Case Study: Encore VFX cuts rendering time from four days to one with Google Cloud Platform (ZYNC Render)

Encore VFX Reducing 4 days of rendering to 1 with ZYNC

Encore VFX is a global post-production studio (offices in Hollywood, London, New York, Vancouver and Toronto) that produces visual effects for TV, film and commercials. When hired to create a 35‑second stereoscopic 3D spot for Cineplex, the team faced heavy renders—each shot must be rendered twice for left and right eyes and included complex assets like a dragon, portal and layered environments—meaning in‑house rendering would take up to four days and block fast iteration.

Encore moved the job to ZYNC Render on Google Cloud Platform, using burst capacity to double throughput and turn projects around overnight instead of over a weekend. The result: render times dropped from four days to one, over 10,000 hours were logged on ZYNC, teams could iterate more quickly (boosting creativity), and Google’s secure, easy‑to‑use platform met the studio’s production needs.

Encore VFX

Michael Kowalski

Director