Magazine Be the first to get issue #1 in e-book form ·June 2, 2023 Issue #1 is available right now as a print AND a digital Kindle e-book on Amazon.
Magazine Real-time depth compositing with an AI-assist ·May 30, 2023 Behind the system Wētā FX invented for ‘The Way of Water’.
Retro Just add bats ·May 28, 2023 On the 30th anniversary of 'Cliffhanger', a look at the, er, very efficient bat art direction for a particular scene.
Magazine ‘If this is going to work, we really have to cover Paul Thomas Anderson shots’ ·May 26, 2023 The co-founder of Wonder Dynamics breaks down how the AI VFX tool Wonder Studio was made for storytellers.
Magazine Issue #11 is here, and it’s all about AI in VFX and animation ·May 16, 2023 100 pages on new AI tools, how VFX studios use machine learning.
Magazine The best of both worlds ·April 23, 2023 Marrying practical miniatures with CG served perfectly on RRR’s dramatic bridge scene.
Magazine ‘They talked to the puppet like an actor’ ·April 6, 2023 Spectral Motion breaks down their practical characters for ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine.
Magazine Issue #10 of befores & afters magazine goes deep on practical effects ·March 30, 2023 Coverage of the latest in creature and make-up effects, miniatures and in-camera effects.
ArticlesMagazine Issue #9 of the magazine is here! ·March 2, 2023 This latest issue focuses on feature animation.
Magazine The unique challenge of making a stalking, unfolding, alien entity that hides amongst the clouds ·February 2, 2023 MPC’s key role in designing Nope’s ‘Jean Jacket’: an excerpt from issue #8 of befores & afters magazine.
Magazine ‘All this is not to do with animatronics. It’s to do with characters’ ·November 9, 2022 How one animatronics designer and puppeteer has made his way into the world of Star Wars, Dark Crystal and more.
Magazine Inside issue #7 of b&a mag: animatronics, creature effects and Phil Tippett’s ‘MAD GOD’ ·October 28, 2022 The latest issue of befores & afters magazine has arrived!
Magazine Breaking down a low-budget stop-motion scene ·October 4, 2022 Animator Angus Lamont reveals how he crafted a giant monster attack in his makeshift garage/studio.
Magazine ‘Where’s the head? When’s the head going to turn up?’ ·September 25, 2022 ‘The Bubble’ had some slightly unusual visual effects requirements to help deliver its tongue-in-cheek tale.
Magazine The art and design and VFX of a music video ·September 19, 2022 A breakdown of Father John Misty's single ‘Funny Girl’.
Magazine 147 3D printed pieces helped make this BBC Winter Olympics spot possible ·September 12, 2022 How Blinkink had to solve some interesting previs, stop-motion and 3D printing challenges for the promo. ‘Extreme by Nature’, a spot for the BBC Winter Olympics coverage, begins with a…
Magazine Issue #6: stop-motion, music videos, Predator, DragonHeart, The Bubble! ·September 5, 2022 120 pages of visual effects in print.
Magazine The invisible effects of ‘Winning Time’ ·August 8, 2022 An excerpt from issue #5 of befores & afters magazine.
Magazine The invisible VFX of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ ·August 3, 2022 An excerpt from the 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' article in issue #5 of befores & afters mag.
Magazine Issue #5 of befores & afters magazine is FULL of invisible effects coverage ·August 1, 2022 From 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' to 'Our Flag Means Death'.
Magazine When your bird is actually a fish ·March 31, 2022 Behind those CG birds in 'The Core', and how one of them was actually a...salmon! An excerpt from issue #4 of befores & afters magazine.
Featured PostMagazine Issue #4 is here! ·March 30, 2022 ...and there's a new way for you to get your hands on it.
Magazine The meta video bluescreen scene in ‘Wag the Dog’ ·October 15, 2021 Find out how they made that 'Wag the Dog' bluescreen scene with Kirsten Dunst.
Articles A new video showcases practical submarine model filming ·October 7, 2021 It's from the team at InCamera, who also made that amazing submarine tutorial for befores & afters magazine.
Magazine Issue #3 is here! See what’s inside ·October 5, 2021 The latest edition of befores & afters magazine covers greenscreen performers, 'meta' VFX moments, practical effects and more.
Magazine Issue #2 is now here! ·May 11, 2021 The latest print edition of befores & afters goes deep on wireframes, 3D scanning, and practical FX.