FuseFX Delivers Emmy-Nominated VFX for ‘American Horror Story’
Burbank-based effects house’s freaky work for hit FX series continues to draw accolades.
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eOne Announces Broadcast Premiere of ‘PJ Masks’
Disney Junior and France 5 set to air Entertainment One’s new animated preschool super hero series produced by Frog Box and TeamTO in the U.S. and France this fall.
Google Zync Render Beta Now Live
Users can earn up to $800 in render credit on the newly-discounted service; Google also launches the Render More website and a competition giving one lucky artist the chance to have their work featured on the site.
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MAXON Announces Availability of Cinema 4D Release 17
Company to present powerful Cinema 4D Release 17 feature set at IBC2015, September 11- 15, RAI Amsterdam.
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Deluxe Delivers Post Services for 19 Films at TIFF 2015
Many of TIFF’s most anticipated projects feature contributions from Deluxe and its portfolio companies Company 3, Method Studios and EFILM.
Pixeldust Interactive Delivers Three New Projects
Pixeldust Studios’ recently launched interactive division delivers first high-profile projects for clients NBCUniversal, Population Connection and Red Rock Films with new VR content, educational games and mobile apps on the way.
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VIEW Conference Unveils 2015 Keynote Speakers
Italy’s premier computer graphics conference announces keynote session with ‘The Little Prince’ director Mark Osborne, Skywalker Sound’s Randy Thom, ‘The Book of Life’ director Jorge R. Gutierrez, and ‘On Ice’ director Shannon Tindle.
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Box Office Report: Illumination’s ‘Minions’ Crosses $1 Billion Worldwide
Still to open in China, Illumination Entertainment's ‘Minions’ becomes the third animated feature ever to cross the billion dollar mark.
14th Annual VES Awards Rules & Procedures Now Available
Every year the Visual Effects Society’s Awards committee refines the rules and procedures to hone the experience for the VFX community.
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WATCH: New ‘Star Wars’ Teaser Released on Instagram
New trailer for the forthcoming ‘Star Wars’ feature, ‘The Force Awakens,’ is the very first video content to be showcased using Instagram’s new landscape orientation.
Blackmagic’s Fusion 8 Public Beta is Now Available for Download
First-ever Mac-compatible release of visual effects and motion graphics software to be followed by a public beta for Fusion 8 Studio, which adds stereoscopic 3D tools and is designed for multi-user workgroups.
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Deadline Helps Milk VFX Scale Up Production
BAFTA Award-winning boutique visual effects studio relies on Thinkbox Software's Deadline for scalable high-volume compute management across projects and locations.
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FuseFX Delivers Action-Packed VFX for ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’
Burbank-based effects studio collects second Emmy nomination for ABC series.
‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ Headed to Blu-ray
The final film in Peter Jackson's epic ‘Hobbit’ trilogy arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on November 17; extended edition features a 20-minute longer cut and more than nine hours of new special features.
Rising Sun Pictures Offers Course in Compositing for Feature Films
Intensive 10-week Introduction to Compositing for Feature Films to be taught by RSP senior compositor Paul Kirwan using The Foundry’s NUKE.
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MASTERSFX Names Scott Coulter Exec Producer
Award-winning character animation and special effects house appoints longtime producer Scott Coulter as vice president & executive producer of visual effects.
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MPC LA Scores with ‘Madden NFL 16’
Teaming with agency Heat and award-winning director Wayne McClammy of prodco hungry man, MPC LA’s team of world-renowned artists provides VFX and post services for a new trailer for EA’s ‘Madden NFL 16.’
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Academy Considering 20 Sci-Tech Achievements for 2015
Twenty scientific and technical achievements involving 11 distinct investigations are selected for further consideration for 2015 Academy Awards.
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Box Office Report: ‘Minions’ Now Third Top-Grossing Animated Feature Worldwide
Illumination Entertainment's ‘Minions’ beats the lifetime totals of ‘Despicable Me 2’ ($975.5 million) and ‘The Lion King’ ($987.5 million) to become the third-highest-grossing animated film of all time worldwide.
Hollywood Studio Antitrust Lawsuit Back in Play
District Judge Lucy Koh rejects the requests of Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar, Sony and other Hollywood studios to dismiss claims the companies violated antitrust laws by conspiring to suppress the wages of animation and VFX artists.
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Timed for a Killing: Double Negative Takes on ‘Terminator Genisys’
VFX supervisor Pete Bebb walks us through DNeg’s extensive work on robotic assassins, digital doubles and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Guardian in the latest ‘Terminator’ franchise flick.
It's Game On for 'Pixels' at Digital Domain
VFX supervisor Marten Larsson discusses how Digital Domain turned arcade characters Donkey Kong, Centipede and PacMan into Earthly invaders in Columbia Pictures’ new action comedy.
The Refinery AV Welcomes Josh Olson
Olson’s award-winning work has been created in partnership with some of the world’s top entertainment brands including Sony, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, Screen Gems, EA, THQ and Square Enix.
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Visual Effects Society Releases Demo Material Guidelines
VES guidelines for the usage and release of work-for-hire materials presented as part of a demo reel portfolio by VFX facilities and practitioners are aimed at providing reasonable access for artists to showcase their work while protecting the ownership rights of studios and producers.
Jorge Gutierrez to Deliver Keynote at VIEW 2015
Other featured talks at VIEW 2015 to include Blue Sky’s Scott Carroll on ‘The Peanuts Movie,’ Pixar’s Kim White on ‘Inside Out’ and Sony’s Michael Kurinsky on production design for ‘Hotel Transylvania 2.’
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