Vfx

Check out this behind-the-scenes video from Terminator: Genisys. It gives us a look at what the climax of the film looked like without any of the special effects. Spoiler alert: It actually looks very silly. It just…

Last March Wired did a feature on how Chappie‘s robots were made. Here’s more examples of the staggering amount of digital animation and visual effects that were made for the film, courtesy of Image Engine. I…

While much has been made of the incredible stunts, crashes, camerawork, and practical effects in Mad Max: Fury Road, it’s not like the movie doesn’t use digital effects too. It’s just that it uses them effectively. Most…

The Flash had a pretty good first season, which was a nice surprise. While we are waiting for the second season to premiere, check out this cool VFX reel that shows us a breakdown of how some…

Having grown up in the late ’70s and through the 1980s, I’ve seen science fiction and action movies make the full transition from being done without CGI at all, to having entire scenes created by computer animation.…

Lucasfilm’s effects division, Industrial Light & Magic has been creating visual spectacle for the past 40 years. From Star Wars to Raiders of the Lost Ark to Terminator 2 to the Avengers films, ILM has been at…

Framestore recently shared some great footage of the work it did on the Knowhere environment for Guardians of the Galaxy. Now, here’s a fun showreel that pays tribute to the furball that really helped make the movie.…

While most of the visual effects talk about Guardians of the Galaxy was about its amazing characters, the guys at VFX studio Framestore are here to remind us that the environments were extremely impressive too. In fact,…

Whether or not you’re loving Neill Blomkamp’s CHAPPiE, one thing that’s indisputable is that the visual effects are impressive. In this featurette from WIRED, we get a look inside the CGI animation work that was used to…

VFX work today is so seamless and detailed that we never even know for sure if it’s there or not unless we are watching creatures that don’t exist anyway. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes featured…

The Wachowskis’ new interstellar epic movie Jupiter Ascending is now in theaters in the U.S., so many of you have had a chance to see it by now. The movie features VFX house Territory Studio’s awesomely colorful…

This is like a dream come true. I’m talking about the original Battlestar Galactica with new effects that look more like Ronald D. Moore’s recent reboot. Even though I would like to see a remastered Babylon 5…

The guys from Sneaky Zebra take a break from shooting awesome cosplay videos to awaken a dormant, weapon-wielding robot from its electronic slumber. If the robot looks familiar, that’s because it’s the one Stan Winston School &…