befores & afters

The befores & afters VFX podcast from journalist Ian Failes, covering the latest in visual effects, animation and virtual production.

ILM’s Ben Morris reflects on ‘The Last Jedi’ and ‘ABBA Voyage’ 04/11/2026

ILM's Rachel Rose on the R&D side of visual effects 03/31/2026

ILM's Jeff White breaks down that incredible oner from 'The Avengers' 03/21/2026

Rob Bredow shares 'Solo' stories, and how ILM inspired him before he was even at ILM 03/14/2026

A deep dive into Wētā FX's visual effects for 'A Minecraft Movie' 03/10/2026

ILM's Janet Lewin reflects on more than three decades with the studio 03/06/2026

The creatures of 'Keeper' 03/03/2026

Our new ILM podcast series starts with Dennis Muren! 02/25/2026

Alec Gillis on the practical effects design process for 'Predator: Badlands' 02/18/2026

How the in-house VFX process worked on s2 of 'The Sandman' 02/11/2026

Crafting 'Andor' season 2 02/05/2026

How on-set scanning of environments and actor capture works 01/20/2026

How Framestore helped make the creatures and cinematography of 'Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age' feel so real 01/07/2026

Phil Tippett updates us on the state of his personal projects, and his view on AI 12/09/2025

What it's like to run a visual effects studio in China 12/01/2025

The painterly art and tech behind stop-motion animated ‘The Girl Who Cried Pearls’ 11/24/2025

Infinite Realities on the path to 4G gaussian splatting in digital human capture 11/18/2025

Saint Walker on the new Core Skills of VFX Handbook 2025 11/09/2025

Discussing a new era in visual effects with Phantom Media Group 11/04/2025

The art and tech behind the body morphing in 'Together' 10/22/2025

What the role of CTO involves at Wētā FX 10/06/2025

How The Roddenberry Archive is preserving ‘Star Trek’ history 09/29/2025

Paul Franklin reflects on the VFX of ‘Interstellar’ 09/15/2025

Behind that crazy creature work in the finale of 'The Umbrella Academy' 08/18/2025

What exactly does the role of a visual effects producer involve? 07/20/2025

How they made the new 'Lilo & Stitch' 07/07/2025

The surprising use of visual effects in season 6 of 'The Handmaid’s Tale' 06/16/2025

How Steamroller Animation made a 30 min animated pilot episode in Unreal Engine 05/22/2025

Version Zero AI has a splines output solution for AI/ML rotoscoping 05/19/2025

The latest machine learning side of Silhouette 05/12/2025