Effects solutions: the making of Kung Fu Panda 3
Behind the scenes of Kung Fu Panda 3 – an in-depth look for fxinsider members.
DD: behind the dcenes: Deadpool’s Colossus – DesignFX
Our Exclusive WIRED DesignFX on the making of Deadpool’s Colossus .
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.
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.
Q&A: Deadpool director Tim Miller
Tim Miller recounts his journey from Blur to Deadpool in this special fxinsider interview.
Force Awakens takes out VFX BAFTA
Awards season is in full swing, with the BAFTAs awarding The Force Awakens the top prize in VFX.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Making The Finest Hours
MPC reveals how the studio made the CG waves, water and storm effects in The Finest Hours.
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).
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.
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.
The Force returns
ILM discusses three VFX breakthroughs in Star Wars, The Force Awakens: BB-8, the Falcon chase and the battle on Takodana.
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.
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.
Katana 2.0
We catch up with The Foundry to discuss the latest iteration of lighting tool Katana.
14th Annual VES Award Nominees
Nominees have been announced for the 14th annual Visual Effects Society Awards…
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.
Ex Machina: new VFX breakdowns
Watch brand new VFX breakdowns showing how Double Negative created Ava for Ex Machina.
Nikon, yes Nikon, surprises us with the KeyMission 360
RC Tech: Nikon has new cameras at CES – but of all of them the new KeyMission 360 is the most surprising. GoPro, the ball is now in your court!
10 VFX films advance to Bake-off
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 films remain in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 88th Academy Awards®.
Keeping Krampus creepy
How Weta Workshop and Weta Digital combined to bring the characters of Krampus to life.
The early days at PDI
In this special fxinsider interview, we talk to PDI co-founder Glen Entis about the pioneering days at animation studio PDI.