That time James Cameron gave ILM a day to come up with a test for ‘The Abyss’
What should a CG water tentacle should look like, anyway?
A fine line between grotesque and hilarious: making ‘The Mask’s’ landmark nightclub transformations
The film’s director and key ILM crew share their stories on ‘The Mask’s’ 25th anniversary.
It’s hard not to love the behind the scenes imagery in this Hulk making-of by Marvel
A 5 minute video with breakdowns and interview with VFX supe Dan Deleeuw.
How ILM was able to draw upon previous New York VFX material for ‘Far From Home’s’ web-swinging finale
'At ILM we've done a CG version of New York many times before.'
Spidey’s suit for the ‘Far From Home’ charity scene is, yep, all-CG
...And here's why it was a different suit in the teaser trailer.
‘I want to see it!’ ILMers on the time Gary Sinise first saw his missing legs in ‘Forrest Gump’
...and other stories about the film’s classic invisible VFX.
Come to Switzerland, learn about CG actors
ILM, MPC and Cubic Motion will be diving into their CG human and character workflows.
Exclusive: ILM’s Rob Bredow and Lola’s Trent Claus to speak at VIEW
They join a previously announced major line-up of speakers at the Turin event in October.
A new VFX featurette on Jordan Peele’s ‘Us’
Grady Cofer briefly breaks down ILM's doppelgänger work in the film.
‘It cost about $65 to have a cold pizza delivered in the middle of the night to Skywalker Ranch’
The intensive previs process on 'The Phantom Menace'.
The world already loved lightsabers, but then ‘The Phantom Menace’ made them even better
How new ways of shooting, new digital tools and lots and lots of roto resulted in the laser swords of ‘Episode I’.
How ILM’s work on ‘Hook’ led to ‘Phantom Menace’s’ podrace
Projection mapping played a key role in making those racers go fast. Real fast.
The smarts behind Smart Hulk
How VFX took Mark Ruffalo to a whole new level of Hulk in ‘Endgame’.
Remember when Brendan Fraser took on all those mummies by himself?
A VFX oral history of 'The Mummy's' coolest action scene.
How driving around L.A. with a camera out the window led to one of the coolest shots in ‘Iron Man’
Storytelling with previs, VFX and a Sony hand-held camera.
Star Wars model and miniatures aficionados: prepare to lose your minds
Something very cool was shown at a panel for ‘The Mandalorian’.
ILM’s Rob Bredow on making the ‘Solo’ making-of book
"I’m the only one here with a camera, and I'm seeing the first styrofoam mock-up of this creature, and it will never
The CGI tidal wave in ‘Snake Eyes’ that no one got to…sea (sorry)
The true story of the original ending of 'Snake Eyes', and its ground-breaking water sims by ILM.
Remember that time Brad Pitt got hit by a van, and a taxi?
How *that* shot in ‘Meet Joe Black’ was pulled off
Dennis Muren on the art of crafting VFX shots that don’t reveal how they’re done
The ILM veteran breaks down 3 of his classic 'how did they do that?' film effects.
Viewpaint: ILM’s secret weapon on ‘Jurassic Park’
Do you really know how they texture painted the dinosaurs?
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