VFXWorld Magazine
FMX 2016 Spotlighting Oscar Winner ‘Inside Out,’ ‘Avengers’ VR Experience and More
Filmakademie graduate and Disney/Pixar Character TD Tanja Krampfert discusses the creation of Joy in ‘Inside Out,’ while DoP Patrick Lin illuminates the special camera set-up designed to parallel the main character’s emotional journey.
WATCH: Weta Digital's Joe Letteri Talks 'The Hobbit' and Virtual Production at FMX 2015
Joe Letteri, senior VFX supervisor and studio director at Weta Digital, discusses the use of digital characters and virtual production technology on the three 'Hobbit' films.
Cubic Motion gets Unreal
World's first real-time, high fidelity live performance system is driven by groundbreaking computer vision.
WATCH: Pixar's Christophe Hery Talks Lighting on 'Finding Dory' at FMX 2015
Christophe Hery, global tech and research TD at the Pixar Research Group, talks about the importance of new lighting technology on the film 'Finding Dory.'
Deluxe Appoints Stefan Sonnenfeld Chief Creative Officer
Color grading pioneer to drive the artistic strategy that defines the Deluxe brand and ensure that the company houses and develops the best creative talent across color, VFX and editorial for film, TV and commercials.
animago AWARD Now Accepting Entries for 2016 Edition
Zync by Google Cloud Platform Boosts Freelance Workflows
London-born, Vancouver-based CG artist Eva Ng tackles projects around the globe with the help of Google Cloud Platform’s 3D rendering solution, Zync.
CoSA VFX Taps ftrack for Fox TV’s ‘Gotham’
Production tracking software helps Emmy-nominated studio deliver more than 1,500 VFX shots for the first season of the hit series.
WATCH: Sebastian Sylwan Talks VR Technology Creative Realities at FMX 2015
Sebastian, a visual effects and digital media technologist, discusses consumers' acceptance of virtual reality and what the technology means for creators.
Epic Games Awards More Than Half a Million Dollars in Unreal Dev Grants
Recipients include 30 developers, programmers and artists for their standout projects developed on Unreal Engine 4.
‘Bakuman’ Feature Taps Fusion Studio for Main-On-End Titles
Blackmagic Design’s Fusion Studio helps deliver action-packed main-on-end title sequence for Japanese live-action feature based on the hit manga series by Tsugumi Ohba and Ken Obata.
Ubisoft’s ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division’ Records Biggest First Week Ever
Ubisoft announces ongoing record sell-through sales for ‘Tom Clancy’s The Division,’ which has grossed more than $330 million worldwide in its first five days.
Isaiah Seret Joins Biscuit Filmworks
Commercial known for his 2015 Webby award-winning ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ short prequel, ‘Quarantine,’ has worked with brands including Adidas, Burger King, Coca Cola, Jack Daniels and Microsoft.
WATCH: VES Exec Director Eric Roth Talks VFX Industry Economics at FMX 2015
Eric Roth, executive director of the Visual Effects Society, discusses recent entertainment industry business trends, how they impact artists and studios and how the VES is addressing membership regarding these critical issues.
FuseFX Goes to War for AMC’s ‘TURN: Washington’s Spies’
Burbank-based visual effects studio helps to recreate colonial America for critically acclaimed Revolutionary War drama.
Lucasfilm Names Rob Bredow Chief Technology Officer
Former Sony Pictures Imageworks CTO and Visual Effects Supervisor helped launch ILMxLAB, and has worked on films such as ‘Men in Black 3,’ ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ and ‘Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs.’
Graeme Parcher Joins SIM Digital as General Manager
People, Business, Production, SIM Digital, Graeme Parcher, James Martin, Ann DeGuire, Bling Digital, Chainsaw, Kodak, FujiFilm
Troika Hires Emmy Award-Winning Creative Director Kasumi Mihori
Former Turner Studios exec has worked with almost every major network, broadcaster and media company including Disney/ABC, NBC Universal, CBS, Fox, Warner Brothers Studio, CNN, ESPN, PBS, Disney Channel and Discovery.
The Academy Appoints Jennifer Yuh Nelson to Leadership Board
As part of The Academy’s recent diversity initiatives, ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’ director joins Academy’s 51-seat Board of Governors for a three-year term; Disney animator Floyd Norman appointed to the Education and Outreach Committee.
BAFTA UK Scholarship Program Now Accepting Applications
Deadline for submissions is Friday, June 17; previous recipients include ‘The Bigger Picture’ director Daisy Jacobs, ‘Edmond’ director of photography Ian Forbes, and ‘Manoman’ director of photography Steven Ferguson.
Brain Zoo Studios Announces ‘Console Marinez’ VR Series
New animated virtual reality series blends the action of video games with the comedy of animated feature films.
Atomic Fiction Releases New VFX Breakdown for ‘Deadpool’
Montreal-based visual effects house goes from wireframe to mayhem with a new VFX breakdown for director Tim Miller’s ‘Deadpool.’
Autodesk Expands VR Support, Streamlines 3D Character Creation for Game Developers
Autodesk launches Stingray Game Engine v1.2 and Maya LT 2016 Extension 3 with feature improvements at GDC 2016.