Starting a startup in the world of VFX training
Urban Bradeško, founder of DoubleJump Academy, discusses launching a VFX training company and what it took to get there.
‘Why don’t we just put a facehugger on top of a radio-controlled car and drive it around?’
The wide variety of practical facehuggers made by Wētā Workshop for Alien: Romulus. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine in print.
Watch Barnstorm’s VFX breakdown for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
Go behind the scenes.
‘You’re going to get slime on yourself, OK’
How Legacy Effects crafted Xenomorphs, cocoons, Rook, the Offspring and a lot of slime for Alien: Romulus. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine
See Mackinnon & Saunders’ stop motion in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
Sandworm, plane sequence and more!
Giving the chestburster its moment on screen
How Alec Gillis orchestrated the intense effects for the chestburster, and more, on Alien: Romulus. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine in print.
‘Fight Club’ is now 25 years old: we break down its stunning VFX
A new VFX Notes episode is out!
Matt Estela: a life
We chat to Matt Estela about Houdini, CG Wiki and his path from VFX into...a different world.
ILM’s VFX breakdown for ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ is here
Go behind the scenes.
Watch Barnstorm’s VFX breakdown for The Sympathizer’
See how the VFX studio made their visual effects for the show.
Watch Folks’ ‘Harold and The Purple Crayon’ breakdown reel
Including the plane sequence and the bug.
3D Gaussian Splatting on Blender, In Its Truest Form
KIRI's Blender add-on that allows for 3DGS integration is free and open-sourced.
Shooting on an LED volume…on film
Magnopus details its particular virtual production approaches on Fallout, which included capturing the LED wall scenes on 35mm film. An excerpt from the print
The making of ‘Call of the Kings’
‘Call Of The Kings’ promotes Riyadh Season’s ‘Six Kings Slam’, a one-of-its-kind tennis tournament. Here's how Electric Theatre Collective made it.
How Cinesite made the three-headed dog Fotis for ‘Kaos’
Watch their breakdown reel here.
Behind the scenes of Blizzard’s Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred trailer
Including how a photographed chicken carcass gave the team inspiration for the look inside a titan.
How Wētā FX animated the Bloater in ‘The Last of Us’
A new behind the scenes video is out.
How that car jump was shot for ‘Wolfs’
That car flip, with Austin Abrams.
Lux Machina discusses their virtual production work on ‘Megalopolis’
See details of the Lux Stage at Trilith Studios.
The invisible visual effects in the horror flick ‘Longlegs’
Planned and unplanned VFX shots, and some you may not have noticed at all.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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