VFX Notes: The VFX of ‘RRR’ – Part 1
The big, bold VFX sequences from this glorious film.
b&a podcast: Behind the lighting tech behind those stunning scenes in ‘Ragnarok’ and ‘Love and Thunder’
Satellite Lab detail the evolution of their specialized lighting and imaging tech.
b&a podcast: The creatures of ‘Resident Evil’
From a giant caterpillar to a giant croc.
VFX Notes: OMG that goop in ‘Stranger Things 3’
Melting rats, goop, the Tom/Bruce Monster and Starcourt Mall are all covered in VFX Notes.
VFX Futures: How this new RenderMan Walking Teapot short film pays homage to an animated classic
We talk to Pixar's Dylan Sisson about 'Teapot Meets Potzilla', a homage to Marv Newland's 'Bambi Meets Godzilla' made with RenderMan's Stylized
VFX Notes: Demodogs, Dart, Mind Flayer and the Gate in ‘Stranger Things 2’
We cover the VFX of 'Stranger Things 2'.
VFX Futures: Making a bird skull god and a hippo god for ‘Moon Knight’
A look behind the scenes at these Framestore creatures.
VFX Notes: Meet the Demogorgon from ‘Stranger Things 1’
The first ep in our 'Stranger Things' series.
VFX Notes: The making of *that* batmobile chase
How the Batman/Penguin batmobile chase in ‘The Batman’ was made. This week on VFX Notes, Hugo Guerra from Hugo’s Desk and Ian
VFX Futures: How all those sparks in Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ were created
Pixar effects supervisor Bill Watral discusses sparks, light speed and more.
VFX Notes: Volker Engel on ‘Godzilla’
The visual effects supervisor re-visits the many practical and digital challenges on the 1998 film.
VFX Futures: The end titles of ‘Moon Knight’
Behind the work by Perception on the main-on-ends for the Oscar Isaac series.
VFX Notes: ‘Last Night in Soho’ (and the best mirror shots in movies)
We look deep into the VFX of Edgar Wright's film.
VFX Notes: We got cows!
It's part 2 of our Twister chat.
VFX Notes: Inside the ‘Doctor Strange’ NYC mirror dimension
Plus a look at those Hong Kong reverse shots.
VFX Futures: NVIZ on the previs of ‘Morbius’
How NVIZ approached their visualization work on the film.
VFX Notes: ‘Twister’ – a meeting of the minds of practical & digital effects
Part 1 of our deep dive into the Jan de Bont film.
VFX Futures: ftrack’s Fredrik Limsäter on the state of play of production tracking
We also get to the bottom of ftrack's name...
VFX Notes: Doctor Strange — The Magic Mystery Tour
It's part 2 of the podcast on 'Doctor Strange'!
VFX Artifacts: Paul Debevec on Light Stage 3
We narrow in on this crucial development in the history of Light Stages, including the role of LED lighting.
Moving from VFX to games: meet Blinkmoon
What's different, and what's the same, about gaming and VFX?
VFX Notes: ‘Doctor Strange’, part 1, including that freakin’ cloak
We're gearing up for the release of the new film!
Looking back at the practical and digital effects of ‘Anaconda’
Happy 25th birthday to the film's animatronic snake.
Concept designer Ben Mauro on building his ‘HUXLEY’ universe
How Mauro dreamt up a graphic novel project and has turned it into so much more.
VFX Futures: The VFX art department–a chat with Cinesite’s Madeleine Scott-Spencer
How Cinesite's art department operates, and how it has adapted to virtual production workflows.
Zendaya and Tom Holland’s wire work, digi-doubles, and the art of comp’ing hair
How Luma Pictures helped craft the VFX of the opening sequences of 'Spider-Man: No Way Home'.
VFX Futures: The evolution of Richard Linklater’s rotoscoped animation films
Behind the scenes of 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood'.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
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