‘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.
Watch this VFX breakdown reel for ‘Peacemaker’
Posted by the official Twitter account.
I love this poster
(It's like they asked me first before making it...lol).
Your one-and-a-half-hour deep dive into the VFX of ‘Dune’
The DNEG breakdown is now available to watch in full.
PDI won the bid to do a CG cape in ‘Batman Forever’ for an amazing reason
The cape heralded a new wave of cloth simulation in movies.
Lorne Peterson, interviewed
Check out Berton Pierce's chat with the amazing ILM model maker from the 'Sense of Scale' documentary.
VFX Artifacts: How the ‘Harry Potter’ miniature Hogwarts Castle was made
Model supervisor Robbie Scott goes back to the first 'Potter' film in this new ep.
Watch how they made the London bridge scene in ‘Vikings: Valhalla’
Netflix's official video behind the scenes.
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.
From classroom to credits, with Campus VFX