This article describes how Outpost VFX migrated its global visual effects studio operations entirely to AWS cloud infrastructure, enabling rapid scaling and new client onboarding.

• Outpost VFX migrated ~1,000 users across four studios to AWS in 2.5 months while maintaining production
• Five global studios now function as single cloud-based studio with unified workstations and storage
• Uses G4dn/G5 GPU instances for standard software like Houdini, Nuke, and Maya
• Render farm scales dynamically from small instances to 96-core CPU instances for complex tasks
• Partnered with WEKA IO for high-performance storage handling global artist demands
• Uses AWS Thinkbox Deadline for render queue management and multi-region orchestration
• Shifted from capital expenditure to operational expenditure model with resource monitoring
• Can now provision new client sites in different regions within days instead of weeks

Outpost VFX demonstrates how cloud migration enables VFX studios to scale globally, improve flexibility with clients, and manage costs through operational discipline and proper resource governance.