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Pixar Releases Non-Commercial RenderMan Version 22
Interactive ‘live rendering’ highlights latest update, which is free for all education, research, personal projects and evaluations.
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Legend 3D Adds Jeff Shapiro & Jeremy Nicolaides to India Management Team
On the heels of the its first anniversary, Pune, India facility to expand to nearly 50,000-square feet to accommodate growing artist teams.
The Third Floor Helps Build Emmy Award-Winning VFX for ‘Game of Thrones’
From dragon flights to flying pyrotechnics, teams develop creative approaches to epic visuals using previs and technical planning.
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Freefolk Celebrates Emmy Win for ‘The Alienist’
TNT’s ‘The Alienist’ awarded for outstanding special visual effects in a supporting role for “The Boy on The Bridge.”
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‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Alienist’ Win VFX Emmy Awards
HBO’s ‘Game of Thrones’ wins outstanding special visual effects for ‘Beyond the Wall’ episode; TNT’s ‘The Alienist’ awarded for outstanding special visual effects in a supporting role for “The Boy On The Bridge.”
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Academy Backtracks on New Oscar Category Plan
Cites need for additional member discussion as reason not to add award for most popular film at upcoming Oscars.
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Gravity Sketch 1.5 Released
New version of immersive design software provides a host of tools aimed at higher quality real-time 3D creativity.
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Is NVIDIA’s New RTX Real-Time Ray Tracing Technology Really a Game Changer?
Industry analyst Jon Peddie weighs in on the significance of NVIDIA’s recently announced Turing GPU architecture and AI-enhanced photorealistic rendering.
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Method Studios Promotes Andrew Bell
Former senior EP and VP takes new role as managing director, overseeing operations for integrated advertising and immersive experiences at the Los Angeles facility.
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Framestore Pictures Signs Director Laurent Ledru
Award-winning Psyop alum to be based out of Framestore’s Los Angeles office.
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London’s Golden Wolf Sets Up Shop in New York
Cutting-edge design and animation studio occupies adjacent studio space in SoHo to Psyop and sister company Blacklist.
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MAXON Cinema 4D Release 20 Now Available
New 3D software release features expanded MoGraph toolset, new volume-based modeling tools, ProRender improvements and more.
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Sony Pictures Imageworks Takes A Bite Out of ‘The Meg’
SPI visual effects supervisor Sue Rowe and her team use simulation tools and a lot of bubbles to tackle a dynamic, action-packed third act in Warner Bros.’ underwater thriller.
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Marvel Comic Book Artist Marie Severin Dies at 89
‘Spider-Woman’ co-creator spent decades in the shadows before finally gaining recognition for her outstanding achievements.
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Encore Evolves Deadline Implementation for High Volume Episodic VFX
Studio eyes cloud resources to meet growing compute needs.
PGA to Honor Marvel’s Kevin Feige with David O. Selznick Award
Marvel Studio president to be honored at 30th Annual Producers Guild Awards on Saturday, January 19, 2019.
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Final VIEW Conference 2018 Program Announced
Dennis Muren, Hans Zimmer, Mireille Soria and other top creative innovators from animation, VFX and games to present at 5-day event.
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Industry Visionary John Gaeta to Keynote VIEW Conference 2018
Renowned Oscar-winning VFX supervisor and innovative AR/VR technologist set to present at the October Turin event.
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animago AWARDS Announces 2018 Nominees
Thirty-six 3D animation & design, visual effects, visualization and AR/VR nominees selected from 856 submissions from 61 countries.
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Television Academy Announces Juried Winners for 70th Emmy Awards
‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Steven Universe,’ ‘Adventure Time,’ and more win awards for outstanding individual achievement in animation.
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MPC New York Makes Senior Creative Team Moves
Studio names Ashley Bernes creative director; VFX supervisor Dirk Riesenfeld relocates from Amsterdam office.
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Raindance Film Festival Reveals 2018 Lineup & Nominees
Thirty-three Virtual Reality experiences created by established directors and artists and first-time VR creators alike to be showcased at Oscar-qualifying festival.
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Allegorithmic Explores Alien Worlds & Futuristic Cities with Second ‘Signature Series’
Eighteen customizable materials from AAA game developer Chris Hodgson added to Substance Source library now approaching 1,700 materials.
SPARK ANIMATION Announces 2018 Festival Jury
Call for submissions for Vancouver conference and festival running October 25-28 extended to September 10.
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