How the crazy chicken jockey scene in ‘A Minecraft Movie’ was made
Plus, Sony Pictures Imageworks on ‘cubifying’ characters and environments, making Jack Black and Jason Momoa fly, and dealing with an intense array of different
‘We had a basket of nose picks, pratfalls, butt scratches and belly slaps to sprinkle into the action’
Behind the scenes of the climactic final battle between the Piglins and Iron Golems in 'A Minecraft Movie'.
Our VFX Oscar VFX Notes series comes to an end with ‘Dune: Part Two’
Join Hugo and Ian in an in-depth discussion of the film and its visual effects.
The latest machine learning side of Silhouette
The AI, ML and VFX series continues.
New magazine! In-depth on ILM’s visual effects for ‘Twisters’
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A really, really cool ‘Toy Story’ 30th anniversary event is happening at SIGGRAPH this year
A 4K screening! At SIGGRAPH Vancouver! Plus a special introduction from Ed Catmull. And befores & afters is part of the action!
Here’s how the spaceship LED walls on that Black Mirror ‘USS Callister: Into Infinity’ episode worked
Plus, how the VFX teams crafted a space battle, completed twinning shots, and delivered teleportation and disintegration.
Check out this new behind the scenes look at ‘Andor’, s2
Senate shots, K2 and more.
KIRI Engine’s New iPhone Update Uses AI To Fix LiDAR’s Quality Limitations
KIRI is excited to announce KIRI Engine Version 3.14.
AI and ML in VFX from a VFX artist/supervisor point of view
Andreas Maaninka chats AI, ML and VFX.
How to register for SIGGRAPH 2025 in Vancouver
The conference is coming up in August.
Check out the fun way ‘Locked’ was filmed using a SUV mockup with removable pieces
See how PFX crafted visual effects for the film in this breakdown.
Behind the scenes of ‘The Eternaut’
This official featurette includes virtual production and VFX work led by Control.
‘I was just completely mesmerized by it’
Special effects veteran Mark T. Noel was recognized with a Scientific and Technical Achievement Award from the Academy for his contributions to motion bases.
How do you explode a glass swimming pool?
Behind the practical effects in that impressive sequence in ‘The Amateur’. Updated with Proof's previs for the pool scene.
Behind the development of Slapshot’s AI roto and generative retiming tools
Part of the AI, ML and VFX series.
Behind the scenes of the Battle of Jackson in s2 of ‘The Last of Us’
Includes VFX supe Alex Wang discussing flamethrowers, bloater effects and more.
Creature feature: the art of a CG unicorn
Go behind the scenes of the visual effects of ‘Death of a Unicorn’, and see a detailed video breakdown.
Behind the tool Wētā FX developed to help ‘blockify’ geometry in ‘A Minecraft Movie’
Plus, how key characters like the evil Malgosha and the wolf Dennis were made.
Capitol locations: the visual effects of ‘Zero Day’
Go behind the scenes with VFX studio RVX.
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
How the right school helped this compositor land his latest credit on 'Invasion' season 3.
From classroom to credits, with Campus VFX