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ILM
21 posts
Crawly for Videoscreens: SpyderPro
SpyderPro gets serious: anorganic filters, 12,000 nits, 3D LUT export, OLED support, and proper profiling tools make it fit for postproduction again. Let's see if the claims hold up!
World VFX Day 2025: Global Line-Up Revealed
WētāFX, ILM, Framestore, Adobe and more join World VFX Day 2025 this December, streaming live from London.
“A Model of Madness” Scott Ross Why VFX Fails as a Business
Scott Ross: VFX is “a model of madness.” ILM, Digital Domain, and decades later, the business still cannot stand on three legs.
The visual effects of Star Trek – a retrospective
On September 8th, 1966, the U.S.S. Enterprise flew across American screens for the first time - since then, "Star Trek" in all its various iterations has become part of the zeitgeist. And, in keeping with the Enterprise's mission, it has also repeatedly stepped into new areas of visual effects, making it one of the many trailblazers for our industry. In this retrospective, we want to take a closer look at some of these milestones.
War of the Worlds | Retro Articles
Review: In DP 05 : 2005, ILM chased special effects through a brand new pipeline for Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds film. A test run with time pressure - in the middle of a big-budget production.
The Book of Boba Fett | VFX Breakdown
Three desert wretches with canine followers: VFX powerhouse Hybride Technologies pulls perhaps the most popular bounty hunter in stellar history through desert sand.
Behind-the-scenes video for The Book of Boba Fett released!
Spaghetti westerns in space: ILM uses traditional animation techniques to create bounty hunters Cad Bane and Wookie Black Krrsantan for the Star Wars streaming series. Nevertheless, the LED Volume Stage also features high-tech.
Marvel at Boba Fett’s digital stuntman!
Riding the Rancor: Texture Artist from ILM releases the Digital Double - from the streaming series "The Book of Boba Fett". But that's not all from a galaxy far, far away..
Back in Dinoland
Review: In DP 01 : 2016, "Jurassic World" celebrated its opening. We asked VFX supervisor Martyn Culpitt from Image Engine for a chat - about impressive CG environments and even more impressive CG dinosaurs. Who is the biggest pipeline eater?
Hawkeye | VFX Breakdown
The superheroes with a licence to shoot a bow: These VFXs shoot faster than Jeremy Renner can draw a compound bow.
Zatopek | VFX Breakdown
Can the Czech locomotive Emil Zatopek win Olympic gold? The VFX studio PFX puts a stadium in the viewport of the legendary runner!
Bigger & Better
Review: In DP 04 : 2009, effects company ILM realised gigantic robots for Michael Bay's second part of the tin-and-bending brothers from Transformers. "Mindbending" or "sand in the gears"?
Thousands of parts
Looking back: In DP 05 : 2007, the ILM team was looking for new ways to bring the Transformers to the big screen - and came up with a solution that had a decisive impact on the industry.
Ridley Road | VFX-Breakdown
Cowardly fascists versus freedom fighters: this BBC series portrays the banality of evil.
Magical effects
Review: In DP 05:07, Harry Potter 5, to which eleven studios contributed effects, was enchanting. These included heavyweights such as DNEG, ILM, Framestore and MPC.
Houdini | Tutorial
Pride of the (Hungarian) nation: Artist from Industrial Light and Magic pulls up neo-Gothic architecture!
The Rise of Skywalker | VFX-Breakdown
What language does Babu Frik actually speak? Can he speak binary, like BB-8 and D-0?
Emmys 2020 | VFX Winner
The Mandalorian won over the viewers - but did it win over the jury?
That was FMX 2019!
FMX 2019 is over and most visitors have successfully returned home: A short recap of this year's trade conference!
When the Lucy gets the LIDAR…
Review: In DP 07 : 2014, "Lucy", together with director Luc Besson, tapped into the full brain power - and the VFX power of ILM, Rodeo FX and 4DMax. How did the sci-fi action film with Scarlett Johansson come about?
Of “Jaegers” and monsters
Review: In DP 06 : 2013, the VFX cracker Pacific Rim grilled the cinema summer. Compositing artist Michael Ralla tells us how Industrial Light & Magic tamed the Kaiju giants.
