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Nickelodeon Launches New CG-Animated Series, Franklin and Friends

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, CG, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Cartoons, CG, Television
Franklin is back and better than ever in the brand-new CG-animated preschool series, Franklin and Friends, premiering Monday, Feb. 13, at 9:30 a.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon.

Absolute Dials It in for CTIA

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Absolute provided visual effects, including CG, for CTIA “Your Mind is a Wireless Place.”

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.”

Wizart Brings ‘The Snow Queen’ to EFM

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Events, Films, Places | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: 3D, Business, CG, Events, Films, Places
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

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Films, People, Places, Stop-Motion, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Films, People, Places, Stop-Motion, Technology, Visual Effects
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.

FMX trailer a.maize wins VES Award

Posted In | Blog Categories: Special Announcements, FMX 2011 | Site Categories: Awards, CG, Education and Training, Events, Short Films, Visual Effects
The short film a.maize won the VES Award in the category "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project" at yesterday's 10th Annual VES Awards in Los Angeles.

Oscar 2012: Scott Farrar Talks Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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ILM's Transformers guru has a blast going under the hood of the third movie.

Oscar 2012: Grant Orchard Talks A Morning Stroll

Posted In | Site Categories: 2D, Awards, CG, People, Short Films
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The director discusses the genesis and challenges of making his oscar-nominated short film.

Framestore Creates Cadbury's Joyville

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Framestore provided visual effects for the new Tom Kuntz-directed Cadbury “Joyville.”