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Foundry at SIGGRAPH 2023 Headline News

Foundry Showcasing Expansive 3D Tools Lineup at SIGGRAPH 2023

‘Foundry Learn and Education’ meetups and presentations at the conference include techniques in compositing from Unity Wētā Tools, Boxel Studios, and Action VFX and lighting and 3D techniques from Foundry product experts.

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Opposites React Headline News

Disney and Pixar Drop ‘Elemental’ Spot, Digital Release Coming Next Week

Set in Elemental City, the film features fiery Ember Lumen and the go-with-the-flow Wade Ripple. who find out how fire, water, earth, and air can mix; the original 3DCG animated feature comes to digital August 15 with 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD coming home in September.

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Do it in the Cloud! Headline News

AWS Releases AWS Thinkbox Deadline 10.3 for UE5

New Unreal Engine 5 plugin leverages existing render setups and scalability so cloud-based resources can accelerate final-pixel outputs; also updates DCC apps, including Adobe After Effects 2023, Autodesk Maya 2024, Autodesk 3ds Max 2024, Autodesk VRED 2023 and Maxon Cinema 4D 2023.

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Technology Headline News

Unity Unveils New Unity Wētā Tools Division at SIGGRAPH 2023

Leading platform for real-time 3D (RT3D) content and experience creation will showcase groundbreaking work in character creation, environment building, rendering, and compositing; live keynote today from August 7 2pm - 3pm PDT.

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Existence is Absurd Headline News

Apple TV+ Drops ‘Strange Planet’ Sneak Peek

Streamer gives ‘Wednesday’ best day of the week status ahead of Dan Harmon and Nathan W. Pyle’s new adult animated comedy global debut, kicking off with the first 3-episodes… you guessed it, this ‘Wednesday’ August 9!

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Technology Headline News

NIM Labs Launches NIM 6.0 Studio Management Platform

All-in-one system gets redesigned for speed and efficiency to help studios and freelancers bid for jobs of any size while keeping track of their bottom line.

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Technology Headline News

Academy Software Foundation Launches OpenPBR MaterialX Subproject

The new open source shading model succeeds Autodesk Standard Surface and Adobe Standard Material; Open Source Days ‘23 event kicks off August 6.

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It’s PANDA-MONIUM Headline News

DreamWorks Drops ‘Kung Fu Panda: The Dragon Knight’ Season 3 Trailer

Jack Black’s Po and Rita Ora’s Wandering Blade head to England for an all-new epic adventure in the new season, premiering on Netflix September 7.

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Technology Headline News

Movella Launches OBSKUR All-in-One Livestream Broadcasting System

Leading mocap tech company’s new application is the first such product built on UE5; OBSKUR Mocap Box, a mocap suit redesigned especially for streaming, also launches.

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Business Headline News

Crayola Getting Drawn into Animation - Launches Crayola Studios

The venerable Crayon purveyor’s new kids and family-dedicated studio announces its first animated series, ‘The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian,’ a co-development with Mimo Studios based on the award-winning kid’s podcast.

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A Deep Dive into the 1941 Industry Strike Headline News

‘The Disney Revolt’ Coming in Paperback this September

Jake S. Friedman’s seminal book, 'The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s Golden Age,' about an important, mostly unreported piece of Disney studio history, the 1941 animator’s strike led by the famed Art Babbitt, now available in hardbound, will arrive in a softbound version this Fall.

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mergers and acquisitions Headline News

Lionsgate Acquires Hasbro’s eOne for $500 Million

The sale includes almost 6,500 titles, but notably omits popular franchises such as ‘Peppa Pig,’ ‘Transformers,’ ‘Dungeons & Dragons,’ ‘Magic: The Gathering,’ ‘My Little Pony,’ ‘Power Rangers,’ ‘Play-Doh,’ ‘Monopoly’ and ‘Clue,’ which will receive ‘significant development, production and financing capabilities.’

