Technology

PipelineFX Releases Qube! 6.5

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Biggest expansion to reporting and performance capabilities yet; detailed cost tracking for VFX studios working across multiple shows and clients.

Shotgun Promotes Matt Daw to CTO

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Shotgun Software promotes Matt Daw to Chief Technical Officer.

NVIDIA Boosts Star Trek Pipeline for Pixomondo

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Pixomondo utilizes NVIDIA’s Quadro K4000 to boost their Star Trek Into Darkness pipeline.

Toon Boom Launches What I Like about Harmony Competition

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Toon Boom Animation announces the launch of the “What I Like About Harmony” contest, open to Harmony users around the world.

DigitalFilm Tree Taps TerraBlock for ABC Series

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DigitalFilm Tree taps Facilis TerraBlock to facilitate the workflow on the ABC series Mistresses and Perception.

Amazon Unveils New Storyteller Tool

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Free online tool enables writers and filmmakers to quickly and easily turn their scripts into storyboards.

So You Want to Be in Pictures: Creating the Comic Director App

We spoke with Avery Sawyer, a software engineer who recently worked developing Comic Director, a free Microsoft Windows 8 UI Touch app that helps users create interactive comics.

Inside Ron Frankel’s Wonderful Virtual World of Feature Film Visualization

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The veteran creative director and founder of Proof Inc. shares his insights on previs, postvis, pitchvis and the growing importance of visualization across the entire filmmaking process.

Imagineer & Curious Turtle Launch Advanced Training Series

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Imagineer and Curious Turtle launch their latest training course, “Master mocha Volume 1; Production Effects with mocha and After Effects.”

Thinkbox Launches Deadline 6.0

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Thinkbox launches the latest version of their render farm management solution, Deadline 6.0.