Fostering the Speed of Collaboration for Award-Winning VFX

Discover how Lola VFX uses VAST to eliminate playback bottlenecks, enable global real-time collaboration, and cut ROI time in half.

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Industry

Media & Entertainment

Use Case

Animation

VFX

Lola VFX Speeds 4K Workflows

Overview

Lola VFX is a premier visual effects studio known for altering actors' onscreen appearances. As industry standards shifted to high-resolution 4K–8K footage, massive file sizes created severe bottlenecks, preventing real-time media playback and slowing down collaboration for global artists.

Solution

Lola VFX implemented the VAST AI OS, a scalable, high-performance shared data platform featuring a unified global namespace. It gives 60 global Autodesk Flame artists real-time, low-latency access to heavy media files without the need for manual file copying or RAM caching.

Results

VAST delivered real-time 4K playback and enabled seamless global collaboration at 64 GB/s aggregate throughput. An unexpected 2:1 data compression ratio maximized capacity, cutting administration overhead and shortening ROI from 24–36 months down to just 15–18 months.