‘You just described a movie that’s got eight pipelines in it and eight different looks!’
How Imageworks tackled the look and feel of ‘Vivo’.
Creative studio Taylor James breaks down boundaries with AWS
Cloud-based workflow brings scalable capacity, access to global talent and seamless remote collaboration.
VFX Firsts: The first film to use an all-CG photoreal character
Could this breakthrough film with VFX from ILM contain yet another first?
Meet the SIGGRAPH 2021 Featured Speakers: your guide to their sessions
Animation studios, deep fakes, math, interactive gaming, animals and robots!
Possible spoilers: Watch this VFX breakdown for ‘Lamb’
Great work done here by Edisen (formerly The Chimney Group).
‘Loki’ visual effects supervisor Dan DeLeeuw on the hardest scene to pull off in the show
He also talks about the retro feel to the VFX, filling bluescreens with final shots, and offers his thoughts on LED volume shooting.
Breaking down the end of the timeline in ‘Loki’
A new official Marvel breakdown video.
Tech Weeklies: HieroPlayer for free, Cascadeur updates, new Blackmagic Studio Camera, das element launches
A week of tech news, right here.
VFX Artifacts: Elastic Reality
The VFX software was highly influential in the 90s, particularly in shots requiring morphing.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: A helicopter, a prison, an avalanche and a digital pig
"They had four trained pigs on set and they were all very good, fine actors, but..."
Here’s how they made Miss Minutes for ‘Loki’
A new Marvel behind the scenes interview with VFX supe Brad Parker.
Here’s how that crazy motorbike jump onto a C-17 in ‘Infinite’ was done
Plus, a breakdown of some of the film's other intense visual effects.
VFX Notes: Ep 4 – Space Jam 2, Tomorrow War, Loki, and a look at LED volume filmmaking
Hugo and Ian review some films and shows, and discuss LED walls.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: Making the Red Room red
How VFX aided in Dreykov’s map projections and more.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: How Belova blew off that BMW back door in Budapest
ILM breaks down their role in the motorcycle and heavy vehicle smash-up.
Behind ‘Black Widow’: Setting the scene with that sudden opening escape
How the plane escape—and de-ageing-VFX—were carried out.
Celebrating ‘Joe’s Apartment’ and those CG cockroaches
The roaches came to life thanks to Blue Sky Studios.
VFX Watch: VFX and Chill
VFX and Chill is a fun Maxon/Red Giant video series with Daniel "Hashi" Hashimoto (Action Movie Kid) and Seth Worley.
Tech Weeklies: Epic buys Sketchfab, Unity buys SpeedTree, FreeMoCap, ASWF Open Source Days
The latest in VFX tech.
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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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