Every weekend, we highlight a handpicked selection of stories from Art of VFX. Whether you’ve missed an interview, want to revisit a great breakdown, or discover the artists behind today’s biggest productions, Weekend Spotlight is your chance to…
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Prime Video has released a new behind-the-scenes look at the visual effects of Fallout Season 2, with filmmakers, VFX Supervisor Jay Worth and VFX Producer Andrea Knoll exploring the creation of the show’s VFX (made by ILM, Raynault VFX, Importan…
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In 2019, we spoke with Chris Keller about the visual effects created by DNEG for Triple Frontier. Since that interview, he has contributed to a wide range of productions, including Foundation, Ghosted, Disclaimer, and Mercy. How did you get involved…
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A new featurette takes audiences behind the scenes of The Dog Stars, offering a closer look at legendary director Ridley Scott‘s upcoming post-apocalyptic film and the making of its haunting world. After a global pandemic wipes out most of humanity…
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A brand-new Spider-Man: Brand New Day featurette takes audiences behind the camera, showcasing really cool on set footage alongside a retrospective look at the web-slinger’s cinematic journey. Now completely alone and forgotten, Peter embraces his…
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Kantara – Chapter 1 blends mythology, fantasy, and spectacular action, with FutureWorks contributing visual effects that enhance the film’s environments, digital horses, and large-scale sequences. Set in the mystical forests of Kantara, the story…
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Discover how Dexter Studios brought The Spirit Realm to life in The East Palace. Netflix’s latest making of highlights the creation of its creatures, environments and supernatural visual effects. Netflix has released a new making of exploring the v…
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One of the most dragon-packed episodes of House of the Dragon Season 3 gets the behind-the-scenes treatment. This new featurette explores the making of Episode 7 and the key story moments that drive the season forward. HBO has released the first teas…
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When we first spoke with Dan Lemmon in 2011, he was a VFX Supervisor at Weta Digital (now Weta FX), Rise of the Planet of the Apes had just introduced audiences to a new generation of digital characters and marked a major milestone for visual effects…
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The final chapter begins. The first trailer for the fifth and final season of Babylon Berlin has been released, taking us back to Berlin in 1933 as the acclaimed series reaches its dramatic conclusion. The award-winning German series Babylon Berlin i…
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The first teaser for The Thomas Crown Affair has been released, offering a first look at Michael B. Jordan as the charismatic billionaire drawn into a high-stakes game following the theft of a priceless work of art. Michael B. Jordan stars as Thomas…
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Ted Lasso is back! The first trailer for Season 4 has finally arrived, teasing a brand-new chapter as Ted returns to Richmond for his most unexpected challenge yet: leading a second division women’s football team. This season, Ted returns to Richmo…
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VFX Supervisor Betsy Paterson breaks down Stranger Things season 5. The best visual effects don’t replace reality, they convince reality to play along.
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Can a ten-year voyage finally bring the vfxshow crew to a shared opinion about Director Christopher Nolan? Probably not. But listen and find out for yourself.
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StEM3 gives creative filmmakers a free, standardised toolkit to test, validate and trust an LED volume before the cameras roll.
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Sony’s FX5: a cinema camera so small Gareth Edwards can hide in plain sight and so capable he calls it a TARDIS.
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Foundry has released a new AI-powered plugin for Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio and Nuke Indie that aims to take the grind out of one of the most tedious jobs in visual effects: rotoscoping.
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From LiDAR to Gaussian splats, Clear Angle is capturing the real world so the best VFX teams, in the world, can rebuild it: one scan, one face and one lava field at a time.
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From clipped to equipped: Beeble’s SwitchHDR brings SDR into your HDR VFX pipeline.
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Congratulations to all of the nominated artists, supervisors, producers, and facilities whose work continues to push episodic visual effects forward.
- 32 days ago8 Jul 26, 11:45pm -

Cooke’s Jordan Thistlewood joins us to explain why lens /i Tech may be the missing link between what was shot on set and what VFX needs to finish the shot, and we should now be demanding it.
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On this 'vocal' episode of the VFXShow, we discuss how Disclosure Day works as a Spielberg UFO film, how its visual effects support both spectacle and invisible effects - all with some surprising reactions from the guys.
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Our latest fxpodcast with ILM's John Knoll on miniatures in a tiny LED cube, the Star Wars style, and why the practical and the digital still need each other.
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From brain-sucking horror to heartbreaking empathy, for this fxpodcast we go inside the creature work of The Boroughs with VFX Supervisor Tara DiMarco and ILM’s Steve Ellis.
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Go behind the scenes of the puppetry and CG work.The post Official ‘Fallout’ s2 video showcases Death Claw VFX appeared first on befores & afters.
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Behind the cinematography with iPhones, drone work and VFX in 28 Years Later. An excerpt from issue #63 of befores & afters magazine.The post What it took to film with iPhones on ’28 Years Later’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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Ewan McGregor and Writer/Director/Producer David Robert Mitchell on the set of “The End of Oak Street,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release.The post On The Set Pic: ‘The End of Oak Street’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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How Charlize Theron survives the Australian wilderness.The post All the surprising rock climbing and kayaking VFX challenges on ‘Apex’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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Issue #63 of befores & afters magazine covers the visual effects of 28 Years Later.The post Zombies, iPhones and VFX appeared first on befores & afters.
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Tom Holland with director Destin Daniel Cretton.The post On The Set Pic: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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It looks at the different Spideys, and the latest stunts for the new film.The post Fun ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ featurette on evolution of Spider-Man appeared first on befores & afters.
- 11 days ago29 Jul 26, 10:27pm -

