It was all building, of course, on the earth-shaking work done by George Lucas’s Star Wars just the year before. Special effects had always been around, to be sure; anyone who’d seen a Georges Méliès ...

A trio of VFX Oscar nominees lead the feature competition nominations for the 23rd Visual Effects Society Awards, which will be handed out Feb. 11 at the Beverly Hilton. Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part ...

'The Creator,' 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3' and 'Cocaine Bear' are among the movies vying for a place on the Oscars shortlist. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor One from the sci-fi arena that seems ...

With the expansion of the Marvel Cinematic Universe onto Disney Plus, poorly done and incomplete-looking digital effects ...

As technology has continued to advance, so too has the role of computer-generated visual effects in the film industry. Visual effects supervisors like Stephan Fleet act as the primary point of contact ...

Finding the right VFX assets for films, games, and even product visualisation can be a daunting task. So here are the 14 of the best VFX resources and tools to help make life a little easier. Each ...

The honorary society issued a rare rebuke after The Hollywood Reporter highlighted the trend of VFX work going unrecognized during the marketing of major tentpoles. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor The ...

Bollywood fails to meet global standards when it comes to visual effects, especially evident in the Ramayana trailer. Experts ...

When Star Wars was awarded the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects in 1978 it marked the first time the visual component of effects was differentiated from sound. Yet, even in this moment when ...

A stunt shot in the Jon Bernthal-led special is drawing some ridicule for "looking like a PlayStation cutscene," while a ...

The complaints are nothing new: Hollywood doesn’t make mid-budget dramas anymore. The assembly line of superhero blockbusters results in bigger, louder and less coherent movies. Easily distracted ...

The European Commission has confirmed its approval of the Visual Effects (VFX) Uplift, which will be included in the section ...