Reprinted by permission of "The Big Frame." Distributed by Imax Corporation, Special Effects reveals the method behind the magic of the movies, and features state-of-the art effects created ...

U sing a particle system can be computationally expensive, especially when incorporated into a full 3D scene. Sometimes that’s unavoidable and render times just have to take a h ...

Practical effects often get overshadowed by CGI, which can do the seemingly impossible. One school, however, thinks that special effects are here to stay and is helping teach the craft to the next ...