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John Paulson Joins Deluxe
Former Tag Worldwide CEO joins creative services company as President and General Manager, Features and Advertising Post Services, leading Deluxe’s Beast, Company 3, EFILM, Editpool, Rushes and Deluxe’s post-production group in Culver City, CA.
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Netflix Nabs Int’l Streaming Rights to New ‘Star Trek’ Series
All 727 existing episodes of the iconic Star Trek television library -- including ‘Star Trek: The Original Series,’ ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation,’ ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,’ ‘Star Trek: Voyager’ and ‘Star Trek: Enterprise’ -- will be available on Netflix around the world by the end of 2016.
Autodesk Announces SIGGRAPH 2016 Production Sessions
Autodesk’s Vision Series at SIGGRAPH 2016 includes presentations from Academy Award-winning director Patrick Osborne, Portland-based animation studio LAIKA and VFX outfit Atomic Fiction.
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The Foundry Bringing the Future of VR and VFX to SIGGRAPH 2016
Developer of tools for CG content creation hosting behind-the-scenes presentations from a raft of customers including Pixar Animation Studios, MPC and Sony Pictures Imageworks.
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Chaos Group Announces Blockbuster Lineup for V-Ray Days at SIGGRAPH 2016
Fourth annual event offers exclusive behind-the-scenes look at VFX for hit films, games and television; sneak peek at live VR rendering tech.
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SIGGRAPH 2016 to Highlight Emerging, Studio & Mobile Technologies
Conference to feature the latest in emerging technologies with more than 20 interactive installations, as well as 3D printing workshops and a range of talks on mobile applications.
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Deluxe Artists Contribute to 17 Emmy-Nominated Productions
Work by Deluxe-owned Iloura on ‘Game of Throne’s ‘Battle of the Bastards’ receives nomination for outstanding VFX.
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Fourth ‘Star Trek’ Film Announced
Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Bad Robot to produce fourth installment; returning cast members to be joined by Chris Hemsworth as Captain Kirk’s father, George Kirk.
ftrack Announces Integration with Cinema 4D
Project management platform now provides integration with MAXON’s Cinema 4D digital content creation package, allowing 3D artists to gain powerful production tracking functionality for creative projects.
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MPC Vancouver Appoints Jenny Rodgers General Manager
London-headquartered VFX house boosts its Vancouver presence with the addition of executive producer Kelly L‘Estrange; and appointment of Jenny Rodgers as general manager.
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FuseFX Applies Inspired Touch to AMC's ‘Preacher’
Los Angeles-based visual effects house delivers 250 VFX shots providing seamless integration between the practical photography the digital effects for the first season of AMC’s new dramatic series.
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Pixar Animation Studios Releases RenderMan 21
New release includes the same shaders and lighting tools used for lighting and look development on Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’ and ‘Piper.’
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The Academy Appoints Jennifer Yuh Nelson Governor-At-Large
Incumbent governor Jon Bloom re-elected to the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch; Craig Barron returns to the Visual Effects Branch.
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GPU-Enabled PixMover Now Supports 4K Workflows
New GPU-enabled PixMover outfitted with a dual-processor server and NVIDIA M6000 GPU card and recently on display at the HPA Tech Retreat UK operates two-to-four times faster than a CPU-only server.
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Alt.vfx Helps Deliver Honda’s Latest Dream Ad to the Screen
Sydney-based digital studio creates visual effects for Honda’s ‘Dream Chaser’ from director Nathan Price and Goodoil Films.
Zoic Earns 2016 Emmy Nod for ‘Man in the High Castle’
VFX supervisor Jeff Baksinski leads the team of artists at Zoic Studios to create effects to fully engulf viewers in a distorted 1960s America, handling extensive environment work and amplification of key action sequences.
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Sony Pictures Imageworks Announces Key New Hires
Vancouver’s largest VFX studio taps Michelle Grady and Ryan Pollreisz to oversee growing roster of top talent, brings on experienced artists Sue Rowe and Daniel Cox.
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Timber Adds a Splash of VFX Magic to Olivia Holt's New ‘Phoenix’ Music Video
Overseen by creative directors Jonah Hall and Kevin Lau, Timber's team of artists provides editorial, design, animation and visual effects to new visual piece directed by Partizan's Grady Hall.
The Foundry launches KATANA for Windows
Award-winning software brings greater efficiency to studios of all sizes with new Windows port; professional look development and lighting tool is now easier to install and supports plug-ins for RenderMan, V-Ray, Arnold and 3Delight.
NASA Engineer Z. Nagin Cox to Deliver SIGGRAPH 2016 Keynote
Spacecraft Operations Engineer with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to share stories of NASA missions, including the Mars Rovers, which cut through earthly political and cultural issues and redefine persistence in engineering and technology.
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TV Academy Announces 2016 Primetime Emmy Nominees
Nominations for Outstanding Animated Program are given to FX’s ‘Archer,’ Disney’s ‘Phineas and Ferb Last Day of Summer,’ Comedy Central’s ‘South Park’ and Fox TV’s’ Bob’s Burgers’ and ‘The Simpsons.’
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New Trailer & Poster Unveiled for ‘A Monster Calls’
New trailer for director J.A. Bayona’s fantasy feature showcases stunning VFX created by El Ranchito, MPC, Headless and Glassworks Barcelona.
Unity Technologies Secures New $181 Million Investment
Development platform for creating 2D, 3D, VR and AR games and experiences announces a $181 Million series C led by DFJ Growth and including China Investment Corporation, FreeS Fund, Thrive Capital and Max Levchin.
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Fabric Engine 2.3 Launching at SIGGRAPH 2016
Fabric Engine user group meeting to be held July 26; joint presentation with Oculus Story Studio at DigiPro demonstrating how characters rigged with Fabric can add realism to VR experiences within Epic’s Unreal Engine takes place July 23.
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