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Streamlining Stop-Motion Animation in the Big World of Tiny Chef
Discover how Autodesk Flow Production Tracking (formerly ShotGrid) and Autodesk Flow Capture (formerly Moxion) give ShadowMachine the organizational superpowers to wrangle an abundance of stop-motion props and sets into a hit series. In the world of The Tiny Chef Show, Tiny Chef whips up vegan dishes from within his tree stump studio, with help from…
Animation
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German Studio ALT/SHIFT and the Art of Making Cool Look Easy with 3ds Max
ALT/SHIFT studio founder, Patrick Vogel, discusses why he fell for Autodesk 3ds Max, 50 years of Adidas, using AI as a tool and not a trick, and more. When Patrick Vogel founded ALT/SHIFT nearly ten years ago, the goal was simple: make things look cool. Today, the Hamburg-based boutique studio is doing just that, creating stunning, realistic…
3ds Max
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AI-Powered MotionMaker for Animation: Your Top Questions Answered
Maya now includes MotionMaker, a new motion-generation system that lets you drive the motion of your character through higher-level user input. MotionMaker uses machine learning to train on a motion dataset, and then applies that learning—along with user-provided information about a character’s current position and trajectory—to predict the next pose. With repeated predictions, the result…
Maya
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Severance: How ILM & Mango FX Created Emmy-Winning VFX for Season 2
Fresh off winning eight Emmys at the 77th Emmy Awards, “Severance” is celebrated for its story about the separation of work and life. But behind the scenes, its making was all about integration and collaboration. To pull this off, Sean Findley (Founder, Mango FX) and Stephen Siemens (VFX Supervisor) joined forces with Eric Leven (VFX…
3ds Max
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There Are No Ghosts at the Grand (or are there?): Friday Sundae on making their debut game
Friday Sundae Studio is an independent game development company based in Bristol, England, founded by husband-and-wife duo Rachel and Anil Glendinning. They are currently working on their debut title, There Are No Ghosts at the Grand, which was featured at GamesCom. We sat down with co-founder and creative director Anil Glendinning, writer and director of…
Maya
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On Land and at Sea, Chromatica VFX Brings Battle Scenes to Life
The talented team at Chromatica VFX used the Golaem plug-in for Maya to populate complex battle scenes with dynamic digital characters for L’Abbaglio, a 2025 film set during Giuseppe Garibaldi’s 1860 campaign that reunified Italy. Please introduce yourself and the studio. My name is Mattia Donelli, and I am a crowd technical director at Chromatica,…
Visual Effects
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Streamline Your Editorial Workflow with Flow Capture and Avid Media Composer
In media production, speed and collaboration are everything. That’s why we’re excited to introduce a new integration between Autodesk Flow Capture and Avid Media Composer designed to streamline your editorial workflow, enabling faster turnarounds, better collaboration, and more time to focus on what you do best – creating great content. Share footage with editors immediately…
Production
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Trust in the vision: How Autodesk Flow Capture enabled Twisted Pictures’ global workflow
After a remarkable run of ten Saw movies over the span of 20 years, Twisted Pictures is writing a new chapter in its book of horror and suspense thrillers. Trust, starring Sophie Turner of Game of Thrones (Sansa Stark) and X-Men (Jean Gray) fame, weaves a tale of betrayal and survival for a scandalized Hollywood…
Production
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Autodesk Flow Studio for All: What’s New and What It Means for You
AI for animation and VFX isn’t the future – it’s free, and it’s here. We’re thrilled to announce an exciting update to Flow Studio: For the first time ever, creators everywhere can access Flow Studio’s AI-powered animation and VFX tools for free. Whether you’re just exploring digital storytelling through content creation or running a full-scale…
News
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Which Autodesk Flow Studio Tier is Right for You?
At Autodesk, we know every creative journey is different. Whether you’re crafting your first 3D model for class, launching a freelance animation business, or producing multi-shot social campaigns, Flow Studio’s flexible tiers are designed to support your unique workflow at every stage. Who’s using Flow Studio? Students & Educators For students and educators, Flow Studio…
Visual Effects