VFX notes from the ICG ‘Mandalorian’ s2 panel
befores & afters live-tweeted some highlights.
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Moving to real-time: ‘The Seed of Juna’
How the short was reimagined with Unreal Engine 4.
‘Wolfwalkers’ and the art of staging shots
Directors Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart reveal the secrets behind their animated feature.
How a test using a plate from ‘Jumanji’ helped sell the CG approach on ‘Mars Attacks!’
Behind the ILM test footage.
‘Mank’ VFX: ‘body-and-fender’ work and so much more
Behind Mank's invisible visual effects.
See what’s possible with just an iPhone and Unreal Engine
Kite & Lightning is back with more Baby Yoda.
How MIDI files, Houdini and the art of animation made piano play possible in Pixar’s ‘Soul’
I mean, have you ever *tried* to animate a pianist playing the right notes?
Weta Digital’s meerkat Unreal short available as free sample files
Download the entire scene.
‘Mank’: inside the world of a synthetic LA and LED screens
How a 'simple' driving scene in David Fincher's film used some significant VFX.
Behind the VFX of ‘The Christmas Chronicles 2’
Weta Digital explains how they created elves, Jack-a-lotes, Santa’s flying sleigh, snowy environments and...a Yule Cat.
Monster molding for ‘Come Play’
MR. X on the combination of practical and digital for the creature Larry.
A visual journey into the VFX of ‘The Good Lord Bird’
Breaking down key VFX scenes from the show.
A Quick Tutorial on Digital Painting and Spatial Frequencies
Understanding one of the most useful compositing techniques for quality paint and clean-up, in this tutorial from Escape Studios' Allar Kaasik.
It’s here: issue #1 of befores & afters in print
You can now order a print version of befores & afters!
How Digital Domain aged David Beckham
They used their new face-swapping tech Charlatan for this Malaria Must Die campaign.
Unreal Engine 4.26 is out
Epic Games updates virtual production toolset, hair and fur, and other features.
Here’s how you can learn Python, online, right now
This course, for CG and VFX artists and TDs, eases you into coding in Python.
Get to know your volumetric video camera
A deep dive into Volucam from IO Industries.
In the LoUPE
Inside Tangent Labs’ new cloud-based 3D asset management and production tool.
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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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