BusinessProducingStudio Life How to charge for your work as an artist (or a new studio) Creatives and artists often struggle to figure out how much to charge for their work as it's a seemingly subjective task. But what if i…Nicholas ChiaJanuary 28, 2023
3DColorProductionVisual Effects Lighting CGI without HDRIs for VFX Lighting CGI without HDRIs for VFX is possible to a certain extent. But why do this? Well, sometimes, you might not have the luxury of…Nicholas ChiaNovember 17, 2022
3DColorProductionVisual Effects Why work in ACES? Why work in ACES? The short answer is, why not? And the idiot's answer is beautifully written in "An Idiot’s Guide to ACES" by toadstorm…Nicholas ChiaNovember 11, 2022
3DColorProductionVisual Effects ACES workflow for VFX production (ACEScg) In light of why we advocate for not doing VFX work on graded footage, here's how we convert camera footage for an ACES workflow for…Nicholas ChiaNovember 3, 2022
3DColorProductionVisual Effects Don’t do VFX work on graded footage. Learn why it's always worth working on the RAW Log footage instead of the graded footage in a professional VFX environment.Nicholas ChiaAugust 8, 2022
Studio Life Starting a studio: Defining a vision with three pillars In the spirit of our mini series on starting a studio, let's talk about how to get around defining a vision. Studio visions generally are…Nicholas ChiaJuly 21, 2022
Studio Life Starting a studio: Making tough studio decisions easy When starting and running your own studio, tough studio decisions are well, tough. lol. But they can be easier! Having a vision for the studio…Nicholas ChiaJuly 20, 2022
Studio Life Starting a studio: Studio vision before action There are a multitude of things to do before embarking on something like starting your own studio.The most important of all IMO is to find…Nicholas ChiaJuly 19, 2022
Studio Life Starting a studio: That time we gave birth to a studio. Welcome to the first inappropriately appropriate post. Here we briefly share our journey of starting a studio — Masonry Studios! This post in particular is…Nicholas ChiaJuly 9, 2022