Tag Archives: animation

Mastering the art of archviz: Insights from Impact Design Studio

November 7, 2023Tips & Tricksadvice, animation, Arch-Viz, Corona Renderer, making ofIna Iontcheva

Impact Design Studio was established in 2010 in Ahmedabad, India, by two young brothers in the archviz industry. After sharing their widely acclaimed project, ANUTHAM, they achieved a great deal of recognition from the general public and the Chaos Corona forum. This recognition served as a turning point for the studio, propelling them to consistently strive for excellence in the years ahead.

We sat down with Manji Vagjiyani, the owner of Impact Design Studio, who gave us insight into the studio’s values, their approach to collaboration, helpful tips on creating powerful visual storytelling, and a breakdown of one of their latest villa projects rendered in Chaos Corona. Read on to learn more about the innovative work of Impact Design in the field of archviz.

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Cyan Eyed

October 21, 2021Making-ofanimation, Corona Renderer, making of, short filmRussell Traill

In this blog Ryan Grobins takes us through a detailed account of bringing his incredible short film Cyan Eyed to life. From humble beginnings to working with Skywalker Sound, this is a fascinating look of the entire process.

STRATOSTORM Umbrella

April 1, 2020Animation, Interview, Making-ofanimation, Character, Exterior, interior, InterviewTom Grimes

Back in 2018, we talked with Brazilian animation studio Stratostorm. We caught up with them again recently to learn about their beautiful new short film ‘Umbrella’, Directed by Helena Hilario and Mario Pece on their duo directorial debut.
With character design by Victor Hugo (known for his work with Marvel and Disney), the animation has been taking the film festival world by storm, winning a lot of awards on its path to the Academy Awards (hopefully!)

Economy is Care

January 28, 2020Animation, Feature, Making-of3D, 3ds max, animation, Corona Renderer, David Fritsche, Economy is Care, Guave MotionTom Grimes

Toward the end of last year, Swiss film and animation studio Guave Motion released their “Economy is Care” animation, aiming to encourage people to ask questions about the current state of the economy, and delivered with a distinctive rendering style. We spoke with CEO and 2D/3D Generalist David Fritsche about how the project came to be, and how they created it!

Economy is Care from Guave Motion

Syntactic Labyrinths

December 20, 2019Animation, Interview, Making-ofanimation, Blauw Films, c4d, cinema 4d, Corona Renderer, Leonardo Verkoelen, Maxon Cinema 4D, Syntactic LabyrinthsTom Grimes

When we recently heard about an animation project using Corona Renderer for Cinema 4D, we got in touch with Blauw Films to learn more about it. Called “Syntactic Labyrinths”, it’s a science fiction story about trying to preserve the sum total of all human knowledge in the face of a calamity. Leonardo Verkoelen, the Director of Blauw Films, told us all about it!

Recent Spaces test out caustics in production scenes

November 28, 2019Animation, Feature, Making-of3D, animation, Architectural Visualization, Archviz, Caustics, Corona Renderer, Recent Spaces, renderingTom Grimes

Corona Renderer 4 introduced a whole new way of calculating caustics – but are they practical for use in actual production scenes? And what about in animations?

London-based architectural & design visualization studio Recent Spaces are always on the look-out for the ultimate in photo-realism, so their artist Tobias Grendelmeier did some testing to find out and shared their findings with us.

Recent Spaces – Caustics R&D from Recent Spaces

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IAMSTATIC – salt flats, crime lords, and racey wallpaper!

February 18, 2019Animation, Making-of3ds max, animation, automotive rendering, BMW, Corona Render, Corona Renderer, David Greene, IAMSTATIC, Interview, making ofTom Grimes

We last spoke with iamstatic back in October of 2017, and today we catch up with David Greene, Director / Partner at IAMSTATIC, to learn about some of their recent projects, including BMW stunts on the salt flats, a backwoods scene that is not going to end well for one person, and horse racing that plays out on wallpaper!

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Recent Spaces and theViewer – animated photorealistic VR

January 17, 2019Feature, Making-of, VR3ds max, animation, corona, Corona Renderer, Phoenix FD, photorealism, Recent Spaces, theConstruct, theViewer, VRTom Grimes

Recent Spaces spoke with us to give a breakdown of how they are adding animation and interactivity to pre-rendered VR thanks to development work they’ve done along with theViewer, to bridge the choice between photorealism and immersion. As part of that, they’ve been taking advantage of Corona Renderer’s compatibility with Phoenix FD too!

Corona Renderer Recent Spaces theConstruct, standard render of Lake ATX Great Room scene — One of the main still CGIs of the scene, with fire, fans and lake to be animated in VR

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Behind the scenes at animation studio, Stratostorm

September 4, 2018Animation, Feature, Interview, Making-of, VR360, Alan Prado, animation, corona, Corona Renderer, Dhiego Guimaraes, Helena Hilario, Listerine, Los Angeles, Mario Pece, Medusa, Mercedes, Monsters Got Talent, São Paulo, StratoStorm, Umbrella, Victor Hugo, VRTom Grimes

Stratostorm was founded in December 2014 and is an independently-owned creative production studio, specializing in Visual Effects, 3D Animation and Compositing, with offices in São Paulo and Los Angeles. We spoke with Founder and Exectutive Producer & Business Development, Helena Hilario, to learn more about Stratostorm and their work.

Esquadrão Anticáries | Molar from StratoStorm.

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St Louis TV – The Making Of “On My Way”

December 11, 2017Animation, Interview, Making-of3d scan, 3ds max, animation, corona, Corona Renderer, Grand Yellow, music video, On My Way, St Louis TV, St-LouisTom Grimes

St-Louis Post House, based in Paris, France, created the music video for Grand Yellow’s “On My Way” – we spoke with Pierre Masserann about how the video was made.

Grand Yellow, “On My Way” from Akatre on Vimeo.

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