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Kim Wildenburg Launches Sedona Productions

Fast-growing roster of directorial talent fusing technology and storytelling includes Nexus StudiosMighty NiceGentleman Scholar, Assembly, The Mill's Mill+, XYZ Studios, Wizz, Carnage, independent visual director Paul Mitchell, and Blacklist directors CISMA and Terry Hall.

SyBo Games Headline News

SYBO Names Amy Kalson Senior Game Developer

After previous experiences working in senior-level capacities with Electronic Arts and Disney Interactive, Kalson will play a key role in the development of both existing and new SYBO games, where she will apply her extensive background in AI to focus on analysis, narrative and player behavior throughout game experiences, with the goal of delivering more interactive connections between the game characters inhabiting the SYBO universe and the company’s millions of fans.

Late Night Work Club Headline News

Animation Collective Late Night Work Club to Visit Cardiff

Award-winning artists, directors and animators Nicolas Ménard, Louise Bagnall, Conor Finnegan and Eimhin McNamara will screen their animated films in Chapter, Cardiff on Saturday, July 22nd as a preview event for the new Cardiff Animation Festival (April 2018), both of which are organized by Cardiff Animation Nights.

Golaem Headline News

Golaem Announces Release of Golaem 6

The new software version is built to give crowd technical directors more under-the-hood access to the crowd simulation engine, and provides custom artificial intelligence, an emit/kill behavior, traffic simulation behavior and improvements to the acclaimed Golaem Layout Tool.

Star Wars Headline News

The Ghost Crew Collides with Destiny in ‘Star Wars Rebels: Complete Season Three’

‘Rebels’ action brings heroic characters and compelling villains closer to the stories of ‘Rogue One’ and the original ‘Star Wars’ trilogy, available on Blu-ray and DVD August 29th.

Festivals Headline News

‘Sore Eyes for Infinity’ wins Anča Award

In addition to the 800 Euro main award at the festival in Žilina, Slovakia, juries bestowed awards for the best music video, student film, video game pitches and video game jam.

3D Wire Headline News

3D Wire 2017 Announces Call for Projects

This year’s edition of the animation, video game and transmedia event calls for projects in three categories: Portuguese-Spanish animation and video games, European transmedia and new media projects and international online animation series, with a submission deadline of July 28.

Allegorithmic Headline News

Allegorithmic Announces Number-Less Update for Substance Painter

Update features include new alphas and patterns, improved filters, new fonts, Substance Source integration, ambient occlusion and a live edge wear filter, and is available for free to all Substance Painter 2 -- Indie holders.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Headline News

The Academy Elects 2017-18 Board of Governors

Animation historian Tom Sito elected to represent the Short Films and Feature Animation Branch; VFX veteran Richard Edlund re-elected to head the Visual Effects Branch.

VIEW 2017 Headline News

VIEW Conference Adds Oscar-Winning VFX Talent to 2017 Speaker Lineup

Four-time Oscar winner Joe Letteri, Oscar winner John Nelson, two-time Oscar winner Bill Westenhofer, and Oscar winner Martin Hill join the roster of more than 25 top industry professionals already confirmed for Italy’s computer graphics conference.

SIGGRAPH 2017 Headline News

SIGGRAPH 2017 Computer Animation Festival Trailer Now Online!

Student film ‘Song of a Toad’ named best in show; John Lewis ‘Buster the Boxer’ wins jury award; MOPA’s ‘Garden Party’ awarded best student project.

We Fly Coach Headline News

We Fly Coach Partners with Believe to Bring VFX and Animation to Branded Content Marketplace

The global production company joins forces with the award-winning animation and VFX studio to expand its visual storytelling expertise to animation and design-driven projects and leverage 10-year-old studio Believe’s diverse artist roster to address the needs of the global advertising and branded content marketplace.

Axis Studios Headline News

Axis Group Unites Brands Under Axis Studios

The new global identity unites U.K. brands Axis Animation, Flaunt Productions and axisVFX under one banner, accompanies company growth and is being celebrated with a limited-edition art book showing the behind-the-scenes work that goes into ‘delivering the unexpected.’

Axis Animation Headline News

Warhammer Fans at Axis Animation Bring 'Motion Paintings' to 'Dawn of War III'

Previous 'Dawn of War' trailer creator Axis Animation and director Abed Abonamous return to the franchise to create beautiful in-game cinematics for Relic Entertainment, depicting the conflict among Space Marines, Eldar and Orks on the lost planet of Acheron.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Headline News

Academy Invites 774 New Members

Ninety-five new members are invited to the Short Films and Feature Animation branch; 63 new member are invited to the Visual Effects branch.

Sarofsky Headline News

Sarofsky’s ‘Guardians’ Return Yields Engaging Main Titles and End Crawl for ‘Vol. 2’

The Chicago-based design house rose to the challenge of creating both an animated, custom typeface and a bold main title sequence logo for the return of Peter Quill, Rocket, Baby Groot, Gamora and Drax the Destroyer in 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2.'

Deluxe Headline News

Deluxe Unleashes The Portal for ‘American Gods’

Digital content creation and delivery leader Deluxe Entertainment Group deploys its VFX workflow The Portal for STARZ’s original series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods.’

Nexus Studios Headline News

Nexus Teams with Director FX Goby on Short Film for Google I/O ‘17

Produced alongside creative studio Mighty Nice, ‘The Story of An Idea’ builds from hand-drawn 2D black-and white-animation to a full CG VFX-heavy grand finale.

Previs VFXWorld

The Third Floor Returns to its Groots on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’

Supervisor James Baker leads the studio’s previs, techvis and postvis efforts on their second ‘Guardians’ and 11th Marvel film collaboration.

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