Scott Eaton on the state of A.I. in art
Generative art, Midjourney, A.I., neural networks, machine learning: what it means for artists.
Behind the scenes of the stunts — underwater, above water and performance capture — in ‘The Way of Water’
Check out the official featurette.
See before/after Sigourney Weaver underwater and dry performance capture footage
A new official Avatar: Way of the Water featurette has been released.
Watch this ‘Thirteen Lives’ VFX breakdown
MPC has released this behind the scenes reel. The film is in the final 10 for consideration of the VFX Oscar.
Industrial Light & Magic put ‘Wakanda Forever’s’ Namor on top of a helicopter simulation to test his different flight speeds
How the VFX studio made the character fly, and how they also helped orchestrate the Talokan attack on Wakanda.
Watch nearly 4 minutes of ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ VFX breakdown shots
Netflix has released this behind the scenes VFX reel. The film's production VFX supervisor was Frank Petzold.
iRender: the powerful render farm for Octane and Cinema 4D
How to take advantage of the GPU-accelerated cloud renderer for your Cinema 4D and Octane projects.
Ending the world (multiple times) for ‘The End is Nye’
Shooting on greenscreen and destroying the world (and Bill Nye).
ILM’s Hal Hickel on how nostalgia and CG backlash can affect the perception of VFX
The ILM animation director gave this fantastic talk at VIEW Conference this year.
How Hybride turned Ewan McGregor’s camel ride into Eopie scenes
The visual effects studio delivered a range of key shots for Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Underwater performance capture: more behind the scenes
This ESPN video showcases more of the underwater capture and breathing undertaken by the actors in Avatar: The Way of Water.
The VFX of ‘All Quiet On The Western Front’
The film is short-listed for Best VFX consideration.
Why the CG water in ‘The Way of Water’ looks so good
Performance capture that could be done simultaneously above and below water, a new muscle strains system away from blend shapes, and new R&D on
This new ‘The Way of Water’ performance capture featurette has some great behind the scenes footage
Go behind the scenes on the capture process with Kate Winslet, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña and Sigourney Weaver.
Building blood trees, removing noses, catching spears and heading to Valhalla
Behind BlueBolt's visual effects for 'The Northman'.
‘Titanic’s’ digital paraphernalia supervisor made all the difference
Titanic turns 25, and we are celebrating here at befores & afters.
Mirror gags, mountain extensions and *that* beach scene: the VFX of ‘Decision to Leave’
Go behind the scenes of the invisible effects in the South Korean film everyone is raving about.
‘Imperfectly perfect’
The secrets behind the stop-motion animation of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’.
Watch Ghost VFX’s breakdown for ‘Troll’
The visual effects studio has released a making of reel for the film.
befores & afters takes a tour of the new features in Projectal 3.0
This video breaks down the newest features in the workflow and project management tool, including Spreadsheet mode.
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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