Review: ‘Final Fantasy XV’
While the franchise’s latest effort doesn’t reinvent the wheel of RPG games, it does provide an experience worthy of the 10-year development timeframe.
Category: CG
Call for Entries: SIGGRAPH 2017 Now Accepting Submissions!
Deadline for submissions for Production Sessions is February 6, 2017; entries for the Computer Animation Festival close March 21, 2017.
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Explore Concept Art & Stills from Pixar Short ‘Piper’
Six-minute short directed by ‘WALL•E’ and ‘Brave’ supervising animator Alan Barillaro began as a series of tests conducted to create more painterly CG animation tools.
Cheer and Loathing in Animation: Episode V - You Satisfy Me
Every Friday Chris Robinson unleashes some freewheeling cheer or loathing on the animation community to be mused, countered, or disregarded. It’s your call.
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Elementacular 1.5 Plugin for Autodesk Maya Now Available
Interactive cloud sculpting and rendering plugin for Autodesk Maya supports rendering in modern render tools including Arnold and RenderMan.
FMX Sets ‘Beyond the Screen’ Theme for 2017 Edition
Trailer for the 22nd edition of Europe’s most influential computer graphics conference created by third-year Animationsinstitut students at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg.
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New ‘Thomas & Friends’ TV Movie to Launch on Discovery Kids Latin America
New CG-animated special, ‘The Great Race,’ kicks off the 20th season of ‘Thomas & Friends.’
Trailer: ‘Surf’s Up 2: Wavemania’ Debuts on DVD & Digital January 17
Bonus materials include bloopers, ‘Behind the Mic: Hanging with the Dream Team,’ ‘Chicken Joe’s Extreme Slaughter Island Tour,’ ‘How to Draw Your Favorite Characters with Director Henry Yu’ and ‘Inside the Music with Composer Toby Chu’ featurettes.
Fun Academy Sets Release Date Set for ‘Sgt. Stubby’ Feature
Currently in production at Mikros Animation’s Paris and Montreal studios, ‘Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero’ is slated to debut in theaters April 13, 2018.
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Marianne O’Reilly Appointed Cinesite Animation COO
Former Rainmaker president to manage Cinesite Animation service work as the studio continues to grow its roster of animated feature films.
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‘Emoji Movie’ Teaser Optimized for Mobile Devices
First teaser trailer for Sony Pictures Animation’s ‘The Emoji Movie’ optimized in vertical format to be viewed on the tiniest screens of all.
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Graphine’s Granite SDK 4.0 Now Available
Latest version boasts faster workflows for large development teams and a second streaming system to handle all texture content efficiently.
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Luxion Releases KeyShot 6.3
New release includes new import libraries and expanded support for the latest releases of Autodesk Alias, Inventor and Maya, Siemens NX and Solid Edge, and SOLIDWORKS.
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Blue Zoo Delivers Redshift-Rendered Christmas Short in Record Time
BAFTA-winning studio turns around festive animation in just four weeks using GPU-accelerated renderer Redshift.
Rodeo FX Brings Magic Touch to ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’
Montreal-based visual effects studio delivers 126 VFX shots for Harry Potter spinoff, including many featured creatures and their environments, the magical reconstruction of a destroyed room, and the elaborate MACUSA wizard headquarters.
Vanilla Seed In Production on ‘Sophie La Girafe’
New CGI-animated series based on the famous baby toy manufactured by Vulli set to premiere online in 2017.
youAR Unveils Secret Augmented Reality Tech Demo
Hidden away since 2014, Bent’s Dragon tech demo demonstrates that 3D animated characters can move freely while interacting with objects in real time.
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Spin VFX Welcomes Cesar Dacol Jr.
Multi-faceted creature/character designer and master sculptor joins Spin VFX as Supervisor of Creature and Concept Design.
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Disney Hits Industry-First $7 Billion at Global Box Office
Lucasfilm’s ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ makes $290 million global debut.
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WATCH: New Featurette Delves into the VFX of LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’
New video spotlights the water effects created for LAIKA head Travis Knight’s directorial debut shortlisted in this year's VFX Oscar race.
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Allegorithmic Releases Substance Designer 5.6
Digital material authoring software introduces new tools and filters for photogrammetric workflows.
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WATCH: New Featurette Delves Inside the World of Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Trollhunters’
New series from DreamWorks Animation Television arrives on Netflix on Friday, December 23.
Oscar Watch: 10 Contenders Remain in VFX Race
Academy’s Visual Effects Branch to view 10-minute excerpts from each of the shortlisted films at the VFX Bake-Off held Saturday, January 7, 2017.
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Cartoon Network Acquires TeamTO and Thuristar’s ‘My Knight and Me’
Medieval comedy series from French producer TeamTO and Belgian producer Thuristar premieres in the U.S. on Monday, January 2.
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Illumination Unwraps Live Holiday Concert for ‘Sing’
YouTube Space LA, Illumination Entertainment and Universal Pictures partner for ‘Sing Presents a Holiday Remix Live on YouTube’ concert; livestream begins at 5:00 PM PT/8:00 PM ET.
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