How ILM’s work on ‘Hook’ led to ‘Phantom Menace’s’ podrace
Projection mapping played a key role in making those racers go fast. Real fast.
How VFX channeled ‘Back to the Future’ for ‘Endgame’s’ trip to New York
What needed to happen to make The Avengers watch past versions of themselves?
Those time suits in ‘Endgame’ were all completely digital
Every stitch, every crease, was CG.
Hey Thanos, what’s new with you?
The extra tools employed by Weta Digital and Digital Domain in crafting Thanos for ‘Endgame’.
Ageing Captain America to 119, and other adventures in ‘Endgame’ digital make-up
How Lola VFX shaped Tony Stark’s sickness, gave Hank Pym some hip, aged Captain America, and made Stan Lee young again.
Cap vs. Cap: How Chris Evans fought himself in that hilarious scene from ‘Endgame’
...and how past-Cap’s cowl was a late addition to the shots.
How ‘Endgame’s’ battle against Thanos went from greenscreen stages to those final epic shots
The story behind those portals, Iron’s Man finger-snap, and making the ‘mega’ blip.
These ‘Game of Thrones’ featurettes are setting the standard for TV show featurettes
Almost as compelling as the show itself.
The smarts behind Smart Hulk
How VFX took Mark Ruffalo to a whole new level of Hulk in ‘Endgame’.
When NUKE is used for more than just compositing
‘I know this sounds crazy.’
Behind that GOT/Monsters, Inc. mash-up from Pixar to demo latest RenderMan release
Sulley will never be the same again.
A shout-out to all those VFX artists you see in the credits
...and where you can learn more about individual VFX roles.
Getting to the bottom of ‘story’ on an animated film
Doesn’t story just mean...the script? Nope.
More behind the scenes from ‘Game of Thrones’
No coffee cups, though...
Director Alberto Mielgo reveals all about those crazy visuals in ‘The Witness’
It's not live-action and it's not motion capture, so what is it?
A preview of effects America 2019
Get up to speed with what's happening in VFX in Montreal.
How to make a vampire vomit. Like, a lot.
Stunts, practical effects and CG combine for that crazy sick scene in ‘What We Do in the Shadows’.
Remember when Brendan Fraser took on all those mummies by himself?
A VFX oral history of 'The Mummy's' coolest action scene.
Get your hit of ‘Game of Thrones’ Winterfell behind the scenes battle footage right here
A 40 minute featurette!
Ever wonder how those live screen graphics in movies are done?
A deep, er, dive into the art of in-camera screen graphics for the submarine film, ‘Le chant du loup’.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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