Unofficial Industrial Light and Magic Website - Information on special effects company, its employees, its work, and its techniques.

FX Wizards - Short downloadable movies demonstrate various special effects.

Inside Skywalker Ranch - Fan's visit inside of LucasArts, Industrial Light & Magic, and Skywalker Ranch

Willis O'Brien - Special effects pioneer, famous for King Kong.

Special Effects Homepage - Site concerning special effects from large companies, as well as how-tos for low budget effects aimed at independent filmmakers.

Visual Effects Headquarters - Magazine for professionals in the visual effects industry. Read reviews of work done for such films as Turbulence and The Relic.

How Centropolis FX Creates Visual Effects - A behind-the-scenes multimedia chronicle from How Stuff Works explaining how they created the visual effects in the movie "The Patriot". Shows the new towns and virtual soldiers.

How Industrial Light and Magic Works - How Stuff Works article on how ILM did the visual water effects for The Perfect Storm, using computer-generated simulations and particle systems.

How Stuff Works: Blue Screen Special Effects - Describes the techniques used in making 'blue screen' special effects.

Lightsaber Effect Rotoscoping In A Premiere Filmstrip - Step by step instructions on how to create light sabre effects, by Darel Finley.

The Art and Science of Special Effects - Movie fan Daniel Sudhakar discusses special effects including blue screens and computer animation.

Blood and Media - Personal commentary discussing the realism of blood shown in movies.

How to Get Started in Special Effects - An article that attempts to explain how to begin, and sustain, a career in the industry.

The Revolution of Special Effects in Movies - Article by Luis Carrera and Monica Bustamante about the history and uses of special effects.

GorbVideo - How to use Hollywood-style computer special effects in a low budget movie. Includes advice, tutorials and downloadable examples.