Director as cheerleader? Budget-minder? Technician? What are the different sides to directing an animated feature?
Director Joel Crawford on making DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Croods: A New Age’.
Boom-times: Australian animation and visualisation
A look at the growth of these industries Down Under with the major players.
Behind the scenes of ‘Lovecraft Country’
Watch the new 30 min featurette.
What Katana’s new Foresight workflows can mean for your day
The new features are here in Katana 4.0.
Lighting a city of light sources
How Imageworks tackled Lunaria in ‘Over the Moon’.
Watch, listen, absorb: Jaron Presant, ASC at Indy Mogul
The DOP explains the process of capturing VFX plates.
Pixomondo’s ‘Raised by Wolves’ breakdown is here
Creatures, environments and that crazy face cutting scene.
Epic Games to host ‘Unreal Build: Virtual Production’ event
The half-day event is happening November 10th.
Watch 9 ‘Mandalorian’ VFX breakdowns all in one place
A collection of the stunning making-ofs released from season 1.
Body of Work: Rodeo FX on how it crafts crowds
Now You See Me, Game of Thrones and Fantastic Beasts.
Here’s how the effects teams on ‘Tenet’ pulled off those crazy time-bending scenes
Forwards, backwards, practical, digital—and everything in-between.
Unreal Build: where to learn more about virtual production
A new event coming from Epic Games.
VIDEO: Watch these Imageworks breakdowns for ‘Mulan’
Environments, avalanches and CG horses.
VFX Tech: Houdini 18.5
What to expect in the new Houdini release from SideFX.
Behind the hunt for unseen imagery while making ‘Star Trek: The Motion Picture: Inside the Art & Visual Effects’
What it took to get the book written, including wading through a hard drive of 27,000 images.
Follow the process
Four industry people you should follow on social media.
Behind the scenes with ‘A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting’
Monster. Hunting.
Miniature planes for ‘Turning Tide’
Watch the film and the making-of.
Retro RenderMan: ‘Children of Men’
How Framestore made a baby.
‘The Boys’: inside a VFX review session on season 2
befores & afters was in the room.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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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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