Insights

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

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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.

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Deep learning exploration

Product 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.

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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.

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STAR WARS

Studio 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.

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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.

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Coco - courtesy of Pixar

Studio 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.

Nuke and Mari help in creating visuals for Peter Rabbit

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.

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War of Apes and Weta Digital

Studio 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!

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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.

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Cityscape at war by Cinemasphere

Pipeline & 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.

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Studio 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.

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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.

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