With voting for the 89th Academy Awards closing on Tuesday, take a final look at AWN’s coverage of the contenders for Feature Animation, Short Animation and Visual Effects.
As part of AWN's Professional Spotlight Series recorded during VIEW 2016, the Oscar-nominated VFX supervisor talks about a decade of filmmaking innovation and advancement at LAIKA.
VFX supervisor Richard Bluff describes Industrial Light & Magic’s dazzling New York and Hong Kong sequence work in Marvel’s supernatural adventure hit.
Walden Venture Capital and Autodesk invest in revolutionary new cloud rendering platform behind the visual effects for 2016 blockbusters ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Star Trek Beyond.’
Carl Bass to step down as CEO, remain on Board of Directors; Board undergoing CEO search, institutes Office of the CEO during transition.
New plugin brings the lightning-fast speed of GPU-accelerated render engine Redshift to SideFX’s powerful all-in-one 3D application combining modeling, animation, rigging and compositing.
One-night-only event featuring an exclusive first look at film footage to be held across 14 North American cities on February 28th.
As part of AWN's Professional Spotlight Series recorded during VIEW 2016, the Oscar-nominated VFX supervisor discusses the challenges of virtual production on the hit Disney live-action/CG hybrid feature film.
Digital Material Authoring package expands into a comprehensive texture, scans and MDL Processing tool for game development, animation/VFX and design visualization.
Los Angeles and Melbourne-based VFX shop expanding into original content with artist and animation director Hibon at the helm as Head Creative Director.
LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ Disney’s ‘Inner Workings’ and ‘Zootopia,’ and Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’ among 28 awards for distinguished achievement.
Mill+ directing collective bif choreograph a surreal collision of live action and CG
Academy gives nod to supporting visual effects with nomination of Industrial Light & Magic team led by VFX supervisor Craig Hammack for director Peter Berg’s depiction of the disastrous 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion and spill.
Jan Kalvoda and Premek Ponahly blend CG-design, live-action, and stop-motion animation to create mesmerizing commercials.
New SVOD platform will feature traditional and social content in new and existing formats, including AR, VR, 360° video and gaming.
Survey of computer graphics and interactive techniques community aims to make the organization and conference more relevant to the needs of those working in emerging computer graphic technologies.
LAIKA head and ‘Kubo’ director and producer Travis Knight receives the studio’s first BAFTA Award; Disney’s The Jungle Book awarded for Special Visual Effects.
Digital media industry leader Rob DeMillo joins Mountain View, CA startup production platform aimed at revolutionizing the animation content market as Chief Technology Officer.
Free update of leading CPU and GPU renderer introduces efficient new lighting algorithm.
Black Ink 0.300 makes new custom brushes easier to modify and create, provides new programming language for complex shader designs.
Led by VFX supervisor Benjamin Walsh, Deluxe-owned VFX house creates a wide range of CG effects for Top Game’s Super Bowl spots, including massive armies and accompanying weapons and horses, and atmospheric elements including fireballs, fog and smoke.
PipelineFX’s industry-leading render management software and new pay-per-minute licensing policy gives the international animation powerhouse an edge in today’s competitive broadcast market.
Reinvention of the National Film Board of Canada’s award-winning documentary has been showcased at IDFA DocLab and the New Frontiers VR Bar at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Popular ‘Nerdist-style’ computer graphics art podcast features in-depth, personal discussions with some of the top minds in VFX, VR and design.
Groundbreaking new software tool bringing high-end VFX and post workflows to 360°/VR filmmaking is based on Imagineer’s Academy Award-winning planar tracking algorithm.
