Insights

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

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Studio Stories

The Last of Us S2: Texturing post-apocalyptic Seattle

How DNEG moved the story forward with Mari.

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Studio Stories

The Electric State VFX: Texturing robot characters

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

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Product Focus

The Bakery: Inside Mari’s texture-baking engine

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

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How texture brings animation to life

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The Art of Texturing

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Texturing through time: from miniatures to Mari

Making make-believe as real as possible.

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Studio Stories

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Studio Stories

Cooking up a slow turkey with The Mill, Mari and Nuke

We caught up with The Mill to talk all things turkey and how they perfected their virtual bird

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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

Look development, lighting and texturing on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Discover how Sony Pictures Imageworks harnessed the power of Katana and Mari on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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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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Texturing the dystopian landscapes of Blade Runner 2049 

We catch up with Framestore about how they used Mari to create the visually arresting aesthetic for the sci-fi sequel.


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Studio Stories

The Shannara Chronicles: creating CG for episodic TV

We catch up with with Toronto-based studio SPIN VFX about how they used Mari and Katana to create the stunning CG for fantasy TV episodic: The Shannara Chronicles