b&a podcast: Rose Duignan and Hal Hickel on the history of ILM
The early days of ILM, the practical-to-digital transition, and the latest innovations at the studio.
4 great things I saw at SIGGRAPH
Volumetric capture, ILM in-depth, Unity's virtual camera and a fireside with Tim Miller and Gretchen Libby.
Watch ILM’s ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ VFX breakdown
Featuring StageCraft, younger Luke, Rancor and more.
The last-minute roto tool that saved the ending of ‘Death Becomes Her’
A new article on the 30th anniversary of the film.
20 minutes of ‘Lost World’ befores and afters
Universal has released this great featurette from 'The Lost World: Jurassic Park' with plate and final VFX shots.
Head stretching and stomach holes: re-visiting the visual effects of ‘Death Becomes Her’
“Bob had said to Meryl Streep: ‘Whatever Ken asks you to do, no matter how silly, just go with it. You can
‘I think I found my people’
'Light & Magic': a review.
Groom gains
How ILM overhauled its feather system for ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’.
This stunning shot of the Giganotosaurus in ‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ is a practical head and a CG body
There are fully practical effects in the film, fully CG ones, and everything in between (and, yep, there’s even miniatures).
Watch 2 official featurettes on ‘Jurassic Park III’
Universal has released these docos from the film's DVD release, which include coverage of the VFX work by ILM.
Full official ‘Jurassic Park’ documentary now online
This official featurette made a few years ago and now released by Universal showcases many of the practical effects dinos by Stan
Watch the trailer for ‘Light & Magic’
The upcoming Disney+ 6-part doco on ILM.
‘Men in Black’ and its crazy collection of real and CG creatures
“I’ve always told people that when you have a movie that's fairly complicated be sure to have a talking pug dog in
A unique approach to face replacements by ILM helped make the ‘Multiverse of Madness’ Illuminati battle possible
The VFX studio also meticulously modeled a CG replica of the British Museum atrium.
The invisible VFX prep work done to make that assassin scene in ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ a reality
Image Engine explains the meticulous roto, matchmoving and tracking involved.
VFX Notes: We got cows!
It's part 2 of our Twister chat.
VFX Notes: Inside the ‘Doctor Strange’ NYC mirror dimension
Plus a look at those Hong Kong reverse shots.
VFX Notes: ‘Twister’ – a meeting of the minds of practical & digital effects
Part 1 of our deep dive into the Jan de Bont film.
A cape for Christopher Lee
Behind ILM's cloth sims for Count Dooku in 'Attack of the Clones'.
An official look at the virtual production of ‘The Batman’
A new featurette has been released showcasing ILM's StageCraft virtual production tech, and other setups.
VFX Futures: From VFXer to trucker–Louis Katz’s story
A chat about one person's path in and beyond the visual effects industry.
Lorne Peterson, interviewed
Check out Berton Pierce's chat with the amazing ILM model maker from the 'Sense of Scale' documentary.
How ILM created ‘Hawkeye’s’ entire Rockefeller environment, including that iconic Christmas tree, in CG
Behind the scenes of that final episode sequence.
VFX Futures: The art and tech behind Nivellan
How ILM helped transform Kristofer Hivju into the beastly character in s2 of 'The Witcher.'
From on-set to final performance: the s2 creatures of ‘The Witcher’
VFX supervisor Daði Einarsson breaks down Basilisks, Eskel Leshy and Nivellen. After watching season 2 of The Witcher and seeing some of
Go inside the bunker of ‘No Time to Die’ with ILM
How the VFX studio helped craft the missile silo interiors for the film–it even included motion capture.
Video: Inside the VFX of ‘Black Widow’
Destruction, sky diving and Red Room fighting.