Celebrating the CG legacy of ‘The Last Starfighter’
Jim Rygiel breaks down his work on the groundbreaking film.
Behind the scenes of ‘Those About to Die’
A new featurette includes on-set and virtual production b-roll.
Behind the VFX of ‘Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1’
Watch Ingenuity Studios' VFX breakdown reel from the Kevin Costner film, featuring environment work, a CG river, animals, fire, smoke and more.
New ‘Apes’ featurette from Wētā FX includes behind the scenes film footage
The Wētā FX 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' team discuss their favorite characters.
‘I’ve got a feeling Alex has always had that shot in his head’
How Framestore built a living, breathing and under siege Washington, D.C. for ‘Civil War’. From befores & afters print magazine.
Holey moley we just got a ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ documentary with shot setup re-creations from OTOY
It's called '2001: Creating Kubrick's Space Odyssey'.
The machine learning tech behind Digital Domain’s in-house facial capture tool Masquerade3
Behind the scenes of Digital Domain's facial animation process.
SFX, stuffies and fire in ‘House of the Dragon’
A brand new official featurette is online covering Season 2, Episode 6.
See one of the miniature ships from ‘Alien: Romulus’
Director Fede Alvarez showcases the Corbelan IV, built by miniature effects supervisor Ian Hunter and his team.
Maximizing Nuke’s CopyCat machine learning tool
Harness machine learning in Nuke for free in just 30 days.
Behind the scenes of the VFX of ‘Manhunt’, with Zoic Studios
Watch their VFX breakdown reel, right here.
The VFX challenges of ‘Challengers’
How tennis doubles, face replacements, machine learning, CG courts, balls and rackets, and even plexiglass helped make the stylized gameplay of the film possible.
Watch this stuntvis for the ice skating scene in ‘Argylle’
It's from the Instagram account of action designer, stuntviz maker and fight coordinator Micah Moore.
The latest ‘House of the Dragon’ behind the scenes featurette is here
And it covers ep 5 of season 2, including on-set AR scouting, and a giant stuff dragon head.
All about the motion base mechs in the Jennifer Lopez film, ‘Atlas’
How VFX decisions for shooting the mechs were made, and dealing with all the on-set, talent and vendor challenges along the way.
The VFX of ‘Eric’: crafting 1980s New York City environments, and a novel approach to 1980s screen replacements
Behind the visual effects of the Netflix limited series starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
‘Twister’ featurette released with SFX supe John Frazier and ILM’s VFX supe Stefen Fangmeier
Likely from a DVD release, it goes into the practical and digital effects of the film.
‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ – helicopter b-roll
How they filmed the helicopter scene in 'Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F' with a special rig, pod car and SFX.
Getting inside the mind of your CG character
Animation supervisor Brett Purmal on the lengths he and MPC took to find the right emotion behind Hanuš the space spider in ‘Spaceman’. An
InstaMAT provides alternative to Substance 3D tools for texturing, and material and asset creation
How InstaMAT is supporting creators with free and unrestricted access on its Pioneer License.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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