We look at the new face of Michael Jackson with exclusive high res images from the Billboard Awards Hologram and interview with VFX Sup Stephen Rosenbaum.

Behind the scenes of 22 Jump Street’s 600+ visual effects, from truck chases to helicopter crashes, drug trips to crowd shots.

How new tools made for tentacled mimics, exploding drop ships and an intense beach war…over and over again: the VFX of ‘Edge of Tomorrow’.

We explore digital faces, characters and environments in the new Angelina Jolie film, Maleficent.

Pixar restructures R&D, launches a new RenderMan & dramatically drops the price. We speak 1 on 1 with Pixar’s top management about the changes + what they mean for you (Exclusive coverage)

Quicksilver, Sentinels, Beast, Mystique and more – past and present vfx in Days of Future Past.

What director Gareth Edwards learned while making the newest re-imagining of Godzilla.

Immerse yourself in ride films – from Star Tours to Transformers, Harry Potter to King Kong.

UDIM UV mapping has enormous popularity for texturing in the face of much newer systems such as Ptex (which works very well in its own right). We investigate why & talk to the original author, Richard Addison-Wood at Weta Digital.

The making of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 – we explore the VFX for Electro, Spider-Man’s suit and the Times Square clash.

fxguide’s comprehensive run-down on the visual effects in The Winter Soldier.

Flame 2015 and Smoke 2015 were introduced at NAB this week – here’s fxguide’s rundown of the new releases.

Behind the particle effects in inFAMOUS: Second Son, a new game where the hero conjures up an array of smoke and neon powers.

We talk to The Foundry’s Jon Wadelton and Philippa Carroll about NUKE STUDIO. PLUS, the first screen shots from the new toolset.

How’d they create the practical water effects for Noah? How is 3D printing used in miniatures? And what are the benefits of inflatable greenscreens? Find out in this feature on special effects.

Find out about the water sims, the Watchers, animals, battlefield effects and timelapse work in ‘Noah’.

How Divergent’s mirror room was planned, previs’d, shot and executed…without mirrors.

Behind the seamless VFX in Lone Survivor, The Grand Budapest Hotel, Enemy and Ripper Street.

Behind the scenes of 300: Rise of an Empire with the vfx supes, Scanline, MPC, Cinesite, Third Floor, Halon and Gener8.

How Crytek utilized virtual production, physically plausible rendering and a cache based pipeline for ‘Ryse: Son of Rome’.

fxguide’s exclusive look at the Bifröst procedural effects platform inside Autodesk Maya 2015.

The 3 biggest stunts from Need for Speed, and how the DOP and effects teams made them possible.

Breakdowns from 4 stunning TVCs by The Mill, Method Studios, Platige Image/Juice and Glassworks.

Blur reveals how they made their latest Elder Scrolls Online cinematic, including a look at early concept art and models crafted by the studio.

Final tally was 541 artists at the protest in Hollywood on Oscar day. fxguide was there providing constant updates, interviews and exclusive photos.