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Lizard creature
Film & TV

Foundry 2019 | Showreel

Take a look at some of the amazing work from Foundry customers.

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VR/AR/MR

Artist's eye - Putting the Painter Back in Texture Painter

Raine Anderson, ILM Texture Supervisor, investigates the key to becoming a better texture painter

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Storyboard programme
Film & TV

Find out how a Storyboard Artist uses Flix

Viktorija Sipilova on all things Flix and pre-production.

Time Foundry
Design

Top of the designer’s list? More time.

If you gave any designer in our industry a magic lamp and granted them one wish to help them finish a project, it would undoubtedly be more time. Time is one of the most critical factors in every project, and it’s a continuous struggle to manage tight deadlines and consistently stay creative

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Space Film and TV made with Nuke X
Film & TV

Citipati: from student project to VES Award-winner

This past February, Filmakademie student Andreas Feix won the VES Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project for his short film Citipati.

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Smart look and lighting development
Film & TV

The five challenges standing between you and a smart look dev and lighting pipeline

Look and light development can make or break a production. Find out which software can save you time and money.

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Kubo and The Two Strings
Film & TV

Story development: the four key challenges you have to crack

The key challenges studios face in the development process and how to overcome them. Read more.

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Superhero running taxi
Film & TV

How Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse Was Created

Discover the tools behind the film's unique look and style.

Future-proofing your CG pipeline for 8K, HDR, and beyond
Film & TV

Future-proofing your CG pipeline for 8K, HDR, and beyond

The power of consumer technology is set to rocket, and digital artists need to be ready...

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Ryan Wai Kin Lam orange leaves and cars
Film & TV

Lighting the way: these top artists share their approach to illumination

Take a look at the unique visual treatments of three lighting artists from our community and how they approach lighting in their work.

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Earthquake inspiring Nuke digital artist
Film & TV

How a crisis inspired Victor Perez to become a digital artist

Victor Perez is so well known and respected in the visual effects industry, it’s hard to imagine there was a day he wasn’t a digital artist. But this official Nuke certified trainer, regular contributor to Nukepedia and member of the Visual Effects Society has a unique story.

3 min read
Mari 3D Painting Effect
Film & TV

Four crucial reasons to experience 3D painting without limits

Modern texture painting requires power, performance, and pipelineability

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