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Third Annual UCFTI Expo to Address Global Collaboration

Third annual UCFTI Expo to host senior executives from 20th Century Fox, Huayi Brothers, IMAX, Lionsgate, Wanda, LeVision, iQIYI, Warner Bros. China and STX Entertainment.

Music Videos Headline News

Grasshorse Rolls Up Monster Video with Fitz and the Tantrums

Grasshorse Studios uses ToonBoom Harmony and open-source Blender to create a music video for the band’s new single, ‘Roll Up.’

Education & Training Headline News

Animation Sans Frontières Brings International Talent to Filmakademie

Funded by Creative Europe, 16 aspiring technical directors, animation directors, producers and writers from Denmark, Germany, England, France, Hungary, Italy and The Netherlands visit the Animationsinstitut at Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg.

Awards Headline News

2016 Animation Hall of Fame Award Recipients Announced

Fifth annual gala event will honor Cartoon Network’s founding president Betty Cohen, ‘Fairly OddParents’ creator Butch Hartman, Nelvana and Teletoon founder Michael Hirsh, LAIKA president and CEO Travis Knight, VFX visionary Ellen Poon, and Cyber Group Studios chairman & CEO Pierre Sissmann.

China Headline News

REPORT: Hollywood and the Search for a Chinese Super Hero

An estimated 63 comic book adaptations are set to hit the big screen by 2020 from creators ranging from ‘Captain America’ directors the Joe and Anthony Russo to comic book powerhouse Stan Lee.

Method Studios Headline News

Method Studios Visualizes Origin of Life in IMAX for Terrence Malick’s ‘Voyage of Time’

Using scientific photos and data for reference, Method artists deliver seven minutes of content for the IMAX presentation of director Terrence Malick’s ‘Voyage of Time.’

Awards Headline News

VFX Pioneer Ken Ralston to Receive VES Lifetime Achievement Award

Five-time Academy Award recipient -- including a Special Achievement Oscar for the visual effects ‘Star Wars: The Return of the Jedi’ -- served as VFX supervisor on the revolutionary ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit.’

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It’s October – That Means VIEW Time!

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, October 20, 2016 at 1:46pm

The 2016 VIEW Conference in Turin, Italy promises once again, as it does each year, an inspirational week spent watching the best work from animation, VFX and game industry greats.

Thinkbox Software Headline News

Thinkbox Software Store Adds Next Limit RealFlow and Maxwell On-Demand

Additional third-party applications available on demand via Thinkbox include The Foundry’s NUKE and KATANA, Chaos Group V-Ray, NVIDIA Iray and Mental Ray, Redshift, and Peregrine Labs’ Yeti.

Blur Headline News

Blur Bolsters Technology & Creative Capabilities with New Talent

Character effects supervisor Eric Maurer and asset supervisor Oded Raz to bolster studio’s leadership team as the company gears up for the next round of feature work by Blur co-founder and ‘Deadpool’ director Tim Miller.

lawsuits Headline News

DreamWorks Animation Makes $50 Million Settlement in Hollywood Studio Antitrust Lawsuit

Comcast-owned studio reaches a settlement in the class-action lawsuit filed in December 2014 claiming it and other Hollywood studios violated antitrust laws by conspiring to suppress the wages of animation and VFX artists.

Vancouver Headline News

Vancouver Appoints First Film Commissioner

Industry powerhouse David Shepheard joins newly-created Vancouver Film & Media Centre to drive growth and innovation in Vancouver’s booming digital entertainment and interactive business sectors.

Rodeo FX Headline News

Rodeo FX Brings Jungle Animals to Life for ‘Legend of Tarzan’

Montreal-based visual effects studio adds CG creatures to its repertoire of VFX expertise, delivering nearly 200 shots for director David Yates’ action-adventure that elevate animal sequences to the look of a nature documentary.

SIGGRAPH Asia Headline News

SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Ventures into Virtual Reality

Annual event showcasing the world’s top professionals, academics and creative minds at the forefront of digital imaging, research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education and emerging technologies runs December 5-8 in Macao.

Faceware Headline News

Faceware Helps Bungie Bring New Faces to ‘Destiny: Rise of Iron’

AAA game developer Bungie taps markerless motion capture system to enhance the facial expressions and emotions of Lord Saladin of the Iron Lords in Destiny: Rise of Iron.

Lucasfilm Headline News

Final ‘Rogue One’ Trailer Drops More Footage, Highlights Epic Scale

Final trailer for director Gareth Edwards’ forthcoming installment in the ‘Star Wars’ saga sets up a familiar story of a parent and child at ideological odds with glorious visuals that hint at the film’s epic scale.

Feature Film VFX VFXWorld

ILM ‘Captain America: Civil War’ VFX Part 2: Fully CG Airport Battle

VFX supervisor Russell Earl discusses the climactic airport battle complete with fully CG super heroes, environments and hundreds of digital assets on Marvel’s latest ‘Captain America’ franchise hit.

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