Evolving Visual Compute and Digital Content Creation with AWS.

Unlock performance, flexibility, and scale for creative and technical workloads – powering next-gen design, rendering & simulation in the cloud

AWS Visual Compute is transforming how organisations deliver high-performance rendering, 3D design, simulation, and remote collaboration. Whether you’re in media & entertainment with the use of visual effects and digital content creation or architecture, engineering, manufacturing with the use of CAD and BIM workflows, GPU-intensive workloads no longer need to be tied to on-prem infrastructure.

At Expert Thinking, we help businesses harness AWS’s GPU-accelerated instances, virtual workstations, and cloud-native pipelines to deliver results faster, more securely, and at scale.

Benefits of AWS Visual Compute.

On-demand GPU power

Access powerful EC2 G-series instances with latest-generation NVIDIA GPUs to support 3D rendering, VFX and AI visual workloads - precisely when you need them. Scale from single instances to hundreds within minutes, matching your production demands without capital expenditure.

Virtual Workstations for Remote Teams

Enable remote artists, designers, and engineers to access standardised, powerful virtual desktops with sub-20ms latency and pixel-perfect visuals from anywhere globally.

Consistent environments

Every workstation deploys with identical toolchains, plugins, and configurations

Rapid provisioning

New team members can access fully-configured workstations within minutes

Instant rollbacks

Quickly revert to previous stable configurations if issues arise

Global standardisation

Identical setups across all geographical locations

Global collaboration

Enable geographically distributed teams to collaborate in real time using shared workspaces and high-speed storage.

These pay-as-you-go workstations can eliminate expensive hardware acquisition costs whilst providing global accessibility to high-performance computing resources. Teams can benefit from seamless transitions to the latest AWS instance types, offering more frequent hardware upgrades than your traditional on-premises acquisition cycles

Scalable, Cost-Optimised Render Farms

Deploy elastic rendering infrastructure that scales from zero to thousands of instances during peak production, then automatically scales down when finished. Leverage spare AWS capacity through Spot Instances to achieve up to 90% cost savings compared to on-demand pricing.

Ideal for:

Batch rendering: animation frames, architectural visualisations, VFX shots
Seasonal demands: competition deadlines, release milestones
Development and testing workloads
Overflow capacity during peak periods
Automated spot fleet management ensures maximum uptime through intelligent instance selection and automatic failover.

Enterprise-Grade Security & Identity Management

Protect intellectual property whilst maintaining seamless user access through comprehensive security integration:

Identity integration: AWS IAM, Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID, and SSO providers (Okta, Ping Identity)
Data protection: Encryption at rest and in transit with network isolation via VPC security
Compliance: Comprehensive audit trails and region-specific data residency controls

Keep IP and sensitive assets secure with AWS’s enterprise-grade security, fine-grained IAM, and region-specific control.

Why Choose Expert Thinking?

We don’t just implement AWS – we transform your creative workflows to deliver measurable business outcomes.

Accelerate Time-to-Market

Deploy production-ready render farms and virtual workstations in days, not months.

Optimise Creative Spend

Reduce infrastructure costs through intelligent spot instance management and automated scaling

Enable Global Teams

Break geographical barriers with standardised workstations that deploy identically worldwide.

Integrate Seamlessly

Connect with your existing asset management, licensing, and identity systems without disruption

Gain Financial Visibility

Understand and control compute budget with detailed cost and usage analytics

Who we work with.

The proof of concept with Expert Thinking validated that AWS, when architecture correctly, can deliver high-performance file access. The FSx for Lustre setup was fast, scalable, and well-aligned to our existing workflows, a strong foundation for future production use.

Asim Tahir, Senior Infrastructure Engineer, MidasVFX