Official ‘House of the Dragon’ featurette breaks down the robot camera used this season
Hear from some of the crew on the combination of the robot camera, buck and VP stage.
Behind the tests, on-set shoot and CG animation of the characters in ‘IF’
A deep dive with Framestore.
Erasing Lieutenant Dan’s legs, from the point of view of a digital artist on ‘Forrest Gump’
ILM computer graphic artist Kathleen Beeler recalls the intricate paint work involved.
How a tracking algorithm helped insert Tom Hanks into news scenes with historical figures in ‘Forrest Gump’
A look back at the early days of tracking and matchmoving at ILM for the film.
Check out this stuntvis for the kitchen fight in ‘Knuckles’
By action designer Mike Lambert.
Illumination’s illustration of the animation process is fun
A large illustration with some info boxes guides you through.
Comparing the Top 5 3D Scanner Apps
A look at the different 3D photogrammetry scanning apps on the market.
On The Set Pic: ‘Supercell’
(L to R) Josh Tedeku as Taser and Andrew Onwubolu AKA Rapman in Supacell.
Watch RSP’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Fall Guy’
Including CG vehicles, face replacements, and a unicorn. Be sure to see full VFX coverage of the film in befores & afters magazine.
VFX supe Mike Fink chats ‘Blade Runner’ props, ‘Batman Returns’ mattes and miniatures, and the lost shots of ‘Golden Compass’
Gear up for an in-depth chat, straight from FMX, with the Oscar winning visual effects supervisor.
Issue #19 of the print mag looks at a stunning array of invisible effects
Covering those incredible seamless shots in recent films and episodic.
Go behind the scenes of a dragon chase in ‘House of the Dragon’
Featuring virtual production shooting in season 2, episode 3.
Inside the visual effects of ‘Inside Out 2’
Character rigging, hair, particles, rendering and that crazy memory orb avalanche.
‘The build was similar to an ape with a lizard squished inside of it’
How Alt.vfx delivered the sinister Helen creature for ‘YuYu Hakusho’. A new excerpt from befores & afters magazine.
Here’s how Will Smith and Martin Lawrence took on a giant albino alligator in ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’
Behind the visual effects with Framestore.
See Crafty Apes’ VFX for ‘Unfrosted’
Including the deepfake Johnny Carson.
Patreon: How a key line made its way into ‘The Lion King’
A fun nugget of info with Brenda Chapman!
How Death, the talking macaw, was brought to life in ‘Tuesday’
Behind the on-set performance and visual effects in Daina O. Pusić’s film, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Behind the scenes of Robert Zemeckis’ ‘HERE’
Including a brief look at the de-ageing and virtual production work on the film.
Making young Furiosa
How Rising Sun Pictures employed machine learning techniques to translate the look of Anya Taylor-Joy’s Furiosa to the actor playing her younger self, Alyla
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.
From classroom to credits, with Campus VFX