Unpacking RenderMan 27: Pixar’s Game-Changing Update
RenderMan 27 introduces major updates with advanced LPE controls and the XPU architecture. It’s the biggest game-changer since a decade, enhancing artist tools and offering competitive pricing.
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How Masters of the Universe Built Eternia: A Look Behind the Visual Effects
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Deadpool’s Mask: How Wētā FX Animates the Face Behind It
- Film & Television, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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Cinematography, cleanup, Compositing, Cursed, David Sewell, Dneg, Drama, Episodic TV, filmmaking, green screen, match moving, netflix, Post production, Rotoscopy, visual effects
- August 15, 2024
Deadpool’s mask is animated by Wētā FX across three films. Warped plates, hand-painted eyelids, a Nuke face setup and a machine learning model for twitches.
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Forrest Gump (1994): How ILM Put Tom Hanks Into the News
- Film & Television, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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Cinematography, cleanup, Compositing, Cursed, David Sewell, Dneg, Drama, Episodic TV, filmmaking, green screen, match moving, netflix, Post production, Rotoscopy, visual effects
- July 10, 2024
Forrest Gump visual effects: how ILM put Tom Hanks into old newsreels, the tracking algorithm behind it, Lt. Dan’s legs and the ping-pong ball.
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John Wick: Chapter 4: How the Arc de Triomphe Scene Was Made
- Film & Television, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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Cinematography, cleanup, Compositing, Cursed, David Sewell, Dneg, Drama, Episodic TV, filmmaking, green screen, match moving, netflix, Post production, Rotoscopy, visual effects
- May 5, 2023
John Wick 4 VFX: how the film built its Arc de Triomphe chase and the top-down Dragon’s Breath shot. Real stunts, a Berlin airport and 1,500 shots.
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AI in VFX: Where It Actually Helps in 2026
- Film & Television, Technology & Tools, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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ai, Digital Domain, features, filmmaking, Machine Learning, match moving, movies, Post production, Technology, visual effects
- February 5, 2023
AI in VFX in 2026: where it actually helps with rotoscoping, cleanup, face capture and denoising, plus the new rules studios have to follow.
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish: How DreamWorks Got the Painted Look
- Film & Television, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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#Postproduction, #realtimeengine, before and after, BeforeAfter, Branding, Cinematography, DC, filmmaking, ILM, Industrial Light & Magic, Motion Graphics, Post production, Technology, tricks, Video Production, visual effects
- January 11, 2023
How DreamWorks gave Puss in Boots: The Last Wish its painted storybook look. Stepped timing, brushstroke textures, hand-drawn effects and custom tools.
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The Batman VFX: How Gotham and the Rainy Chase Were Built
- Film & Television, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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#Postproduction, #realtimeengine, before and after, BeforeAfter, Branding, Cinematography, DC, filmmaking, ILM, Industrial Light & Magic, Motion Graphics, Post production, Technology, tricks, Video Production, visual effects
- April 22, 2022
The Batman VFX explained: ILM StageCraft skylines, the Wētā FX Batmobile chase shot dry and how digital rain was added to every shot.
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10 Superhero Movies With the Best CGI, Ranked
- Entertainment & Media News, Film & Television, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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#Postproduction, #realtimeengine, before and after, BeforeAfter, Branding, Cinematography, DC, filmmaking, ILM, Industrial Light & Magic, Motion Graphics, Post production, Technology, tricks, Video Production, visual effects
- March 9, 2022
Ten superhero movies ranked by CGI quality, using Oscar recognition, the problem each effect solved and how well it holds up. Real shot counts and studios.
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Best VFX Movies of the 21st Century: 9 Films to Study
- Entertainment & Media News, Film & Television, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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#Postproduction, #realtimeengine, before and after, BeforeAfter, Branding, Cinematography, DC, filmmaking, ILM, Industrial Light & Magic, Motion Graphics, Post production, Technology, tricks, Video Production, visual effects
- February 21, 2022
Nine of the best VFX movies of the 21st century, from The Return of the King to Godzilla Minus One. Who made them, what was real and what it cost.
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Special Effects in Movies: 10 Films That Changed VFX
- Film & Television, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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#Postproduction, #realtimeengine, before and after, BeforeAfter, Branding, Cinematography, DC, filmmaking, ILM, Industrial Light & Magic, Motion Graphics, Post production, Technology, tricks, Video Production, visual effects
- February 14, 2022
Ten films that changed special effects in movies, with the shot counts, studios and tools behind each one. Oldest first, based on verified numbers.
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Movie Scenes Before and After Special Effects: 10 Breakdowns
- Film & Television, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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cleanup, Compositing, Episodic TV, filmmaking, green screen, match moving, movies, Post production, Rotoscopy, Technology, Video Production, visual effects
- January 21, 2021
Ten movie scenes before and after special effects. What was filmed on set, what was added in post, and the numbers behind each one.
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Before and After CGI: 6 Film and TV Locations That Were Mostly Built
- Film & Television, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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body tracking, cg animation, CG assets, CG doubles, CG environments, Cinematography, cleanup, Compositing, Digital Doubles, Digital Environments, features, filmmaking, green screen, Look Development, lookdev, Marvel, match moving, movies, Post production, rigging, rotomation, Rotoscopy, visual effects, Weta Digital
- June 7, 2020
Before and after CGI: six film and TV locations that were mostly built digitally, from the Colosseum to Reactor 4. What was real and what was CG.
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How Digital Domain Rebuilt Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for VR
- Film & Television, Visual Effects & VFX Breakdowns
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body tracking, cg animation, CG assets, CG doubles, CG environments, cleanup, Digital Domain, Digital Doubles, Digital Environments, features, filmmaking, green screen, Look Development, lookdev, match moving, movies, Post production, rigging, rotomation, Rotoscopy, Technology, visual effects
- April 12, 2020
How Digital Domain and TIME Studios rebuilt Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in VR for The March. Performance capture, machine learning and the timeline.
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