CGI + AIBrands
Automate VFX workflows with AI agents
Foundry · 2026
Tutorial: automating VFX workflows with AI agents (Griptape in Nuke)
VFX · CGI + AI · Tools
Gerardo Schiavone
VFX artist · AI Orchestrator & Creative Director at District Zero
Film & TVEnola Holmes 3 · Thor: Love and Thunder · Black Adam · Wonder Woman 1984 · Cats · The Witcher · Renegade Nell · News of the World · Enola Holmes · Rose Island · The Liberator · Alien Holidays · Anxious People · Django · The Bad Guy · Summertime · Fedeltà · Alfredino – Una storia italiana · The King's Musketeers: Tutti per 1 – 1 per tutti
AI, early
One of the first VFX artists obsessed with AI, even before image generators were a thing: training AI with CGI synthetic images, then an AI rotoscope-animation pipeline before video AI existed.
The AI timeline →Compositing tools
Free compositing tools for Nuke, plus an Unreal Engine shader breakdown. GS_Caustics was used on Disney's The Little Mermaid.
All tools →Selected work
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Caustics
PopularNuke
Animated soft and hard caustic patterns.
Cat_Checker
PopularNuke
Check CG against the plate, in any shape and in colour.
Clock Expressions
PopularNuke
A procedural clock with ticking, friction and vibration.
ShapeRepeat
PopularNuke
Repeat a custom shape in patterns, colours and animations.
Fire&sparks
PopularNuke
Procedural fire, embers and smoke from particles.