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Shane Hollander at ice hockey rink in Heated Rivalry

Heated Rivalry VFX: behind the scenes of a game-changing show

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Studio Stories

Win or Lose animation: Lighting Pixar’s first episodic

How Pixar created a unique aesthetic for each episode.

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The emotion characters from Inside Out 2 standing together

Studio Stories

Inside Out 2 lighting: Creating the emotion characters

Find out how Pixar brought Anxiety to the screen.

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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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Careers

What is a Technical Director? VFX roles explained

Get career insights from a studio pipeline TD.

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Pavitr Prabhakar as Spider-Man with Mumbatten skyscrapers in the background

Studio Stories

Creating Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse with Nuke, Mari & Katana

How Sony Pictures Imageworks built a unique visual style.

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A 3D animated robot peers around a corner in a still from short film Alone

Studio Stories

How the UTS Animal Logic Academy created an animated short with Mari

The student team produced the entire film in just 30 weeks.

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Still from Inside Out 2

Product Focus

RenderMan 26 launches new interactive denoiser in Katana

Boosting creativity and productivity at the same time.

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Studio Stories

Creating magical animated tales with TAT Productions and NukeX

Discover the French studio behind the family adventure animation film, Epic Tales.

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Careers

How to navigate the start of your lighting career

Tips, tricks, opportunities, and advice to help you get started.

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SCAD Animation - The Pope's Dog

Careers

Changing the future of animation with SCAD

How SCAD’s students created an award-winning short film, The Pope’s Dog.

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Pipeline & Workflows

Lighting challenges in episodic animation: how to solve the limited time crisis

Get tips, tricks and tools to save you time.

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Artist Spotlights

Artist Spotlight: Karen Disher

From pen on paper to our screens.

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