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Viking warrior from Assassin's Creed Valhalla
Film & TV

The art of war: forging AC Valhalla’s epic CG launch trailer

DIGIC gets battle-ready with Nuke for the Assassin’s Creed franchise.

6 min read
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Film & TV

Lighting in animation: a dive into the hand-drawn

Lighting the way through the complexities of animation.

6 min read
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Machine learning

Future proof your content creation with machine learning

Artist and algorithm—working in harmony.

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Spiderman image
Film & TV

Re-writing the rule book on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Discover how Sony Pictures Imageworks created the signature graphic look of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

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India and Foundry
Film & TV

This is why Asia is set to change the VFX industry forever

We explore how the biggest audiences of the future will be from Asia, and what the implications of this are for the VFX industry. Read more here!

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How to train your dragon 3
Film & TV

Bringing How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World to life with DreamWorks Animation 

Discover how DreamWorks created the visual story reel for the upcoming How to Train Your Dragon film using Flix.

4 min read
Coco - courtesy of Pixar
Film & TV

One billion assets: How Pixar’s Lightspeed team tackled Coco’s complexity

We speak to Renee Tam, Lightspeed Lead at Pixar Animation Studios, about how her team overcame complexity to deliver the critically acclaimed movie, Coco.

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Rabbit in garden blue jacket
Film & TV

How Peter Rabbit was created with VFX and animation techniques

Harnessing the power of Nuke and Mari to recreate Beatrix Potter's beloved classic.

Animagrad explores Katana lighting and dev tools
Film & TV

Why switching tools mid-project was well worth the risk for Animagrad 

Animagrad took an extraordinary step swapping out their look dev and lighting toolset mid-way through the project replacing them with Katana. Learn more about their success story

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Paddington Bear at Christmas
Film & TV

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.

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Boy from La Nortia
Film & TV

How La Noria Used Nuke

Post-production just got a whole lot creepier.

Still from Kubo and the Two Strings
Film & TV

Kubo and the Two Strings

Making waves with Laika.