Insights

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

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Blog

Lighting the way: these top artists share their approach to illumination

Take a look at the unique visual treatments of three lighting artists from our community and how they approach lighting in their work.

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Product Focus

Open Standards will change the VFX Industry as we know it

A look at why the move to open standards across the VFX industry should be welcomed by all - from the smallest player to the largest.

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Product Focus

Machine learning in VFX software: the challenges to crack

Learn about SmartROTO - a Foundry-led research project investigating Machine Learning-assisted tools for rotoscoping.

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Blog

Five of the biggest trends from FMX 2019

A report back on some of the biggest industry topics that were discussed at FMX 2019, from lightfields to locational VR.

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Studio Stories

The battle to bring Game of Thrones to life in a gaming universe

Discover how Nuke and Mari helped bring the world of Game of Thrones to life for a photorealistic PC game trailer.

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Product Focus

How Universal Scene Description is set to change the face of VFX

How Universal Scene Description (USD) holds some potentially game-changing opportunities for VFX studios.

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Studio Stories

Re-writing the rule book on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Discover how Sony Pictures Imageworks created the signature graphic look of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

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Studio Stories

Look development, lighting and texturing on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Discover how Sony Pictures Imageworks harnessed the power of Katana and Mari on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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Exclusive look at the new Mari Materials System

Product Focus

An exclusive look at the new Mari Materials System in action

We catch up with freelance character-creature artist Gaël Kerchenbaum as he tests out the Mari Materials System in Mari 4.5

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Pipeline & Workflows

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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Product Focus

What is ACES - and why should you care?

We explain what the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) is, and why creators of VFX need to be aware of it.

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Pipeline & Workflows

How MPC streamlined editing & review across its business

Learn more about how MPC harnesses the power of Nuke Studio.

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