VFX Tips

Tips and news for VFX & game enthusiasts.
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[VFX Tips @VFX_Tips]

New QuickFix!
This time, we learn to render shadows in our scene separately.
Also, we do it in less than 2 minutes!
https://t.co/5PPLz67Aca
#VFX #CG #CGI #rendering #lighting #QuickFix #tutorial #short #fix #VFXTip #VFXTips #3D #Maya #Arnold #shadows #render

[Industrial Light & Magic @ILMVFX]

Go behind-the-scenes of ANDOR Season 2 with Tony Gilroy and Alan Tudyk. Now nominated for a BAFTA TV Craft Award for Special, Visual, and Graphic Effects!

[Jurassic Library @JurassicLibrary]

Here is the original CG Model for the Tyrannosaurus rex from Jurassic Park. We were very lucky to track down a 35mm Photo Slide.

This T-rex, as well as the other CG dinosaurs by ILM revolutionized cinema - and they continue to innovate!

@ILMVFX

What is your favorite ILM Dino?

[VFX Tips @VFX_Tips]

Watch the #Andor Season 2 Previs and Postvis Reel recently released by @TheThirdFloor https://t.co/9Lzbua3iLi

[Hugo Guerra @HugoCGuerra]

This is terrible news. I hope everyone manages to find a job soon. Sony just acquired Pixomondo in 2022, why buy them just to close them down after only 4 years? What a waste of talent and creativity. Pixomondo has made amazing VFX work for decades.

[SideFX @sidefx]

The VFX Campus library is now free. All 7 Houdini courses from VFX School — including simulations, destruction, fluid effects, compositing, and the full Renaissance program — are available at no cost until March 1, 2027. The courses cover everything from Houdini basics to advanced procedural workflows. Download Houdini Apprentice and start learning for free!
https://t.co/rhs12NJubM

#sidefxhoudini #vfx#3d #proceduralanimation #vfxtutorials

[Industrial Light & Magic @ILMVFX]

Industrial Light & Magic invites into the Grid 🥏

Explore the visual effects of Tron: Ares, then stream the film today on @DisneyPlus!

[VFX Tips @VFX_Tips]

MPC - Troll 2 VFX Breakdown https://t.co/KiQsjCrOiJ #Troll2 #VFX

[VFX Tips @VFX_Tips]

Crafthive has released an excellent video that reflects on the current challenges within the #VFX industry -
https://t.co/85dxzC3fKd

[Industrial Light & Magic @ILMVFX]

From the breathtaking innovations in Star Wars, to the astonishing imagery in Transformers, Industrial Light & Magic has revolutionized visual effects in motion pictures and television. ILM Compositing Supervisor Todd Vaziri breaks down the methodical approach to the groundbreaking creations that have redefined the limits of our imagination.

Watch the full video: https://t.co/0uPCxIfal1

[johnnyB @agraphafx]

War of the Worlds VFX story is fascinating — not the three month marker all of Hollywood used after this — but the techniques they used to get it done.

1. The bridge simulation with lower resolution blocks for basic animation and later refinement — not how most of us were thinking at the time about Rigid Body Simulaton.

2. Layering cards of destruction elements in 3D compositing instead of full 3D builds — obvious now, but 3D comp was only just introduced in consumer level software a year earlier.

3. Headlight elements on 3D vehicles were actual photographed headlights, tracked to the scene by sharing cameras directly from animation with compositing — no commercial package had built that in, but ILM was doing so since Attack of the Clones. “Cheating” with the lifted element was clever.

3. The camera array driving scenes were a masterclass in how to properly build driving plates with 3D tracking. It was not the first time it had been done, but the BTS informed us all on best practices.

4. The 3D crack method with layered simulation scale voronoi noise is emulated to this day.

5. “Dusting” the victims of alien death rays was not some special, amazing 3D simulation — as is all the rage these days — but clever compositing, and very effective.

Inspirational clever work at every stage on this one, not just brute force ILM power, that made a lot of our minds expand.

[David Rangl @rangl_david]

Podkarpatský "Mnichov" 29.6. 1945 🇨🇿⛔️

Podkarpatská Rus, nebo také Zakarpatská Ukrajina je území, které bylo integrální součástí meziválečného Československa 🇨🇿

A jak vlastně došlo k tomu, že bylo "Podkarpatí" vydáno napospas Sovětskému svazu⁉️👇🧵

za ♻️retweet♻️díky 😎

[Industrial Light & Magic @ILMVFX]

Go behind the scenes of the groundbreaking visual effects in season 2 of ANDOR.

For your Emmy® consideration in all categories including Outstanding Special Visual Effects in a Season or a Movie. #FYC

[Industrial Light & Magic @ILMVFX]

In the final episode of season one, Shannon Tindle and John Knoll return to Lighter Darker to discuss the much-debated use of lens flares in film and animation. John talks about rejection and how to know when a project isn’t right for you. Our hosts and guests share some of their favorite lens flares and how to use the technique correctly (and incorrectly).

Watch the full epsiode here or wherever you get your podcasts:https://t.co/vCJ8lLzBlH

[VFX Tips @VFX_Tips]

Part 5 of the "NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI series has just been released and missing it is not an option!
https://t.co/IbYpFZJiNK
#TheMovieRabbitHole #VFX #CGI #Wicked #MissionImpossible

[VFX Tips @VFX_Tips]

@MattiaMerenda2 @IsThisA3DModel That's a good one! 😆

[Industrial Light & Magic @ILMVFX]

It will burn, very brightly.

See Episodes 7-9 of the final season of Andor, now streaming only on @DisneyPlus.

[Mike Seymour @mikeseymour]

Politics meets Pixels: Business implications of a possible 100% Film Tariff. Dive into our latest FXpodcast from FMX 2025 as Joseph Bell breaks down Trump’s proposed film tariff and what it really means for the global VFX industry. https://t.co/UpBxfb8wVz via @fxguidenews

[VFX Tips @VFX_Tips]

A hilarious compilation of MoCap sessions from the making of @WarhorseStudios 's #KingdomComeDeliverance2 - https://t.co/JM4HCXd30N

[Industrial Light & Magic @ILMVFX]

This week, VFX legend John Knoll joins us to discuss his work on Skeleton Crew, answer listener questions, and share behind-the-scenes stories.

Listen now: https://t.co/vMUK489Cbr

[VFX Tips @VFX_Tips]

Listen to the VFX Show 293 from @fxguidenews for an analysis of current industry challenges in light of recent #VFX studio closures. https://t.co/FgIPyJkz85