Brickyard VFX Goes Off the Charts for Volkswagen Tiguan
Boutique VFX and animation studio taps Autodesk Maya and GPU-accelerated biased renderer Redshift to complete previs, design and animation for the new Volkswagen spot, ‘Graph.’
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Humble and Postal Deliver Seamless In-Camera Effects for LensCrafters Campaign
Bicoastal integrated content studio its in-house sister shop for design and VFX bring a new multi-spot campaign for LensCrafters to life through intricate in-camera effects.
Michelle Munson to Receive HPA’s Charles S. Swartz Award
Industry accolade to be presented to Aspera co-founder and CEO during the 2016 HPA Awards to be held on November 17.
FuseFX Expands Vancouver Operations with New Hires
Growing Vancouver facility adds ILM alum Shawn Hillier as Senior VFX Supervisor and former DNeg staffer Maya Roza as Compositing Supervisor.
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BAFTA Young Game Designers Competition Winners Announced
YGD Mentor Award is awarded to Cambridge Regional College’s Michael Warburton, the creator of educational commercial games development studio Rizing Games.
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‘Feng Shen Bang:’ Blockbusting VFX in China
Producer and VFX supervisor John Dietz discusses one of China’s biggest-ever visual effects movies.
SIGGRAPH 2016 Wraps in Anaheim, CA!
World’s leading interdisciplinary educational experience showcasing the latest in computer graphics and interactive techniques plays host to more than 14,000 visitors from 74 countries around the globe.
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Reallusion Announces 2016 3D Character Design Contest
Prizes include the chance to win a share of $4,000 cash along with 3D software, hardware and content prizes from industry sponsors including PolyCount, Allegorithmic, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, Marmoset, HTC Vive and Noitom motion capture.
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Pixar Animation Studios Open-Sources Universal Scene Description
Open source release of technology used for the interchange of 3D graphics data through various digital content creation tools provides an effective and scalable solution for the complex workflows of CG film and game industry studios.
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Unreal Engine 4 Powers Real-Time Cinematography at SIGGRAPH 2016
Groundbreaking real-time cinematography demonstration from Epic Games receives the SIGGRAPH award for Best Real-Time Graphics and Interactivity at Real Time Live!
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Shotgun Recognizes Pipeline Heroes at SIGGRAPH 2016
Mammal Studios pipeline technical director Janice Collier is honored with this year’s Hero Award for her outstanding contributions and the ongoing development of Shotgun’s Toolkit.
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HP Boosts Z240 Workstation Power and Performance
Under-the-hood improvements deliver reliability, power and remote software linkup to Apple, Linux and Windows environments.
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Blackmagic Announces Fusion 8.2 for Linux
New free update brings Blackmagic Design’s visual effects and motion graphics software to Mac OS X, Windows and Linux platforms, allowing artists to run different platforms for the same job.
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Massive Simplifies AI-Crowd Simulation with New Parts Library
During SIGGRAPH 2016, Massive debuts the single most significant improvement to its AI-crowd simulation software since it was first released along with updates to Ready to Run Agents.
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Shotgun Software Announces Shotgun 7.0 at SIGGRAPH 2016
Latest update expands Shotgun's review capabilities by introducing editorial cut data into the review process, enabling teams to view their work at any time, in context with the latest cut.
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IKinema Showcases Voice-Activated Animation for VR at SIGGRAPH 2016
INTiMATE technology demo shows animated creatures responding to voice commands in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality environments.
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Autodesk Unveils Arnold Integration for Maya 2017
Maya 2017 features integrated rendering with Arnold and new motion graphics tools; new MAXtoA plugin allows 3ds Max users to take advantage of Arnold's powerful, production proven rendering capabilities.
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Massive for Max Unveiled at SIGGRAPH 2016
Popular crowd simulation application now available to Autodesk 3ds Max users; new release includes complimentary Ready to Run Agent.
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Autodesk Upgrades VR Capabilities & 3D Animation Tools at SIGGRAPH 2016
Autodesk unveils new VR capabilities & 3D animation tools for indie game developers, including Maya LT 2017 and 3D game engine and real-time rendering solution Stingray 1.4.
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RADEON Pro SSG Announced at 2016 SIGGRAPH
AMD Radeon Pro SSG Set to Transform Workstation PC Architecture, and to Shatter Real-Time Visual Computing Barriers.
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AMD Open Sources Professional GPU-Optimized Photorealistic Renderer
AMD Radeon Technologies Group deepens its commitment to open source; formally launches Radeon ProRender.
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AMD Introduces the Radeon Pro WX Series
AMD Introduces New Professional Graphics Vision and Strategy, Empowering the “Art of the Impossible”
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Silverdraft Demon Sets VR and Flame on Fire at SIGGRAPH 2016
Demon supercomputers deliver collaborative shared-volume VR with Autodesk VRED and Immersive Design Studios’ Canvas visualization software, real-time ray-tracing with display frame rates up to 90fps, and the industry’s fasted Flame.
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Rising Sun Pictures Delivers VFX for ‘Game of Thrones’ Finale
Rising Sun Pictures brings King’s Landing to life, then burns it to the ground in ‘Game of Thrones’ season finale.
NVIDIA Extends VRWorks 360 Video SDK
Capture, stitch, and stream VR content in real-time with VRWorks 360 Video SDK.
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