Insights

Behind the scenes with the artists, studios and tech shaping the future of VFX and animation.

Studio Stories

Inside Out 2 lighting: Creating the emotion characters

Find out how Pixar brought Anxiety to the screen.

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Studio Stories

The Electric State VFX: Texturing robot characters

Behind the scenes on Netflix’s sci-fi robot adventure movie.

Mari

Studio Stories

From students to studio: How Viridian FX is supporting the next generation

The inspiring story behind a small studio with a big impact.

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Product Focus

The Bakery: Inside Mari’s texture-baking engine

No need to interrupt your flow, thanks to built-in map-baking.

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Careers

What is a Technical Director? VFX roles explained

Get career insights from a studio pipeline TD.

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Careers

Stand out as a Texture Artist

From Texture Theory to Blend modes: tips, tricks, and best practice to make your CG creations and showreels really shine.

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Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Einar Martinsen

Discover the artist behind the Nuke 16.0 splash screen.

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Studio Stories

Deadpool & Wolverine VFX: Behind the scenes with Framestore

Bringing together Marvel’s massive multi-vendor project.

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Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Tsubasa Arai

Breathing new life into creature VFX with Mari’s toolset.

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Studio Stories

Ae Watan Mere Watan VFX: recreating history with FutureWorks

Using Katana’s power & flexibility to bring the past to life.

Katana

Studio Stories

Texturing the Choctaw creation story for Marvel TV’s Echo

Bringing the story’s strong cultural and mythological roots to life.

Mari

Studio Stories

How Cinesite built the VFX for True Detective: Night Country

Creating an Emmy Award-nominated CG sequence.

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