Filmakademie Named School of the Year at 2016 Rookies
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg student Martin Lapp wins Rookie of the Year; University of Hertfordshire’s ‘Bertie the Elephant’ wins Film of the Year.
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Trojan Horse was a Unicorn Unveils 2016 Speakers
Digital art festival running September 15-19 in Tróia, Portugal to host some of the world’s top talent, including Doug Chiang, Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams, Kevin Lima, Brenda Chapman, Ralph Eggleston, Christian Alzmann, Frank Tzeng and Alberto Mielgo.
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PipelineFX Introduces Metered Licensing to Qube!
Per-minute billing supports burst rendering requirements in the Cloud and in-house; currently in use at DHX Media and LAIKA advertising arm HouseSpecial.
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Jay Redd and the Complex VFX of ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’
Veteran Sony Pictures Imageworks VFX supervisor discusses Disney’s latest fantasy-adventure, the largest and most sophisticated project of his career.
Rushes Makes It Better for LV
London-based commercial VFX house delivers concept design, on-set supervision & art direction as well as CG work and final delivery of VFX-driven ad.
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Straightface Studios Taps Shotgun for PNB’s ‘Nutcracker’ Short
Seattle-based animation, motion graphics and VFX shop relies on Shotgun Software to simplify project management for a CG-animated three-minute opening overture for the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker.’
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Chainsaw Delivers Post Services for ‘Game of Thrones’
SIM Group facility provides post-production finishing for the sixth season of HBO’s Emmy Award-winning series including visual effects integration, editorial conforming, final color grading and deliverables.
The Mill Teams Up with Sky Creative for Sky Cinema Launch
Mill+ -- an integrated team of Mill directors and designers focused on concept-to-delivery creative partnerships -- helps deliver a cinematic new brand identity for Sky Cinema with a series of fully CG-animated IDs.
BAFTA Announces Young Game Designers Finalists
Winners to be revealed at a ceremony on Saturday, July 23; ‘Media Molecule’ to receive BAFTA YGD Hero Award.
Framestore Swings into the Jungle for ‘Legend of Tarzan’
Working with longtime collaborators director David Yates and VFX supervisor Tim Burke, Academy Award-winning VFX house delivers more than 700 shots for the new Warner Bros. adaptation, including complex jungle environments, digi-doubles, and intricate creature animation.
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Warner Bros. Unleashes New Collectable DC Series Keycards for SDCC 2016
DC series ‘Arrow,’ ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,’ ‘The Flash,’ ‘Gotham’ and ‘Supergirl’ to be featured on nearly 40,000 limited-edition collectible hotel keycards.
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Illumination’s ‘Secret Life of Pets’ Bites Off Massive $103.2M Debut
Fifth Illumination Entertainment-Universal collaboration dominates the weekend box office, racking up a massive $103.2 million with the first new franchise of the summer.
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Cary Sachs Joins Ant Farm
Creative agency taps longtime expert in promotion of kids and family genre entertainment as President of Television & Streaming.
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‘The Age of Rust’ Short Now Online
Directed by Francesco Aber and Alessandro Mattei, CG-animated short was produced at the National School of Cinema in Turin, Italy.
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ArtFX Unveils ‘Red Dawn’ Diploma Short
Graduation film directed by Sébastien Leclerc, Vincent Boulot, Jean Burtschell, Romain Couturiaux and Guillaume Deleuze is inspired by a quote from Swiss moral philosopher Henri-Frédéric Amiel.
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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Star Trek at SDCC 2016
William Shatner, Scott Bakula, Michael Dorn, Jeri Ryan and Brent Spiner headline a 50th Anniversary panel moderated by new series executive producer Bryan Fuller in Hall H on Saturday, July 23.
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Square Enix Selects Enlighten for Upcoming Game Titles
‘Final Fantasy’ developer taps real-time global illumination software Enlighten from Geomerics to add unrivalled subtlety and depth to dynamic scenes.
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Disney’s ‘Jungle Book’ Lands on Blu-ray August 30
Groundbreaking live-action adventure with in-depth bonus features arrives on Digital HD August 23 and on Blu-ray August 30.
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Chaos Group Launches V-Ray for MODO
Production-proven tools for lighting, shading and rendering now available to MODO community.
Cantina Creative Goes HUDs Up for ‘Captain America: Civil War’
VFX supervisor Alan Torres explains his studio’s work on key UI and HUD displays for Marvel’s latest action-adventure feature.
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SIGGRAPH 2016 Announces Winners & Highlights of 43rd Computer Animation Festival
Andrew Coats and Lou Hamou-Lhadj’s ‘Borrowed Time’ wins best in show; Ton Roosendaal’s ‘Cosmos Laundromat’ receives the jury award, and Mengjung Yang, Gaetan, Benjamin Lebourgeois, Clarie Vandermeersch and Alendandre Veaux’s ‘Crabe-Phare’ wins best student project.
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CARA VR Now Available
The Foundry solves virtual reality content creation challenges with new CARA VR toolset designed to work within the NUKE environment to enable the creation of high-quality VR content.
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Axis Creates Cinematic Trailer for New ‘Destiny’ Title
Axis and director Stuart Aitken collaborate with Bungie, Activision and Ant Farm to create a new game trailer teasing ‘Destiny: Rise of Iron’ at E3.
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Academy Announces Submission Dates for 89th Oscars
Deadline for submission of qualifying animated shorts is Monday, October 3; animated features must be submitted by Tuesday, November 1.
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Artella Releases Free Character Animation Rig
Free 3D character rig is compatible with Autodesk Maya 2014, 2015 and 2016.
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