You can now re-visit one of the greatest ever SIGGRAPH presentations in history
ACM has made 50 years of their publications open and freely available, including this killer animation-related session.
b&a podcast: Rose Duignan and Hal Hickel on the history of ILM
The early days of ILM, the practical-to-digital transition, and the latest innovations at the studio.
How you can bring photoreal objects into your projects with 3D scanning app KIRI
How KIRI works, the difference between free and paid versions, and how your 3D scans might soon earn you money.
Behind the scenes of ‘Carter’
Including THAT helicopter scene.
147 3D printed pieces helped make this BBC Winter Olympics spot possible
How Blinkink had to solve some interesting previs, stop-motion and 3D printing challenges for the promo. ‘Extreme by Nature’, a spot for the BBC
When you come to the VIEW Conference, it’s more than just amazing speakers
The program is out, and so are details about recruitment, exhibitors and special sessions.
Exclusive: watch Proof’s previs reel for ‘The Sandman’
And find out how the occultist summoning Dream sequence was visualized.
The AI tool used to redub F-bombs and go from an R rating to PG-13
How lines of dialogue were changed in the film, 'Fall'.
‘I wanted to pull back from that sort of perfection and leave more mistakes in’
Henry Selick on the art of stop-motion and the making of his ‘Wendell & Wild’.
Total speculation: the 10 films from 2022 that could make the VFX bake-off
What do you think? Is this list close, right on, or completely way-off?
Issue #6: stop-motion, music videos, Predator, DragonHeart, The Bubble!
120 pages of visual effects in print.
How Mackevision pulled off those fiery Vecna scenes
Killer VFX in Stranger Things 4.
More on the LED wall shoots in ‘House of the Dragon’
A new official featurette on the volume set that was used.
Watch RSVFX’s breakdown reel for s3 of ‘The Boys’
Lots of Soldier Boy here.
On The Set Pic: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’
A water tank sequence from the series.
Part 2 of the VFX Notes podcast on ‘RRR’ is here!
Throwing leopards and punching tigers.
‘The Book of Boba Fett’: compositing from go to whoa
A look behind the scenes of Hybride’s comp process on the show.
Cloth sims for an alien entity, making the sky one giant visual effect, and a rampaging chimpanzee
Nope contains some of the most eclectic, and beautiful, visual effects you’ll see this year.
Watch this short featurette on the volume in ‘House of the Dragon’
Behind the scenes of shooting on the LED wall set.
Watch this breakdown of Impossible Objects’ ‘The Cloud Racer’ made in Unreal Engine
See the making of and the final 10-minute proof of concept short from director Joe Sill.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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