Welcome to The Studio!
You can use this page to get a behind the scenes look at our work, including access to our retrospectives, guides, source code and software links.
We hope these resources help you along your journey whether you're a hobbyist, professional or studying.
Behind the scenes
Take a step back through our blog to see behind the scenes updates on our projects including retrospectives and progress updates.
Recent highlights:
Launched a Raster to Vector Plugin for WordPress
Langenium Game Dev (V6) Retrospective
Guides
Interested in making something special? We may have what you need!
Beginners Guide to Self Hosted Applications
Building A Cool 3D website: Tips, Tricks and Lessons Learned
How to implement Blender Principled BSDF Materials in Three.js (WebGL)
Source Code
We open source all major projects. All are welcome to our code whether you're just curious about how we did something or want to use our work as a boilerplate make your own project.
Active projects:
Raster to Vector WordPress Plugin
Support Us
Open Studios is an independent studio that needs your help to keep producing high quality work.
We are committed to produce content without restrictive licenses and with an open approach that teaches others.
If you like the sound of that, head over to our support page to see how you can get involved!
Tools of the trade
We value an efficient workflow that allows us to keep our own overheads down. Our selection of work tools is based on years of industry experience and ensures we are able to deliver our vision. It's important to us to finish work on budget and to do so in a good timeframe and with options to further iterate and improve.
Illustration and photo editing software
Our team is most experienced with the Adobe and Affinity suites for producing designs, illustrations and editing photos. We can deliver graphics in all formats including SVG, TIFF and PDF. Assets produced in our creative tools are often for use in other projects such as website designs (pictured) or product photo editing. We can also collaborate with existing teams with online tools like Figma and Canva.3D Design and Rendering Software
The cornerstone of our capability in 3D Modelling and Rendering, Blender allows our team to access sophisticated tools for producing models, materials and 3D images. We can create custom photo realistic 3D models of product designs, optimised game models and create animated sequences for video ads, storytelling and interactive applications.
Video Editing Software
We currently use DaVinci Resolve for sequencing and editing videos, allowing us to make any final touches needed on top of raw footage produced by video cameras and 3D rendering software. Our team is experienced with making good use of the features in DaVinci Resolve to create professional videos with multiple video layers, special effects, text overlays, scene transitions and custom color grading.Development Operations
Our on premises server hosts our development environments, some of which are custom and others defined in automation tools like Ansible and Docker. Using cloud services for hosting and Github for CI/CD, version control, issue tracking and project management allows our team to work with a broad range of teams around the world. We can work within another organisations coding standards and policies or provide our own recommendations, depending on the project needs.
