Houdini short course
Call for interest in a weekend Houdini course.
Unity global student challenge tips
UTSALA has some advice on making a successful Unity project.
The Colour Thief – watch now
Very proud that the short film by our 2018 masters students is now available to watch online. We’ll post more information on the process over the next few weeks, but for now sit back, turn it up, and enjoy!
Frequently Asked Questions
You have questions, we have answers.
Jasper – watch now
Award winning short Jasper now available to watch online.
End of year celebration!
Join us for our end of year celebration! Places are limited, please email us to request an invite.
ALA and Unity Global Student Challenge
Terrachi used as an example of ‘Create Something New’ for a global student competition.
The Foundry feature ALA
The Foundry have published a case study of our use of Katana and Nuke, talking to the students, the staff, and includes a few images as a sneak peek for our 2018 short film…
Info session 14 November
Register for our next info night at the studio, see what we do.
Shotgun Software Profile
Shotgun Software feature the Academy in a client story, talking to the leads and students about software development and project tracking.
VFX Voice, AUS+NZ, ALA
VFX Voice, the magazine of the Visual Effects Society (VES) has an article about the Australian and New Zealand VFX scene, and includes a section about the UTS ALA.
Info night 10 Oct – guest Rob Coleman!
Come and meet the team and special guest Rob Coleman!
Jasper wins at AEAF
Academy PHD project “Jasper” wins a Gold award at the AEAF!
Siggraph 2018 – Houdini Hive Presentation
SideFx asked me to do a talk for their Houdini Hive, a nice dedicated space away from the noisy show floor to present work and whatnot. It was recorded, you can watch in on the SideFx Vimeo channel. At 21 minutes you'll hear me talk a little about ALA and how we're...
Siggraph 2018 part 1
Matt here, I've been back in Sydney a day, thought I'd write down some first impressions of what I saw. USD All the Things USD was everywhere at Siggraph. The new nvidia raytracing cards (more on that later) can ingest USD natively. Renderman 22 will load USD...
ALA at Siggraph 2018
A pretty amazing week! We’ll post more updates as we recover from jet lag, but the highlight was of course the ALA winning a Shotgun Pipeline Award!
The Rookies VR Game of the Year
One of our final projects for 2017 won ‘VR Game of the Year’ from The Rookies!
USD and shotgun overview videos
We’ve made a series of videos explaining how USD is used at the the Academy.