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call for entries Headline News

Shotgun Opens Call for Entries for 2017 Pipeline Awards

Winners to be announced during this year’s SIGGRAPH Conference, taking place July 30 through August 3; deadline for nominations is June 19.

AIAF Events

Australian International Animation Festival 2017

By Hages | Monday, May 8, 2017 at 4:24pm
Begins: May 12, 2017

CSU Animation & Visual Effects present the 14th Anniversary of the Australian International Animation Festival, running Friday, May 12 through Sunday, May 14, 2017.

Animation Block Party Headline News

ABP 2017 to Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary of DreamWorks Animation’s ‘Bee Movie’

Animation Block Party to screen Jerry Seinfeld’s meme-spawning DreamWorks Animation feature ‘Bee Movie’ at the 14th annual edition running July 27-30, 2017 in Brooklyn, NY.

FMX Blogs

WATCH: ILM’s Christian Alzmann Talks BB-8 and ‘Star Wars’ Concept Art at FMX 2017

The Industrial Light & Magic senior art director discusses his iconic droid design as well as duties as a concept artist on both ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ and ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.’

Education & Training Headline News

Nimble Collective Announces Partnership with Cal State Summer Arts Program

Scholarships available for for CG animation course led by Aubry Mintz alongside guest artists Rex Grignon, Jason Schleifer, Scott LaFleur and Jennifer Dahlman.

Vicon Headline News

Vicon Launches New Motion Capture Software Shōgun at FMX 2017

New VFX motion capture software provides increased performance alongside intelligent real-time system monitoring with a streamlined workflow to help users maximize studio time.

Chaos Group Headline News

Chaos Group to Showcase Advances in V-Ray GPU Rendering at GTC 2017

Presentation topics include ‘Breaking the GPU Memory Barrier,’ ‘High-End Production Features,’ and a tech preview of a new Hybrid Renderer.

Foundry Headline News

Mari 3.3 and Katana 2.6 Set to Take Look Development and Lighting to the Next Level

Forthcoming Mari update offers exciting performance and workflow enhancements, offering artists the ability to work on and export complex projects faster; Katana 2.6 release includes UI/UX enhancements and a new viewer API.

box office Headline News

DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Boss Baby’ Crosses $400M at the Global Box Office

Animated comedy directed by Tom McGrath bosses its way to $253.1 million from 72 international territories and $149.2 million domestically.

Genius Brands International Headline News

Nickelodeon Picks Up Genius Brands International’s ‘Rainbow Rangers’

CG-animated preschool series from an award-winning production team including ‘The Lion King’ director Rob Minkoff is is expected to air on Nickelodeon’s preschool channel, Nick Jr.

FMX Blogs

WATCH: Dr. Jon Peddie and Kathleen Maher Talk CG and VR Industry Trends at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 11:08am

The Jon Peddie Research duo talk in-depth about computer graphics industry growth trends, including hardware, software and immersive content creation. 

FMX Blogs

WATCH: NYU Professor Ken Perlin Discusses the Future of AR and VR at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 9:55am

Dr. Perlin talks about AR and VR products and how they will be used by humans in ways we haven’t yet discovered to become a seamless part of our existence.

FMX Blogs

WATCH: Epic Games’ Haarm-Pieter Duiker Talks Real-Time Game Engines and VFX at FMX 2016

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 7:00am

The VFX supervisor about convergence in VFX and game development tools, real-time game engines and digital content production methodologies.

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