Platige Image Explores the Blackout in Ubisoft’s ‘Hyper Scape’ Season 2 Trailer
Leading creative studio creates a beautifully designed, highly stylized cinematic for the latest version of the hugely popular fast-paced urban shooter.
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Innovative Virtual Production Helps The Third Floor Deliver Ambitious ‘The Mandalorian’ Visuals
With Disney+’s long-awaited October 30th Season 2 premiere of Lucasfilm’s Emmy Award-winning ‘Star Wars’ series, Lucasfilm and ILM again team with the leading visualization company to create cinematic quality visuals on a tight TV series schedule; watch the phenomenal previs showreel!
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DeepMotion Launches ‘Animate 3D’ AI-Powered Platform
3D animation cloud service gives users the ability to capture human motion by converting 2D video files to 3D animations; the platform accepts .MP4 .MOV or .AVI files and generates high fidelity .FBX or .BVH animations.
The Oddly Disquieting and Extremely Funny ‘Tigtone’
For creators Andrew Koehler and Benjamin Martian, Adult Swims’ satirical fantasy series about bold adventures and murderous quests proves you can still get plucked from obscurity and given an animated series… without a pitch.
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‘Black Widow’ and Other Marvel Pics Delayed…Again
Miss Romanoff and her other MCU Phase 4 brethren will now be gracing movie theatres starting mid-2021 instead of November 6th 2020.
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Motion Analysis Launches ‘Basix Go’
Innovative mo-cap software streamlines live animation data to major animation packages, in under 60 seconds; virtual launch set for September 21.
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MPC Film’s Digital Gorilla Delivers the Emotion in ‘The One and Only Ivan’
Studio handles 1,055 VFX shots, using virtual production tools to help produce photorealistic talking animals, full CG environments and digital set extensions in Thea Sharrock and Disney+’s tale of a gorilla who tries to piece his past together so he can hatch a plan to escape from captivity.
Digital Domain Introduces Masquerade 2.0 Facial Capture System
Next generation of company’s in-house technology allows complex facial motions to be added to every moment of gameplay 10x faster; powerful enough for feature films, but accessible enough for game development.
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The Living Tombstone’s Blistering ‘Chosen’ CG Music Video
Produced during the COVID-19 pandemic, creative studio The-Artery uses remotely produced motion capture to show the anonymous band emerge from stasis and blast onstage for an all CG neon-flooded performance.
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Kite & Lightening Adapts to Lockdown with Remote Multi-Person Mocap
Using Xsens, iPhones and Unreal Engine, the animation and game studio has tailored their pipeline for safe, remote motion-capture production.
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Five Minutes on Mocap with Michael Nikonov
The iPi Soft founder and CEO discusses the current state of markerless motion capture animation technology, including real-time tracking and live streaming.
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Qualisys Launches Arqus Motion Capture Camera
New platform surpasses other cameras by 10MP, features water and dustproof housing, providing ideal portability and excellent resolution.
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‘Avatar 2’ Back in Production in New Zealand
Cameron stands by film’s December 2021 release schedule as live-action pickups for his ‘Avatar’ sequels have resumed in New Zealand.
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Method Studios Brings Mocap into the Work from Home Pipeline with Xsens
CG supervisor Han Yang has transitioned his game cinematic and trailer production efforts to a work from home studio, allowing him to continue delivering high-level content on a host of projects.
Even a Pandemic Can’t Stop Politics from Being Funny on ‘Tooning Out the News’
Quickly retooling their production in the face of COVID-19, executive producers R.J. Fried and Tim Luecke continue bringing us a sorely needed daily animated dose of hilarious political satire.
Rokoko Studio Opens the Virtual Doors to its ‘Motion Library’
Visual artists can now access thousands of mocap assets through plugins or directly on the studio website.
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‘The Irishman:’ Solving an Age-Old Problem
VFX supervisor Pablo Helman discusses the sophisticated digital de-aging process, sans markers, used to depict Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci and Al Pacino over a four-decade span.
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League of Legends Warrior Akali Delights Fans with ‘Live’ AR Appearance
With support from Cubic Motion’s Persona, Riot Games’ real-time animated ‘Rogue Assassin’ performs and answers questions at Pro League Regional Finals in Shanghai.
Digital Domain Brings ‘DigiDoug’ to TED Talk Stage with Xsens
New case study explains how pioneering VFX studio showcased their latest real-time rendered, game engine-driven digital double technology onstage during a live presentation.
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Rouge Mocap Has Immediate LA Openings: Facial Animators, Body Animators and Motion Trackers
Studio looking for animation talent proficient in Motion Builder and Faceware pipeline procedures for immediate project work at their Marina Del Rey facility.
Dynamixyz and Pixelgun Studios Introduce Scan-Based Facial Animation
New ‘Performer’ markerless facial animation software provides facial tracking trained directly from scans as well as a direct solve onto a Maya rig.
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The ‘Marvel’ Behind Real-Time On-Set Visualization of Digital Hulk and Thanos
Profile Studios’ Matt Madden shares how virtually integrating Mark Ruffalo and Josh Brolin with CG assets, live, on set, gave ‘Endgame’ and ‘Infinity War’ filmmakers the immediate viewing access they needed to continually adjust and refine the film’s key digital character performances.
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Andy Serkis to Direct ‘Venom 2’
Veteran actor, known for performance capture innovation in roles such as the digital characters Gollum and Caesar, is chosen to direct Sony Pictures’ upcoming ‘Venom’ sequel, set for October 2020 release.
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ILM Tackles Bruce Banner’s ‘Smart Hulk’ Convergence in ‘Avengers: Endgame’
The studio revisits and revamps Hulk, Marvel’s smash-‘em-up, fan-favorite digital character they first brought to the screen back in 2003.
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Weta and Thanos Come Full Circle in ‘Avengers: Endgame’
With a 'snap,' Weta Digital helps brings closure to both Josh Brolin’s seemingly unstoppable villain and the foundational storyline from the MCU’s first 10 years.
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