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Whiskytree battle damage effects tutorial

Create gnarly battle damage for vehicles using a mix of Maya and Nuke

By J.P. Monroy published

Whiskytree’s CG supervisor J.P. Monroy reveals the studio’s process for generating realistic battle scars on fighter planes.

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After Effects lightning tutorial

How to use Adobe After Effects to create a lightning effect the easy way

By Rob Redman published

Rob Redman shows how to create a classic VFX effect in under 15 minutes.

VFX
Star Wars 212th fan movie; a VFX movie created by Hoplite VFX, a man in sci-fi armour walks away from a spaceship in a desert

Star Wars: The 212th is a new movie I wish was real

By Ian Dean published

New VFX outfit Hoplite Studio celebrates its talented artists with a non-profit short film.

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Babiru; a digital illustration depicts a person on a vehicle navigating a wrecked urban landscape.

Mixing Unreal Engine 5 and DaVinci Resolve - how new film Babiru is changing animation

By Paul Hatton published

A showcase of next-gen filmmaking techniques.

VFX
Lion King CGI: Simba

Technicolor's closure takes down MPC, The Mill and Mikros Animation – but is AI the answer?

By Paul Hatton published

A Technicolor tragedy that many saw coming but couldn’t prevent

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Paddington in Peru VFX; a bear tied in rope steering a boat wheel

Paddington in Peru's use of previz turned a London studio into a jungle

By James Clarke published

Framestore reveals its VFX secrets.

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Making Paddington in Peru's ruined city; An elevated, high-angle view showcases a section of a stone ruin, likely a historical site, with a person navigating the crumbling structures.

"It was one of the most complicated scenes we had to do" – how Paddington in Peru's Citadel was made

By James Clarke published

Framestore reveals how Paddington's Peruvian bear-city was made.

VFX
Making Paddington in Peru's character animation; a small bear in a red had sat in a jungle

Paddington in Peru's animation works because of one small detail

By James Clarke published

Framestore's VFX team explain why the famous bear is so realistic.

VFX
Making Wicked's flying monkeys; a CG screaming monkey

How Wicked's terrifying flying monkeys were created

By James Clarke published

ILM made them incredibly lifelike.

VFX
Elphaba sits on broom

Why Defying Gravity was Wicked's "most difficult sequence" to film

By James Clarke published

Cynthia Erivo was committed to the visual effects spectacle.

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