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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
Making the magic mirror
Retro

Making the magic mirror moment in ‘The Matrix’

“Neo looks at his hand; fingers distended into mirrored icicles that begin to melt rapidly, dripping, running like wax down his fingers, spreading across his palm where he sees his face reflected.”

Posted onMarch 29, 2019May 17, 2020
Retro

Anatomy of a crash: ‘The Matrix’s’ stunning helicopter scene

Posted onMarch 28, 2019April 8, 2021

I knew it. He’s the one.

The Matrix
Retro

Secrets of ‘The Matrix’ code

Posted onMarch 27, 2019May 17, 2020

It comes from Japanese cookbooks, it’s back to front, and it didn’t always flow vertically.

Articles

The Solid Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride

Posted onMarch 27, 2019June 21, 2021

A sticky post with a regular landscape featured image on the corner of a nondescript block in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, is a bank, or what used to be.

The Hudsucker Proxy VFX
Retro

A visual journey inside the miniatures of ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’

Posted onMarch 26, 2019May 17, 2020

Shooting models sideways, making Tim Robbins act in reverse, and the movies where the same miniatures made surprise reappearances.

Skrull transformations
Articles

Skrull transformations: inventing a new type of morph

Posted onMarch 25, 2019May 17, 2020

All about ‘Captain Marvel’s’ shape-shifting Skrulls, and ponytails.

Sphere
Retro

‘We tried a million things’ – the oral history of ‘Sphere’s’ sphere

Posted onMarch 22, 2019May 17, 2020

The sphere in ‘Sphere’, and how it was made.

Shark VS Grodd: Encore VFX
Articles

OK, so a shark man needs to fight a gorilla – what do you do?

Posted onMarch 21, 2019May 17, 2020

“I was surprised no one scratched my car after that conversation.”

Alita: Battle Angel VFX
Articles

‘She eats a lot during this film, you know’ – giving CG characters some bite

Posted onMarch 20, 2019May 17, 2020

How do you make a CG character eat, anyway? Weta Digital reveals all.

Dennis Muren on the art of crafting VFX shots
Articles

Dennis Muren on the art of crafting VFX shots that don’t reveal how they’re done

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 17, 2020

The ILM veteran breaks down 3 of his classic ‘how did they do that?’ film effects.

VFX oral history of Guinness
Retro

‘I felt like it was a poem’: the VFX oral history of Guinness ‘Surfer’

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 17, 2020

Original CFC crew members reflect on bluescreen horses, crashing waves and a St. Patrick’s Day debut for the famous Jonathan Glazer spot.

exploring more diversity in VFX
Articles

‘No more talk, we need positive action’: exploring more diversity in VFX

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 17, 2020

A report from the joint VES and SPARK CG Society Diversity & Inclusion Summit.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Articles

That Moment When You Have to Reveal Your Work to the World

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 16, 2020

What it was like for Sony’s ‘Spider-Verse’ artists after the film’s first teaser trailer was released in 2017.

Super Mario Bros.
Retro

‘Super Mario Bros.’: the other huge VFX film from 1993

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 16, 2020

The first film to use Flame in a big way, as well as several other VFX ‘firsts.’

Ruby’s Saloon
Retro

Remembering ‘Ruby’s Saloon,’ and how it helped make Maya

Posted onMarch 18, 2019May 16, 2020

The untold oral history of the short that helped promote Maya to the world.

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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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