UAB “OAK9 Entertainment” allocated EUR 39,996 in funding for project no. 02-035-K-0083 “OAK9 Entertainment, UAB employee skills development” under the “SME Skills” measure. The value of the project is EUR 57,138.

OAK9 Entertainment is one of the leading production companies and production studios in Lithuania, focusing on animation projects and game art. Founded in 2011, OAK9 Entertainment continues to create game art and animated content of the highest quality for creative development and production. The OAK9 team constantly upgrades its skills, in order to offer the best solutions: 3D, 2D animation, sketches, concept art, storyboards, animation, high-polarity modelling, low-polarity modelling, texturing, lighting, rigging, animation, game trailers (cinematics), casual game art, and game art.

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented the company with new challenges to find new ways to promote animated series. In order to present and offer the merchandise of the series to the audience, OAK9 Entertainment decided to apply for funding under the measure “E-Commerce Model COVID-19” for the development and deployment of e-commerce solutions. The project will develop and deploy an e-shop and a customer self-service solution that will be integrated with the company’s resource management and accounting systems.

The project will develop an artificial neural network-based system “Roto42” for computer graphics developers creating high quality animations compliant with 4k resolution standards. The system will be designed for computer graphics (CGI) and special effects (VFX) developers (hereafter referred to as users).