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Rodeo FX Headline News

Rodeo FX Brings Maximum Effort to ‘Deadpool’

Led by VFX supervisor Wayne Brinton, Montreal studio delivers grotesque skin transformation, Helicarrier crash sequence, set extensions, and complex sequences requiring fire and embers for Tim Miller’s R-rated depiction of the Marvel Comics anti-superhero.

Awards Headline News

‘Inside Out,’ ‘Star Wars,’ ‘Edmond’ Win BAFTA Awards

The award for Special Visual Effects went to ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens,’ while the BAFTA for Animated Film went to ‘Inside Out,’ and the BAFTA for British Short Animation was presented to ‘Edmond.’

FMX 2016 Headline News

FMX 2016 Sets ‘Blending Realities’ Theme

Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia to host director Mark Osborne and stop-motion creative director James Caliri as they discuss their successful blend of animation techniques in ‘The Little Prince.’

Visual Effects Headline News

Postal Adds UVPHACTORY’s Damijan Saccio & Gene Nazarov

Humble’s sister shop increases post offerings and talent pool with the addition of executive producer Damijan Saccio and creative director Gene Nazarov.

Post-Production Headline News

Red Giant Announces Major Update to PluralEyes in Shooter Suite 13.0 Release

PluralEyes v4.0 audio/video syncing software for any non-linear editor allows users to sync directly in Adobe Premiere Pro without leaving the host-app with more automation than ever before.

Adobe Headline News

TUTORIAL: Create 3D-Animated GIFs with Adobe Fuse CC and Photoshop CC

Fine art photographer Flora Borsi teams with Adobe on a step-by-step tutorial on how to create a 3D-animated GIF using Fuse CC (Preview) and Photoshop CC for Valentine’s Day.

broadcast design Headline News

loyalkaspar Hires Executive Producer Rhys Demery in L.A.

Former Troika EP with more than a decade of production experience spanning broadcast design, integrated content, traditional on-air spots, branded content, digital and social has worked with a wide range of brands.

Mobile Headline News

Cartoon Network Studios Incubating ‘OK K.O.! Lakewood Plaza Turbo’

Mobile game from ‘Steven Universe’ supervising producer Ian Jones-Quartey developed alongside ‘Regular Show’ storyboard director Toby Jones and independent game studio Double Stallion.

Commercials Headline News

VFX, Animation, Motion Graphics and VR Studio Torque Launches

Digital artists Lawrence Jones and Jason Vega launch content creation studio in Hartford, CT; new studio’s first project is ‘Keep Moving’ spot for Orthopedic Associates of Hartford.

Awards Headline News

Pixar the Big Winner at 43rd Annual Annie Awards

‘Inside Out’ takes best animated feature along with 11 other categories; Filme de Papel’s ‘Boy and the World’ wins best independent animated feature.

Events Headline News

‘Justice League vs. Teen Titans’ Feature Set to Premiere at WonderCon

Latest DC Universe original movie to have its world premiere at WonderCon during the March 25-27 weekend at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Awards Headline News

Filmakademie Short ‘Citipati’ Wins 2016 VES Award

Diploma film directed by Andreas Feix and produced by Francesco Faranna wins the VES Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project.

Techvis VFXWorld

Casey Schatz Talks Techvis on ‘The Martian’

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 12:08pm

The Third Floor’s virtual production supervisor discusses high precision coordination for shooting actors, cameras, stunts, rigs and backdrops on Ridley Scott’s award-winning sci-fi adventure.  

Awards Headline News

Visual Effects Society Announces Winners of the 14th Annual VES Awards

‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ is the big winner, garnering four awards, with ‘The Revenant’ close behind with three wins; ‘The Good Dinosaur,’ ‘Game of Thrones’ and SSE each take home three awards.

Awards Headline News

Winners Announced for the 66th Annual ACE Eddie Awards

‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ ‘The Big Short’ and ‘Inside Out’ win big at the 66th annual ACE Eddie Awards; Nancy Meyers, Carol Littleton, ACE, and Ted Rich, ACE receive special honors.

Awards Headline News

Art Directors Guild Awards ‘The Martian,’ ‘Mad Max’ and ‘The Revenant’

‘The Martian,’ ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’ and ‘The Revenant’ motion picture winners at the 20th Annual Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design Awards; ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘House of Cards,’ ‘American Horror Story,’ ‘The Big Bang Theory’ and ‘The Muppets’ win for television series.

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