‘If this is going to work, we really have to cover Paul Thomas Anderson shots’
The co-founder of Wonder Dynamics breaks down how the AI VFX tool Wonder Studio was made for storytellers.
Issue #11 is here, and it’s all about AI in VFX and animation
100 pages on new AI tools, how VFX studios use machine learning.
The best of both worlds
Marrying practical miniatures with CG served perfectly on RRR’s dramatic bridge scene.
‘They talked to the puppet like an actor’
Spectral Motion breaks down their practical characters for ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’. An excerpt from befores & afters magazine.
Issue #10 of befores & afters magazine goes deep on practical effects
Coverage of the latest in creature and make-up effects, miniatures and in-camera effects.
Issue #9 of the magazine is here!
This latest issue focuses on feature animation.
The unique challenge of making a stalking, unfolding, alien entity that hides amongst the clouds
MPC’s key role in designing Nope’s ‘Jean Jacket’: an excerpt from issue #8 of befores & afters magazine.
‘All this is not to do with animatronics. It’s to do with characters’
How one animatronics designer and puppeteer has made his way into the world of Star Wars, Dark Crystal and more.
Inside issue #7 of b&a mag: animatronics, creature effects and Phil Tippett’s ‘MAD GOD’
The latest issue of befores & afters magazine has arrived!
Breaking down a low-budget stop-motion scene
Animator Angus Lamont reveals how he crafted a giant monster attack in his makeshift garage/studio.
‘Where’s the head? When’s the head going to turn up?’
‘The Bubble’ had some slightly unusual visual effects requirements to help deliver its tongue-in-cheek tale.
The art and design and VFX of a music video
A breakdown of Father John Misty's single ‘Funny Girl’.
147 3D printed pieces helped make this BBC Winter Olympics spot possible
How Blinkink had to solve some interesting previs, stop-motion and 3D printing challenges for the promo. ‘Extreme by Nature’, a spot for
Issue #6: stop-motion, music videos, Predator, DragonHeart, The Bubble!
120 pages of visual effects in print.
The invisible effects of ‘Winning Time’
An excerpt from issue #5 of befores & afters magazine.
The invisible VFX of ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’
An excerpt from the 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' article in issue #5 of befores & afters mag.
Issue #5 of befores & afters magazine is FULL of invisible effects coverage
From 'Everything Everywhere All at Once' to 'Our Flag Means Death'.
A history of CG bird flocking
Do you know about Boids?
When your bird is actually a fish
Behind those CG birds in 'The Core', and how one of them was actually a...salmon! An excerpt from issue #4 of befores
Issue #4 is here!
...and there's a new way for you to get your hands on it.
The meta video bluescreen scene in ‘Wag the Dog’
Find out how they made that 'Wag the Dog' bluescreen scene with Kirsten Dunst.
A new video showcases practical submarine model filming
It's from the team at InCamera, who also made that amazing submarine tutorial for befores & afters magazine.
Issue #3 is here! See what’s inside
The latest edition of befores & afters magazine covers greenscreen performers, 'meta' VFX moments, practical effects and more.
Issue #2 is now here!
The latest print edition of befores & afters goes deep on wireframes, 3D scanning, and practical FX.
It’s here: issue #1 of befores & afters in print
You can now order a print version of befores & afters!
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Industrial Light & Magic: 50 Years of Innovation
Creativity meets technical curiosity: an FX TD’s role on Predator: Badlands.
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