Technology

SilhouetteFX Releases Version 5

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SilhouetteFX releases Silhouette V5 which incorporates hundreds of upgrades as well as brand new features.

FMX Conference Announces Paradigm Shift for 2013

FMX 2013, Europe's most renowned conference on digital entertainment, adopts the slogan, “lean, smart and agile,” and focuses on the ongoing paradigm shift in the animation, effects, games and transmedia industries.

Rob Blau Joins Shotgun

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Leading developer Shotgun hires Rob Blau as Head of Pipeline Engineering.

Atomic Fiction Takes Flight with Shotgun

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Visual effects and animation studio Atomic Fiction taps Shotgun Software’s Shotgun production management tool for Robert Zemeckis’ aviation drama “Flight.”

Park Road Taps SGO’s Mistika for The Hobbit

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Park Road Post taps the power of SGO’s Mistika for the DI workflow for Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.”

YUVsoft Launches Render Version of its 2D to 3D Suite for NUKE

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Render Version for NUKE significantly cuts costs for Stereo 3D, post production facilities; enables large-scale batch rendering for depth propagation and stereo generation.

Motion Capture Society to Host Mixer January 24

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The Motion Capture Society and Motion Analysis Studios host an evening mixer featuring technology demos from Motion Analysis, Faceware, and Pixomondo on Thursday, January 24.

Kodak Bankruptcy Exit Plan Approved

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In a significant step toward its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the Eastman Kodak Company receives approval to borrow up to $844 million for interim and exit financing.

Oculus Appoints Laird Malamed COO

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Laird Malamed joins Oculus VR as the new Chief Operating Officer.

Geomerics Opens Vancouver Office

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Geomerics opens a new office in Vancouver to be closer to its growing US and Canadian customer base.