First Poster Unveiled for Disney and Brad Bird’s Upcoming ‘Tomorrowland’
First Poster Unveiled for Disney and Brad Bird’s Upcoming ‘Tomorrowland’
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Asset Supervisor Dave Cardwell Joins Spin VFX
The creator of the now Autodesk-owned 3D sculpting tool, Mudbox, Cardwell was a recipient of the Academy’s Technical Achievement Award in 2013.
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Kevin Aratari Joins Troika
Former mOcean exec to oversee sales and marketing and help spearhead new business development and thought leadership initiatives.
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Valerie Petrusson Named President of Beast
Post production industry veteran will be responsible for overseeing creative editorial company’s seven offices across New York, Santa Monica, San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit and Austin.
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PipelineFX’s Qube! Releases Autodesk VRED Job Type
Artist workstation batch render support extends ability to optimize render farm manager’s path to visualization software.
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Breakthrough Ent. Appoints New Distribution VP
Industry veteran Craig McGillivray rejoins Toronto-based production and distribution company in a senior-level role focused on international sales and programming acquisitions.
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Red Giant Introduces New Volume Licensing Program
Designed for organizations with multiple artists, workstations and facilities, new program features easy-to-manage floating license model for world-class motion graphics and visual effects plug-ins.
SolidAnim Introduces SolidTrack at CABSAT 2015
Latest version of markerless camera tracking and previs solution for real-time visual effects and on-set visualization to be showcased at Dubai conference.
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Harrison Ford Seriously Injured in Plane Crash
The ‘Star Wars’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ star crash lands vintage plane on Venice, California golf course.
AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2014 – Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis, actor, director and producer, discusses his pioneering performance capture work in roles like Gollum, Caesar, and more as part of AWN’s series of exclusive video interviews from FMX 2014.
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Marvel Releases New 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' Trailer
The Avengers team up again to stop the villainous Ultron’s plans for mankind’s destruction.
ODD Creates Waves for Bright House
ODD explores the future of technology for Bright House Networks in new work featuring compelling visualization of Wi-Fi connectivity in a completely CG world.
‘Interstellar,’ ‘The Winter Soldier’ Lead 2015 Saturn Award Noms
‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ and ‘Interstellar’ lead nominations for the 41st Annual Saturn Awards with 11 and 10 nominations, respectively; ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ follows with nine nominations.
AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2014 – Carl Rosendahl
Carl Rosendahl, PDI Co-founder and Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center, discusses the founding of pioneering CG studio PDI, the industry’s ongoing economic volatility, and more as part of AWN’s series of exclusive video interviews from FMX 2014.
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Nathan Love Signs Motion Design Duo Native to Noise
New York City-based directorial duo’s unique style combines vector art, animation and mixed media, and has resulted in work with Google, UPS, CNN and AstraZeneca.
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Torill Kove’s ‘Me and My Moulton’ Wins Canadian Screen Award
Five NFB films honored at 2015 Canadian Screen Awards, recognizing excellence in film, television and digital media.
2015 CG Student Awards Issues Call for Entries
Sponsored by Autodesk, the CG Student Awards is the largest event for visual effects, feature animation and next-gen gaming students.
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Animation and VFX Spring 2015 Movie Preview
A new crop of animated and VFX-heavy films should free us from the icy grasp of this winter’s brutal cold streak.
TDC Merges Street Art with Projection Mapping Tech for White Night Melbourne
World’s first graffiti mapping project is five stories high and 70 meters wide.
Geomerics Launches Enlighten 3 with Forge
Enlighten 3 with Forge puts greater control of dynamic lighting in the hands of artists.
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AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2014 - Chris DeFaria
Chris DeFaria, President, Animation, Digital Production and Visual Effects at Warner Bros., discusses the success of ‘Gravity,’ assessing a film’s marketability, and more as part of AWN’s series of exclusive video interviews from FMX 2014.
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Rob Petrie joins MPC NY as CG Creative Director
MPC NY bolsters award-winning 3D team with new addition of VFX veteran with over 13 years of top-notch experience in the advertising industry.
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Cinema Audio Society Announces 2015 Board
Led by newly-elected president Mark Ulano, new board represents a cross-section of experienced production and post-production sound professionals.
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Passion Opens Melbourne Offices
Oscar-winning international animation and film production company opens a new office in Melbourne headed by executive producer Katie Mackin.
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Nice Shoes Steps Up to ‘Danny and the Wild Bunch’
Creative studio brings Robert Rugan’s short film to life by believably adding animated characters into a live-action world.
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