thenewBlank creates a dynamic branding campaign for the tenth anniversary season of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.”

Rampant Design launches new libraries of Quicktime-based drag-and-drop VFX elements for filmmakers.

Warner Bros. releases a new Pacific Rim featurette onto the web, alongside an action-packed television ad.

Geomeric’s Enlighten, real-time global illumination software, is now available for developers of Xbox One titles.

ArsenalFX creates a new commercial featuring Josh Button for Diet Dr Pepper.

Allegorithmic announces Substance Engine for Xbox One, which allows for faster download time and more customizable assets.

Improved functionality, greater flexibility and accelerated performance roll out in Autodesk Smoke 2013 Extension 1 release.

JS Communications agrees to a $300,000 break-up fee for its role as stalking horse bidder in the sale of the bankrupt visual effects company.

MPC LA finishes a new spot, Road Trip, for DIRECTV, complete with World War II epic, a medieval fantasy battle, and a bit of science fiction thrown in.

Culver City/Vancouver-based visual effects house Zoic Studios signs veteran VFX Supervisor and Flame artist Robert Moggach.