VFXWorld Magazine
SIGGRAPH 2016 Now Accepting Submissions
Forty-third International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques will be held July 24-28, 2016 in Anaheim, California.
New ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Featurette Now Online
New behind-the-scenes featurette provides a detailed look at Daisy Ridley's Rey, with commentary from Ridley and John Boyega.
WATCH: Netflix Unveils ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon -- Sword of Destiny’ Trailer
Visual effects for the long-awaited sequel to Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ are led by production VFX supervisor is Mark Stetson, with VFX provided by Zoic, Pixomondo and Lola.
Box Office Report: ‘Krampus’ Surprises with $16M Debut
Universal and Legendary’s holiday horror-comedy ‘Krampus’ outperforms expectations in its North American debut, grossing $16 million from 2,902 theaters to come in at number two behind ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay -- Part 2.’
Post Production Company Uppercut Launches in NYC
Led by veteran editor and Micah Scarpelli and VFX artist Joe Wenkoff, Uppercut is a full-service post-production company offering world-class editorial and visual effects services.
Ring the Alarm and Therapy Studios Form Creative Partnership
Emmy-Award winning post-production house and bicoastal music production company team up to provide seamless music and sound offerings to clients in the advertising, film, and television industries.
Spin VFX Provides Effects for Warner Bros.’ ‘The 33’
Led by VFX supervisor Jeff Campbell and supervising VFX producer George Macri, SpinVFX delivers nearly 150 shots to help bring to life the remarkable true story of the 33 survivors of the Chilean mine disaster.
Cartoon Network Launches Digital TV Network in SE Asia
Review: Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate 2016
Character rigging master Brad Clark returns once again to put the latest Autodesk software suite update to the test.
Rising Sun Pictures Standardizes on Arnold as Primary Production Renderer
Australian visual effects studio standardizes on Solid Angle’s Arnold as its primary production renderer with a dramatic increase in efficiency.
Chaos Group Launches V-Ray for Revit Public Beta
High-performance rendering now integrated into architecture’s leading design platform; free download available now.
Adobe Creative Cloud Updates Now Available
Adobe renames Flash Professional CC to Adobe Animate CC, rewriting the tool from the ground up to add native support for HTML5 Canvas and WebGL as well as outputs to any format.
Autodesk Launches 3ds Max 2016 Extension 2
New tools and workflow improvements include max creation graph enhancements, one-click print studio access, simple simulation data import, text and shape mapping, and more.
New Coldplay Video Features Motion Capture by Andy Serkis’s The Imaginarium
Directed by Mat Whitecross and produced by My Accomplice’s Hannah Clark, new video employs performance capture by Andy Serkis’s The Imaginarium and animation and VFX by Paris-based Mathematic.
NVIDIA Launches New Iray Plugins for Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya
Iray plug-ins for Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya support NVIDIA’s new distributed rendering solution, Iray Server, now in open beta.
Box Office Report: Pixar’s ‘Good Dinosaur’ Uncovers $56M Thanksgiving Debut
Disney and Pixar’s CG-animated feature performs below expectations, bringing in $39.2 million for the three-day weekend, the lowest debut for a Pixar film since the $33.3 million take of ‘A Bug's Life’ in 1998.
VFX Legion Taps cineSync and Shotgun for Remote Workflows
World’s first fully remote visual effects studio leverages integration of Shotgun with Cospective’s synchronized review-and-approval tool cineSync to ensure a harmonious workflow.
Autodesk Reports Third Quarter Financial Results
On the heels of the company’s move to a subscription-only model for its software suites, Autodesk reports sluggish results for the third quarter of 2015.
Company 3 Travels the Globe for Latest Bond Feature
CO3 colorist Greg Fisher worked with ‘Spectre’ director Sam Mendes and cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema to build subtle differences into the looks of each of the movie's many locations.
Next Limit and BRB Launch ‘Safari Zoobabu’ App
One of the world’s first games to employ WebGL technology, ‘Safari Zoobabu’ leverages Next Limit’s Maxwell Render technology to create photorealistic stereoscopic 3D experience.