Digital Domain Adds Studio in Montréal
Global VFX studio celebrates 25 years with the opening of its ninth location.
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Fantasy Worlds and Characters Abound in Disney’s ‘Nutcracker and the Four Realms’
MPC VFX supervisor Richard Clegg and his team create fully CG environments and complex digital characters such as Mother Ginger, the Mouse King, and an army of seven-foot tin soldiers for Disney’s new feature film adaptation of the classic holiday tale.
‘Cinderella,’ ‘Jurassic Park,’ ‘Hair Piece’ Added to National Film Registry
Disney’s ‘Cinderella,’ Steven Spielberg’s ‘Jurassic Park,’ and the independent experimental animated short film ‘Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People’ among 25 films that will be preserved by the Library of Congress.
Finding Their ‘Calling’
Director Charles Zhang and writer/producer Jonathan Cui break new ground with a feature-length VR film.
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VIDEO: See How Sony Pictures Imageworks Created the Winter Wonderland of ‘Smallfoot’
Visual effects supervisor Karl Herbst gives a behind-the-scenes peek into the tools and techniques used to bring the winter wonderland of ‘Smallfoot’ to the big screen.
9 Scientific & Technical Achievements to be Honored at Academy Sci-Tech Awards
Curtis Clark to receive John A. Bonner Award at the Academy’s annual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Saturday, February 9.
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VIDEO: DreamWorks Animation Short ‘Bilby’ A Testing Ground for New Production Tools
Directors Pierre Perifel, JP Sans and Liron Topaz delve into the making of their CG-animated short ‘Bilby’ -- including the use of the studio’s new Moonray light rendering engine -- in a new exclusive video and accompanying Q&A.
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‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ Barely Edges 'The Grinch’ to Remain Box Office Champ
Disney’s ‘Wreck-it Ralph’ sequel holds off Illumination’s Christmas tale to take top spot for third straight week.
A Mesmerizing Homage to Visual Music: SIGGRAPH Asia Best in Show Winner ‘L’oiseau Qui Danse’
Independent VFX artist and director Jean-Marie Marbach pushes motion graphics to new heights with his award-winning music video made entirely with Adobe After Effects and Red Giant’s Trapcode Suite.
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Warner Bros. Prepping ‘Plastic Man’ Feature
Amanda Idoko hired to write the screenplay for comedic action-adventure based on the DC Comics super hero.
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Technicolor VFX Hires Paul Ghezzo To Head Los Angeles Studio
Former head of CG at CoSA VFX received an Emmy Award for outstanding special visual effects for his work as CG Supervisor on HBO’s ‘Westworld.’
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Shotgun 8 Introduces New Tools and Workflows Dedicated to Artists
A modern UI and new desktop experience aim to improve creative flow and collaboration for artists and reviewers.
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Google Spotlight Stories and Chromosphere Raise the Bar for ‘Age of Sail’
Technical art leads Cassidy Curtis and Theresa Latzko keep things shipshape in their quest to take the cinematic VR Short by Oscar-winning director John Kahrs onto the high seas.
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91st Academy Awards: 20 Contenders Advance in VFX Oscar Race
From Marvel’s ‘Ant-Man and the Wasp’ to Universal’s ‘Welcome to Marwen,’ 20 spectacular contenders vie for nominations at the 91st Academy Awards.
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‘L’oiseau Qui Danse’ Wins Best in Show at SIGGRAPH Asia Computer Animation Festival
Jean-Marie Marbach’s abstract short, inspired by Visual Music and made entirely with Trapcode Suite, takes top prize at annual showcase for excellence in computer animation.
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2018 Announces Full Conference Program
Presentations on Pixar’s ‘Incredibles 2,’ Weta’s history of digital characters and latest advances in virtual humans part of four packed days of computer graphics-related events running December 4-7 in Tokyo.
Foundry Releases Katana 3.1
Latest version, now available, includes significant performance enhancements, 3Delight NSI integrated rendering and full VFXRP 2017 standard compliance.
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Netflix Picks Up Live-Action ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Series
Show based on Shinichiro Watanabe’s 1998 film noir Western anime classic gets 10-episode order.
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MPC Creates an Enchanting World for Disney’s ‘Nutcracker and the Four Realms’
Lead by VFX supervisor Richard Clegg, MPC’s artists craft more than 1,000 shots for Disney’s live-action remake, from CG environments including palaces, forests and rivers, to large-scale FX work and extensive digital character animation.
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Pixomondo Reteams with Roland Emmerich for WWII Action Drama ‘Midway’
Oscar-winning global VFX house previously worked with the blockbuster filmmaker on ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ and ‘2012.’
Render Legion Releases Corona Renderer 3 for 3ds Max
Faster interactive rendering, improved displacement, and new AI denoising bring even more power to artist-friendly renderer.
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WATCH: Legacy and Destiny Collide in Final ‘Aquaman’ Trailer
A magical trident holds the key for half human, half Atlantean Arthur Curry to unite the worlds of above and below in Warner Bros’ epic undersea action-adventure.
Xsens Releases MVN Analyze and MVN Animate 2019
New update to industry-leading inertial motion capture solution adds a suite of enhancements including support for multi-level scenario capture.
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Pixomondo Announces Opening of Montréal Office
Slated to open in early 2019, Oscar-winning VFX company’s eighth international studio to enable the creation of 180 specialized jobs within the next three years.
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Netflix Greenlights 4-Part Animated World War II Series ‘The Liberator’
Harrowing drama about U.S. Army officer Felix Sparks will be first ever produced using Trioscope enhanced hybrid animation technology.
