Academy’s Tech Council Adds Two New Members
Cary Phillips and Dr. Doug Roble accept invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Cary Phillips and Dr. Doug Roble accept invitations to join the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Award-winning production company specializing in virtual production and visual effects for episodic TV appoints Peter Ware and Andy Williams to oversee the company’s production department.
Stockholm-based studio Bläck transforms Stockholm into a postapocalyptic nightmare in ‘State Zero,’ a live-action short film directed by Andrée Wallin.
Special presentations on the future of video games and ‘Everest’ planned for remarkable gathering of talent in Turin, Italy.
Framestore delivers 338 out-of-this-world visual effects sequences for Ridley Scott’s ‘The Martian,’ including the space ship Hermes, CG environments on Mars, and a dazzling ending sequence.
Ridley Scott's space epic also dominates overseas with $45.2 million; Robert Zemeckis’ ‘The Walk’ sees soft limited IMAX debut.
Set to draw 7,000 participants from more than 50 countries, SIGGRAPH Asia 2015 introduces two new programs, the Symposium on Education and the Symposium on Visualization in High Performance Computing.
High-volume data management solution provides new Quick Draft options, NIM integration and support for SideFX Software’s Houdini.
New 5.3 update provides one-click switch between real-time and Iray rendering, real-time post processing with Yebis, complex real life and emissive materials, and the ability to render at unlimited resolution.
New generation of Quadro processors allows artists to run the same professional applications as desktop workstations at nearly the same level of performance.
Animation Experts and VFX Luminaries behind ‘Minions,’ ‘Terminator: Genisys,’ ‘Game of Thrones,’ ‘The Hobbit,’ ‘Paddington,’ ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E,’ and more will be guests at the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE running October 15 & 16, 2015.
Walt Disney Animation Studios releases a detailed breakdown of its new in-house production rendering software used on ‘Big Hero 6’ and the forthcoming ‘Zootopia.’
London-based VFX house delivers main title sequence and more than 90 shots for Western thriller set in the American Civil War.
Two-thousand rendering servers and workstations now managed by Qube! render farm management software; burst licensing new hallmark of finals routine.
London-based director was shortlisted for the Young Director Award at this year's Cannes Lions for ’Flashback,’ his 60-second test for the Road Safety Authority.
Three-minute short, ‘The Seed and the Moon,’ employs photo-real CG environments and VFX to create the rich and organic texture of magical realism.
MPC LA creates photo-real CG pigeon for new ad, ‘Recurring Dream,’ from agency Mullen Lowe and Smuggler’s Brian Beletic.
Brazil’s ParaRaio Filmes and Hero Live Studio tap Xsens motion capture to help shed light on the black youth homicides that are plaguing Brazil.
VFX powerhouse Industrial Light & Magic to present two special sessions, ‘40 Years of Creating the Impossible’ and ‘The Park Is Open: Journey to Jurassic World,’ during the 2015 VIEW Conference in Turin, Italy.
The Adam Sandler-led CG-animated sequel ‘Hotel Transylvania 2’ sets a new opening weekend record for the month of September, marking the best start ever for a Sony Pictures Animation title.
Granite SDK -- the texture streaming middleware for real-time 3D -- is now available for Unity 5 for $349 or $20 per month.
The Academy kicks off its fall programming slate with ‘In the Labyrinth: A Conversation with Guillermo del Toro’ on Wednesday, October 7 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.