Urban Bradeško, aka the Explosions Guy, talks sparse GPU accelerated volumetric fluid solver Axiom
The latest episode of the befores & afters podcast is here!
A preview of FMX with Mario Müller
The VFX and animation conference is happening April 25-28.
Making vampire chimps for ‘Let the Right One In’
Behind the scenes with Ingenuity Studios.
The history of markerless motion capture company Move.ai
How Move.ai started, and what its latest mobile app lets you do with markerless mocap.
Here’s why the fluid sims on ‘The Perfect Storm’ were so hard to do
VFX Notes has a special guest -- Habib Zargarpour - who discusses his role at ILM on the oceans for 'The Perfect
VFX supe and director Adam Valdez on the new tech in his UE5 short ‘Brave Creatures’
The short utilized the new Path Tracer feature in Unreal Engine.
VFX supe Russell Dodgson explores three seasons of ‘His Dark Materials’ magic
From on-set puppetry, to CG work, to second unit directing.
How to plan for huge VFX sequences: the VFX supe and VFX producer on ‘Slumberland’
How do you get two characters to ride a giant flying goose, anyway?
How Blender Studio’s latest film, with a realistic human character, was made
Exploring the use of Blender's latest features to make 'Charge'.
A deep dive into Cinesite’s visual effects for ‘Wakanda Forever’
The latest b&a podcast is all about the film's Boston bridge chase and surrounding scenes.
Behind the VFX of ‘Wakanda Forever’
Hugo and Ian tackle the VFX of this Black Panther sequel.
How they make the fire in ‘Fire Country’
Practical fire, fire elements, fire sims.
‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ gets the VFX Notes breakdown
Smoke, tanks, environments...and rats!
Go in-depth on the visual effects by FuseFX for ‘Wendell & Wild’
Combining stop-motion and digital effects.
How the VFX for ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ were made
A new podcast with visual effects supervisor Frank Petzold.
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: Fire and Ash
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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