At the time, PCs were not being used heavily for Hollywood VFX.
Category: Retro
“I thought, ‘This is not going to work.’ But nobody has ever questioned it.”
The CG secrets behind General Grievous’ cape.
The miniature FX of ‘Air Force One’
Watch these video interviews with the team behind the work.
Remember those giraffes in ’12 Monkeys’?
Here’s how they were crafted in CG, along with some of the other animals in the film.
‘Cast Away’ and the story behind Imageworks’ in-house compositing software
The untold tale of Bonsai.
How a test using a plate from ‘Jumanji’ helped sell the CG approach on ‘Mars Attacks!’
Behind the ILM test footage.
It’s 25 years since ‘Goldeneye’ – a huge miniatures film
Revisit some of the film’s models with Nigel Blake.
Retro RenderMan: ‘Children of Men’
How Framestore made a baby.
The CG side of the animated ‘Mulan’
Looking back on the mix of 2D and CG in the 1998 film.
‘We got cows’
A look-back at ‘Twister’, with VIEW Conference speaker Stefen Fangmeier.
Retro RenderMan: King Kong’s giant fur challenges
‘wmFur’, the Marschner Model and more.
Retro RenderMan: ILM’s stunning Davy Jones
The rendering advancements made for the extremely memorable character.
‘I’m treating my animals like movie stars’
Inside the VFX journey to make the animals of ‘Babe’ talk.
Neal Scanlan explains how Babe the pig was puppeteered
‘When you watch a pig, it’s never still for one second.’
Behind the visual effects test that greenlit ‘Hollow Man’
VFX supe Scott E. Anderson looks back at digital humans, greenscreen paint and the genius casting of Kevin Bacon.
The animatronic sheep in ‘Babe’ almost lost their coats before filming even started
Plus other fun sheep stories from the movie, currently celebrating its 25th anniversary.
An admission: I totally forgot about the great CG spacesuits in ‘Space Cowboys’
Righting that wrong with the film’s visual effects supervisor.
Retro RenderMan: shading on ‘Finding Nemo’
How RenderMan was used for the film’s coral reef.
Tumultuous titles: the crazy story behind ‘Waterworld’s’ opening moments
One of several memorable Universal logo take-overs, and it even involved a giant globe…
Retro RenderMan: shading food for ‘Ratatouille’
How Pixar made cheese and bread and grapes look good enough to eat.
‘Stealth’ has the most memorable movie missile launch shot. Ever.
Here’s how it was made, including the last minute changes.
Miniaturization secrets: Eric Brevig on ‘The Indian in the Cupboard’
Celebrate the VFX of the now 25-year-old movie.
Did you know the finale of Ghost used video effects?
A look back at Boss Film’s end Heaven sequence.
Remember that pin table map from ‘X-Men’?
Here’s how it was simulated, two decades ago.
When motion capture puppets were all the rage
A look back at Boss Film’s input device for Species’ Sil.