Watch DNEG’s ‘Death on the Nile’ VFX breakdown
Showcasing environment extensions and more.
No one ever said, ‘No, you can’t do that.’
Reflecting on the Sony Talent League with some of its mentors and mentees.
Pixar’s Danielle Feinberg on the studio’s new tech in ‘Turning Red’
A new way of rigging and articulation developed at Pixar called profile movers helped craft the very expressive characters in the film.
Behind the scenes of ‘The Adam Project’
Fun video here, including a look at on-set viz!
VFX Notes: ‘Free Guy’, face replacement and fun VFX
Catchphrase!
Robot arms, wires and VFX helped Tom Holland’s character leap across those cargo crates in ‘Uncharted’
Behind the scenes of the mid-air C-17 fight scene with visual effects studio DNEG.
Watch Rodeo FX’s VFX breakdown for ‘Foundation’
The VFX studio showcases their work.
‘Ice Age’ turns 20: a celebration of Blue Sky Studios
Looking back at Blue Sky's first feature film and the art and tech behind it.
See how filmmakers directly interact with VFX, at SPARK FX 2022
befores & afters is presenting the 'Non-VFX for VFX' track at SPARK FX.
VFX Futures: From VFXer to trucker–Louis Katz’s story
A chat about one person's path in and beyond the visual effects industry.
On The Set Pic: ‘The Lost City’
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum on the set.
VFX Futures: ‘Wheel of Time’ VFX supe Julian Parry on designing the One Power
Behind the scenes of a very specific scene in episode 4 of the series.
Read the ASWF paper on open source tech in filmmaking
A look at the state of play of open source projects. The Academy Software Foundation has released a new research paper that looks at
On The Set Pic: ‘Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood’
How the live-action was filmed for the rotoscoped animation project.
VFX Notes: The VFX of ‘Dune’
Sandworms, ornithopters, sandscreens and shields. In the latest episode of VFX Notes, Ian Failes from befores & afters and Hugo Guerra from Hugo’s Desk
The winners of the 20th VES Awards
'Dune' was the big winner on the night.
I’ve started watching the ‘Building the Open Metaverse’ podcast
It's hosted by Patrick Cozzi (Cesium) and Marc Petit (Epic Games).
Watch Weta Digital’s ‘Hawkeye’ VFX reel
Showcasing the car chase oner and bridge scene.
On The Set Pic: ‘The Bubble’
The new film from Judd Apatow.
Watch this Alt.vfx ‘Wolf Like Me’ VFX breakdown
Wolf effects and some invisible solutions by the VFX studio.
Avatar: Fire and Ash
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Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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