‘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.’
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.
The crazy, intricate work behind DNEG’s VFX for ‘NYAD’
Water sims, incredible body tracking and matchmove, and insane comp.
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
‘The water needed to have a performance’
How the ‘NYAD’ visual effects team helped turn Annette Bening into an open ocean endurance swimmer.
A giant penis, flaming body, and blood shards that kill
All in a days work for the 'Gen V' effects team.
‘Make them go F.A.S.T.’
How visual effects in 'Gran Turismo' helped tell this real-world gaming story.
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',
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’
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.
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
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.
Behind the shoot and VFX for that dynamic train opener to ‘Citadel’
Behind the background plate and bluescreen train carriage shoots.
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
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.
Watch DNEG’s ‘The Rings of Power’ VFX breakdown
Incredible invisible digital double work.
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?
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.
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.
That time Tom Holland got hit by a bluescreen car
4 hours of stuffies discussion (just kidding).
‘Bullet Train’ rides the virtual production wave
With plenty of final visual effects as well.
Exclusive: Watch DNEG’s ‘Our Flag Means Death’ VFX breakdown
Pirate ships, Blackbeard, a kraken and more.
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.
VFX Notes: ‘Last Night in Soho’ (and the best mirror shots in movies)
We look deep into the VFX of Edgar Wright's film.
Jim Carrey in the middle of mushrooms
How DNEG crafted the alien environment seen at the start of ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 2’.
Get my new book in PRINT or on KINDLE.
Issue #66: The visual effects of Avengers: Endgame.
Latest limited edition t-shirt: Pseudopod.
