About US

BlackGinger is a multi award winning talent driven animation and visual effects studio based in Cape Town, South Africa.

We have been servicing film, series and commercials clients locally and internationally, from pre-production to finishing, since 2005.

Our talented team of specialists uses the latest software and tech to create work of the highest standard.

PRE PRODUCTION

VFX Supervision
Previsualisation & Techvis
Concept art
Character design
GUI design

PRODUCTION

On set supervision

Character Scanning   

• DSLR camera photogrammetry rig. Our setup is the biggest in South Africa and was designed to be portable, making it suitable for onset and location scanning.

Environments Scanning

• Photogrammetry
• LiDAR – a range of scanners including helicopter mounted, car mounted, long range, full colour and GPS aligned
• Drones
• Handheld scanners

Data capture including HDRI, colour charts, textures, scene measurements, chrome & grey balls

Motion Control planning and choreography

On set colourist

POST PRODUCTION

Visual Effects
Animation
Flame Online
Baselight Colour Grading
Editing
Digital Characters
Game Cinematics
Asset Creation
2d & 3d Matte Painting
Matchmoving
Digital Crowd Simulation
Cleanup
Compositing

INFRASTRUCTURE

Core software:
Flame
Baselight
Houdini
NukeX
Maya
ZBrush
Substance Painter
Agisoft Photoscan
Reality Capture
3DEqualiser
Nuke Studio

Fully integrated pipeline
OCIO colour management
MPAA level data and IP security