Our Foundry showreel celebrates the work from artists and studios around the world, all made with Foundry tools.

As technology advances and schedules get tighter, creative work meets fresh challenges—so artists need new ways of working and tools that can keep pace. Our goal is to provide exactly that. We anticipate the challenges of tomorrow, paving the way for workflows of the future, so artists can do their best work.

The result: newer, better ways for artists to work, create and collaborate—whatever their team, wherever they are, all at the speed of thought.

Foundry. Keeping one eye to the future, so you can keep both on being creative.

Raise the bar on animation and CG content with Nuke. Its customisable workflows unlock new levels of control for teams, reducing repetitive tasks whilst empowering artists to work collaboratively. This advanced compositing toolset gives artists all they need to achieve their creative vision while delivering the highest quality content every time.

What does it take to stand out as a Texture Artist? How can textures be used to tell a story? Why do leading artists turn to Mari for texture painting?

To find out, join Rory Woodford, Mari Product Manager, and four expert Texture Artists for a conversation about the craft of texturing. The panel will cover the fundamentals of texturing and look development, the techniques used and the advantages of using Mari.

Discover the Nuke ecosystem, your post-production powerhouse. Made up of Nuke, NukeX, Nuke Studio, Nuke Indie, Hiero and HieroPlayer, this family of tools seamlessly tackles high-end compositing, conform, VFX editorial and review.

We followed Marcos Moraes, Look Development and Lighting Supervisor from Los Amigos and discovered why they used Katana for Angry Birds: Bubble Trouble!

We look at how the production process is recovering for 2021. On-set-post-production is changing as distributed workflows, cloud and virtual production play a central role in the recovery of our industry. We're joined by panelists from both the studio and software side as they share their key learnings from adapting to the challenges of distributed workflows and discuss what technology and tools they are using to stay ahead of the curve.

Panelists include Chief Creative at Preymaker Angus Kneale, Director of Product – New Technology at Foundry Matt Mazerolle, Creative Director/VFX Supervisor at Framestore James Rogers, VFX Supervisor at Weta Digital Erik Winquist with an introduction by Dr. Jon Peddie of Jon Peddie Research, moderated by Editor-in-Chief of JPR’s Tech Watch Report Kathleen Maher.

“I make sure I’m a lighter first, and a software operator second.”

Discover how Senior Lighting Artist Abel Vargas achieves this in his day-to-day workflow with the help of Katana's latest 4.0 release. From art and drawing to color studies, Abel also dives into where he draws his creative inspiration from, and his experience as part of the Academy of Animated Arts teaching students to light and render their first scene.

Our Foundry showreel boasts creations from artists and studios around the world, all made with Foundry tools.

As technology advances and schedules get tighter, creative work meets fresh challenges— artists need new ways of working and tools that can keep pace. Our goal is to provide exactly that. We’re constantly anticipating the challenges of tomorrow, so artists can do their best work today.

The result: newer, better ways for artists to work, create and collaborate—whatever their team, wherever they are, all at the speed of thought.

Foundry. Keeping one eye to the future, so you can keep both on being creative.

From the history of cinematography to the techniques and applications used today in animation and visual effects, three leading CG and Lighting Supervisors discuss what you need to know to master cinematography in CG productions.

Our look development and lighting powerhouse Katana tackles creative challenges with ferocity and ease. Artists can work procedurally across whole sequences, share and reuse setups, make changes nondestructively, and avoid lengthy load times.

Integrations with USD-optimised tech enhance the existing unbridled flexibility and collaboration. The result: happy clients and incredible efficiency.

The numbers speak for themselves. Katana is used across eighteen countries and 36 cities, with over a decade’s worth of production-proven results seen in leading animation and VFX studios worldwide.