Insights

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

Paddington Bear at Christmas

Studio Stories

The Christmas ad wars: bringing Paddington to life for Marks & Spencer

As the big brands battle it out for the best Christmas ad this year, we catch up with Framestore about their role in bringing to life a certain marmalade-loving bear.

Beyond Good and Evil made with Mari

Studio Stories

Texturing a universe on the new Beyond Good & Evil 2 trailer

How Unit Image nailed the look dev on this jaw-dropping project

Mari
La Noria

Studio Stories

Darkly beautiful: crafting animated horror short, La Noria

Achieving the cinematic feel of a big-budget production.

Nuke STudio Workflow

Pipeline & Workflows

Discover how one studio drastically reduced their operational costs

Nuke Studio has streamlined nineteentwenty’s workflow substantially, with timesaving features, like Soft Effects, that enable them to add powerful GPU-accelerated effects—including grading, keying, and transforms—right on the timeline, in real time. 

Nuke
Earthquake

Artist Spotlights

How a crisis inspired Victor Perez to become a digital artist

Victor Perez is so well known and respected in the visual effects industry, it’s hard to imagine there was a day he wasn’t a digital artist. But this official Nuke certified trainer, regular contributor to Nukepedia and member of the Visual Effects Society has a unique story.

Nuke
Art

Studio Stories

Aaron Sims

Studio Stories

The making of Stranger Things: old-school artistry meets the latest in VFX pipeline tech

With the second series of Stranger Things set for release at Halloween, we caught up with Aaron Sims Creative, the VFX studio that brought the Demogorgon to life.

Animation pipeline with Benlai

Studio Stories

Katana accelerates production for BenLai Pictures

Jeremy Peng discusses why adding Katana to his animation pipeline helped his team meet their tight deadline. Find out how the power of Katana software helped.

Katana
humminbird case study

Studio Stories

Easing the transition to 360° VR for Kyla's hit music video

Easing the transition to 360 for this hit music video.

NukeOcula for Nuke
Visual Effects Oscar winners

Studio Stories

95th Academy Awards

Discover how Foundry provided the VFX tools behind every single film nominated in the Best Visual Effects category at the 94th Academy Awards.

Nuke