Cadre Pictures

Cadre Pictures was an Australian animation, CGI and visual effects studio based in Richmond, Melbourne. Established in 2016, the boutique production house created short-form commercial work for advertising, marketing and digital media. Its output combined stylized character animation with photorealistic imagery, spanning brand campaigns, broadcast graphics and digital out-of-home experiences.

The studio's production capabilities covered creative concepting and storyboarding through modeling, texturing, shading, character rigging and animation. Lighting, rendering, compositing and visual effects post-production completed its offering, alongside on-set VFX supervision. Its work included automotive CGI, fluid and dynamic simulations, character assets and three-dimensional billboard content.

Commercial work

Cadre Pictures contributed VFX and on-set supervision to the 2025 global launch video for the all-new Nissan LEAF, working with Imagination. For Schweppes' A Sip for your Senses campaign, it produced 3D animation and liquid simulation with Clemenger BBDO. Its Aware Super television work involved animation and look development through MOFA and Thinkerbell.

Character-focused projects included Coles' Stikeez commercials, Target's 2016 School's Out. Low Prices Are In television campaign, and chocolate advertising for Darrell Lea. The studio also created creature animation and digital billboard content for Sportsbet's Psychic Octopus, animated VicScreen's sonic and visual identity through Studio Brave, and produced CGI rendering for the Reserve Bank of Australia's new banknotes launch campaign.

The company worked across advertising, television, social media and corporate or government communications, collaborating with agencies and production companies on individual campaigns. Its commercial portfolio included both Australian and international brands.

Cadre Pictures ceased active commercial operations in 2026 following an application for voluntary deregistration. Its former website hosting expired during the wind-down, and its creative leads moved into freelance consulting and independent work.