Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen blasts your eyes with thousands of hard metal parts, spinning and sliding gears, wheels, crankshafts, pistons and headlamps as nearly 60 jaw-dropping robots fight to the bitter end. Read how Industrial Light & Magic rose to the challenge of animating the Transformers sequel
They’re 30-foot-high shapeshifters. They’re made out of thousands of moving parts. And they’re out to beat the living cogs out of one another. Transformers might have posed something of a problem for an average VFX studio. Fortunately, ILM is anything but average…
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At the end of 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced fifteen films that were being considered in the Achievement in Visual Effects category for the 84th Academy Awards
In issue 119: we look back over ILM’s 34-year history and bring you exclusive images from its effects work on Transformers 2. Plus: software and resources worth $515 on the CD