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3D, Blog, Modular, Set Extension

Creating a Digital City


Modular building as a term originates from real-world construction techniques where modular buildings or homes are prefabricated. The technique is now commonplace in creating digital environments for both games and visual effects, granting greater flexibility and allowing you to recreate a shot with digital assets.

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3D, Animation, Compositing, Set Extension, VFX

Comparing Special Effects and Visual Effects – Physical props and CG elements


Comparing Special Effects and Visual Effects – Physical props and CG elements – how can they help health and safety training. It was our job then to recreate the bar in 3D space, model and sculpt the bar to scale, simulate the correct lighting for the scene, animating and compositing the final shots to create a believable scene.

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Blog, Compositing, Green Screen, Keying, Set Extension, Tracking

Should I use green-screen, build a set or shoot on location? That is the question!


This week, we look at the process of ‘keying’ or masking out an actor or prop from it’s environment, to be re-composited into a new environment. This technique has been in place for a number of years, from Hollywood blockbusters to daily TV Weather Forecasts…
GLUE helps to describe the process to explain how it’s all done!

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