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Field notes from inside the pipeline — craft breakdowns, studio thinking, pipeline R&D and the occasional opinion on where visual effects is headed.

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TECH
JUN 12, 2026 · 9 MIN READ

Rebuilding our fluid solver for the next decade of shots

Why we threw out a decade-old simulation pipeline and rebuilt it around USD, GPU solvers and a render farm that never sleeps — and what it means for the work.

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CRAFT
MAY 28, 2026 · 7 MIN

Inside the comp of NEON REQUIEM’s final battle

A layer-by-layer breakdown of the most complex composite we’ve ever delivered.

STUDIO
MAY 14, 2026 · 5 MIN

Why we still storyboard everything by hand

In a world of instant previs, the pencil is still our fastest tool for finding the shot.

TECH
APR 30, 2026 · 11 MIN

USD at scale: rebuilding the pipeline around one format

How a universal scene description backbone cut our turnaround on big sequences in half.

CRAFT
APR 09, 2026 · 6 MIN

The art of the invisible effect

The best VFX is the kind nobody notices. A look at the shots you’ll never know we touched.

CULTURE
MAR 22, 2026 · 4 MIN

What we actually look for in a technical director

Hiring notes from the people who review every reel that lands in our inbox.

STUDIO
MAR 05, 2026 · 8 MIN

From brief to final pixel in six weeks

Anatomy of a fast-turnaround spot — how the whole studio moves as one when the clock is tight.

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