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Tag: Image Engine

VFX Breakdowns

Watch Image Engine’s ‘Willow’ breakdown reel

Posted onFebruary 17, 2023February 17, 2023

Showcasing their work for the series.

Articles

The invisible VFX prep work done to make that assassin scene in ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ a reality

Posted onJune 21, 2022

Image Engine explains the meticulous roto, matchmoving and tracking involved.

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‘Moon Knight’ continues the impressive Marvel tradition of seamlessly incorporating CG costumes

Posted onMay 27, 2022

The VFX behind Moon Knight’s impressive armor.

VFX Breakdowns

Watch Image Engine’s ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ VFX breakdown

Posted onFebruary 27, 2022

The VFX studio has released its reel for the film.

VFX Insight

Image Engine taps remote ShotGrid pipeline for VFX on ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’

Posted onNovember 8, 2021April 13, 2022

How the VFX studio has been using a custom ShotGrid pipeline during remote working.

Articles

What actually goes into ‘designing’ visual effects for a major feature film?

Posted onOctober 22, 2021October 22, 2021

‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ visual effects supervisor Sheena Duggal explains.

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Icy fingers of death: the ‘Snowpiercer’ aquarium scene was based on the real-world phenomenon of brinicles

Posted onApril 19, 2021April 23, 2021

Also, how Image Engine utilized Unreal Engine for snowy train environments.

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It’s time to check out these ‘Mandalorian’ s2 VFX breakdowns

Posted onMarch 31, 2021April 1, 2021

ILM, ILPVFX, Hybride and Image Engine now have amazing reels online.

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Watch 9 ‘Mandalorian’ VFX breakdowns all in one place

Posted onOctober 26, 2020November 2, 2020

A collection of the stunning making-ofs released from season 1.

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If you’re squeamish, maybe don’t watch this ‘Old Guard’ breakdown reel

Posted onAugust 12, 2020August 13, 2020

But it does show the fantastic VFX work by Image Engine.

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‘Medical websites, bullet hits and blast wounds – it’s pretty horrific’

Posted onJuly 24, 2020August 2, 2020

UPDATED with VFX breakdown: ‘The Old Guard’ VFX supervisor Sara Bennett on what it took to make immortal mercenaries.

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A whole bunch of ‘Lost in Space’ s2 VFX breakdowns in one place

Posted onJune 13, 2020June 16, 2020

Robots, ships and alien creatures.

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Watch Image Engine’s ‘Mandalorian’ breakdown reel

Posted onJune 10, 2020June 12, 2020

The VFX studio showcases its work for the show.

Image Engine robots
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Body of Work: Image Engine and a history of robots

Posted onMay 7, 2020May 24, 2020

Including Chappie and the Lost in Space bots.

Animating bots
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Animating bots

Posted onApril 25, 2020May 16, 2020

Image Engine breaks down its robot showdown animation from s2 of ‘Lost in Space’.

making Spider-Man suit
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How anyone can make a Spider-Man suit, step-by-step

Posted onSeptember 24, 2019May 23, 2020

(Well, not really, but here’s how Image Engine did for ‘Far From Home’.)

John Wick: Chapter 3 bike chase shooting
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Why the bike chase in ‘John Wick 3’ was rehearsed four different times

Posted onSeptember 20, 2019May 23, 2020

Greenscreened puppeteers and bikes combine like never before.

Game of Thrones VFX
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The small VFX detail in ‘Game of Thrones’ that says so much about the show

Posted onApril 14, 2019May 17, 2020

That wing clip is the coolest thing EVER.

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