When motion capture puppets were all the rage
A look back at Boss Film’s input device for Species’ Sil.
Weta Digital’s zero-G ‘Space Force’ chimp mocap included pushing an office chair around
The VFX studio also leveraged its extensive primate experience in bringing the season-favorite character to life.
How to crash a meteor
Creating a real impact with ActionVFX stock elements.
Keeping production going, remotely
Epic Games gets practical with remote multi-user virtual production.
Retro Renderman: Reflections in ‘Ratatouille’
A look back at brick maps and radiance caches.
Body of Work: Scanline’s latest adventures in fluid sims
From Heart of the Sea to Hydroman.
Tales from on set: Lidar scanning for ‘Joker’ and ‘John Wick 3’
“You have to fight for your data.”
‘Die Hard 2’: the story behind that famous final matte painting pullback
An iconic effect by ILM and an iconic effect in VFX history.
‘Rise of Skywalker’s’ Pasaana chase took some heavy lifting
…of the aerial kind.
Six ‘Perfect Storm’ SFX stories
"After the second take, somebody gave me a baton."
Retro RenderMan: The hair and fur of ‘Ratatouille’
The star of the film had 1,150,070 hairs (and it wasn’t Linguini).
The ‘Apollo 13’ effects you might not know about
Including the time VFX supe Rob Legato used an Evian spray bottle for outer-space particles.
Here’s what it took back in ’95 to make a digital stunt double of Sylvester Stallone
How mocap and motion blur were critical for these early digi-doubles.
Framestore demos deepfakes in a great ‘back to basics’ explanation
And the video is LOL.
Body of Work: Weta Digital on the art of face replacement
2D, 3D and everything in between.
‘Westworld’s’ journey into the LED screen revolution
Air pods and office spaces this season relied on new virtual production techniques, something that goes back all the way to the beginning of
How do you make a robotic arm for a TV show, anyway?
Legacy Effects shares its process for ‘Tales From the Loop’.
‘We used the ears like shoulders’: Framestore’s tips for animating character tics
Framestore animation supervisor Arslan Elver breaks down the specific digital dog traits in ‘Lady and the Tramp’.
Come hang out with ‘Mandalorian’ animation supervisor Hal Hickel
He'll be sharing stories from the show in a special preview of VIEW Conference.
‘The Great Escape with chickens’: Aardman’s Peter Lord reflects on ‘Chicken Run’
The stop-motion film is celebrating its 20th anniversary.
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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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