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Why stop at an elephant?
A primer on Ziva and its latest tech – automated anatomy transfers.
Breaking Down Four Big Scenes from ‘American Gods’
Season 2 is even crazier than Season 1.
Things VFX supes have to think about (that are more than just about VFX)
What Luma Pictures had to solve – not just on the technical side – when crafting their ‘Captain Marvel’ train chase.
The ultimate retro VFX sessions
A preview of the ‘Then & Now’ talks at FMX 2019.
Here’s how driving comps were done for ‘True Detective’
They are in the car A LOT.
The CGI tidal wave in ‘Snake Eyes’ that no one got to…sea (sorry)
The true story of the original ending of ‘Snake Eyes’, and its ground-breaking water sims by ILM.
What goes on behind the scenes when a VFX studio does one of those ‘real vs. CG’ test shots?
The art of the side-by-side.
Remember that time Brad Pitt got hit by a van, and a taxi?
How *that* shot in ‘Meet Joe Black’ was pulled off
John Gaeta on dynamic adaptive geospatially aligned applications, and other things from the future
The Magicverse has you.
A new way to search and keep track of VFX studios
VFX studio directory site ‘We Are The Makers’ launches
We’re following along with this Kickstarter animated short film project
Will it meet its goal?
There’s so much cool ‘Game of Thrones’ stuff here that I had to embed this video
Holy crap ‘Game of Thrones’ is almost here.
Bullet Time before Bullet Time
The tests that led to the landmark visual effect of the ’90s.
Making the magic mirror moment in ‘The Matrix’
“Neo looks at his hand; fingers distended into mirrored icicles that begin to melt rapidly, dripping, running like wax down his fingers, spreading across his palm where he sees his face reflected.”
Anatomy of a crash: ‘The Matrix’s’ stunning helicopter scene
I knew it. He’s the one.
Secrets of ‘The Matrix’ code
It comes from Japanese cookbooks, it’s back to front, and it didn’t always flow vertically.
A visual journey inside the miniatures of ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’
Shooting models sideways, making Tim Robbins act in reverse, and the movies where the same miniatures made surprise reappearances.
Skrull transformations: inventing a new type of morph
All about ‘Captain Marvel’s’ shape-shifting Skrulls, and ponytails.
‘We tried a million things’ – the oral history of ‘Sphere’s’ sphere
The sphere in ‘Sphere’, and how it was made.
OK, so a shark man needs to fight a gorilla – what do you do?
“I was surprised no one scratched my car after that conversation.”
‘She eats a lot during this film, you know’ – giving CG characters some bite
How do you make a CG character eat, anyway? Weta Digital reveals all.
Dennis Muren on the art of crafting VFX shots that don’t reveal how they’re done
The ILM veteran breaks down 3 of his classic ‘how did they do that?’ film effects.
‘I felt like it was a poem’: the VFX oral history of Guinness ‘Surfer’
Original CFC crew members reflect on bluescreen horses, crashing waves and a St. Patrick’s Day debut for the famous Jonathan Glazer spot.
‘No more talk, we need positive action’: exploring more diversity in VFX
A report from the joint VES and SPARK CG Society Diversity & Inclusion Summit.