Geekatplay Studio brings 35+ years of film, VFX, and design experience into focused tutorials. Build cinematic worlds, refine photo-real composites, and level up your 3D storytelling.
We build training that mirrors the checkpoints, peer reviews, and delivery standards inside professional productions. Each collection moves from concept to final grade so you can ship cinematic environments with confidence.
Founders Vladimir and Ami Chopine have authored Focal Press titles such as 3D Art Essentials and Vue 7: From the Ground Up, with their techniques featured in 3D World Magazine, Mac User, and Digital Image Magazine. With more than 3,000 tutorial episodes and workshops released, the studio continues to document modern pipelines for Vue, Terragen, World Machine, Photoshop, and beyond.
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High precision keying application Speed, reliability and quality is at the core of PhotoKey 8 Pro.
Multiple projects
Project based tutorials and hands on study, plus bonus packs that include digital backdrops, isolated models, overlays, textures and more!
Step by steap video instructions, how to create stuning photo retouching and realistic digital compositing
Compositing in Photoshop, creating Sci-Fi backdrops and landscapes.
Advanced techniques and workflow of compositing in Photoshop
From A to Z in creating and integrating digital backdrops. Digital compositing with Photoshop.
Project based tutorials, exploring Camera Raw applicaiton.
Get most out of Digital Photos with Photoshop postprocessing. Digital compositing.
From book covers to page layouts and story illustrations. Digital processing workflows.
Working with projects in photoshop. Tips how to recive most out of application. Tutorials from 1 to 31
Multiple projects
Create epic landscapes in Vue.
Learn how to create stuning landscapes in Vue.
Project based tutorial. Digital landscapes series.
Creating landscapes with Vue. Learning multiple techniques in texturing, modeling, lighting and more.
Expand you lighting techniques with advanced tips from this series. Cover new Photometric lighting model.
Continue exploring World Machine in workflow with other applications.
Take your Vue skill to the next level with Project based tutorials.
Overview of new additions and improvments.
Over 100 tutorials cover all sides of Vue 11. Include new Particle system, Ecosystem 360 and more.
Explore new particle system in Vue with project based tutorials.
In this special Epic Space Landscapes edition of our tutorials, you'll create fantastic illustrations of undiscovered lands on planets far, far away.
These tutorials range from 11 to 30 minutes, providing inspiration for creating your own worlds while walking you through the creation of a beautiful landscape. Explore the technical use of Vue a little bit, but this series is more focused on the creative use of the application.
Explore Vue with twelve inspiring projects from winter wonderland to hot swamps. Includes a special bonus tutorial to create your own realistic materials.
Enjoy hours of artistic exploration with six stunning projects: Deep forest, Hidden river, Lake shore, Mountains, Egypt and Lake side
With almost eight hours of video tutorials, you'll create beautiful projects in Vue, including: Colors of Fall, Dry Land, Big Fish, Tree Hall and Wooden church. Each tutorial demonstrates a whole project, while highlighting specific tools in Vue such as materials, terrain, atmosphere, etc.
The Complete Guide covers everything in terrain creation from the basics to the intricacies of using functions and the recent huge advances in Vue 8.
Welcome to '3D Illustrations with Vue' video tutorials. We will also be using other applications such as : CityEngine, Filter Forge, Photoshop, and Poser. These project files and presets may not work with older or lower levels of Vue applications. This set of tutorials is for intermediate and advanced users who work with commercial 3D illustrations.
Modeling for Vue. Create a eerewolf house model in Hexagon using many different types of techniques. Texture this model in Vue using environment driven, image based, and procedural textures.
Vue Materials: The Almost Complete Guide. Over 11 hours of training packed full with applicable knowledge, 42 tutorials.
Learning how to animate in Vue. Covers topics from the animation wizard to advanced function controlled animations.
Tips and tricks to push the boundaries of your creativity. Working with different light sources in Vue.
Learn how to use Vue, After Effects and Photoshop to take your home movies and professional productions to a whole new level.
This series of tutorials explores the Function Editor in details. You'll learn the uses of function nodes and how to work with them.
Advanced working with Vue and other applications, including integration with Maya. Also, how to use render farms.
Vue and Sketchup integration. Learn how to work with texturing, UV mapping and model importing.
