‘The Mandalorian’ and ‘Star Trek Discovery’ take out VFX Creative Arts Emmys
The single episode and season VFX awards have been announced.
Netflix runs down a raft of make-up effects projects in this video
Including Army of the Dead, Bright and more.
VFX Notes: Ep 7 – Free Guy, Mortal Kombat, Super Mario, Final Fantasy and films based on video games
What works, and doesn't work, with movies that start as games?
Watch this fun ‘Jungle Cruise’ VFX breakdown from UPP
Includes city builds, and some submarine moments.
Watch these ‘Sweet Home’ mocap and on-set breakdown videos
The videos showcase Westworld's use of Xsens and NCAM tools.
InCamera’s underwater filming series begins
Learn how to create underwater movie shots without using water.
VFX Firsts: 25 years of Foundry
The founders of Foundry celebrate their quarter century birthday.
Are you watching ‘Vigil’? Go behind the scenes of the VFX
Goodbye Kansas shares info about its visual effects work for the BBC series.
Watch this Axis Studios breakdown of their ‘Love Death + Robots: Tall Grass’ short
Behind the scenes with the studio.
You’ve seen this Unreal Engine character before, and now YOU can animate her
A new animation sample project is also being released for UE 4.27 and UE5.
Watch how this VFX studio used deepfakes for a TV commercial
ONERT Visual Effects posted their breakdown for the spot.
VFX Futures: Kevin Mack’s abstract virtual reality artworks
The art of making VR art.
Tech Weeklies: Redshift, CamTrackAR, 24 Hours of Chaos, RED’s V-RAPTOR ST
The latest in VFX tech news.
How ILM made Alligator Loki
Plus, the making of the Void and the shot ILM did that ran almost the entire length of the production.
How ILM made digital Abba band member avatars
For the upcoming virtual ABBA Voyage concert.
Get ready for InCamera’s special video series on shooting sub miniatures
(And you can already read a special in-depth preview of this in issue #2 of befores & afters magazine).
VFX Firsts: What was the first film to use Houdini?
The surprising VFX breakthroughs of this Arnold Schwarzenegger film.
So, what happens when you’re asked to make a character out of mud and frogs?
Not to mention…a character full of snakes, or one made of honeycomb and bees!
Xencelabs Pen Tablet Medium Bundle with Quick Keys
Read this run-down of the tablet from pro VFX artist Alvaro Claver.
Tech Weeklies: New ZBrush, update on Unity’s VFX Graph, details on WetaH
The latest releases in VFX and animation tools.
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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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