Go behind the scenes on creatures and environments.The post DNEG shares VFX breakdown for ‘Masters of the Universe’ appeared first on befores & afters.
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Go behind the scenes in this double-header podcast with Framestore.The post How those adorable sheep in ‘The Sheep Detectives’ were made appeared first on befores & afters.
- 12 days ago28 Jul 26, 10:42pm -

Go behind the scenes in Barnstorm's reel.The post Watch Barnstorm’s VFX breakdown for ‘Spider-Noir’ appeared first on befores & afters.
- 13 days ago28 Jul 26, 7:51pm -

Annual computer graphics conference brings professionals, academics, educators and students together to gain and share insights in cutting-edge technology across animation, VFX, gaming and immersive experiences.
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The VFX studio delivered roughly 1,000 shots across the 8-part NBC and Peacock miniseries, building 73 animal types and 55 variations, running 100 environments through an Unreal Engine finishing pipeline, and carrying a scar on a juvenile's forehead…
- 4 days ago6 Aug 26, 8:00pm -

SEC filing shows company has put money behind machine learning at Disney Research Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering, promising a creative process that stays 'human-centered' - pledge lands after job reductions at Pixar earlier this year, and follo…
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The leading VFX house is already running the tool on episodic, film and experience-based projects in production, and expects to finish migrating by the end of the year.
- 5 days ago5 Aug 26, 5:09pm -

The industry veteran will take charge of strategy, operations and creative production across the growing company’s 5 studios and for client relationships internationally.
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ASIFA-Hollywood has opened its call for entries and added a Best International Anime Production for TV/Media category; entries close November 30.
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Extensive new feature release lays groundwork for expanded Maya and DCC integrations, AI-assisted scene construction and agent-driven directing.
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Studio space, a skilled local crew base, and a production record that includes ‘Peaky Blinders,’ ‘Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man,’ and an untitled sequel helped secure the designation; inward investment accounted for £5.8 billion of UK fil…
- 7 days ago3 Aug 26, 5:28pm -

Studio delivered 163 shots across 14 sequences, including sand simulations, crumbling CG rock formations, Toph Vision, an Avatar State digital double, and refined Soul Glow effects.
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Studio’s work includes snowy environments, fully CG aircraft, and flying burger boxes on the globe-trotting campaign created by Leo Burnett UK and directed by Henry Scholfield.
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Director set to attend and talk about the production of Sony Pictures Animation’s animated sports comedy; event runs October 12-16 in Turin, Italy.
- 10 days ago31 Jul 26, 5:34pm -

Led by Chris McLaughlin and Greg Fisher, the studio handled 746 shots across 17 sequences, creating Eternia, Castle Grayskull, Cringer, Zoar, Roboto and Skeletor’s skull, balancing the campy, cartoon-inspired fantasy with believable, realistic char…
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Virtual Production Market  Future Market Insights
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Official ‘Fallout’ s2 video showcases Death Claw VFX  befores & afters
- 12 hours ago9 Aug 26, 10:13pm -

Meryl Streep’s Famous Chest-Lift Scene in Death Becomes Her Wasn’t CGI. A Crew Member Crouched Behind Her and Pushed by Hand  Thought Catalog
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Creative Control: Singapore drama Crooks turns to AI to save a production, without replacing the people behind it  The Edge Malaysia
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Nerd Alert Movie Club: The Last Starfighter (1984)! You have been recruited by the Star League...  nerdalert.world
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The Weeknd lights up Strawberry Arena with dazzling visual effects and emotional highs  Popzine
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Podcast: Camille Balsamo-Gillis Actor, Producer & Co-Founder of Pro Machina Practical FX Company  Film Ireland
- 2 days ago8 Aug 26, 4:34pm -

The Biggest Twist In The Ramayana CGI Debate May Not Come From India, But China  NDTV
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What it took to film with iPhones on ’28 Years Later’  befores & afters
- 3 days ago6 Aug 26, 10:54pm -

Epic Spaceman Uses Animation, VFX To Explain Science. Without AI  Cartoon Brew
- 4 days ago6 Aug 26, 6:06pm -

How Hitchcock’s Vertigo gave us the dolly zoom – one of cinema’s trippiest visual effects  The Conversation
- 6 days ago4 Aug 26, 8:07pm -