Welcome to Vue 10. These tutorials will show you all the new features and how to use them.
Welcome to Vue 9. This series includes from how-to's from basic to advanced techniques.
Discover the 3D world through Vue 8 with easy to follow tutorials. These tutorials work well with latest versions of Vue as well.
Vue 7 new features tutorials. This includes a total of sixteen tutorials covering this version of Vue.
Discover Vue with our weekly released tips and tricks in small project based bites. This set has tutorials from 1 to 35.
Discover Vue with our weekly released tips and tricks in small project based bites . This set has tutorials from 36 to 75.
Discover Vue with our weekly released tips and tricks in small project based bites. This set has tutorials from 76 to 106.
Discover Vue with our weekly released tips and tricks in small project based bites. This set have tutorials from 107 to 142.
Discover Vue with our weekly released tips and tricks in small project based bites. This set has tutorials from 108 to 183.
Discover Vue with our weekly released tips and tricks in small project based bites. This set has tutorials from 184 to 218.
Discover Vue with our weekly released tips and tricks in small project based bites. This set have tutorials from 219 to ...
Tutorials from Anika, recorded in German.
Instructor Igor Maksutin.
Vue video tutorials, cover many versions as well looking on integrations Vue, Hexagon, Photoshop and other aplications.
Learn all steps in creating virtual plants.
From interface overview to advanced plants creation.
Advanced modeling techiques in The Plant Factory.
Creating digital plants, advanced level video tutorials.
Creating digital plants, bring your imagination to life.
Welcome to Modeling for Vue video tutorials. In this set of tutorials we will create a Werewolf house model in Hexagon using many different types of techniques.
Discover Hexagon with our weekly released tips and small projects. This set have tutorials from 1 to 27.
Discover Hexagon with our weekly released tips and small projects. This set have tutorials from 28 to 55.
Discover Hexagon with our weekly released tips and small projects. This set have tutorials from 56 to 88.
Discover Hexagon with our weekly released tips and small projects. This set have tutorials from 89 to 116.
Advance your skills inWorld Machine with project based tutorials.
Working with imported hgihfield maps and more.
Project based tutorials exploring World Machine.
Start creating realistic 3D terrains with 29 video tutorials.
Take your skill to the next level with Project based tutorials.
Continue exploring World Machine in workflow with other applications.
Creating advanced highfield and texture maps with World Machine.
Begin creating digital landscapes with this step by step tutorials.
Discovering e-fronteer Shade
Learn how to created filters for Photography postwork in Filter Forge
Learning Filter Forge application from start. Tutorials based on life projects.
Working with advanced editor in Filter Forge. Creating custom filters and enchance filters from library.
From New Interface to creating your own artwork with Flame Painter 2 Pro.
Discover Knoll Light Factory from Red Giant Create stunnign light effect in Photoshop.
Explore and learn Poser application. From interface to advance modeling technics.
Tips and tricks how to get most out of Poser.
Introduction to interface, settings, modeling and rendering in Daz Studio
Conect 3D application with Photoshop
Exploring Daz Studio application.
This is first set of tutorials relised by Geekatplay Studio.
Explore and learn Cinema 4D application with project based tutorials
Tips and tricks how to get most out of Bodypaint 3D.
3d Esri CityEngine is a stand-alone software product that provides professional users in architecture, urban planning, entertainment, GIS and general 3D content production with a unique conceptual design and modeling solution for the efficient creation of 3D cities and buildings.
Extend your artist talant with Photomatix Photomatix Pro HDR Imaging software.
Extend your artist talant with Oloneo Photoengine Photoengine HDR and Raw photo processing software by Oloneo.
We build long-term relationships with studios and independent artists by focusing on clarity, depth, and efficiency.
“Geekatplay is a goldmine for Vue artists. Tutorials are thoughtful, detailed, and freely shared with the community.”
Digital Image Magazine · Review“Your tutorials sparked my love for Vue. Each new series helps me push my environments further.”
Bob Lovell · Artist“Thank you for the outstanding Hexagon training. It is hands-down the best resource I have found.”
Daniel Gilliland · Artist“Filter Forge tips from Geekatplay transformed our onboarding for new artists.”
Mark Evdokimov · Filter Forge, Inc.
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