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Framestore Appoints Suzanne Jandu Head of 2D
Look dev artist for the Harry Potter franchise and lead compositor on the Oscar-winning ‘The Jungle Book’ to work across Framestore’s Advertising, Television and Immersive divisions.
NIM Labs Releases NIM 3.0
Studio management platform introduces new features for VFX and post-production after successful beta test; free 30-day trial available.
Foundry Giving Students Free Year of Software
Blue Spill Delivers 4K HDR Pop Art Treatment for Netflix’s ‘Take Your Pills’
U.K.-based boutique motion graphics and visual effects facility creates psychoactive graphics and a hallucinatory title sequence for feature documentary exploring the widespread adoption and dangerous effects of Adderall.
Disney Names New TV Executives and Network Organizational Structure
Amidst cost-cutting and layoff speculation, studio appoints four key Fox executives for top roles once merger is complete.
VIEW Adds WIA Panel, ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ Presentations
October 22-26 conference additions also include WETA technology and Glenn Entis game financing talks.
WATCH: Kevin Margo Releases 12-Minute Hi-Tech ‘CONSTRUCT’ Short
VFX veteran leads 75-artist team, using state-of-the-art virtual production technology, to tell the story of an android’s battle against a gang of robots.
Method Studios Devises Advanced Alien Technology for ‘The Predator’
Artists at the former Atomic Fiction VFX house lend their talents to an epic crash landing and mid-air battle in Shane Black’s ‘Predator’ sci-fi adventure reboot.
2019 Universal Writers Program Now Accepting Scripts with Animated Content
Submissions now being accepted as program expands to include live-action / animation hybrid projects.
Chad Howitt Joins We Are Royale as Creative Director
Designer brings to studio a decade of experience in commercials, working on brands including VW, Honda, Marvel and Ubisoft.
Epic Games Releases Final Set of Free Paragon Hero Assets
New batch of 19 AAA-quality characters now available free-of-charge to Unreal Engine 4 developer community.
Visual Effects Society Announces 2018 VES Fellows
Distinguished VFX Practitioners Craig Barron, Joyce Cox, Dan Curry, Paul Debevec and Mike Fink to be recognized at exclusive celebration in Beverly Hills on October 11.
VR’s Content Drought
Academy Sci-Tech Council Adds Six New Members
David Ayer, Rod Bogart, Theo Gluck, Leslie Iwerks, Colette Mullenhoff and Jeff Taylor join the Academy’s Science and Technology Council.
MPC Film Upgrades the Visual Effects of ‘The Predator’
Led by VFX supervisors Richard Little and Arundi Asregadoo, MPC Film delivers hero animation for the Upgraded Predator along with the Predator Dogs, a CG swamp environment, and more.
Rising Sun Pictures’ Delivers Adrenaline-Fueled VFX for ‘The Predator’
Working on a tight schedule, South Australian visual effects studio produces more than 100 shots for 20th Century Fox’s alien adventure.
Andrew Morley Named Head of VFX at Outpost VFX
Veteran visual effects supervisor, who worked on ‘Avatar’ and ‘Avengers: Infinity War,’ will oversee team at studio’s Bournemouth facility.
Troy Saliba to Present VFX of ‘Venom’ at VIEW Conference 2018
The veteran animation director, along with DFX supervisor Aharon Bourland, will detail DNEG’s work on Marvel and Sony’s upcoming superhero-adventure film at next month’s Turin event.
Advanced Imaging Society Unveils 2018 Technology Lumiere Award Honorees
DreamWorks Animation, Google VR, NVIDIA, The Mill, and the USC Institute for Creative Technologies among 15 award recipients to be honored at 9th Technology Lumiere Awards.
It’s UltraWide Time!
Pixar Releases Non-Commercial RenderMan Version 22
Interactive ‘live rendering’ highlights latest update, which is free for all education, research, personal projects and evaluations.