Visual Effects

South Korean Company Makes Bid for Rhythm & Hues

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Asia, North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects
Bankrupt visual effects company Rhythm & Hues finds a stalking horse bidder in South Korean Media company JS Communications Co. Ltd.

MPC Creates Mammoth Beanstalk for Jack the Giant Slayer

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe, North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects
Visual effects company MPC delivers over 350 shots in native 3D for director Bryan Singer’s “Jack the Giant Slayer.”

Oblique FX Creates Effects for Being Human

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Television, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Television, Visual Effects
Canadian Screen Award nominee delivers VFX for hit TV series, “Being Human.”

Athena Studios Founder Appointed to VES Board

Posted In | News Categories: People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: People, Places, Visual Effects
Athena Studios founder Jon V. Peters is named to the Board of Directors for the Visual Effects Society’s Northern California Chapter.

Geomerics Brings Enlighten to PS4

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Games, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Games, Technology, Visual Effects
Geomerics to bring next-generation lighting to Sony Computer Entertainment’s PlayStation 4; Enlighten to drive visual quality on PlayStation 4 with real-time global illumination.

Rogues Gallery Creates CG Spot for HP

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects
Los Angeles effects house Rogues Gallery creates a new spot for HP's worldwide launch of the company’s Envy 27 monitors featuring Beats Audio.

3D Artist CG Student Awards Issues 2013 Call for Entries

Posted In | News Categories: Call for Entries, CG, Education and Training, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: All | Site Categories: Call for Entries, CG, Education and Training, Visual Effects
The deadline for submissions to the 2013 3D Artist CG Student Awards, an annual event which showcases and rewards excellence in computer graphics from students and recent graduates, is May 13, 2013.

Big Block Hires CG Supervisor Randall Smith

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, People, Visual Effects
Big Block hires Randall Smith as CG Supervisor.

Holomatix Releases SprayTrace 1.5

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects
Holomatix releases SprayTrace 1.5 for Autodesk Maya on Windows and Mac OS X.

OptiTrack Launches Motive

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects
Motion capture provider OptiTrack launches Motive, a unified software platform designed to eliminate the complexities historically associated with motion capture workflows.