DOUBLE DOSING ON THE VISUAL EFFECTS FOR SPIDER-NOIR  VFX Voice -
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For today’s animation students, a thesis film is no longer just a graduation requirement. It’s often the project that lands a first job, attracts collaborators, gets into festivals, and introduces artists to the industry. That’s why MAKE create…
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Twenty years of Motionographer, built by artists, studios, readers, and collaborators, and the opening frame of a next chapter shaped with the industry.
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"Director c. Craig on the Tribeca short that wraps a hand-drawn soul in a CG cloud. Practice makes magic."Or even tighter: "The artists' hands stay visible in every frame of ChikaBOOM! Practice makes magic.
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Versus has announced the appointment of Nico Puertollano as Executive Creative Director. As part of the move, Rezonate’s commercial client portfolio will transition to Versus, further expanding the studio’s creative capabilities across design, an…
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Hamnet and 1917 producer Pippa Harris and The Zone of Interest producer James Wilson are set to participate in individual spotlight conversations at the 70th BFI London Film Festival’s Industry Forum in October.  Harris, who co-founded Neal…
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day is now the highest-grossing Hollywood film of all time in India after taking $10.6M over the weekend for a cumulative $52.8M take.  The film, starring Tom Holland and Zendaya, overtook the record previously held by James Ca…
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EXCLUSIVE: Sayani Gupta will make her U.S. feature film debut in Arya. The Indian star’s credits include Delhi Crime and Axone, and cameras are rolling on her new movie, with principal photography taking place in Duluth, Minnesota. Directed by Neil…
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EXCLUSIVE: Mad World, the film sales arm of Cairo-based Mad Solutions, has acquired worldwide sales rights to Egyptian drama Al Baraneya ahead of its premiere in Venice parallel section Giornate degli Autori. The debut feature of Dutch-Egyptian film…
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EXCLUSIVE: Switzerland’s Zurich Film Festival (ZFF) and Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) have struck a strategic partnership, which will see them collaborate on programming and other initiatives. The alliance will kick off at ZFF’s upcoming…
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Netflix has announced the start of principal photography on a sequel to 2025 action thriller Ad Vitam, starring Guillaume Canet. Working titled Ad Vitam Eternam, the new film sees Canet return in the role of ex-elite agent Franck Lazareff who spent…
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On Sunday’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver wasted no time jumping right into his main topic: the “bizarro-world version of civil rights” that he says Donald Trump’s Department of Justice is persuing. “In normal times, the DOJ does some incr…
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Universal Studios Hollywood has unveiled the final additions to its fan-favorite Halloween Horror Nights event. Among them are the return of a haunted house based on the 1988 camp slasher classic Killer Klowns From Outer Space. Other new frights incl…
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The casting of most beloved literary characters in screen adaptation inevitably creates online discourse as fans of the books have their own preconceived notions for what the characters should look like. Heated Rivalry is no exception, with the annou…
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SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from the series finale of the Starz crime drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan. It’s no spoiler to discuss Kanan Stark’s survival in the series finale of Starz’s Power Book III: Raising Kan…
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Set Decorators Society of America (SDSA) tonight honored the best in class for contemporary, fantasy, science fiction variety, reality and period series. Apple’s Widow’s Bay & Palm Royale, Netflix’s Wednesday and Amazon’s Fallout among the bi…
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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details from Season 3 episode 8 of House of the Dragon on HBO. “I AM THE PRINCE THAT WAS PROMISED.” These are the words Queen Rhaenyra screams in the Season 3 finale to the people of King’s Landing as she unve…
- 8 hours ago10 Aug 26, 2:10am -

Firstly, I solemnly swear this is not spam. I have this form for my final year research, and I need like 100 submissions. I have 70 so far. The research topic, in short, is whether/how the things you watched growing up have influenced your creative p…
- 34 mins ago10 Aug 26, 9:51am -

Hi Reddit, I'm a 10th-grade high school girl from South Korea. I've been wondering why on earth Marvel keeps wasting millions of dollars using pure CGI for Spider-Man's moving eyes instead of using facial recognition/sensor tech. So, I sat down and b…
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Hey everyone. I've got an Intel HD Graphics 620 and I noticed I can't use real-time GPU ray tracing in Blender, V-Ray, Unreal, or Unity since it's not supported. I know it's hardware limitation, but it got me thinking, do you think hybrid ray tracing…
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Really trying these days to get the most photoreal renders. Let me know what will make it more realistic. submitted by /u/Brutalt69 [link] [comments]
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Hey everyone, I’m finally ready to show you what I’ve been working on for a while my new personal project, “The Frozen Oath.” This project has been a great learning journey. I learned a lot about particles, high-speed emissions, fixing steppi…
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Full disclosure up front: I'm the developer for TrackProofVFX, and I'm looking for honest feedback, not customers. I got tired of discovering a plate was a nightmare to track only after sinking hours into it. So I built a Windows tool that tria…
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So i am a bit new in vfx, but have been using Unreal for small projects for a few years now. My question is related to unreal+Houdini. When creating a scene in unreal and the fx in HOUDINI, which approach would be better? 1: exporting fx from Houdi…
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Introducing Sift. If you've ever been handed "cut_v007_finalFINAL.edl" and asked what's different since v006, you know the drill. You count frames. You guess. You're wrong. I built an app for the producers, editors and supervisors out there who…
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During a conversation I had the feeling that VFX could be the beginning of something broader, like kind of "experience engineering" I took some time to write the idea down here: Beyond Special Effects I’d love some feedbacks from people working in…
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