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IAMSTATIC – peeling paint, sailing ships, and alien worlds!

October 31, 2017Animation, Interview, Making-of3ds max, advertising, animation, corona, Corona Renderer, David Greene, Frontier TV show, IAMSTATICTom Grimes

IAMSTATIC is a Toronto-based studio who direct, design and produce award-winning projects for film & television, commercial advertising, and immersive / digital content. They use Corona Renderer on most of their animation projects, including the title sequence for the Netflix show “Frontier” and an ad campaign for Vuse that traveled to some beautiful alien worlds.

We spoke with David Greene, Director / Partner at IAMSTATIC, about some of their recent animation work using Corona.

IAMSTATIC, still from the Frontier series title sequence — A still from the Frontier series title sequence

IAMSTATIC, still from the Vuse campaign animation — A still from one of the Vuse campaign animations

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Corona and VFX

July 5, 2017Interview3ds max, animation, compositing, corona, Corona Renderer, Daniel Bayona, film, Interview, VFXTom Grimes

Daniel Bayona has used Corona Renderer in his VFX work on movies such as Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Godzilla, The Hobbit trilogy, and most recently, Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child, and more. We spoke with him to find out about using Corona Renderer in VFX, and what the future has in store.

The Making of CG Robot “Dennis”, by IXOR

June 27, 2017Animation, Interview, Making-of3D, 3ds max, Andronikos Bisogiannis, animation, CGI, compositing, corona, Corona Renderer, IXOR, robot, VFXTom Grimes

IXOR created a beautiful animation for a TV ad, the star of the show being the robot “Dennis”. We spoke with Andronikos Bisogiannis, Founder & Creative Director at IXOR to find out how it was made.

CG Robot (Protergia 1m55sec TVC Dir. CUT) from IXOR.

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The making of “Dream”

December 5, 2016Animation, Making-ofanimation, corona, Corona Renderer, DDB NY, Dream, making of, WCFF, Zombie StudioTom Grimes

Zombie Studio created the powerful and emotional “Dream” animation for the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (WCFF) in partnership with DDB NY. We spoke with them about what went into creating this animation.

Dream – WCFF from Zombie Studio on Vimeo.
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Boulder Media and Go Jetters

October 21, 2016Interviewanimation, BBC, Boulder Media, cartoon, children's tv, corona, Corona Renderer, Go Jetters, tv seriesTom Grimes

Boulder Media is a Dublin-based animation studio, who have been using Corona Renderer exclusively for the BAFTA-nominated Go Jetters children’s animated series on the BBC. We spoke with Lighting Supervisor Paul Sheehy to learn about the company and the series!

UPDATE – in news that came in just hours after publishing the article, Go Jetters has been nominated for a BAFTA award! Congratulations and good luck to the team at Boulder Media!

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“Construct” animation by Recent Spaces

July 5, 2016Animation, Making-of3ds max, animation, Arch Vis, Arch-Viz, Architecture, corona, Corona Renderer, Recent SpacesTom Grimes

‘Construct’ is a short abstract animation from Recent Spaces, briefly describing the process of architectural visualisation from initial architectural drawings to the final image.

Recent Spaces – Construct from Recent Spaces on Vimeo.

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Malak and the Boat – André Holzmeister

May 20, 2016Animation, Interview, Making-ofAndre Holzmeister, animation, cartoon, Corona Renderer, Malak and the BoatTom Grimes

Exemplary animator André Holzmeister created ‘Malak and the Boat‘ to tell seven-year-old Malak’s harrowing story of her journey across the Mediterranean seeking shelter from the Syrian conflict. The animation is a key asset in Unicef’s ‘Unfairy Tales’ campaign to raise awareness of the impact of the Syrian crisis on the lives of children. We spoke with him to find out more about this project.

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Romeo Reboot

April 29, 2016Animation, Interview, Making-of, User Contentad, advert, advertisement, Andre Holzmeister, animation, cyclops, giant, making of, movie, Romeo Reboot, trailerMarcin Miodek

Romeo Reboot directed by Rafael Grampá is one of four 10-minute films produced by Axe/Lynx. Corona Renderer was used to achieve realism and integrate the giant and other computer-generated objects into the live action footage.

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“The Dreamer” by Roof Studio

April 5, 2016User Contentad, advert, advertisement, animation, automotive, car, clouds, commercial, environment, honda, making of, roof studio, Sam Mason, spot, tvMarcin Miodek

Roof Studio is a young production company based in NYC. We contacted Sam Mason, one of the directors and a 3D artist at Roof, about their recent “The Dreamer” project commissioned by Honda. All parts of the below animation, except for the clouds, were rendered in Corona:

Read more for a very cool making-of video, and a short sum-up of the team’s impressions…

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Corona Renderer in official „Panic! At The Disco“ music video!

July 9, 2015User Contentanimation, music video, Panic At The Disco, StratoStormOndra Karlík

São Paulo-based studio StratoStorm used Corona to produce over 50 CGI shots for an optical illusion-inspired Panic! At The Disco music video for their song “Hallelujah”. Check out StratoStorm’s impressions on working with Corona!

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