Crafting new tools and hacking existing ones to hit a stylized aesthetic
Cinesite discusses its role on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.
See the LED volume and motion control rig used on ‘The School for Good and Evil’
Framestore's VFX breakdown is now out for the film.
‘We wanted to imply teenage imperfection everywhere’
Mikros Animation on how they brought a new stylized look to 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.'
The different ways they shot the basketball games on ‘Winning Time’ were pretty cool
Season 2's games were made possible on greenscreen courts with a number camera setups, and even a camera operator on roller blades.
On The Set Pic: ‘One Piece’
(L to R) Vincent Regan as Vice-Admiral Garp, Michael Dorman as Gold Roger, Director Marc Jobst in season 1 of One Piece.
The Third Floor’s Casey Schatz on simulcam, motion bases and the eyeline system in ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’
Go in-depth on many of the film's virtual production developments.
Coming soon to befores & afters…
Soon to the website, podcast and print mag!
Watch this new ‘Dial of Destiny’ ET featurette on the de-ageing of Harrison Ford
The Entertainment Tonight video includes some fun on-set imagery of Ford, plus befores/afters of the VFX by Industrial Light & Magic.
On The Set Pic: ‘The Creator’
A still on the set of The Creator.
DNEG breaks down its use of Houdini on ‘The Last of Us’
DNEG CG Supervisor Melaina Mace discusses environment work for different cities and the use of SideFX's Houdini on 'The Last of Us', in this
Watch MPC’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’
Their reel has been released.
How those twinning/doubling shots in ‘The Flash’ were done
The crazy 360 degree reference camera and the volumetric capture of Ezra Miller.
‘I get to think as a graphic designer, a compositional artist, cinematographer and director’
Why Neville Page turned to virtual production for his short, ‘Coalescence’.
Watch Alt.vfx’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Pope’s Exorcist’
The VFX studio has released its breakdown for the film.
VIEW Conference is a great place to get practical tips on VFX
A special EXCLUSIVE excerpt from Lola VFX's 2022 session at VIEW.
On The Set Pic: ‘Rebel Moon’
Sofia Boutella as Kora on the set of Rebel Moon.
Go behind the scenes of this virtual production ‘Ghostbusters’ proof of concept
It was presented at SIGGRAPH this year.
‘Andor’ production visual effects supervisor Mohen Leo on designing VFX shots
This new podcast breaks down several of the key VFX sequences in the show.
See ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ VFX reel from RISE
Featuring water work, ships, environments and a vampire in flames.
Behind the scenes of ‘Wednesday’, its on-set performer for Thing, and complex creature effects
VFX supervisor Tom Turnbull breaks down the visual effects in the season one finale.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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