Breaking down the VFX in ‘Discovery’ and ‘Strange New Worlds’
Practical and digital effects for the Gorn, virtual production and CG work for the sandrunners, and a look at the Itrinok creatures, and the
NEW ‘Godzilla Minus One’ VFX breakdowns
In this promo for the DVD and Blu-ray release.
Issue #18 of the mag is out! Learn all about big creature anim
Covering creature animation, with in-depth analysis of Fallout, YuYu Hakusho, Spaceman, and Damsel, and a print edition version of the history of the Dinosaur
See VFX breakdowns in this new ‘Atlas’ featurette
Go from motion base to final VFX shots.
How they made that flyaway balloon scene in ‘Bridgerton’
VFX supe John McLaren breaks it down.
How to put Adam Sandler in space talking to a spider alien
From on-set to final visual effects in ‘Spaceman’. A new excerpt from befores & afters magazine.
See Eyeline Studios’ volumetric capture rig in action for ‘One Piece’
Go behind the scenes.
On The Set Pic: ‘The Acolyte’
Lee Jung-jae on the set of The Acolyte.
Patreon: Looking back at ‘The Day After Tomorrow’
A new RETRO EXCLUSIVES piece at the Patreon - a podcast with VFX supe Karen Goulekas.
Check out this VFX breakdown for ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
The official reel from Netflix.
Snakes, trains and paintovers
Here’s how production visual effects supervisor Adrian de Wet and on set visual effects supervisor Sean Stranks combined on The Hunger Games: The Ballad
Yep, there’s a whole lot of VFX in Jerry Seinfeld’s ‘Unfrosted’
Check out Ghost VFX's reel from the pop-tarts movie.
I think this was the coolest sequence from ‘The Day After Tomorrow’
A look back at The Orphanage's work on those freezing helicopters for the 20th anniversary.
Stefen Fangmeier on the big ‘3 Body Problem’ VFX moments
Ship slicing, the VR game, dehydration of bodies, and that chrome VR headset.
Look back at Framestore’s VFX for ‘Gravity’ in this new video
It appears on the Academy's YouTube site.
Patreon: How that elevator explosion in ‘The Matrix’ was crafted
Miniatures and CG.
Patreon: Those doors in the Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi vs Darth Maul duel
Some fun notes from visual effects supervisor Scott Squires.
The art of shooting array plates
Photographic and virtual environment specialists PlatePros on what’s involved on set in filming car process plates and other camera array shoots. An excerpt from
VIDEO: Behind the scenes of ‘Atlas’
On the greenscreen set with Jennifer Lopez.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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