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illusion battle in 'Spider-Man: Far From Home'
Posted onJuly 9, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

How that insane illusion battle in ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ was created, and what didn’t make the final cut

Spoilers. Spoilers. Spoilers. Spoilers.

Technicolor Academy
Posted onJuly 8, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Exclusive: Inside Mill Film Adelaide’s new studio

Photos of the space, and notes from the architecture firm behind the design.

Purl short film
Posted onJuly 8, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

The making of Pixar short ‘Purl’

The film won Best in Show at this year’s SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater.

Catch-22
Posted onJuly 5, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

‘Catch-22’: the making of shot 127_1090

DNEG’s crew breaks down layout, anim, FX, lighting and comp for a single VFX shot from the George Clooney show.

Forrest Gump movie scene
Posted onJuly 4, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle, Retro

‘I want to see it!’ ILMers on the time Gary Sinise first saw his missing legs in ‘Forrest Gump’

…and other stories about the film’s classic invisible VFX.

digital artist
Posted onJuly 4, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

How to be discovered as a digital artist

What you need to know about The Rookies.

CG actors
Posted onJuly 4, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Come to Switzerland, learn about CG actors

ILM, MPC and Cubic Motion will be diving into their CG human and character workflows.

Men in Black: International
Posted onJuly 2, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Getting to the final shot

Following along with DNEG’s design and FX sims process for the twins and Vungus shots in ‘Men in Black: International’.

VR set scouting
Posted onJune 28, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

VR set scouting, ‘throne lava’ and Drogon’s touching moment with Daenerys

Inside the meticulous planing on ‘Game of Thrones’ that brought Emilia Clarke, Kit Harrington and a CG dragon together for the throne room finale.

WarOfTheWorlds_Previs
Posted onJune 28, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

The path to real-time previs

Looking back to Halon’s early work on ‘War of the Worlds’ and their most recent ‘Mouse Guard’ efforts.

Lighting
Posted onJune 28, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

How FXhome channelled ‘Stranger Things’ in its Upside Down-inspired tutorial

Part of our new focus on a wider set of VFX tools.

storm attack vfx
Posted onJune 27, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

When Storm attacks

How MPC delivered this intense lightning moment in ‘Dark Phoenix’.

Cold Pursuit scene
Posted onJune 27, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

How stock footage of a dog and a skier found its way into the VFX of ‘Cold Pursuit’

The effects artists needed particular kinds of splashes and snow.

Mouseguard VFx
Posted onJune 26, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

VFX Videos: Mouse Guard, Captain Marvel, I am Mother, and shooting TVCs with robots

The latest and greatest VFX-related videos around.

Godzilla run
Posted onJune 26, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

To pull off this shot, the VFX team had to make Godzilla run at 200 mph

‘King of the Monsters’ VFX supe Guillaume Rocheron on orchestrating this Godzilla vs. Ghidorah clash.

ActionVFX
Posted onJune 26, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Get premium stock footage for visual effects from ActionVFX

ActionVFX is the exclusive supporter of #makingtheshot.

Posted onJune 25, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Exclusive: ILM’s Rob Bredow and Lola’s Trent Claus to speak at VIEW

They join a previously announced major line-up of speakers at the Turin event in October.

gAME OF Thrones' previs and techvis.
Posted onJune 24, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Simulcams, LEDs for eyelines and previs’d flamethrowers: planning Drogon’s revenge attack

Behind the scenes with The Third Floor’s ‘Game of Thrones’ previs and techvis.

Star Trek: Discovery VFX shooting
Posted onJune 22, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Check out these ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ season 2 making-ofs

Discover the VFX…breakdowns.

Nexture
Posted onJune 20, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Ever felt you might need a texture micro-details synthesizer?

Nexture, with some help from A.I., may well be what you’re looking for.

Tropism interface
Posted onJune 19, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Tropism: the procedural Modo plugin for growing trees and…lightning bolts

How the tool works and why the creator made it.

Toy Story 4
Posted onJune 19, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Pixar’s CG dust bunnies in ‘Toy Story 4’ made the filmmakers sick (in a good way)

Dust, rain, cobwebs, and Bo Peep’s porcelain surface are just some of the film’s incredible CG feats.

Content-Aware Fill
Posted onJune 18, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Here’s how one VFX artist is using Adobe’s /

An ‘in the field’ shot done with the new After Effects tool.

Gaea interface
Posted onJune 17, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

A new tool to build worlds, and erode them

QuadSpinner’s Gaea is one of the latest terrain tools on the block.

Cine Tracer
Posted onJune 14, 2019May 19, 2020inArticle

Cine Tracer: the game that’s also a tool for real-time cinematography simulation

Get in there and visualize real-world filmmaking now.

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