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.
The tech challenges behind the industry awards process
Johan Åberg has written a Maya to Combustion mel script, and he has posted a release candidate for the script.
Furious 7’s most stunning effect: Paul Walker
Weta Digital VFX supe Martin Hill on bringing the late Paul Walker to the screen for Furious 7.
The tech (and tennis balls) behind Tom Hardy’s double turn
The splitscreens and face replacement VFX behind the Tom Hardy twin gangster pic, Legend.
20 in the VFX Oscar race
Find out which films have made it into the top-20 for the VFX Oscar, and let us know what your final ten and final five would be.
Making the world of Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur
EXCLUSIVE behind the scenes breakdowns on Pixar’s approach to the stunning environments in The Good Dinosaur.
Unionizing efforts in the UK
In London recently BECTU (Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union) formally requested recognition to represent the compositing department at MPC. fxguide spoke with Paul Evans from BECTU as well as Joe Pavlo, an artist who has been heavily involved in the effort.
