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Film & TV

The Electric State VFX: Texturing robot characters

Behind the scenes on Netflix’s sci-fi robot adventure movie.

5 min read
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Film & TV

From students to studio: How Viridian FX is supporting the next generation

The inspiring story behind a small studio with a big impact.

4 min read
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Research

The Bakery: Inside Mari’s texture-baking engine

No need to interrupt your flow, thanks to built-in map-baking.

2 min read
Stand out as a texture artist: Close-up showing textures of snake skin
Film & TV

Stand out as a Texture Artist

From Texture Theory to Blend modes: tips, tricks, and best practice to make your CG creations and showreels really shine.

5 min read
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Nodes vs layers: Making the move with Mari

Why moving layer stack to Node Graph will help your workflows.

8 min video
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Film & TV

Deadpool & Wolverine VFX: Behind the scenes with Framestore

Bringing together Marvel’s massive multi-vendor project.

5 min read
Artist Spotlight: Tsubasa Arai
Film & TV

Artist Spotlight: Tsubasa Arai

Breathing new life into creature VFX with Mari’s toolset.

10 min read
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Film & TV

Foundry Showreel | 2024

See some of the incredible VFX & animation created in 2024.

2 min video
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Film & TV

Ae Watan Mere Watan VFX: recreating history with FutureWorks

Using Katana’s power & flexibility to bring the past to life.

3 min read
Choctaw ancestor Chafa in Marvel TV's Echo
Film & TV

Texturing the Choctaw creation story for Marvel TV’s Echo

Bringing the story’s strong cultural and mythological roots to life.

5 min read
Kali Reis and Jodie Foster as Detectives Evangeline Navarro and Liz Danvers in True Detective: Night Country
Film & TV

How Cinesite built the VFX for True Detective: Night Country

Creating an Emmy Award-nominated CG sequence.

5 min read
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Film & TV

Getting to know the Particle System in Nuke

Discover how Nuke’s Particle System can be harnessed to streamline artist workflows.

3 min read