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Visual Effects Headline News

Director Dan Brown Brings Sci-Fi Parable to Paradise in Odesza Music Video

Live-action production company UNHEARD/OF joined forces with the director and post specialists World Famous to craft the video for ‘Line of Sight,’ the latest single from the renowned electronic duo.

Visual Effects Headline News

Godzilla Battles Iconic Rivals in Next Film

Director Michael Dougherty helms the next installment in the Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures monsterverse, starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Ken Watanabe and Zhang Ziyi, with a planned March 2019 release.

Virtual Reality Headline News

Reap the Rewards with Free VR Experience

The makers of the Limitless VR Creative Environment have released the interactive, animated VR experience, ‘Reaping Rewards,’ available for free on Steam and coming soon to the Oculus store.

Atomic Fiction Headline News

Marc Chu Joins Atomic Fiction as Animation Department Supervisor

Based out of their Oakland office, Chu will oversee animation company-wide, bringing to bear 20 years of experience animating and supervising, after his most recent role as animation director at ILM.

Scanline VFX Headline News

Scanline VFX Licenses Ziva Technology for Virtual Character Simulation

Internationally acclaimed visual effects studio leverages proprietary virtual anatomy and biophysics simulation platform co-founded by SciTech Academy Award winner James Jacobs for character and creature work.

Visual Effects Headline News

Outpost VFX Delivers Photoreal CG Sharks and More for ‘47 Meters Down’

Bournemouth, U.K.-based visual effects studio creates more than 420 shots as sole VFX vendor for director Johannes Roberts’ intense survival film, ‘47 Meters Down.’

Visual Effects Society Headline News

SMPTE and VES to Explore Imminent AR Evolution

VES of Los Angeles and the Hollywood Section of SMPTE emphasize the importance of augmented reality technologies with special joint June meeting.

Virtual Reality Headline News

Sony Pictures VR Launches 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Experience

The multi-platform VR experience is based on Columbia Pictures’ 'Spider-Man: Homecoming,' in theaters July 7, and will be free across major VR platforms PlayStationVR, HTC Vive and Oculus Rift June 30.

f°am Studio Headline News

Foam Studio Explores Automation in New Video

Fictional personality Autonomous Rolf borrows vocal synthesizer Hatsune Miku’s voice to sing ‘It’s Not Unusual,’ in ‘Auto Nom,’ one part of a series of animations based on Rolf.

Virtual Reality Headline News

Mettle Launches 360/VR Master Training Series

Adobe certified trainer Nick Harauz delivers hands-on approach to 360 Filmmaking; Free 360 assets and video tutorials take filmmakers from ‘Intro to Export’ in the Cinematic 360 postproduction workflow.

box office Headline News

Box Office Report: ‘Cars 3’ Speeds Past ‘Wonder Woman’ With $53.5M Domestic Debut

Pixar Animation Studios threequel makes $53.5 million for its domestic debut to beat director Patty Jenkins’ super hero movie; ‘Wonder Woman’ on track to overtake ‘Mama Mia!’ as the top-grossing female-directed live-action film of all time.

Sixty40 Headline News

Sixty40 Amps Up Roster with Fresh Directorial Talent

Sixty40 continues to attract globally celebrated directors, adding Brazilian mixed media director Boca, French animation director Skull and design storyteller Kyra Bartley to their talent pool.

Events Headline News

Premieres and Cannes Sensations at Fantasia 2017

Montreal’s genre festival presents the North American premieres of Cannes sensation 'The Villainess' and Takashi Miike’s 'Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable,' Luc Besson’s 'Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets,' new creations from Masaaki Yuasa and a lifetime achievement award for Larry Cohen.

Annecy Headline News

TeamTO Plans Professional Gateway with Free Animation School

The free, unconventional, six-month professional training program for students with no previous experience will consider natural ability, and is scheduled to launch in Bourg-lès-Valence, France in 2018.

Animated TV Headline News

Technicolor Animation Productions Announces ‘Sly Cooper’ Animated Series

The new CG series is based on the best-selling PlayStation game franchise of the same name, representing a collaboration among Technicolor, Sony Interactive Entertainment and investment group PGS, and will be distributed for audiences around the world.

Annecy Headline News

Cartoon Network to Celebrate Local Production at Annecy

The network will evoke discussion of international production at Annecy in a panel led by ‘The Amazing World of Gumball’ creatives.

Motion-Capture Headline News

iPi Soft Announces iPi Motion Capture 3.5

Version 3.5 of the markerless mocap solution doubles tracking speed, increases calibration speed and accuracy and provides enhanced animation export functionality.

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