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Articles

How the ‘2D’ Chip in ‘Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers’ was actually 3D

Posted onJune 29, 2022
VFX Breakdowns

Exclusive: Watch DNEG’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ VFX breakdown

VFX Breakdowns

A quick look at those flies in s4 of ‘Westworld’

VFX Breakdowns

The virtual Hogwarts Great Hall in ‘Secrets of Dumbledore’

Articles

A unique approach to face replacements by ILM helped make the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ Illuminati battle possible

VIDEO: Character Creator 4 is a universal character system

Posted onJune 9, 2022 VFX Insight

‘Can our department handle this load?’

Posted onJune 6, 2022 VFX Insight

VIDEO: Dramatically simplify character animation with iClone 8

Posted onJune 2, 2022 VFX Insight

All about the ‘Ninety Days’ Unreal Engine 5 and Quixel Megascans project

Posted onMay 30, 2022 VFX Insight
Unity Real time Tracing
Articles

Unity and real-time ray tracing: a Q&A

The details on Unity’s journey into real-time ray tracing.

Posted onApril 12, 2019May 17, 2020
Articles

Yep, we have a weekly newsletter

Posted onApril 11, 2019May 17, 2020

Here’s how to subscribe.

Elephant VFX
Articles

Why stop at an elephant?

Posted onApril 11, 2019May 17, 2020

A primer on Ziva and its latest tech – automated anatomy transfers.

American Gods Breakdown
Articles

Breaking Down Four Big Scenes from ‘American Gods’

Posted onApril 10, 2019May 17, 2020

Season 2 is even crazier than Season 1.

Captain Marvel
Articles

Things VFX supes have to think about (that are more than just about VFX)

Posted onApril 9, 2019May 17, 2020

What Luma Pictures had to solve – not just on the technical side – when crafting their ‘Captain Marvel’ train chase.

retro VFX sessions
Articles

The ultimate retro VFX sessions

Posted onApril 9, 2019May 17, 2020

A preview of the ‘Then & Now’ talks at FMX 2019.

The FuseFX Driving Rig
Articles

Here’s how driving comps were done for ‘True Detective’

Posted onApril 8, 2019May 17, 2020

They are in the car A LOT.

Source: Behance page of Trevor Tuttle, a model maker at ILM on Snake Eyes.
Articles, Retro

The CGI tidal wave in ‘Snake Eyes’ that no one got to…sea (sorry)

Posted onApril 5, 2019May 17, 2020

The true story of the original ending of ‘Snake Eyes’, and its ground-breaking water sims by ILM.

Cat VFX scene
Articles

What goes on behind the scenes when a VFX studio does one of those ‘real vs. CG’ test shots?

Posted onApril 4, 2019May 17, 2020

The art of the side-by-side.

Retro

Remember that time Brad Pitt got hit by a van, and a taxi?

Posted onApril 3, 2019May 17, 2020

How *that* shot in ‘Meet Joe Black’ was pulled off

John Gaeta
Articles

John Gaeta on dynamic adaptive geospatially aligned applications, and other things from the future

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

The Magicverse has you.

Vincent Frei
Articles

A new way to search and keep track of VFX studios

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

VFX studio directory site ‘We Are The Makers’ launches

Rocket Migration_workstation
Articles

We’re following along with this Kickstarter animated short film project

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

Will it meet its goal?

Game of Thrones
Articles

There’s so much cool ‘Game of Thrones’ stuff here that I had to embed this video

Posted onApril 2, 2019May 17, 2020

Holy crap ‘Game of Thrones’ is almost here.

The matrix Bullet Time
Retro

Bullet Time before Bullet Time

Posted onApril 1, 2019May 13, 2022

The tests that led to the landmark visual effect of the ’90s.

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RECENT POSTS

  • How the ‘2D’ Chip in ‘Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers’ was actually 3D
  • Exclusive: Watch DNEG’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ VFX breakdown
  • A quick look at those flies in s4 of ‘Westworld’
  • The virtual Hogwarts Great Hall in ‘Secrets of Dumbledore’
  • A unique approach to face replacements by ILM helped make the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ Illuminati battle possible

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