Animation

  • A Small Team’s Journey to a VES Award-Winning Animated Film

    How far would you go to save someone you love? And what happens when the fear of losing them pushes you too far? These questions are at the heart of Azimuth, an award-winning, fully CG sci-fi short created by eight students at ARTFX. Set against a backdrop of distant planets, futuristic cities, and explosive action,…

    Animation

  • How Riot Games Animates VALORANT Weapon Skins with Autodesk Maya

    In VALORANT, Riot Games’ award-winning five-on-five tactical shooter, weapons might range from realistic models to a dragon that spits out its magazine. But no matter how imaginative the design becomes, players still need to recognize what the weapon is doing and when it’s ready to fire. That balance between fantasy and gameplay shapes the work…

    Game Development

  • Getting Started with 3D Editor + Canvas in Autodesk Flow Studio: How to Build Your First Scene

    The hardest part of building a shot isn’t always creating the pieces. It’s deciding how they should work together. Maybe you already have a character and a performance in mind, but still need to figure out the world around them. Or you know exactly how you want a shot framed but want the freedom to…

    Flow Studio
  • Flow Studio Pricing and Subscription Guide

    Flow Studio pricing and subscription guide

    Which Autodesk Flow Studio plan is right for you? Somewhere in your head right now is a scene nobody else can see: a character who moves the way you imagine, a shot that plays out exactly like it does in your mind, a story that’s been waiting for the right tool to get it out…

    Flow Studio

  • How Inferstudio Used Flow Studio’s AI Mocap to Make a 3D Animated Film They Didn’t Know Was Possible 

    Daughter of the Inner Stars is a 50-minute symphonic orchestral experience that blends live narration, original animation, and Nicholas Buc’s cinematic score into a richly imagined family adventure. Built from the ground up, its visual world spans mythical characters, fantastical spacecraft, and wild architecture on even wilder planets. The saga follows Fia, a courageous young…

    Animation

  • Using Neural Layer with LoRA for Enhanced Character Consistency in Autodesk Flow Studio

    Great stories are built around memorable characters. And when you’re shaping those characters with AI, you want them to look and feel unmistakably themselves from one shot to the next. With AI-powered storytelling, that consistency can be hard to maintain. A wide shot becomes a close-up. Your character turns away from the camera, strikes a…

    Animation

  • How EA SPORTS Used 3ds Max to Modernize Character Animation at Scale for F1

    In Formula 1, what happens under the hood can make all the difference. The same is true in game production, where EA SPORTS used Autodesk 3ds Max and custom tools to modernize character rigs, retarget thousands of animations, and preserve years of existing work on the F1 game franchise. Every new EA SPORTS F1 release…

    Game Development

  • Character Animation on a Deadline: How Pigmalion Animation Studio Uses Autodesk Flow Studio

    Starting an animation studio at 22 is ambitious anywhere. Doing it in Colombia, far from the industry’s traditional production hubs, adds another layer to the challenge. But Felipe Fierro has been finding his own way into animation for most of his life. He began studying Autodesk 3ds Max at an Autodesk Authorized Training Center at just 12…

    Flow Studio

  • Introducing 3D Editor + Canvas in Autodesk Flow Studio

    AI has made it easier than ever to generate compelling assets. In just a few prompts, you can create characters, environments, animations, and more. But generating assets is only the beginning. Turning those pieces into cohesive scenes — shaping performances, directing camera movement, and refining the final shot — too often means jumping between disconnected…

    Flow Studio
  • Promotional poster for Buster Boone, featuring the animated cowboy character pointing a revolver-style weapon toward the viewer, along with film festival selections and animation credits for Giovanni Crocco.

    AI motion capture for beginners: How Autodesk Flow Studio helped a NJIT student gain portfolio recognition

    AI-assisted motion capture is changing how animation students learn and create. This article explores how New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) student Giovanni “Gio” Crocco used Autodesk Flow Studio and Autodesk Maya to streamline his animation workflow, iterate faster, and build a standout portfolio project using markerless motion capture.  With the Autodesk Flow Studio Education plan, eligible university students (18+) get access to everything included in the Lite tier, plus USD exports.  …

    Visual Effects