“Jellyfish’s virtual transformation predates COVID. We built our first virtual VFX and animation studio in 2016 and went completely virtual in December 2019. Then the pandemic hit in early 2020. It massively shifted how everyone looks at remote work. Even with our previous shift to virtual studios, the sudden move to remote work and our customers pausing their live shoots impacted our business. Production plans depended on more animation and special effects, so our work grew nearly overnight. We hired a hundred new artists to help carry the load, but we quickly realized that sharing large files across the world, to keep the remote artists productive, would be a real issue.”