Case Study: Reel FX achieves a culture of continuous learning and rapid pipeline adoption with Pluralsight

Creating great culture with online training

Reel FX is a rapidly growing animation studio known for features like The Book of Life; as it scaled from a boutique shop to a major studio it faced frequent pipeline changes, tight schedules, and the need to quickly upskill artists on new software (e.g., moving from Maya/RenderMan to Houdini/Mantra and adding MARI). The challenge was to maintain quality and meet deadlines while keeping artists current and productive across departments with limited downtime for traditional training.

Pluralsight’s on-demand creative training gave Reel FX fast, flexible tutorials that artists and supervisors could use for rapid onboarding, troubleshooting, and cross-disciplinary learning. The result was quicker ramp-up for new pipelines, more consistent production practices, higher artist autonomy and pride, improved retention, and sustained ability to deliver award‑winning work while changing pipelines multiple times.

Reel FX

Glo Minaya

CG Supervisor