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What Does Love Really Mean? Headline News

‘My Love Affair With Marriage’ Gets U.S. Theatrical Release

Signe Baumane’s award-winning animated feature about a spirited young woman determined to find love in a bewildering world will begin its U.S. cinema run at the Quad in NYC on October 6 and the Laemmle Glendale in LA on October 13.

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Do It in the Cloud Headline News

CoreWeave Completes Conductor Cloud-Based Rendering Service Integration

Customers can now access expansive compute resources including NVIDIA RTX A5000-A6000 graphic cards for VFX, animation, and motion graphics workloads; check out the demo at SIGGRAPH 2023, running August 6-10 in LA.

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Events Headline News

NVIDIA GTC 2024 Announces Call for Submissions

The conference, taking place March 18-21, 2024 in San Jose, California, seeks submissions for talks, posters, and training labs by September 8, 2023.

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10 PAW-Some Years! Headline News

Nick and Spin Master Celebrate ‘PAW Patrol’s 10th Anniversary with Season 11 Greenlight

The hugely popular preschool franchise gets the new season nod, while its spin-off series, ‘Rubble & Crew,' snags a Season 2 renewal; new 6-part special ‘PAW Patrol: Moto Pups’ hits Paramount+ August 11 with ‘PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie’ arriving in theaters September 29.

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From ‘It’ Girl to Cult Leader Headline News

Exclusive Clip: ‘Praise Petey - Barn Wedding’

In the all-new episode, Petey and Eliza scheme to bring an honest income to New Utopia by renting out barns as wedding venues for the Manhattan elite – what could go wrong? Watch it on Freeform August 4, the next day on Hulu.

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careers in animation Headline News

Podcast EP 219: Stop-Motion Animator Blake Derksen and His Film ‘The Other Space’

The LA-based animator discusses the challenges of running his own studio and dives into the realities of self-producing a stop-motion short inspired by his journey through cancer treatment.

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Technology Headline News

AMD Announces New AMD Radeon PRO W7600 and W7500 Graphics Cards

The new cards, designed to enable top performance for mainstream professional workflows, leverage breakthrough AMD RDNA 3 technology to deliver 2X higher TFLOPS performance and 1.5X higher maximum total data rate for displays than previous generation.

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Actors Helping Actors Headline News

Hollywood Execs, Actors Donate to Support Strikers

Many big-name execs and actors have now contributed to the Entertainment Community Fund, formerly the Actors Fund, to lessen the hardships of the work stoppage on actors and writers, with Seth MacFarlane most recently dropping a $1 million donation.

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Geralt Handiwork is Afoot Headline News

Cinesite Adds ‘Monstrous’ VFX to ‘The Witcher’ Season 3

The award-winning visual effects studio creates the huge-jawed Aeschna sea monster, the deadly Flesh Monster, and a huge Ring of Fire, in the hit fantasy adventure’s latest season; watch the final S3 episodes now on Netflix.

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Justice Prevails Headline News

Moonbug Wins $23.5 Million in ‘CoComelon’ Copyright Case

A California jury made the award after unanimously finding BabyBus’ ‘Super JoJo’ YouTube series willfully infringed dozens of registered copyrights and knowingly submitted fraudulent counter notifications.

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We Want More Snoopy! Headline News

Apple TV+ Drops ‘Snoopy Presents: One-of-a-Kind Marcie’ Trailer

Marcie steps into the spotlight and learns to buck other people’s expectations in her first-ever ‘Peanuts’ special premiering August 18.

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This Aint No Pleasure Cruise Headline News

Watch: ‘The Last Voyage of the Demeter’ Featurette

Take ‘A Look Inside’ the new film, based on a single chilling chapter from Bram Stoker’s ‘Dracula,’ that tells the terrifying story of the merchant ship ‘Demeter,’ which was chartered to carry private cargo and one infamous vampire, in theaters August 11.

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People Headline News

DNEG Adds Academy Award Winner Tim Burke as VFX Supervisor

The visual effects veteran brings 20+ years’ experience to his new role, including an Oscar win on Sir Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator’ and a BAFTA win on ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.’