Insights
Behind the scenes with the artists, studios and tech shaping the future of VFX and animation.
Studio Stories
Bringing How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World to life with DreamWorks Animation
Discover how DreamWorks created the visual story reel for the upcoming How to Train Your Dragon film using Flix.
FlixProduct Focus
Explaining deep learning: what it is, and what it’s not
Deep learning has the potential to reinvent every industry—including VFX. But what is it exactly? Find out here.
Product Focus
Katana in 2018 and the road ahead
We take a look back at some of our best Katana customer stories from 2018, and look ahead to what’s in store for next year.
KatanaStudio Stories
Rear projection on Solo: A Star Wars Story
We catch up with Rob Bredow, Head of ILM, about his work using advanced projection techniques on Solo: A Star Wars Story.
Case Study
Aspiring to be a texture artist at a big studio? Hear Paul’s story
Find out how texture artist Paul Paulinho fell in love with texturing through Mari and bagged a dream job at Method Studios. Watch the video here.
MariStudio Stories
One billion assets: How Pixar’s Lightspeed team tackled Coco’s complexity
We speak to Renee Tam, Lightspeed Lead at Pixar Animation Studios, about how her team overcame complexity to deliver the critically acclaimed movie, Coco.
Studio Stories
How Animal Logic beat the clock on Peter Rabbit
Combining a mix of visual effects and modern animation techniques, Peter Rabbit is a great showcase of what the team at Animal Logic can do. Watch this video to find out how they used Nuke and Mari to help create it.
NukeStudio Stories
Weta Digital: managing complexity on War for the Planet of the Apes
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Weta Digital’s deep compositing work in War for the Planet of the Apes. Watch the video here!
Pipeline & Workflows
Bottleship VFX: preparing for a more complex look development and lighting future
In this article, we catch up with Hristo Velev, founder of Bottleship VFX, to find out why Bottleship realised now was the time to future-proof their pipeline.
KatanaPipeline & Workflows
Think you’re too small for Katana? Think again…
Jakarta-based Cinemasphere explain why they integrated Katana into their pipeline - and how it’s having a big impact on ROI.
KatanaStudio Stories
Making the impossible possible with virtual production at Imaginarium Studios
Imaginarium Studios is a pioneering company at the forefront of digital performance-capture. Learn about their cutting-edge production workflow here.
Careers
Hybrids: the VES award-winning short by five students
In this article, we talk to the students behind Hybrids, winners of the Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project award at this year’s VES Awards.
NukeStaff picks
Artist Spotlights
Studio Stories
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