And the VFX Oscar went to…Dune: Part Two
Congratulations to all the nominees!
How to animate a rat being smashed…and do it backwards
The intricate stop-motion and puppeteering crafted by Tippett Studio for 'Alien: Romulus'. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine in print.
The cross-over between production design and visual effects
How it worked on ‘Captain America: Brave New World’, with production designer Ramsey Avery.
How the Celestial Island scene in ‘Captain America: Brave New World’ was re-worked with previs and VFX
Here’s how the VFX team helped design the final sequence. Plus, how they made Harrison Ford’s Hulk, and a character that audiences might not
Issue #28 of befores & afters is a full issue on ‘Paddington in Peru’
The new mag contains a wealth of before/after imagery, on set shots, previs and postvis and more behind the scenes.
Behind the face replacement VFX and **those** lasers in the craziest scene from ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’
befores & afters goes behind the scenes with Rising Sun Pictures.
The visual effects you may not have noticed in ‘Maria’
Behind the invisible environment, crowd and clean-up VFX in the Angelina Jolie film.
Thunderbolts*, The Perfect Storm, live make-up effects session and the history of Nuke…all coming to FMX
A special preview of the 'Then & Now' sessions coming to FMX.
On The Set Pic: ‘Severance’
From that opening episode of s2 of 'Severance' (posted by EP and director Ben Stiller).
‘Constantine’ behind the scenes to revisit
It was recently the 20th anniversary of 'Constantine', and Warner Bros. released a whole bunch of bts featurettes from the home video release. Watch
The ‘Wicked’ VFX Notes episode is here!
Join Ian and Hugo as we discuss the VFX of 'Wicked'.
Making a mint
Behind DNEG's work on Skeleton Crew.
See Rodeo FX’s VFX breakdown for ‘Red One’
Sleighs and creatures and environments.
Watch Scanline’s VFX breakdown for ‘American Primeval’
Go behind the scenes.
How the motion capture worked on ‘Better Man’
Go behind the scenes of the on-set performance capture for the film.
The river and 1.2 petabytes of disk space
How the emotional Raka scene from 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' was made. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine.
‘Dune: Part Two’ wins BAFTA for Special Visual Effects
The BAFTA for Special Visual Effects was awarded to Paul Lambert, Stephen James, Gerd Nefzer and Rhys Salcombe for 'Dune: Part Two.'
Mocap actor and VFX supervisor: the ‘Better Man’ Q&A
Wētā FX visual effects supervisor Luke Millar and motion capture performer Jonno Davies discuss bringing Robbie Williams to life.
The making of Chistery and the monkey guards from ‘Wicked’
An excerpt from befores & afters print magazine.
The ‘Better Man’ VFX Notes show is here
Hugo and Ian discuss the film, the VFX, and Robbie's eyebrows.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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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