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Swaybox Studios Tech Stack
Practical puppetry studio with real-time digital performance pipeline
Swaybox Studios is a New Orleans-based puppetry and animation studio founded in 2014, now actively building real-time workflow and facial performance replacement systems. The tech stack—Unreal Engine, Maya, Houdini, Nuke, Perforce, ShotGrid—mirrors a studio scaling from traditional animation toward live digital capture and VFX integration. Hiring velocity is accelerating across design and production (15 design roles active), with engineering and technical directors focused on digi-puppet pipeline development and automation, signaling a shift toward technical production infrastructure.
Tech Stack 24 technologies
Core StackAdobe Illustrator Python C++ Adobe Photoshop SketchUp Adobe Creative Cloud Photoshop Unreal Engine Perforce Maya ZBrush Cura Rhino Blender Flash Google Workspace InDesign Houdini Shotgrid 3D printing Avid Media Composer ShotGrid Flow Production Tracking Microsoft Office
What Swaybox Studios Is Building
◆Challenges
- Troubleshooting technical issues
- Optimizing real-time workflows
- Ensuring real-time production pipeline stability
- Improving workflows
- Resolving creative challenges
- Enhancing production efficiency
- Optimizing vfx pipeline efficiency
- Automating manual processes
- Improving artist workflow
- Meeting production timelines
▲Active Projects
- Digi-pup pipeline development
- Real-time workflow tool development
- Revolutionary new project
- Pipeline naming convention implementation
- Perforce setup and maintenance
- Dmp projections vs. cg usage decision
- Nuke pipeline automation tools
- Workflow optimization for vfx production
- Facial performance replacement pipeline
- Current feature film
Hiring Activity
30 roles · 15 in 30d
Department
Seniority
Notable leadership hires: Unreal Technical Director, Nuke Technical Director
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