Watch Scanline’s VFX breakdown for ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’
Extensive fire and water sims make up this impressive breakdown.
Celebrating the incredible digital visual effects achievements in ‘Barbie’
The latest VFX Notes podcast episode with Ian Failes and Hugo Guerra is here!
Watch Rodeo FX’s VFX breakdown for ‘Damsel’
Includes tons and tons of DMP.
How Eyeline Studios’ new volumetric capture tech was used on ‘Yu Yu Hakusho’
Plus, a look at other creature effects work by Scanline VFX in the show.
More behind the scenes from ‘3 Body Problem’
A nice round-up here of VFX work, LED wall shooting and more from the series.
Here’s some fun on-set Slimer behind the scenes imagery from ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’
Special makeup & live action creature effects designer Arjen Tuiten and a few other artists have shared the behind the scenes on Instagram.
Issue #16 of the magazine is now out and it’s a fun look at how flying scenes are made
Featuring coverage of 'Masters of the Air', 'Lift', 'Society of the Snow', 'No Way Up' and 'Turbulence'.
Behind the scenes of ship-slicing
A new featurette on '3 Body Problem' is out. Spoilers!
Go behind the scenes of ‘3 Body Problem’
The filmmakers are doing roundtable video pieces, many of which showcase VFX work, like this video going inside episode 3. Warning: spoilers!
SFX on ‘Halo The Series’
See how SFX supervisor Paul Stephenson rigged an explosion on a Condor ship.
Watch Framestore’s ‘Leave the World Behind’ VFX breakdown
Showcasing their CG deer.
The VFX and machine learning techniques used to create baby Max in ‘The Family Plan’
VFX supe Justin Ball has showcased the work of Weta FX and TRIXTER in bringing baby shots to life.
The invisible effects of ‘Saltburn’
Union VFX has released its breakdown reel for the film.
How the original Slimer was made
The classic Ghostbuster character was brought to life with a performer in suit filmed against black cloth and old-school optical compositing.
Watch One of Us’ VFX breakdown reel for ‘Damsel’
Breaking down the dragon and fiery effects.
Watch El Ranchito’s ‘Leave the World Behind’ VFX breakdown
Includes the stunning tanker shot.
The stuntvis behind that stunning oner in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
A look at how stuntvis works, and how the team crafted it for the 'No Sleep til Brooklyn' sequence.
A sense of (clever) scale
The secrets behind the scale and miniature effects in ‘I’m A Virgo’. A new excerpt from issue #15 of befores & afters magazine.
Outpost VFX’s ‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ VFX breakdown is here
See how they helped craft the Aang vs. King Bumi battle.
On The Set Pics: ‘The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar’
Wes Anderson (Director) and Benedict Cumberbatch as Henry Sugar in The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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