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China Headline News

Global Visual Entertainment Leaders To Gather in Beijing For ICEVE 2017

Beijing conference running November 16 & 17 offers two days of keynotes, panels and workshops on emerging technologies and advanced image production for film, animation and immersive media.

Feature VFX VFXWorld

Framestore Creates Large-Scale Destruction for ‘Geostorm’

Award-winning VFX house delivers 1.5km-long International Space Station, a futuristic shuttle, spacesuits and digital doubles of Gerard Butler and Alexandra Maria Lara, and more for director Dean Devlin’s climate disaster spectacle.

Feature VFX VFXWorld

Electric Dreams: Framestore’s Creative Journey to ‘Blade Runner 2049’

A team of 175 artists at Framestore’s Montréal hub deliver nearly 300 VFX shots across nine sequences for director Denis Villeneuve’s follow-up to the 1982 classic sci-fi feature directed by Ridley Scott.

Technology Headline News

Wacom Unveils Pro Pen 3D for Intuitive Creating, Sculpting & Designing

Digital pen designed for Wacom MobileStudio Pro, Cintiq Pro or the 2017 Intuos Pro tablet speeds up the design process within 3D software applications like Pixologic ZBrush and Autodesk Maya.

Feature Film VFX VFXWorld

Crossing the Uncanny Valley: MPC Crafts CG Rachael for ‘Blade Runner 2049’

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, November 7, 2017 at 3:12pm

VFX supervisor Richard Clegg raises the bar on photorealistic digital doubles in Denis Villeneuve's hit follow-up to the 1982 sci-fi classic directed by Ridley Scott.

Disney Headline News

Under Pressure, Disney Lifts L.A. Times Ban

Growing outcry from media outlets and critics prompts reversal of blacklist, instituted in response to an investigative story published in September about the studio’s political and financial influence in Anaheim.

Motion-Capture Headline News

Xsens’ New MVN Animate 2018 Offers Improved Inertial Mo-Cap

Software delivers high-grade data without markers, volumes or cameras.

Awards Headline News

‘Nachsaison’ Takes Top Prize at VIEW Conference

Three Savannah College of Art and Design projects earn special mentions from the star-studded jury.

Marvel Studios VFXWorld

Rising Sun Pictures Hammers Out Visual Effects for ‘Thor: Ragnarok’

Australian VFX studio takes the lead in slow-motion battle scene, leveraging its recently-expanded character animation department to create photoreal warriors, horses and digital characters.

Virtual Reality Headline News

Alejandro Iñárritu’s VR Exhibit Wins an Oscar

Acclaimed director of ‘The Revanant’ will receive honor Nov. 11 at the Academy’s 9th annual Governors Awards.

Legend 3D Headline News

Legend 3D Opening New Studios in India

Facility in Pune will support company’s 3D, VFX and VR clients with additional hires increasing Legend’s global team to more than 2,000.

Contests Headline News

Allegorithmic Launches Substance Designer Material Contest

Contest offers prizes to artists who replicate materials from the company’s Mattershots Instagram inspiration channel.

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