The VFX studio delivered roughly 1,000 shots across the 8-part NBC and Peacock miniseries, building 73 animal types and 55 variations, running 100 environments through an Unreal Engine finishing pipeline, and carrying a scar on a juvenile's forehead all the way into adulthood.
The visual effects studio delivered 450 shots on Prime Video’s hit series, including world-building, period environments, train sequence work, and Megawatt effects created in collaboration with ILM.
Latest version of the leading rendering system adds final-frame, real-time rendering in supported DCC viewports, Gaussian Splat relighting, expanded Chaos Arena tools for virtual production, faster CPU and GPU rendering, and broader hardware and platform support.
The former SideFX and DNEG executive joins the company’s leadership team as the studio expands its investment in AI, scalable pipelines, and next-generation production technologies.
The visual generative AI platform announced its latest availability across major creative tools, including the leading 2D animation software platform.
Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski’s film takes the top award, with J.P. Vine’s ‘Cardboard’ taking the Jury Prize; 9-member international jury awards 22 outstanding animated shorts based on story, direction, technical proficiency, sound, and uniqueness.
Set to end ‘render lag,’ middleware app integrates genAI and quantum computing directly into existing professional workflows, such as Universal Scene Description (USD), Houdini, Maya, and Unreal Engine.
The leading animation studio translated the iconic property’s 2D origins into a fully realized 3DCG feature, exploring character deformation, lightweight rigs, and Houdini-driven workflows, balancing between stylization and realism for a look that still feels unmistakably SpongeBob.
Watch the VFX breakdown reel featuring the studio’s work crafting 210 visual effects shots across 4 episodes; highlights include the parasite-ridden Greylock, reimagined Roach Hounds, and the unsettling Mother and Little Rusalka swamp duo.
New V-Ray updates include a host of new features and functionality that aim to accelerate playblasts, previs, and lookdev for professional VFX and animation teams.
The motion design short from Kevin Gautraud offers a Sagan-inspired meditation on our small moment in the vastness of time; produced with Gaea, Houdini, Cinema 4D, and OctaneRender.
The VFX team crafted CG peepers for actors Benny Wong, Austin Abrams, and Alden Ehrenreich, and created previs that allowed safe ways for kids to perform stunts instead of using digital doubles.
2 full-tuition scholarships, 4 75% off tuition scholarships, 6 50% off tuition scholarships, and multiple partial scholarships are open to applicants worldwide; entry period closes September 16.
Teams across three countries finished the film starring Anthony Hopkins and Bill Skarsgård in four months, covering everything from digital doubles and CG environments to complex green screen and glass compositing.
Watch Breakdown Reel highlighting the company’s efforts on the sweeping, 19th-century odyssey, including extensive digital matte paintings and CG work to replace modern elements with period-appropriate scenery.
VFX Supervisor Jordi Cardus Civit details how the studio balanced real-time workflows in Unreal Engine and complex simulations to help tackle snowstorms, CG creatures, and virtual environments in Netflix’s ambitious live-action adaptation of the iconic Latin American sci-fi graphic novel.
The studio highlights the work of VFX supervisor Jindřich Červenka and his team on the Pablo Larraín film about opera legend Maria Callas.
VFX Supervisor Piotr Karwas and Senior Animation Supervisor Liz Bernard talk the challenges of honoring the hugely popular game’s blocky aesthetic while creating the visually appealing final battle filled with 500 Piglins fighting dozens of Iron Golems, much with keyframe animation, all obeying the laws of physics.
Created in collaboration with brand design agency Design Bridge and Partners London, the hero spot ‘Always Get Back Up’ runs across TV and VOD.
Sequences for the thriller, which stars Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins and is set completely within a high-tech SUV, include digital doubles, FX, environments, and complex greenscreen compositing.
Plug-in integrates AI and features Flow-connected workflows; updates to Maya and 3ds Max include modeling improvements, liquids in Bifrost, OpenUSD improvements, and OpenPBR integration.
See how the studio brought Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles to life in the face of a massive, all-consuming black hole and mountain collapse, in Paramount’s latest high-speed franchise outing.
How two former ILM and Square Enix artists, Jeffery Dillinger and Christophe Rodo, navigated cultural and technological challenges, while enlisting new creative tools, to build a successful, cutting-edge, independent visual effects studio in Japan.
The Cambridge-based VFX studio delivered 115 shots for the climactic Season 2 finale, creating a mycelium forest and eerie underwater environment using a USD pipeline they built for the show.
New features include accelerated Gaussian Splat support, new shading tools, a new firefly removal algorithm, interoperability, and an updated Open Image Denoiser.
