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

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Pipeline & Workflows

Volumetric video capture: challenges, opportunities and outlook for production pipelines

Key insights from Foundry’s just-wrapped VoluMagic project.

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Machine learning for artists: the latest trends

Arm yourself with the latest machine learning tools.

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Product Focus

Lighting in animation: a dive into the hand-drawn

Lighting the way through the complexities of animation.

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Product Focus

The Art of Lighting: A history through time

Looking back at where it all began in the world of lighting.

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Studio Stories

The de-aging of Hollywood: How deepfakes are keeping us young

Deepfakes, de-aging, and its effect on the VFX industry.

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A wrap-up of 2019’s top trends for the VFX industry

As 2019 comes to a close, we look back at how the big trends this year have evolved—and where they’re headed.

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Studio Stories

Creating a ‘beast made of steel’ for Sabaton with Foundry tools

Discover how The Agency of Wargaming used Nuke, Mari and Modo to support Swedish metal—and tell the epic tale of Bismarck

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Studio Stories

From planetariums to pre-production: the unexpected uses of Nuke outside of film

Explore Nuke’s unique uses outside of the world of film and how you can use Nuke to its full potential.

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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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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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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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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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