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VFX Breakdowns

All the ‘Witcher’ season 4 VFX breakdowns in one place

Featuring work by Cinesite, EYELINE, Vine FX, Milk VFX, One of Us and Platige Image.
VFX Breakdowns

Watch ILM’s VFX breakdown for ‘Stranger Things’ 5

Go behind the scenes.
VFX Breakdowns

Current obsession: this how to animate water video from LAIKA

It's part of their Craft in Motion series, and includes both practical and digital water.
VFX Breakdowns

Want to learn how ‘The Dinosaurs’ was made? Watch these featurettes

Rare glimpses inside ILM, and a look at the stuffies, practical builds and VFX work.
VFX Breakdowns

Watch El Ranchito’s VFX breakdown for ‘Marty Supreme’

Ping pong, crowds and more.
VFX Breakdowns

Here’s Hybride’s VFX breakdown for season 2 of ‘Andor’

Including significant environment work on Ghorman.
VFX Insight

From classroom to credits

Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
VFX Breakdowns

VIDEO: ‘Project Hail Mary’ creature effects creative supervisor Neal Scanlan on the magic of Rocky

Behind the scenes on the Rocky puppets and animatronics created for the film.
Articles

How that enormous goldfish was made in ‘One Piece’

EYELINE breaks down the giant goldfish, and the dinosaur scenes, from season 2.
Articles

Olivier Gondry on the making of Kylie Minogue’s ‘Come Into My World’

We revisit this making of article in light of the new Margot Robbie CHANEL ad directed by Michel Gondry.
VFX Insight

Powering a VFX Oscar winner

Behind two key Wētā FX tech developments for fire and character deformation on Avatar: Fire and Ash.
VFX Breakdowns

Always fun to see invisible effects in the ‘Knives Out’ films

This VFX breakdown is from Eyeline.
Podcasts

ILM’s Jeff White breaks down that incredible oner from ‘The Avengers’

A look back at the ILM Vancouver creative director's career.
VFX Breakdowns

Watch Important Looking Pirates’ VFX breakdown for ‘Predator: Badlands’

Go behind the scenes.
Magazine

VFX artists vs. The Golden Gate

The bridge we love to destroy in movies. An excerpt from issue #1 of befores & afters magazine.
On The Set Pic

On The Set Pic: ‘War Machine’

Go behind the scenes.
VFX Breakdowns

How Tony Tony Chopper was made for s2 of ‘One Piece’

A new behind the scenes featurette.
VFX Breakdowns

Watch this official VFX breakdown for ‘The Dinosaurs’

It comes from production co Silverback Films, which worked with ILM on the Amblin/Netflix series.
Magazine

Stuffy stories, including the ventilation hose from ‘The Abyss’

An excerpt from the re-published issue #1 of befores & afters magazine.
Articles

And the Oscar for Best Visual Effects goes to…

A huge congratulations to Avatar: Fire and Ash!
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.

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About b&a

befores & afters is an online, podcast and print publication dedicated to VFX, animation, CG, games and virtual production run by longtime industry journalist Ian Failes.
"beforesandafters.com is the website about visual effects I have always dreamed of, talking about the new tour-de-force and looking back at the past chef-d’œuvre.” - Visual effects supervisor Stephane Ceretti

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