‘For Godzilla’s walk, we put a speedometer on his feet just to see how fast they go’ DNEG delves into its sequences on ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,’ which also included Kong’s tooth extraction, and the enormous crystal May 1, 2024 Articles
‘We asked ourselves at the beginning, do we go for something that feels right, or that is right?’ The virtual production and visual effects art and tech that brought authenticity to ‘Masters of the Air.’ April 17, 2024 Articles
There’s no CGI in ‘Oppenheimer’, but there are so many stunning effects Hugo and Ian discuss Chris Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' in the latest VFX Notes podcast. March 14, 2024 Podcasts
The crazy, intricate work behind DNEG’s VFX for ‘NYAD’ Water sims, incredible body tracking and matchmove, and insane comp. January 30, 2024 Podcasts
DNEG builds a beautiful broken world in HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’ with MattePaint The highly anticipated HBO adaptation of The Last of Us video game transport viewers into a beautiful post-apocalyptic world. DNEG faced the December 5, 2023 VFX Insight
‘The water needed to have a performance’ How the ‘NYAD’ visual effects team helped turn Annette Bening into an open ocean endurance swimmer. November 29, 2023 Articles
A giant penis, flaming body, and blood shards that kill All in a days work for the 'Gen V' effects team. November 15, 2023 Articles
‘Make them go F.A.S.T.’ How visual effects in 'Gran Turismo' helped tell this real-world gaming story. September 16, 2023 Articles
DNEG breaks down its use of Houdini on ‘The Last of Us’ DNEG CG Supervisor Melaina Mace discusses environment work for different cities and the use of SideFX's Houdini on 'The Last of Us', August 30, 2023 VFX Breakdowns
Spinning beads, cloud tanks and crucibles of molten thermite The practical photographic element shoots and the digital compositing work done to bring the subatomic and large scale explosive effects of ‘Oppenheimer’ August 17, 2023 Articles
Interview: DNEG visual effects supervisor Andy Lockley on ‘The Flash’ The VFX studio talks three key sequences: Metropolis destruction, young Barry’s power test run, and visiting the Batcave. August 1, 2023 Articles
How that crazy nunchuck helicopter sequence in ‘Fast X’ was pulled off A deep dive into the on-location chopper flying, bluescreen shooting, and final digital VFX work by DNEG for this and many other July 27, 2023 Articles
Why the animated feature Nimona could not have been achieved without compositing Also, the scene that almost gave one of the film’s VFX supervisors a heart attack. July 25, 2023 Articles
Behind the shoot and VFX for that dynamic train opener to ‘Citadel’ Behind the background plate and bluescreen train carriage shoots. July 5, 2023 Articles
Effects of heaven and earth: a more grounded Monkey King story Behind the VFX of ‘American Born Chinese.’ American Born Chinese, now streaming on Disney+, is an adaptation of Gene Luen Yang’s graphic June 20, 2023 Articles
A visual journey into DNEG’s dragon, unicorn and Tree of Life in ‘Fury of the Gods’ Go behind the scenes of these specific elements in the film. May 10, 2023 Articles
Watch DNEG’s ‘The Rings of Power’ VFX breakdown Incredible invisible digital double work. April 12, 2023 VFX Breakdowns
How to plan for huge VFX sequences: the VFX supe and VFX producer on ‘Slumberland’ How do you get two characters to ride a giant flying goose, anyway? March 20, 2023 Articles·Podcasts
DNEG made a procedural tool that let artists create bomb-shaped holes in Boston buildings for ‘The Last of Us’ Behind the scenes of the VFX studio’s environment and character integration work in the series. March 18, 2023 Articles
You might be surprised about what’s real and what’s synthetic in ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ Behind the scenes with VFX studio DNEG on digital environments and invisible effects. March 3, 2023 Articles
That time Tom Holland got hit by a bluescreen car 4 hours of stuffies discussion (just kidding). September 26, 2022 Podcasts
‘Bullet Train’ rides the virtual production wave With plenty of final visual effects as well. August 17, 2022 Articles
Exclusive: Watch DNEG’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ VFX breakdown Pirate ships, Blackbeard, a kraken and more. June 29, 2022 VFX Breakdowns
Tech Weeklies is back! Unreal’s Mesh to MetaHuman, DNEG’s review tool, new Blender out Catching up on a week of tech news in VFX, animation and CG. June 11, 2022 Tech Weeklies
VFX Notes: ‘Last Night in Soho’ (and the best mirror shots in movies) We look deep into the VFX of Edgar Wright's film. June 10, 2022 Podcasts