VFXWorld Magazine
OptiTrack Motion Capture Powers Al-Baydha World Building Project
Method Teams with 72andSunny for ‘Avengers’-themed Spot
Method’s Los Angeles facility teams with 72andSunny to create 60-second fully-CG 4K ‘Avengers’-themed spot, “Beauty and Might,” for Samsung.
AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2014 – ILM’s Olivier Maury
Industrial Light & Magic Principle R&D Engineer and Lead Renderer Olivier Maury discusses recent advancements in digital pyrotechnics.
AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2014 – Paul Debevec
USC’s chief visual officer Paul Debevec outlines the creative technology research underway, as well as the school’s groundbreaking work at the Oscar-winning film ‘Gravity.’
AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2014 – Proof Inc.’s Ron Frankel
Proof Inc.’s Ron Frankel talks about the visualization house’s work on ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier.’
Box Office Report: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ No. 2 Domestic Opening of All Time
Joss Whedon's Marvel tentpole, ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron,’ opens to $191.3 million in North America, the number-two domestic opening of all time behind ‘The Avengers.’
AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2014 – Scanline VFX’s Thomas Zauner
Scanline VFX founder Thomas Zauner discusses the history and evolution of his company and eventual move into visual effects production as part of AWN’s series of exclusive video interviews from FMX 2014.
AWN Professional Spotlight: FMX 2014 – Game Developer Tore Blystad
Autodesk Teams with Microsoft on Spark3D Platform
Autodesk’s Spark 3D printing platform to be embedded in Windows 10 with the intent to make digital 3D models interoperable with Microsoft HoloLens.
Alter Ego Leads the Pack with Golaem Crowd
Alter Ego VFX team leverages Golaem Crowd for ‘Bicycles,’ featuring real and CG rider-less bikes traveling across Canada.
Proof Details Plans for FMX 2015
Proof Inc. creative director and founder Ron Frankel to present inside look at previs and postvis work from ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ and ‘Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb’ during 2015 FMX conference in Germany.
DK Studios Scales Up with Deadline
VOLT Studios Names Pete Olson Company Partner
VFX artist at Minneapolis-based post studio contributes digital artistry to commercials and long-form branded content.
Milk Brings Home Second BAFTA Craft Award For ‘Doctor Who’
Alongside BBC Wales VFX and special effects companies Millennium FX and Real SFX, Milk VFX wins the British Academy Television Craft Award for outstanding visual effects on the BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’ episode, “Deep Breath.”
Trollbäck + Company Creates Show Open for ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden’
Trollbäck + Company creates the new branding package for CBS’s ‘The Late Late Show with James Corden.’
FMX 2015 Celebrating 20 Years of Excellence
Top industry professionals in animation, effects, games and transmedia share their thoughts on the success of the FMX Conference, which celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2015.
Box Office Report: ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ Opens to $201M Overseas
Universal’s ‘Furious 7’ takes first place at the domestic box office with $18.3 million; a week ahead of its U.S. Marvel tentpole ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ debuts in 44 international markets, earning $201.2 million.
‘Alchemist's Letter’ Short Now Online
Directed by Carlos Andre Stevens, CG animated short features the voice of Academy Award nominee John Hurt and Eloise Webb, who played Lily James’ young counterpart in Disney’s live-action ‘Cinderella’ remake.
3D Training Institute to Host Live Recruiting Webinar with MPC
3D Training Institute live webinar featuring MPC global recruiter Christina Zervos and MPC animator Julien Deragon held on Wednesday, April 29 will focus on how to start a career in 3D animation.
Executive Producer Danixa Diaz Joins Oishii Creative
Following seven years leading business development at Imaginary Forces, creative, production and design industry vet founded representation firm iartists in 2012.
Hulu, Turner Sign Multi-Year Broadcast Agreement
Hulu to become exclusive subscription video on-demand home to popular programming from Adult Swim and Cartoon Network.
Framestore Delivers High-Octane Shape Shifter for Shell
U.K.-based visual effects house works with agency J. Walter Thompson to deliver a shape-shifting, oil and metal based creature for Shell’s latest spot.
PipelineFX's Qube! Helps Vision Globale Deliver Superpowered VFX
Render farm manager's ability to define custom job types lets visual effects studio manage complex multi-application workflows for blockbuster movie projects such as ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past,’ ‘Race’ and ‘The Colony.’