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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.

Foundry Headline News

Foundry and J Cube Partner to Improve Katana and Maya Pipelines

The software developer and R&D company work to boost the CG ecosystem with seamless and fast data transfer of layouts and geometry between 3D applications, as well as look to address wider industry problems, such as proper motion blur render of varying meshes in Maya and Katana.

box office Headline News

Box Office Report: ‘Transformers 5’ Makes $265.3M Global Debut

Michael Bay’s ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ tops the box office both at home and abroad; director Patty Jenkins’ ‘Wonder Woman’ becomes top-grossing woman-directed live-action film of all time.

SIGGRAPH 2017 Headline News

SIGGRAPH Unveils 2017 Computer Animation Festival Lineup

Ten Virtual Reality experiences and 22 features, short films, commercials and game trailers are selected for the 2017 SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival.

Laundry Headline News

Laundry Names James Sweigert Managing Director

The former executive producer of TV & streaming at mOcean brings extensive experience in marketing, brand strategy, design and TV and film production to his new role spearheading business development at Laundry.

Rooster Teeth Headline News

Andy Serkis and Joe Letteri to Speak at RTX Austin 2017

Both the actor and the Academy Award-winning VFX supervisor for WETA Digital, respectively, will sit on the keynote panel and host an exclusive Q&A following an early screening of ‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ their recent collaboration.

SIGGRAPH Headline News

SIGGRAPH 2017 to Host VR Presentation and Film Produced by 'The New York Times'

Director of immersive platforms storytelling for ‘The New York Times’ Graham Roberts will present a 40-minute talk about the organization’s VR expertise and integration of the new medium into the media outlet’s news reporting through NYT VR, as well as insight into the making of the 10-minute short film ‘The Antarctica Series: Under A Cracked Sky,’ executive produced by Roberts and one of four films in the Times’ Antarctica series.

Adobe Headline News

Adobe Acquires Mettle’s SkyBox Tools

The acquisition accelerates Adobe’s position in the cutting-edge 360-degree film and virtual reality media, allowing native integration of SkyBox plugin functionality in future releases of Premiere Pro and After Effects.

Virtual Reality Headline News

VR Playhouse School Launches in Los Angeles

Launched by creative studio VR Playhouse, the program consists of three essential, six week courses covering 3D production, interactive 360 video and storytelling in virtual reality starting July 10, with other intensives planned.

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