• Building a future-ready security strategy: Lessons from leading studios

    The media and entertainment industry has never been more connected – and exposed. From VFX pipelines that stretch across continents to AI-assisted workflows that can generate footage at the push of a button, the modern production ecosystem is fast, global, and endlessly creative. It’s also a complex web of interdependencies where a single weak link…

    Production

  • Understanding the differences between Autodesk Flow, Flow Studio, Flow Capture, and Flow Production Tracking

    Film, television, and game development teams rely on highly iterative pipelines that have long been organized in a waterfall model. Today, as production complexity increases, teams are rethinking how they collaborate across set, editorial, and post-production, creating more connected ways to share feedback and keep critical information aligned. Autodesk Flow supports this shift as the…

    Flow
  • Tower in flames from Netflix's Frankenstein

    Inside the VFX of Oscar-Nominated Frankenstein with Mr. X

    Visionary director Guillermo del Toro had been dreaming about making his own adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for more than three decades. Best known for projects like the 2006 film Pan’s Labyrinth and The Shape of Water in 2017, Frankenstein was, he said as early as 2007, a film he “would kill to make.”  The film launched on Netflix on November 7th, and was…

    Case Studies

  • What’s new in Maya and 3ds Max? AI-powered horses, a modern sequencer, and much more 

    The latest releases across Maya, 3ds Max, Flow Studio, and Arnold  introduce new AI features and powerful updates across the toolset with a simple goal: make the path to great moments a little shorter. “We’re focused on making content creation easier, and AI is one way we can do that,” says Kamal Mistry, Senior Director of Product at Autodesk. “What matters…

    Maya

  • An Indie Filmmaker’s Workflow: Solomon W. Jagwe Builds Galiwango with Autodesk Flow Studio

    In 2009, after more than a decade building skills across 3D modeling, character animation, concept art, and motion capture, Solomon W. Jagwe reached a turning point. After graduating from college in the D.C. area, he had been working for defense contractors, creating specialized game content for the U.S. Department of Defense. The work was steady,…

    Maya

  • Building the Impossible: How SOKRISPYMEDIA Used Flow Studio, Maya, and 3ds Max to Recreate the Magic of Beast Games Season 2 

    Known for defying expectations, MrBeast (a.k.a. Jimmy Donaldson) has built a career on pushing the boundaries of what content can be. Now the most popular YouTuber ever (471M subscribers and counting), he rose to global prominence through extreme challenges, high-ticket giveaways, and large-scale philanthropy. So, when Amazon Prime Video partnered with him to create Beast Games, the…

    Visual Effects

  • Robot Boxers & Indie Dreams: AI-Powered Storytelling with Autodesk Flow Studio

    Learn how YouTube creator and 3D artist JL Mussi made a character-driven CG short film on a modest budget using controllable AI-powered 3D tools. What happens when you give Autodesk Flow Studio to a CG artist with big dreams and a wild imagination? In the case of JL Mussi, founder of 3D Beast Academy and…

    Visual Effects

  • Introducing Wonder 3D: New text and image to 3D AI models in Autodesk Flow Studio

    Introducing Wonder 3D, a new generative AI model in Autodesk Flow Studio – built to help you move from imagination to 3D faster than ever. You can now quickly generate 3D characters or objects—from a simple text prompt or a reference image. Then refine, remix, and reuse them across your projects. Plus, everything stays flexible,…

    Flow Studio

  • How BlueBolt VFX Recreated 1930s Piccadilly Circus for Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale

    If you saw Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, you likely remember the opening moments: a majestic shot that starts by panning down the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain, moves through 1930s Piccadilly Circus — electric with traffic, glowing with billboards, alive with crowds — before gliding into the Richmond Theatre, where a performance of Noël Coward’s operetta…

    Visual Effects

  • What Makes Us Human? ArtFX’s Azimuth Answers with Heart – and Wins at the 24th VES Awards

    In a year defined by conversations about AI, identity, and what makes us human, one student film dared to ask a deeply personal question: If technology could recreate someone you love, would that be enough? Last night, the Visual Effects Society celebrated the 24th annual VES Awards, honoring exceptional artistry and innovation across film, television,…

    Visual Effects