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Image Metrics Launches Live Driver

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Image Metrics Inc., a leading developer of 3D facial animation technology, today announced the availability of its Live Driver Software Development Kit (SDK).

Spin Provides VFX for ‘Underworld: Awakening’

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Spin VFX provided 66 stereo cityscape shots and 54 stereo character enhancement shots for the next installment of the “Underworld” franchise, “Underworld: Awakening.”

Weta Digital's Animation on Tintin Powered by Autodesk Technology

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Peter Jackson's New Zealand-based Weta Digital studio used Autodesk software to take the virtual production process to new levels of real-time performance capture for the animated feature film "The Adventures of Tintin.”

Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival: Call for Entries!

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The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is pleased to announce its worldwide call for entries for its 2012 festival, taking place September 19-23.

Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film: Last Call for Entries!

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The submission deadline for the Animated Com Award at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film is February 15, 2012.

Chris Del Conte Joins Prime Focus World

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Prime Focus World, an industry-leading 2D to 3D conversion and VFX studio, announced that Emmy Award winner Chris Del Conte has joined the company as Managing Director, Los Angeles.

Wizart Brings ‘The Snow Queen’ to EFM

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Russian animation studio Wizart Animation opens international sales of the stereoscopic 3D feature film “The Snow Queen,” based on the fairy-tale by Hans Christian Andersen, at the EFM in Berlin, February 9 – 17, 2012.

LAIKA Licenses Shotgun Software for Stop-Motion Animation & VFX

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Animation studio LAIKA has purchased a site license of Shotgun to manage production and enhance collaboration for stop-motion and VFX work throughout its Portland, Oregon studio.

Oscar 2012: Weta's Sebastian Sylwan Talks Apes, Art and Technology

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Weta Digital’s CTO talks about the technological challenges of producing some of the most compelling and captivating performances in cinema today.

Int’l Animated Film Competition Call for Entries

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Call for entries to the fifth edition of the International Animated Film Competition in Poland.