A tribute to VFX supe Gary Hutzel
We remember VFX artist and supervisor Gary Hutzel, who died last week aged 60.
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VRscans from Chaos Group
Chaos finally offers a solution to “is it a blue and black or gold and white dress?” with their new VRScans.
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A game awakens, in LEGO form
Recently a teaser trailer burst onto the scene for the LEGO Force Awakens Video Game – fxguide finds out who was behind it and how it was made.
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Sky Q liquid life from The Mill
In the first of four spots The Mill liquefy The Avengers ‘on screen’ – one of the most beautiful CG spots of the year.
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Effects solutions: the making of Kung Fu Panda 3
Behind the scenes of Kung Fu Panda 3 – an in-depth look for fxinsider members.
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Ex Machina wins Oscar for Visual Effects
….and the winner is….Ex Machina!
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DD: behind the dcenes: Deadpool’s Colossus – DesignFX
Our Exclusive WIRED DesignFX on the making of Deadpool’s Colossus .
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Mad Max: Fury Road special and visual effects roundtable
The Oscar-nominated Mad Max: Fury Road effects team recount some of the film’s biggest stunts and effect work.
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Deep inside Deadpool’s deadliest effects
How they pulled off Deadpool’s biggest scenes – from the freeway chase, to CG Colossus, animating Deadpool’s face and the frozen moment opening titles.
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Q&A: Deadpool director Tim Miller
Tim Miller recounts his journey from Blur to Deadpool in this special fxinsider interview.
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Force Awakens takes out VFX BAFTA
Awards season is in full swing, with the BAFTAs awarding The Force Awakens the top prize in VFX.
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Creating an alternate world: The Man in the High Castle
An exclusive look at Zoic Studio’s visual effects for The Man in the High Castle.
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Hollywood redux: the VFX of Hail, Caesar!
An in-depth look at the 50s-style effects used to bring the Coen brother’s Hail, Caesar! to the screen.
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Lumberyard: free is the new black
Lumberyard represents a significant shift in the way artists will be able to access game engines – and possibly for more than just game development.
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Anomalisa: hand-crafted visual effects
The stop-motion film Anomalisa is a masterpiece of hand-crafted animation, but you might be surprised how much visual effects work is involved to help tell the film’s tale.
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Behind the best of the Super Bowl ads
Vikings in coffee, dogs as hot dogs, Hulk vs. Ant-Man and puppymonkeybaby…it’s Super Bowl 50!
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14th annual VES Awards – all the winners
The 14th annual VES Awards are just getting underway, starting with a hilarious opening from Patton Oswalt…we’ll update the winners as they come through.
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Making The Finest Hours
MPC reveals how the studio made the CG waves, water and storm effects in The Finest Hours.
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So, just how was that Chemical Brothers video made?
Behind the scenes of the 6,798 frames of the latest Chemical Bros promo Wide Open (feat. Beck).
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Invisible fx: Crafting Creed, Point Break and Southpaw
See how BigHugFX, Image Engine and Zero VFX worked to produce stunning seamless VFX in Creed, Point Break and Southpaw.
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fxinsider: ILM’s deep compositing on The Force Awakens
For a special fxinsider subscribers, a bonus video interview with ILM comp supervisor Jay Cooper on the studio’s deep pipeline for The Force Awakens.
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The Force returns
ILM discusses three VFX breakthroughs in Star Wars, The Force Awakens: BB-8, the Falcon chase and the battle on Takodana.
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Paranormal activity: creating Crimson Peak’s ghosts
When make-up and digital combine – before and after breakdowns from Mr. X’s ghostly visual effects for Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak.
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fxinsider: Everest VFX supe Dadi Einarsson
Icelandic visual effects supervisor Dadi Einarsson, who recently supervised Everest, gives fxguide a run down of the VFX scene in his country.
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Visual Effects Oscars® Nominees
The nominated films for the 88th Oscars® are…
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Katana 2.0
We catch up with The Foundry to discuss the latest iteration of lighting tool Katana.
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14th Annual VES Award Nominees
Nominees have been announced for the 14th annual Visual Effects Society Awards…
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MARI, LAIKA and tools from ILM, R&H & Imageworks among Sci-Tech winners
Read the full list of Sci-Tech Award winners, which include on-set, photography, color science and VFX tools.
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BAFTA nominations announced
Nominees for the EE British Academy Film Awards…
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Ex Machina: new VFX breakdowns
Watch brand new VFX breakdowns showing how Double Negative created Ava for Ex Machina.
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