Insights

Behind the scenes with the artists, studios and tech shaping the future of VFX and animation.

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Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Francois Gendron

Why Katana is the perfect fit for Francois Gendron as a VFX Lighter.

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Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Raine Anderson

How Mari and Katana pair perfectly for Raine Anderson’s look development efforts.

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Artist Spotlights

In the spotlight: Christophe Brejon

Lighting Artist, Christophe Brejon, talks to us about his career, his new book and the lowdown on Foundry’s top VFX trends.

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Studio Stories

Unleashing your full potential as a texture artist

Framstore’s Head of Texturing, Michael Borhi, reveals the one skill you need to become a better texture artist.

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Studio Stories

Teaching studio-leading technology: why Lost Boys chose Katana

We caught up with Lost Boys to discuss why they chose to teach Katana to their students.

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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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Exclusive look at the new Mari Materials System

Product Focus

An exclusive look at the new Mari Materials System in action

We catch up with freelance character-creature artist Gaël Kerchenbaum as he tests out the Mari Materials System in Mari 4.5

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Artist Spotlights

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.

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