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Cinesite Launches Feature Animation Talent Program
‘iAnimate at Cinesite’ apprenticeship program provides the opportunity of online training and a two year contract as a trainee animator with Cinesite.
Dolby Vision to Launch with Disney’s ‘Tomorrowland ‘and Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’
Disney’s live-action remake of ‘The Jungle Book,’ due out April 15, 2016, will also be presented in Dolby Vision, with more titles to be announced.
Box Office Report: ‘Furious 7’ Three-peats, Jumps $1B Globally
Universal’s ‘Furious 7’ wins its third consecutive weekend at the North American box office this with $29.1 million; jumps the $1 billion mark globally with $1.153 billion in worldwide ticket sales.
Warner Bros. Taps Patty Jenkins to Direct ‘Wonder Woman’ Feature
‘Monster’ director previously hired to helm Marvel’s ‘Thor: The Dark World,’ but exited the project over “creative differences.”
Manson Joins Not To Scale Directorial Roster
Directing collective’s latest project -- an animated short that tells the fascinating story of Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh -- was made in collaboration with BH Los Angeles for Google Play and The California Sunday Magazine.
Disney Planning Live-Action ‘Pinocchio’
Peter Hedges (‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape’) is writing a script for the feature loosely based on the ‘Pinocchio’ story originally brought to the screen in 1940.
PlayblastVR Renderer for Maya Released
Renderer for Maya creates hardware rendered panoramic images using OpenGL or DirectX formats, allowing users to create immersive previz renderings of Maya scenes in fulldome, latlong, and cubic panorama formats.
Autodesk Tech Helps Create Immersive Experience for Björk’s ‘Black Lake’
Director Andrew Thomas Huang, Wolf & Crow and xRez Studio use Autodesk Maya, Flame, Mudbox, ReCap and Memento to create a new CG landscape and VFX for short film.
Silverdraft Unleashes Next-Gen Supercomputing Systems at NAB 2015
Devil and Demon computers run 20 percent faster than before and deliver screaming performance for DGx extreme gaming system.
AJA Releases CION v1.2 Firmware Update at NAB 2015
Free field-upgradeable software update brings additional image improvements and new features to 4K/UltraHD and 2K/HD professional production camera.
Blackmagic Design Delivers Fusion 8 for Mac OS X and Linux
Fusion 8 release opens the door to millions of motion graphic artists, broadcast designers, video editors, visual effects compositors and 3D animators.
The Foundry Delivers NUKE Non-commercial
NUKE Non-commercial is a free, non-watermarked version of the entire NUKE product family, with some light functional restrictions, available to anyone who wants to learn, explore and have fun with NUKE.
Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 12
Update includes new interface and media management tools, an entirely-new professional audio engine, multi-cam editing, shot matching, 3D keyer, new 3D perspective tracker and enhanced curve editing.
Call for Entries Opens for Two Special HPA Awards
Submissions for the 10th annual ceremony now accepted for Engineering Excellence Award and Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation.
AMD, Avid Join Forces to Boost 4K Workflow Performance
New support for Avid Media Composer offers AMD FirePro users outstanding 4K display, media management and editing capabilities throughout the video production process.
Autodesk Announces Support for Academy’s ACES at NAB 2015
Advances color management workflows across Flame Premium, Maya, Shotgun and RV; simplifies interoperability with industry-standard tools.
FMX 2015 to Celebrate 40 Years of ILM
Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia celebrates its 20th Anniversary with ‘20 Years of ‘Toy Story,’ presentation from VFX luminary Joe Letteri, ‘20 years of Weta Digital,’ and ‘40 years of Industrial Light & Magic.’
ftrack 3.2, NUKE STUDIO Integration Unveiled at NAB 2015
Shotgun Software Announces Shotgun 6 and RV 6
Thinkbox Software Unveils Deadline v7.1 at NAB 2015
Autodesk Announces 2016 M&E Software Updates
The Foundry to Preview Virtual Reality Technology at NAB 2015
The Foundry to showcase new technologies in development aimed at solving key challenges in virtual and augmented reality content creation.
Justin Leibow Joins Humble and Postal
Former Superfad co-founder has helmed campaigns for brands including Coca-Cola, Visa, Toyota, Gap, Target and Sprint.