Insights

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

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Product Focus

Getting to know the Particle System in Nuke

Discover how Nuke’s Particle System can be harnessed to streamline artist workflows.

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Pipeline & Workflows

Top three ways Near Real-Time is advancing workflows

Behind the innovative method used to create Comandante.

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Careers

How to become a Nuke Technical Director

Learn the same skills and techniques used by leading VFX studios and artists.

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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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Blog

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

Unleashing your full potential as a texture artist

Framstore’s Head of Texturing, Michael Borhi, reveals the one skill you need to become a better texture artist.

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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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Studio Stories

Teaching studio-leading technology: why Lost Boys chose Katana

We caught up with Lost Boys to discuss why they chose to teach Katana to their students.

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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

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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