Behind the Magic: The Visual Effects of 'Transformers Age of Extinction'

We are proud to present a sampling of of ILM’s visual effects work for Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’. This reel represents a fraction of the work created by over 400 artists, scientists, and engineers backed up by a world-class production team.

The film’s Visual Effects Supervisor, Scott Farrar, was honored with the Hollywood Visual Effects Award on November 14, 2014.

– Enjoy!

[MetaMagnus]

This just totally shows how hard the people worked on the visual effects. It's so intriguing! I don't see how people could hate these things.

[shanrebusora]

some people hating michael bay and the rest of tranformers movie but they didnt realize how magical to make this kind of visuals. its not a joke its a magical effect!

[kovalensue]

Literally "behind the magic"... i just can stand and clap my hands and try to shut my mouth... you guys are not artists, you are magicians!!! I love this series!

[KingBaltimoreSon]

0:49 HAHA I KNEW MICHAEL BAY MADE A CAMEO IN THAT PART!!! I watched in the theaters telling people that was him!!! As always, great work ILM and congrats Scott! 

[mondobytes]

Impressive, ILM does outstanding CGI!

[theroboticroby]

The people who hate this movie just need to accept that Michael Bay does things differently.
He doesn't like to do things normally, he does it his way and his way only.

[rudolfviljoen]

Haha that guy who they put in the truck with a green screen was prolly in the cinema like "wait for it... wait for it... THERE I AM! did you see me?"

[aerospacenews]

Not a fan of these films but big fan of the amazing VFX team at ILM and their vendors. Great work and it is so nice that you share a little look inside the layers and layers of effort that go into making these spectacular visual effects look so amazing on the big screen!

[BozQ]

Aww yes. I've missed these "Behind the Magic" videos! Nice work on Transformers, as always!

[adamk.]

is that Michael Bay in the truck in 0:51 ?

[thehandleiwantedwasntavailable]

The level of complexity present in these shots just keeps on rising.

Bringing it all together into a cohesive final image is an immense challenge, and you guys continue to do it - and like all of us, in less and less time.

Respect.

[jshaolin]

oustanding work.. one day I hope to join the ILM team!

[azn]

is that Michael Bay on the left @ 0:51?

[arun]

This is why Transformers has the best visual effects to date.

[DEXTHERIPPER]

really amazing and inspiring. well done ILM

[MetalUnboundTV]

Rendering must have taking for fucking ever.

[allexfenty]

I've been waiting on this for so long, thank you all.

[Romeo.Filmss]

Thank you guys, been waiting to see how you did this. Thanks for the inspiration

[k-town]

How much more detailed are the autobots/decepticons in comparison to the first Transformers? By eye it looks like you guys doubled, maybe even tripled the amount of parts to them.

[Grubse]

YES! You guys are BACK!

Please. You've done so many movies lately. Can't wait to see the breakdowns.