You may not know Adaptively Distance Fields (ADF) by name, but you almost certainly use them. Mitsubishi’s (MERL) closely held tech – from fonts to games to drawing, we explain why The Foundry really wants it.

Find out how Encore Hollywood is using feature film techniques to bring The Flash to the small screen.

Go behind the scenes of the launch trailer for Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.

How Rodeo FX helped the Birdman filmmakers construct seamless shots and get inside the mind of Michael Keaton.

How 3D printing gone wrong and sea slugs inspired the visual effects in the latest Doctor Who episode.

Three NUKE experts weigh in on the new release of NUKE 9, which will feature NUKE Studio and upgrades to NUKE and NUKE X.

Go behind the scenes of the BBC’s ‘God Only Knows’ promo with befores and afters and on-set photos showcasing The Mill’s incredible and invisible visual effects.

Behind the scenes of Framestore’s bat transformation, crowd battles and vampire visual effects in Dracula Untold.

Oscar winning editor Kirk Baxter discusses his work on David Fincher’s Gone Girl.

Breaking down the previs and postvis work on The Maze Runner.

How Digital Domain helped realize a visually beautiful live action trailer for Activision and Bungie’s incredible new Destiny.

How invisible effects were used in the making of The Hundred-Foot Journey. Includes before and after pics and clips that may surprise you.

Confessions of a self confessed ‘Neutron Fan Boy’ – or how nuclear research of the 1940s is finding its way into the rendering of today.

Behind the scenes of Prime Focus’ visual effects for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For.

We look at the Siggraph technical paper: Unifying Points, Beams, and Paths in Volumetric Light Transport Simulation

ftrack will be revealing version 3 of their software at SIGGRAPH next week and we have a sneak peek at the new features. We also take a look a the history of ftrack as well as check in with some of their users.

We go behind the scenes of Rhythm & Hues’ Sci-Tech winning animation framework – Voodoo – with exclusive new demo videos.

The Wall attack, dragons and the skeletal wights from season 4 of Game of Thrones.

From fantastical creatures to sprawling battles – fxguide looks at the visual effects of Hercules.

Dawn of Planet of the Apes delivers complex serious acting from its lead digital characters – we speak to Weta Digital about this blockbuster hit of the summer.

The Foundry has launched COLORWAY, a new design application that speeds up and changes the process of iterating on and finalizing an image or product look, and expands the company’s move into the design space.

We explore VFX in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hannibal, Hawaii Five-O, Sleepy Hollow, Game of Thrones, Vikings and Orphan Black.

Disney Animation responds to fxguide’s UDIM texture article and promises even more new Ptex tools.

Find out what’s been happening with Crytek’s Cinebox – from game projects to previs – with exclusive behind the scenes videos.

How ILM ramped up on robot facial animation, created new hypno-transformations, the dinobots, enormous fx sims and spaceships in the newest Transformers film.

Autodesk announced that they have acquired Shotgun Software, creators of the the production tracking, asset management, and review pipeline tool used in over 500 facilities around the world. We examine the news to reveal why this is a win for the companies as well as their customers.