Articles 4 reasons why the CG Pokémon in ‘Detective Pikachu’ were so well integrated into the film ·May 25, 2019 One of those reasons: the crazy cute fur ball stand-ins.
ArticlesRetro Jar Jar Binks was nearly a practical suit and a CG head ·May 24, 2019 All about that ILM Jar Jar test which proved the character should be all-digital.
ArticlesRetro Did they *really* use salt to help make the waterfalls in ‘The Phantom Menace’? ·May 23, 2019 Yep.
ArticlesRetro ‘It cost about $65 to have a cold pizza delivered in the middle of the night to Skywalker Ranch’ ·May 22, 2019 The intensive previs process on 'The Phantom Menace'.
ArticlesRetro The world already loved lightsabers, but then ‘The Phantom Menace’ made them even better ·May 21, 2019 How new ways of shooting, new digital tools and lots and lots of roto resulted in the laser swords of ‘Episode I’.
ArticlesRetro How ILM’s work on ‘Hook’ led to ‘Phantom Menace’s’ podrace ·May 20, 2019 Projection mapping played a key role in making those racers go fast. Real fast.
Articles How VFX channeled ‘Back to the Future’ for ‘Endgame’s’ trip to New York ·May 18, 2019 What needed to happen to make The Avengers watch past versions of themselves?
Articles Those time suits in ‘Endgame’ were all completely digital ·May 17, 2019 Every stitch, every crease, was CG.
Articles Hey Thanos, what’s new with you? ·May 16, 2019 The extra tools employed by Weta Digital and Digital Domain in crafting Thanos for ‘Endgame’.
Articles Ageing Captain America to 119, and other adventures in ‘Endgame’ digital make-up ·May 15, 2019 How Lola VFX shaped Tony Stark’s sickness, gave Hank Pym some hip, aged Captain America, and made Stan Lee young again.
Articles Cap vs. Cap: How Chris Evans fought himself in that hilarious scene from ‘Endgame’ ·May 15, 2019 ...and how past-Cap’s cowl was a late addition to the shots.
Articles How ‘Endgame’s’ battle against Thanos went from greenscreen stages to those final epic shots ·May 14, 2019 The story behind those portals, Iron’s Man finger-snap, and making the ‘mega’ blip.
Articles These ‘Game of Thrones’ featurettes are setting the standard for TV show featurettes ·May 14, 2019 Almost as compelling as the show itself.
Articles The smarts behind Smart Hulk ·May 13, 2019 How VFX took Mark Ruffalo to a whole new level of Hulk in ‘Endgame’.
Articles Behind that GOT/Monsters, Inc. mash-up from Pixar to demo latest RenderMan release ·May 10, 2019 Sulley will never be the same again.
Articles A shout-out to all those VFX artists you see in the credits ·May 10, 2019 ...and where you can learn more about individual VFX roles.
Articles Getting to the bottom of ‘story’ on an animated film ·May 8, 2019 Doesn’t story just mean...the script? Nope.
Articles Director Alberto Mielgo reveals all about those crazy visuals in ‘The Witness’ ·May 6, 2019 It's not live-action and it's not motion capture, so what is it?
Articles A preview of effects America 2019 ·May 5, 2019 Get up to speed with what's happening in VFX in Montreal.
Articles How to make a vampire vomit. Like, a lot. ·May 3, 2019 Stunts, practical effects and CG combine for that crazy sick scene in ‘What We Do in the Shadows’.
Retro Remember when Brendan Fraser took on all those mummies by himself? ·April 30, 2019 A VFX oral history of 'The Mummy's' coolest action scene.
Articles Get your hit of ‘Game of Thrones’ Winterfell behind the scenes battle footage right here ·April 30, 2019 A 40 minute featurette!
Articles Ever wonder how those live screen graphics in movies are done? ·April 27, 2019 A deep, er, dive into the art of in-camera screen graphics for the submarine film, ‘Le chant du loup’.
Retro Man-in-suit, miniatures, mechanics and modern CG: looking back at 20 years since ‘Godzilla’ ·April 25, 2019 VFX supe Volker Engel goes back to the film, the trailer, and the production of the 1998 film.
Retro How driving around L.A. with a camera out the window led to one of the coolest shots in ‘Iron Man’ ·April 24, 2019 Storytelling with previs, VFX and a Sony hand-held camera.