Chaos Group Launches V-Ray for MODO
Production-proven tools for lighting, shading and rendering now available to MODO community.
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Cantina Creative Goes HUDs Up for ‘Captain America: Civil War’
VFX supervisor Alan Torres explains his studio’s work on key UI and HUD displays for Marvel’s latest action-adventure feature.
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SIGGRAPH 2016 Announces Winners & Highlights of 43rd Computer Animation Festival
Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj’s ‘Borrowed Time’ wins best in show; Ton Roosendaal’s ‘Cosmos Laundromat’ receives the jury award, and Mengjung Yang, Gaetan, Benjamin Lebourgeois, Clarie Vandermeersch and Alendandre Veaux’s ‘Crabe-Phare’ wins best student project.
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CARA VR Now Available
The Foundry solves virtual reality content creation challenges with new CARA VR toolset designed to work within the NUKE environment to enable the creation of high-quality VR content.
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Axis Creates Cinematic Trailer for New ‘Destiny’ Title
Axis and director Stuart Aitken collaborate with Bungie, Activision and Ant Farm to create a new game trailer teasing ‘Destiny: Rise of Iron’ at E3.
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Academy Announces Submission Dates for 89th Oscars
Deadline for submission of qualifying animated shorts is Monday, October 3; animated features must be submitted by Tuesday, November 1.
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Artella Releases Free Character Animation Rig
Free 3D character rig is compatible with Autodesk Maya 2014, 2015 and 2016.
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dock10 Delivers VFX for Opening Sequence of Euro 2016
Manchester-based media services company completes the graphics for the opening sequence for the BBC’s coverage of Euro 2016, running across France through July 10.
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m4e Expands Licensing & Merchandising Team
German brand management and media company appoints Judith Böhnke to strengthen its presence in the German-speaking markets; Linda Kozakova named International Licensing Manager
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PGA Awards Set for January 28, 2017
Donald De Line and Amy Pascal to serve as Awards Chairs; nomination polls open December 7, 2016.
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Interactive Lab Dives Deep into Virtual Reality with Motion Capture
Russian studio integrates Samsung Gear VR technology and OptiTrack mocap cameras and motion tracking software with an in-house server and custom mobile applications to deliver wireless virtual environments.
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Sarofsky Delivers Main Titles for TNT's ‘Animal Kingdom’
Chicago-based creative design studio creates dramatic main title sequence for TNT’s new family crime drama executive produced by John Wells and Jonathan Lisco.
MPC Delivers Destruction for ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’
MPC creates more than 200 VFX shots for an action-packed Moon landing sequence that opens the sequel to director Roland Emmerich’s classic 1996 movie.
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SIGGRAPH Unveils 2016 Games Program
Talks, courses, Real-Time LIVE! demos and production sessions with top-tier game studios such as Naughty Dog and Square Enix to explore AAA game titles including ‘Final Fantasy XV,’ ‘Uncharted 4,’ ‘Star Wars: Battlefront’ and more.
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The Academy Announces New Rules, Key Dates for 89th Oscars
Los Angeles qualifying runs for feature films taking place after July 31, must consist of at least seven consecutive days, with three screenings daily and at least one screening beginning between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. daily.
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Precision Warfare: The Third Floor Visualizes ‘Captain America: Civil War’
TTF previs and postvis supervisors Gerardo Ramirez and Austin Bonang discuss key fight sequence visualization efforts on Marvel’s hit superhero feature.
Red Giant Universe 2.0 Now Available
New release includes four brand-new plugins and updates to 29 GPU-accelerated effects and transitions with even more new tools and updates for editors and motion graphics artists.
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THE VOID Taps Unity for ‘Ghostbusters’ VR Experience
Immersive ‘Ghostbusters: Dimension’ virtual reality experience powered by Unity Technologies 3D engine launches at Madame Tussauds New York.
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New Animated Clip & Story Revealed for ‘Fantastic Beasts’
Animated clip accompanies new short story by J.K. Rowling that serves as a prequel to the upcoming Harry Potter feature, ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.’
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Disney Unveils New Clips from ‘The BFG’
Leading up to the film’s release on Friday, Disney unveils new clips from for director Steven Spielberg’s fantasy-adventure film based on the best-selling book by Roald Dahl.
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The Academy Extends Invitations to 683 New Members
List of new members invited to join the Academy includes 28 previous Oscar recipients and 98 nominees, as well as 283 new international members from 60 countries.
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The Rookies Announce 2016 Finalists
Nearly 2,000 entries were received for this year’s edition of The Rookies, formerly known as the CG Student Awards, with close to 500 academic facilities encouraging their students to submit work.
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animago AWARD Extends Submission Deadline to July 19
Deadlines for submissions of 3D animation & stills, visual effects and visualization extended to July 19; 20th anniversary edition to be held in Munich October 27-28.
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Digital Domain Blocked from Using MOVA Tech
District Court Judge John S. Tigar issues preliminary injunction blocking the use of the Academy Award-winning facial motion capture technology by all its licensees, including Digital Domain.
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New Holland Creative Delivers Knockout Design with Deadline
Sydney-based studio specializing in design and motion graphics taps Thinkbox Software’s high-volume compute management software Deadline to help implement a GPU-based technology pipeline.
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