On The Set Pic: ‘The Umbrella Academy’
Pogo trains the Sparrows.
VFX Notes: Meet the Demogorgon from ‘Stranger Things 1’
The first ep in our 'Stranger Things' series.
Watch Platige Image’s VFX breakdown for ‘The Witcher’, s2
A new video from the studio has been released.
‘Men in Black’ and its crazy collection of real and CG creatures
“I’ve always told people that when you have a movie that's fairly complicated be sure to have a talking pug dog in it, because
The making of the dream-like CG music video to Mac Miller’s ‘Colors and Shapes’
How Hornet crafted the video for the song by Mac Miller, who died in 2018.
How the ‘2D’ Chip in ‘Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers’ was actually 3D
And how MPC had to make Seth Rogen’s Uncanny Valley Bob character look as bad as possible.
Exclusive: Watch DNEG’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ VFX breakdown
Pirate ships, Blackbeard, a kraken and more.
A quick look at those flies in s4 of ‘Westworld’
This new HBO featurette has some behind the scenes.
The virtual Hogwarts Great Hall in ‘Secrets of Dumbledore’
A new official featurette showcases the bluescreen sets, and final work by One of Us.
A unique approach to face replacements by ILM helped make the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ Illuminati battle possible
The VFX studio also meticulously modeled a CG replica of the British Museum atrium.
VFX Notes: The making of *that* batmobile chase
How the Batman/Penguin batmobile chase in ‘The Batman’ was made. This week on VFX Notes, Hugo Guerra from Hugo’s Desk and Ian Failes from
On The Set Pic: ‘Blade Runner’
‘Blade Runner’ chief model maker Mark Stetson adjusts a miniature city section. Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner turns 40 today. I thought I would share
VFX Futures: How all those sparks in Pixar’s ‘Lightyear’ were created
Pixar effects supervisor Bill Watral discusses sparks, light speed and more.
From actors jumping on on-set pads to the final magical VFX shots
A breakdown of Rodeo FX’s Berlin dining hall visual effects in ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’.
Behind Vecna’s ‘UV texture crawl’ vines, the fight of a Demogorgon, and the de-ageing of Millie Bobby Brown
Behind the visual effects of volume one of 'Stranger Things 4'.
The invisible VFX prep work done to make that assassin scene in ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ a reality
Image Engine explains the meticulous roto, matchmoving and tracking involved.
The forgotten freeze-frame moments from ‘Batman & Robin’
The infamous 1997 film had its own form of bullet-time, before bullet-time.
VFX Notes: Volker Engel on ‘Godzilla’
The visual effects supervisor re-visits the many practical and digital challenges on the 1998 film.
Behind the scenes of David Fincher’s ‘Bad Travelling’
The animated short is in Love, Death + Robots Vol. 3.
Watch Pixomondo’s ‘Halo The Series’ VFX breakdown
From season one.
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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