Visual Effects

Shotgun 5.0 Release Now Available

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Shotgun 5.0 features simplified access to essential tasks and updates on top of powerful project management, review and asset tracking toolset.

Tackling Previs on Oblivion

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Supervisor Nick Markel takes us inside The Third Floor’s previs work on Joe Kosinski's sci-fi thriller.

Bavaria Film Taps ASSIMILATE Scratch

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Bavaria Film purchases a company-wide site license for ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab, its advanced production dailies and VFX tool.

Shout! Factory to Release Luc Besson’s Adèle Blanc-Sec

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Luc Besson’s “The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec” heads to disc August 13.

Former Rhythm & Hues Campus Sold

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The property -- three buildings on six acres -- is sold for $25 million to Rockwood Capital and Marshall Property & Development.

SIGGRAPH Previews 2013 Production Sessions

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SIGGRAPH 2013 releases an early preview of its schedule of production sessions to be featured at this year’s conference and as part of the Computer Animation Festival.

LOOK Effects Helps Secure Funding for Wes Anderson Feature

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VFX company LOOK Effects helps “The Grand Budapest Hotel” find financial support from Baden-Württemberg’s regional funding agency.

Spot Welders Launches VFX Company Shipping + Handling

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Editorial house Spot Welders launches Shipping + Handling, headed up by VFX supervisor Casey Price and executive producer J. Patrick McElroy.

Zoic Delivers VFX for Hemlock Grove

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Visual effects house Zoic Studios delivers a dose of spine-tingling transformations from human to beast in the new Netflix original murder mystery series “Hemlock Grove.”

Luma Pictures Suits Up for Iron Man 3

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VFX company Luma Pictures recently contributed to Marvel Studios' new Iron Man 3 film, creating full-body CG armor replacements for both Iron Man and Iron Patriot.