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Category: Retro

Super Mario Bros.
Retro

‘Super Mario Bros.’: the other huge VFX film from 1993

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 16, 2020

The first film to use Flame in a big way, as well as several other VFX ‘firsts.’

Ruby’s Saloon
Retro

Remembering ‘Ruby’s Saloon,’ and how it helped make Maya

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 16, 2020

The untold oral history of the short that helped promote Maya to the world.

Oral history of Iron Man
Retro

Heads up: the oral history of ‘Iron Man’s’ original HUD

Posted onMarch 18, 2019December 12, 2021

It changed HUDs forever – members of the original Iron Man HUD design group look back on the work.

Deep Rising behind the scene
Retro

Tracking nightmares: behind Blur’s half-digested Billy shots in Deep Rising

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 15, 2020

Tracking was (still) hard 20 years ago.

The Matrix VFX
Retro

Three things you might not have known about Bullet Time

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 15, 2020

For befores & afters patrons.

Retro

Viewpaint: ILM’s secret weapon on ‘Jurassic Park’

Posted onNovember 16, 2018June 23, 2020

Do you really know how they texture painted the dinosaurs?

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