Category: vfxblog

  • Solo’s old-school hyperspace jump

    A new clip promoting Solo’s Blu-ray release is out, and it showcases the old-school techniques used to realise the hyperspace sequences on the Millennium Falcon. It includes a description of the technique by ILM’s Rob Bredow. Check out the clip below.

  • 5 talks you have to see at VIEW

    One of the great things about the VIEW Conference – taking place 22-26 October in Turin, Italy – is that you can basically sit down in the morning and stay all day to watch wall-to-wall incredible VFX and animation talks. And you can do that all week. It’s basically one inspiring speaker after another. This…

  • Adrift: what is real and what isn’t

    Milk VFX recently delivered visual effects for the film Adrift, including several shots of a yacht at sea as it is caught in a devastating storm. The studio’s breakdown video reveals the extent to which they took plate photography and realised the ocean and storm effects with some fantastic CG and water sims.

  • How to see the past, present, and future of VFX at VIEW (and some unexpected things, too)

    Here’s a key event you might not already have on your VFX calendar – but you should. It’s the VIEW Conference in Turin, Italy on 22-26th October. This year, perhaps more than ever, you’ll be able to get a window into the classic days of visual effects, the latest in VFX releases and tech, and…

  • The CGI tidal wave in Snake Eyes that no one got to see

    The CGI tidal wave in Snake Eyes that no one got to see

    This week is the 20th anniversary of Brian De Palma’s Snake Eyes, a film perhaps not thought of for any major VFX moments. But, in fact, the movie nearly did feature a key CG water sequence in what was still the early days of fluid sims. This was for the original ending, which involved a…

  • Looking for VFX inspiration?

    I go to a few different VFX and animation industry events each year, but here’s a little secret about Trojan Horse was a Unicorn that I found out on the first day of the first year I went there: It is one of the only events designed to help artists find their place in the…

  • The performance (capture) of Thanos

    Another new featurette preview from the Avengers: Infinity War DVD/blu-ray looks at the performance of Thanos by Josh Brolin. It includes some neat behind the scenes motion and facial capture footage. Check out the video below.

  • The made-in-Maya short that’s now more than 20 years old

    Do you remember Mel the cowboy? Then you’ll hopefully remember Ruby’s Saloon, a fun Alias|Wavefront demo short produced around the time that Maya was being made and released. I tracked down some of the ‘product specialists’ behind the film for this new oral history. (And if you also remember Chris Landreth’s Bingo, stay tuned for…

  • New Infinity War featurette goes behind the scenes of Titan battle

    A new featurette released to promote the Blu-ray/DVD release of Avengers: Infinity War goes behind the scenes of the battle against Thanos on Titan. There’s lots of b-roll, stunts and motion capture footage here, plus a rare look at the stunt-vis process. The final visual effects for the scene would ultimately be completed by Weta…

  • Super Mario Bros.: the other huge VFX film from 1993

    Three members of the VFX team behind 1993’s Super Mario Bros. tell vfxblog about the more-than-slightly chaotic production and shoot, the advent of Flame for VFX production, getting their heads around scanning film, and that time they weren’t meant to see some Jurassic Park VFX dailies. www.vfxblog.com/supermariobros