I am obsessed with this love-letter to visual effects
What happens when a special effect goes out-of-date?
Spoilers! Go behind the scenes of the latest effects-filled ‘Westworld’ ep
Lots of surprises in episode 2.
‘Splosions! and ‘The X-Files Movie’
How that miniature Fed building was built...and destroyed.
There’s suddenly a whole lot of new motion capture assets to use in Maya
New Motion Library plugin includes 50 free motion assets to access right now.
‘Parasite’ VFX breakdown: you have to watch this
Watch the video and read the RenderMan story.
The oral history of the Dinosaur Input Device
Key contributors to 'Jurassic Park's' Dinosaur Input Device share their memories of working on the landmark film.
The way the opening tauntaun shot was done in ‘Empire Strikes Back’ still makes me flip
Phil Tippett explains how Dennis Muren and ILM made it happen...just.
Behind the VFX of ‘Jojo Rabbit’
Luma Pictures breaks down its invisible effects work.
A new collaboration tool for virtual production
Glassbox Technologies already has DragonFly. Now meet BeeHive.
When you need to comp a CG creature into practical rain plates
How the heck do you do that, anyway?
Morphing through the ages in ‘Mission to Mars’
Looking back at ILM's evolution sequence for the film.
Exclusive: How to make an ostrich
Imageworks' VFX breakdown for that ostrich chase in 'Jumanji: The Next Level'.
Where to read more, elsewhere
A constantly updated round-up of my other VFX coverage.
Don’t settle for just one kind of wall of fire
Stock effects footage stories from ActionVFX.
How to simulate a squid shower
Behind 'Watchmen’s' raining squids sequence.
The FX magic of ‘Onward’
2D, 3D and confidence arcs.
Imageworks breaks down desert environment VFX for ‘The Next Level’
A huge amount of work went into just the desert for this ostrich sequence.
What actually happens when a director asks you to previs a scene?
Halon breaks down a single previs moment from ‘The Call of the Wild’.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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