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Academy Color Encoding System explained
Film & TV

What is ACES - and why should you care?

We explain what the Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) is, and why creators of VFX need to be aware of it.

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MPC streamlined their business with Nuke Studio
Film & TV

How MPC streamlined editing & review across their business

Discover how MPC harness the power of Nuke Studio to streamline the conform, edit and review process.

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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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Film & TV

What the Oscars told us about visual effects in 2019

This year’s shortlist for Best Visual Effects Academy Award offered a fascinating snapshot into the VFX trends shaping the images we see in films.

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8K post-houses
Film & TV

This is why VFX studios can't afford to ignore 8K

In this article, we explore why post-houses should be taking note of 8K’s inevitable progression towards the mass-market. Read more here!

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AMD Radeon with Modo
Design

Modo 12 series: designing in virtual reality

As we prepare for Modo 13, we look at the advanced features in Modo’s 12 Series that utilize AMD’s VR-ready GPU’s.

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Crucial VR headsets
VR/AR/MR

The three crucial VR headset developments you don’t want to miss

We look at some of the technological advances in VR headsets we could see in 2019.

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Real time

Meet the company transforming real-time content creation

We speak to technology company Ncam about how their system is transforming the way visual content is created in real-time.

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Real time

Peeling back the layers of the virtual production onion

We look at how the disconnected stages of virtual production will become better linked together, forming a layered, virtual production ‘onion’.

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Design

Foundry Sponsors Goldsmiths University for Global Game Jam, 2019

Foundry is sponsoring Hacksmiths at Goldsmiths, University of London for The Global Game Jam 2019 international event. We caught up with the President of Hacksmiths, Nathaniel Okenwa to find out what gaming means to the emerging talent at Goldsmiths.

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Hybrid Gamma Ray
VR/AR/MR

Recreating real-world color: the promise of Hybrid Log Gamma

We explore how the Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG) HDR standard could hold the key to bringing immersive content into people’s homes

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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.

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