Thunderbolts* Vaults: Digital Domain on Marvel’s Most Grounded Brawl
Digital Domain VFX Producer Ryan Wilk breaks down Marvel’s Thunderbolts* vault chaos, Ghost phasing, and why less is more for photoreal CG.
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Digital Domain Lets Agatha Fly
The prettiest Marvel show this year was "Agatha All Along" Time to ask Digital Domain how they did that!
FMX 2024: The Marvels, Doctor Who and an early bird that will soon fly away
Time travel has always been an important theme at FMX - and it will be again this year. The already confirmed glimpses into the timeline chaos of LOKI 2 will now be joined by one of the special episodes of the series DOCTOR WHO, which the BBC has produced to mark the 60th birthday of the time-travelling alien.
Black Adam | VFX Breakdown
Black is beautiful ... and now Adam too: Universal Production Partners (UPP) turns Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson into a superhero!
That girl is green!
For Marvel Studio‘s most recent streaming series, “She-Hulk: Attorney at Law”, the concept of a workplace dramewdy (think Ally McBeal, 90s kids!) merges with Superhero-battles (think all the Marvel movies, comic-book-geeks!) – leading to 6-foot-
7-inch-sized, gorgeously green,
super-powered viewing pleasures.
A conversation with VFX Production Coordinator Erika Feijoo Spena and Visual Effects Supervisor Chris Smallfield about Hulk-ifications at VFX-powerhouse Trixter.
Doctor Strange 2 | VFX Breakdown
Strange to weird effects from Sony Pictures Imageworks: VFXers wield the wrecking ball for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness!
Sony Pictures Imageworks | Sizzle Reel
With mega pug power through the most eye-popping visual effects - together with Doctor Strange (aka Sorcerer Supreme), the E.T.s from Men in Black and poodle-fresh four-paws.
She-Hulk – Attorney at Law | VFX-Breakdown
Breaking (joke) news: clients represented by lawyer She-Hulk will benefit from nearly 1,000 VFX shots from Digital Domain!
Black Adam!
The DC Universe has a new “Hero” – well, not really a hero, but you’ll have to watch the movie for that. What is one of the best entries into that universe though, is Digital Domains work in the beginning – the “Introduction” of Black Adam is a superpower-extravaganza, with super-speed, bullets everywhere, punching through walls and a healthy dose of electricity – and we asked DD’s Supervisor Nikos Kalaitzidis how that was done.
Die VFXen aus “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”!
VFX supervisor Ara Khanikian from Rodeo FX explains how the stylish action scenes from the Marvel film were created.
How did the Moon of Shame scene from Thor come about?
Method Studios do it in monochrome: visual effects on the moon - and with ridiculously low gravity. How did visual effects supervisor Pete Dionne & team manage that?
Defining the speedometer of the future with motion graphics?
John Lepore, Principal Creative Director of Perception, explains what he learnt from the major Marvel production Black Panther - and how this relates to vehicle interiors.
Moonknight | VFX Breakdown
Oscar Isaac in the face of the ancient Egyptian moon god Khonshu. Visual effects in series from London - and from Union VFX.
Hawkeye | VFX-Breakdown
Are digital dogs the new cat content? Pizza dog Lucky blinks through the Marvel series Hawkeye - sometimes one-eyed, sometimes two-eyed. Fluffy VFXs with Image Engine!
Ms. Marvel | VFX Breakdown
The superhero guard of the Avengers is getting a new addition: for Ms Marvel, aka Kamala Khan, the super-duper hero duties straddle puberty.
Moon Knight | VFX Breakdown
Do you pray to the moon god Khonshu? Then you should get this Marvel series under your retinas - moonbeam by moonbeam.
Create this Iron Man suit with Blender!
Known from Avengers: Infinity War: Bbbn19, 3D artist from the USA, shows you how to create the shiny nano-tech effect for Tony Stark's superhero exoskeleton. Suit up - and shiny!
Hawkeye | VFX Breakdown
The superheroes with a licence to shoot a bow: These VFXs shoot faster than Jeremy Renner can draw a compound bow.
Spider-man saves Blender?
Everyone falls for his web - even Tobey Maguire's Spider-man: this Blender artist wraps the craziest hero in film history in a latex costume!
New CG villains for Spider-Man 3 |
Review: In DP 04 : 2007, Spidey made his third appearance on the big screen and had to fight three villains at the same time. Imageworks created characters made of air, sand and black mass.
Loki | VFX-Breakdown
Industrial Light & Magic conjures up the powerful visual effects of the hit series!
Programme highlights for FMX 2022 published!
The (canine) FMX mascot goes crazy in the pan: "Eternals" and "What if...?" from Marvel, but also the aesthetically valuable Netflix film "The House" await you - and everything about the wonderfully complex world of NFTs!
Robot gripper arms | Tutorial Tuesday
Doc Ock is your favourite villain in the MCU, and Inspector Gadget your role model? Then click on this Blender tutorial!
Xtremo | VFX-Breakdown
With a bang (and a fall?): If you like explosions, these VFXs will set you on fire!
Creating Shang-Chi’s Mythical Creatures
VFX supervisor Christopher Townsend discusses the mythical creatures created for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Digital Domain’s Masquerade 2.0 Advances Facial Capture
Digital Domain's Masquerade 2.0 facial-capture system supported performances such as Thanos and the recreation of Martin Luther King Jr. for TIME.
Cinema 4D Tutorial: Designing a Futuristic User Interface
Territory Studio motion designer Pedro Ramos demonstrates a Cinema 4D workflow for creating a futuristic user interface.
Black Widow | VFX-Breakdown
New VFXs from Weta Digital? That's where we're heading - like a pig to a trough.
