Real-time rendering has been opening the door to new virtual production techniques in recent years, revolutionizing VFX pipelines. But what if you could produce the actual final pixels in camera, on set? Find out how Stargate Studios is doing just that. 

Previsualization has been helping production teams make better movies for well over a decade, but using game engines brings a whole new angle to the art. Find out how teams at Framestore, Fox Feature Films, Halon Entertainment, and The Third Floor are making it pay off in spades. 

When ILM set about creating the visual effects for Solo: A Star Wars Story, they wanted to raise the bar. Using StageCraft VR, their Unreal Engine-powered virtual production tool, they were able to plan their shots without flying blind—and get the whole team on board a moving train.

When director Robert Zemeckis needed animated dolls give believable human performances in “Welcome to Marwen,” his VFX team developed a unique method of projecting facial capture onto digital models. Virtual production techniques for matching digital and on-set lighting made it all possible.