made in UE5 with the support of Gnomon and Epic Games. Plus, there's some really interesting mocap and other techniques used by
Real and synthetic: the VFX of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’
One of the most incredible films of 2022.
Framestore on designing an immersive exhibition for the Science Museum in London
What goes into making immersive exhibition experiences.
Scott Eaton on the state of A.I. in art
Generative art, Midjourney, A.I., neural networks, machine learning: what it means for artists.
Ending the world (multiple times) for ‘The End is Nye’
Shooting on greenscreen and destroying the world (and Bill Nye).
Building blood trees, removing noses, catching spears and heading to Valhalla
Behind BlueBolt's visual effects for 'The Northman'.
The VFX behind the forging of the Three Rings in ‘The Rings of Power’
What went into making molten metal and more.
Upending the classic VFX approach: ‘Everything Everywhere all at Once’
How only a small number of VFX artists managed a massive effort on the film. And yes we ALSO talk about Raccacoonie.
How Reallusion’s automatic character rigging app AccuRIG came to be
Reallusion’s John Martin joins the befores & afters podcast to explain. Today on a special VFX Insight edition of the befores &
From ‘Gravity’ tethers to, literally, Ragdoll Dynamics
A history of how this Maya plugin came to be.
‘Avatar’ changed performance capture, 3D and virtual production
"You are on Pandora."
Access:VFX has expanded
A new European chapter has been launched.
Rob Bredow on the state of play of virtual production at ILM
The latest on StageCraft and other tech at ILM.
Alien entities, day for night, and inflatable tube men
VFX Notes is back, and it's back in a big way, with 'NOPE'.
Kevin Baillie on the virtual production of ‘Pinocchio’
An array of VP techniques helped make the Robert Zemeckis film possible.
How to make a CG mountain lion (and make it attack Kevin Hart)
Milk VFX breaks down their work for 'Me Time'.
‘Pinocchio’: going from virtual production to VFX
MPC breaks down its work on the Robert Zemeckis film.
Making a CG zoetrope for this Pharrell music video
Go inside the art and the tech.
Wētā FX on the tricky task of those battling Asgardian kids in ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’
Plus, making shadow creatures!
How DNEG Animation gave ‘Entergalactic’ its stylized look
Go behind the scenes with key members of the team.
Solving a 3D boat scan was a big part of Industrial Pixel’s beginnings
Scanning on a boat on water is harder than you might think.
That time Tom Holland got hit by a bluescreen car
4 hours of stuffies discussion (just kidding).
b&a podcast: Rose Duignan and Hal Hickel on the history of ILM
The early days of ILM, the practical-to-digital transition, and the latest innovations at the studio.
The AI tool used to redub F-bombs and go from an R rating to PG-13
How lines of dialogue were changed in the film, 'Fall'.
Part 2 of the VFX Notes podcast on ‘RRR’ is here!
Throwing leopards and punching tigers.
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