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The new 'Fire and Ash' featurette includes amazing Varang breakdowns --&gt; How Oona Chaplin performed, and how Wētā FX crafted the final character. Plus lots of other aspects of the film are discussed. Watch in full at befores & afters magazine:

From virtual production to final VFX: how ‘Mercy’ was made --&gt; DNEG

Warner Bros. has now released an official VFX breakdown for 'Sinners' --&gt; What's cool is that includes a little more official behind the scenes showcasing the twinning work for Michael B. Jordan's characters. Watch in full:

New official VFX breakdowns now online for #JurassicWorldRebirth --&gt; Showcasing the T-rex work by Industrial Light & Magic, and including comments from VFX supervisor David Vickery and CG supervisor Mark Pascoe. Excerpt here, watch in full at befores & afters magazine:

It's the 20th anniversary of 'The Island' this week. I always loved the very natural-looking VFX in that film. Also, loved that plates from 'The Island' were re-used in 'Transformers: Dark of the Moon'. Love it.

With 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' in cinemas, here's befores & afters magazine's ode to the infamous logging truck VFX in 'Final Destination 2'. I crawled through Digital Dimension’s old website to find some amazing video and info about how *that scene* was made.

Behind the VFX for ‘Dune: Prophecy’ --&gt; A new official video featurette is out. Watch at befores & afters magazine.

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Shooting scenes for ‘Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age’ --&gt; Puppet passes, and the art of the nature doco, without animals to film. An excerpt from the new issue #61 of befores & afters magazine, featuring the on-set shoot involving Practic Creations and Framestore.

Whoa. Disney Animation’s website has a behind the scenes feature that is too good to miss --&gt; Their 'What We Do' section contains some incredible making of material on recent films, and it now includes 'Zootopia 2'. Find out more at befores & afters magazine:

At the VFX Oscar Bake-Off this year, there was an audible 'OMG' gasp from the pro audience at two points in the 'Jurassic World Rebirth' presentation from VFX supervisor David Vickery. They are in this new reel from Industrial Light & Magic:

Current obsession: this how to animate water video from LAIKA --&gt; It’s part of their Craft in Motion series, and includes both practical and digital water. Watch in full at befores & afters magazine:

Holey moley - it's the 25th anniversary of #shrek this week. Hats off to the team at PDI who up'd the game in animation so quickly after 'Antz'. Here's a fun collection of some CG model/wireframe/simulation tests from the film.

This 'Zone of Interest' VFX reel really is super-cool, in terms of showing camera gear/audio equipment paint-outs, which were so crucial to telling the story of the film One of Us

NEW VIDEO! ‘Project Hail Mary’ creature effects creative supervisor Neal Scanlan on the magic of Rocky --&gt; Neal goes behind the scenes on the puppets &amp; animatronics, with some very fun b-roll also featuring puppeteer &amp; performer James Ortiz.

🎙 NEW PODCAST! 🎙 How the artistic innovations behind the ‘Spider-Verse’ films led to a The Academy Scientific and Technical Award --&gt; Diving deep into the tools Superdraw and Kismet, and on brushing and patching, as crafted by Sony Pictures Imageworks.

I am obsessed with this new featurette released by Apple on the puppetry in 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age'. Watch in full at befores & afters magazine, and stay tuned for an in-depth podcast about Framestore's work on the series with VFX supervisor Russell Dodgson.

Olivier Gondry on the making of Kylie Minogue’s ‘Come Into My World’ --&gt; We revisit this making of article in light of the new fun Margot Robbie CHANEL ad directed by Michel Gondry.

Tech news: Zibra AI, the Ukrainian deep tech startup behind ZibraVDB, has announced the Open Beta for its latest technology, ZibraGDS (Geometry Data Structure). Sign up for the Open Beta here: #vfxinsight #zibraai #zibraVDB #unrealengine #beta

I love ILPVFX's VFX reel for 'Predator: Badlands'. Great way to see the work done for Dek's face and head, the leg removal for Elle Fanning's character, the Spray Snakes (spitters) and environment work. Love seeing a bit of roto in a breakdown, too!

This is very cool --&gt; Framestore showcases the 4D Gaussian Splatting used for ‘Superman’. A new video breaks down their collaboration with Infinite-Realities. Watch in full at befores &amp; afters: Stephane Ceretti

Just updated the befores & afters magazine coverage of Cinesite's VFX for 'Warfare' with the studio's brand new visual effects breakdown.

The new 'Fire and Ash' featurette includes amazing Varang breakdowns --> How Oona Chaplin performed, and how Wētā FX crafted the final character. Plus lots of other aspects of the film are discussed. Watch in full at befores & afters magazine:

From virtual production to final VFX: how ‘Mercy’ was made --> DNEG

Warner Bros. has now released an official VFX breakdown for 'Sinners' --> What's cool is that includes a little more official behind the scenes showcasing the twinning work for Michael B. Jordan's characters. Watch in full:

New official VFX breakdowns now online for #JurassicWorldRebirth --> Showcasing the T-rex work by Industrial Light & Magic, and including comments from VFX supervisor David Vickery and CG supervisor Mark Pascoe. Excerpt here, watch in full at befores & afters magazine:

With 'Final Destination: Bloodlines' in cinemas, here's befores & afters magazine's ode to the infamous logging truck VFX in 'Final Destination 2'. I crawled through Digital Dimension’s old website to find some amazing video and info about how that scene was made.

Behind the VFX for ‘Dune: Prophecy’ --> A new official video featurette is out. Watch at befores & afters magazine.

Shooting scenes for ‘Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age’ --> Puppet passes, and the art of the nature doco, without animals to film. An excerpt from the new issue #61 of befores & afters magazine, featuring the on-set shoot involving Practic Creations and Framestore.

Whoa. Disney Animation’s website has a behind the scenes feature that is too good to miss --> Their 'What We Do' section contains some incredible making of material on recent films, and it now includes 'Zootopia 2'. Find out more at befores & afters magazine:

Current obsession: this how to animate water video from LAIKA --> It’s part of their Craft in Motion series, and includes both practical and digital water. Watch in full at befores & afters magazine:

NEW VIDEO! ‘Project Hail Mary’ creature effects creative supervisor Neal Scanlan on the magic of Rocky --> Neal goes behind the scenes on the puppets & animatronics, with some very fun b-roll also featuring puppeteer & performer James Ortiz.

🎙 NEW PODCAST! 🎙 How the artistic innovations behind the ‘Spider-Verse’ films led to a The Academy Scientific and Technical Award --> Diving deep into the tools Superdraw and Kismet, and on brushing and patching, as crafted by Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Olivier Gondry on the making of Kylie Minogue’s ‘Come Into My World’ --> We revisit this making of article in light of the new fun Margot Robbie CHANEL ad directed by Michel Gondry.

This is very cool --> Framestore showcases the 4D Gaussian Splatting used for ‘Superman’. A new video breaks down their collaboration with Infinite-Realities. Watch in full at befores & afters: Stephane Ceretti