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Film & TV

Why Weta Digital chose Katana to streamline their pipeline

Weta Digital is one of the many studios that have adopted Katana in recent years. We spoke to them about why they decided to make the move.

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Film & TV

Katana: becoming the ultimate digital cinematography platform

Discover how and why Katana has become the industry standard - and where the software is heading next.

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India and Foundry
Film & TV

This is why Asia is set to change the VFX industry forever

We explore how the biggest audiences of the future will be from Asia, and what the implications of this are for the VFX industry. Read more here!

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Film & TV

What the Oscars told us about visual effects in 2019

This year’s shortlist for Best Visual Effects Academy Award offered a fascinating snapshot into the VFX trends shaping the images we see in films.

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8K post-houses
Film & TV

This is why VFX studios can't afford to ignore 8K

In this article, we explore why post-houses should be taking note of 8K’s inevitable progression towards the mass-market. Read more here!

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Design

Modo 12 series: designing in virtual reality

As we prepare for Modo 13, we look at the advanced features in Modo’s 12 Series that utilize AMD’s VR-ready GPU’s.

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Crucial VR headsets
VR/AR/MR

The three crucial VR headset developments you don’t want to miss

We look at some of the technological advances in VR headsets we could see in 2019.

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Real time

Peeling back the layers of the virtual production onion

We look at how the disconnected stages of virtual production will become better linked together, forming a layered, virtual production ‘onion’.

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Design

Foundry Sponsors Goldsmiths University for Global Game Jam, 2019

Foundry is sponsoring Hacksmiths at Goldsmiths, University of London for The Global Game Jam 2019 international event. We caught up with the President of Hacksmiths, Nathaniel Okenwa to find out what gaming means to the emerging talent at Goldsmiths.

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Hybrid Gamma Ray
VR/AR/MR

Recreating real-world color: the promise of Hybrid Log Gamma

We explore how the Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) HDR standard could hold the key to bringing immersive content into people’s homes

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Streaming platforms
Film & TV

SVOD as a boon for the VFX industry

We look at how the rise of subscription video on demand (SVOD) has created a windfall of work for VFX studios

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Designing in 3D space
Design

Fifty Shades of Black: are your 2D CADs holding you back?

Brendon Marczan explains how moving designs into a 3D space means the black you see is, at last, the black the world sees too.

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