Creative Focus :: CG

Zoic Adds Derek Crosby as CG Supervisor for Games

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Culver City/Vancouver-based visual effects house Zoic Studios bolsters its Gaming Division with the addition of CG Supervisor Derek Crosby.

Squint/Opera Taps PipelineFX’s Qube!

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Render farm management software gives a speed boost to content creation firm’s architectural, branding, film, and large image projects.

Sony Pictures Imageworks Boosts Vancouver Facility

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Vancouver studio continues to build stable of talent with addition of Jason Dowdeswell as VP, Vancouver Production Operations, and Senior Animation Supervisor Steve Nichols.

Hasraf ‘HaZ’ Dulull Joins Glowfrog VFX

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Glowfrog's VFX department recruits VES award nominee Hasraf “Haz” Dulull as VFX Supervisor/Producer.

Laika Announces New Boxtrolls Feature

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Focus Features and Laika reunite for October 2014’s “The Boxtrolls,” based on Alan Snow’s bestseller “Here Be Monsters,” and starring the voices of Ben Kingsley, Toni Collette, Elle Fanning, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Jared Harris, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Richard Ayoade and Tracy Morgan.

Layoffs Coming to DreamWorks Animation?

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An unspecified reduction in staff is planned in the wake of an expected write-down on the November release "Rise of the Guardians."

Winter 2013 VFX Movie Preview

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Films, Visual Effects
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James Gartler takes us through key visual effects-driven films still waiting to hit theatres this winter.

Southpaw Launches TACTIC TEAM for Mac

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Southpaw develops an open-source version of its production asset management system, TACTIC TEAM, for the Mac.

Mr. Peabody & Sherman Gets New Release Date

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DreamWorks Animation announces the new release date for “Mr. Peabody & Sherman.”

Filmakademie’s Natalis Wins VES Award

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“Natalis,” created at the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg and directed by Daniel Brkovic and Jan-Marcel Kuehn, receives a VES Award for “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project.”

MPC Takes VES Honors for Life of Pi

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MPC took honors at this year’s VES Awards for its contribution to Ang Lee’s critically acclaimed “Life of Pi,” winning Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects-Driven Motion Picture, Outstanding FX and Simulation Animation in a Feature Motion Picture, and Outstanding Compositing in a Feature Motion Picture.

Life of Pi, Brave Lead 11th Annual VES Awards

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Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi” and Pixar’s "Brave" each take home four trophies at the 11th annual VES Awards.

Disney Launches Interactive World for Oz The Great and Powerful

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Take a journey down the Yellow Brick Road with the “Find Your Way to Oz” Chrome experiment, developed in collaboration with Disney and UNIT9 in anticipation of the upcoming film, “Oz The Great and Powerful.”

Ireland’s Brown Bag Taps Aspera for Global Pipeline

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Top global animation studio deploys Aspera Sync software to manage increasing big data requirements and enable a faster, more efficient global pipeline.

Rhythm & Hues Gets $20M Studio Infusion

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Visual effects company Rhythm & Hues takes an emergency $20 million capital infusion from Universal, Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros.

Disney Unleashes Extended Iron Man 3 Commercial

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Disney gave fans an extended look at “Iron Man 3” during Sunday’s Super Bowl game.

ITV and Pukeko Reinvent Thunderbirds

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ITV Studios and Pukeko Pictures to re-invent the classic “Thunderbirds” series.

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Lynx Laboratories Launches 3D Camera

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Startup company Lynx Laboratories launches the Lynx A Camera, the world's first point-and-shoot 3D camera.

MPC Creates Mayhem for Allstate

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In “Apple,” the first in a five-part campaign for Allstate, MPC casts the mischievous Mr. Mayhem at the center of the Garden of Eden’s iconic apple-eating scene.