Matt Aitken on Weta’s Digital Characters
Matt Aitken traces Weta Digital’s character pipeline from Gollum and Kong to Thanos, facial solvers, Manuka and cloud rendering.
Cinema 4D Tutorial Builds Thor’s Hammer
Motion designer Sean Dove demonstrates how to create a comic-style version of Thor’s hammer in Cinema 4D.
Digital Domain Introduces Masquerade 2.0
Digital Domain’s Masquerade 2.0 facial-capture system targets detailed eye, lip and wrinkle animation for film and game characters.
Blender Tutorial: Cinematic Rendering in Eevee
FlippedNormals demonstrates lighting, rendering and camera animation for a cinematic Blender scene using Eevee.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | VFX-Breakdown
Digital Domain swings and jazzes through the MCU in Breakdown.
Spider-Man: Far From Home | Sony Pictures Imageworks
A new visual effects breakdown for Spider-Man: Far From Home presents Sony Pictures Imageworks' work on the Marvel project.
Avengers Endgame | VFX by DNEG
New VFX breakdown from DNEG: The studio shows its work on the last major Avengers Endgame blockbuster!
Trixter releases VFX Breakdown for Captain Marvel
The Munich-based VFX studio Trixter recently released a breakdown for Captain Marvel.
That was FMX 2019!
FMX 2019 is over and most visitors have successfully returned home: A short recap of this year's trade conference!
Into The Spider-Verse | FX Design
Particles, machine learning, simulations and destruction: a new and final VFX breakdown for Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse has been released!
C4D Tutorial: Spiderverse Shader with Arnold
Into the Spiderverse shader with Arnold: Chad Ashley shows one possible approach in this tutorial.
Rise Reel: “Doctor Strange”
"Doctor Strange" breakdown reels are currently hailing down everywhere. Here is one from Germany, by Rise | Visual Effects Studios.
Doctor Strange: Official Breakdown by Luma
New breakdown video for Doctor Strange: Luma Pictures presents their magical work on the Marvel film in this clip.
New “Guardians of the Galaxy 2” TV Spot
The new "You're Welcome" TV spot for the second part of Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy" has been released.
2017 Oscar Nominations
The Oscar nominations for this year have now been announced. Naturally, we are primarily interested in the VFX and animation categories. Here is the overview.
Rise Reel for Captain America: Civil War
Visual Effects Studio Rise finally presents its reel for "Captain America: Civil War"
What Is Green and Looks Angry?
Artist Robert Kuczera is a big Hulk fan and has therefore created what we think is a very cool 3D animation of the green muscleman.
“Deadpool” VFX Breakdown
And something “Deadpool” for the weekend: Atomic Fiction has released its breakdown reel.
Camera Presets from “Deadpool”
Want a camera look as cool as “Deadpool”? Adobe offers the camera-shake presets for Premiere Pro as a free download.
Super Bowl Trailers & Commercials
The Super Bowl game draws limited interest in Germany, but the funny flood of 2016 blockbuster commercials and trailers certainly does.
Trixter VFX Reel
Munich-based Trixter has released a new VFX reel featuring shots from “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and “Ant-Man”.
Luma Pictures House Reel
Luma Pictures really lets rip in its house reel with shots from “Ant-Man,” “Avengers: Age of Ultron” and a Pharrell music video.
First “Captain America: Civil War” Trailer
Many of the shots were worked on by Trixter in Munich and Rise in Berlin, which attended this year’s animago AWARD & CONFERENCE.
Ant-Man at animago
The smallest of all Marvel superheroes will come to animago CONFERENCE 2015: VFX supervisor Dominik Zimmerle from Trixter is bringing him along.
Comic Con 2016 in Stuttgart
At last, comic fans no longer have to travel to San Diego! Comic Con will take place in Stuttgart for the first time in 2016.
Spider webs vs. electric flashes
Review: In DP 07 : 2014, the most popular spider-man in film history was electrostatically charged. "The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro" was one of the most elaborate projects for Sony Pictures Imageworks in 2014. We caught up with digital effects supervisor David A. Smith.
Image Gallery for “The Incredible Hulk”
Working with a budget of around US$150 million, director Louis Leterrier brought Edward Norton to the screen as the Hulk.
Trailer for “The Incredible Hulk”
Under the direction of action specialist Louis Leterrier, the cinema screen becomes an explosive playground for Marvel’s green comic-book hero.
Gwyneth Paltrow: “I Was Driven” Tele 5 Interview for the Cinema Release of ‘Iron Man’
For the cinema release of Iron Man, TV broadcaster Tele 5 interviewed Gwyneth Paltrow. DP prints the complete interview here:
Video: Trailer for Iron Man
Iron Man opens in a week, having received his iron suit under the expert supervision of Stan Winston.
Image Gallery: Iron Man Opens on May 1
Another MARVEL hero sees the light of the cinema world: "Iron Man". In May 2008, Concorde Filmverleih brings the adaptation of the successful Marvel comic to German cinemas, packed with action and effects and boasting a star-studded cast.
Iron Man Opens on 1 May 2008
Comic fans will be pleased. Little by little, every hero ever born on paper is being brought to the big screen—thanks to increasingly sophisticated technical possibilities. And Marvel has plenty of heroes. On Labour Day, what the distributor calls the coolest superhero in comic-book history fights injustice in the world.
Band Pro Supports Marvel ICE Adaptation
A Sony F23 and HD expertise from Band Pro Munich help translate the dark atmosphere of Marvel writer John Figueroa’s ICE to the screen.
Hulk returns
On July 10, 2008, the green powerhouse returns to the screen. Action specialist Louis Leterrier takes on the Marvel comic-book hero as director.