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We have some automated tools which make shading assets a lot simpler. Here's what you need before...

In the ShotGrid menu you'll find a button titled Flipbook: This tool allows you to easily make...

You can load in files other people have published by going to the "ShotGrid" -> "Load..." A lo...

You'll probably want to render your Houdini projects on our render farm. First you need to make s...

Submitting your comp to our render farm is quite easy. First you need to make sure that all the f...

We mostly render using Karma in our ShotGrid pipeline. It's fast, reliable, and SideFX actually r...

This page shows examples in Nuke, but the same workflows apply to all software you can launch usi...

The first step in any project that uses our ShotGrid pipeline is to create one using our project ...

Welcome to the Netherlands Film Academy’s VFX department documentation! This documentation is mad...

If you're new to the Netherlands Filmacademy and new to the VFX industry in general you might be ...

We use the version control tool (also called Breakdown) to update loaded files to their latest ve...

When working in our ShotGrid pipeline you should always launch software using the ShotGrid launch...

Houdini at school isn't all that different from stock Houdini, however there are a couple of thin...

Once you've rendered some frames using the ShotGrid write nodes it's time to publish them. You ca...

Rendering when working in our ShotGrid pipeline is slightly different but way easier! When you pr...

You can load in files other people have published by going to the "NFA ShotGrid" -> "Load..." ...

Over the years our students have made a lot of nice additions to our Nuke. Here's a showcase of s...

If you've used Nuke before you'll probably be familiar with the many ways it can be customized an...

Above the door of the viewing space you'll find a small screen that displays the booking informat...