Visual Effects

Mirada Teams with Cornelia Funke for MirrorWorld App

Posted In | News Categories: Books, Business, CG, Games, Internet and Interactive | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Books, Business, CG, Games, Internet and Interactive, Mobile and Wireless
New York Times bestselling author Cornelia Funke teams with Mirada Studios to create groundbreaking literary iPad App for MirrorWorld book series.

Chris Wedge and Bill Joyce Talk Epic

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Site Categories: 3D, Books, CG, Films, People, Writing
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After 15 years and innumerable iterations, their “epic” collaborative vision hits the theatre.

New Adrenolade Ad Released for DreamWorks Animation's Turbo

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, CG, Commercials, Films | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Cartoons, CG, Commercials, Films
Just in time for this weekend’s Indy 500 race, 20th Century Fox releases an ad for an energy drink endorsed by Guy Gagne (voiced by Bill Hader), the famous race car driver in DreamWorks Animation’s forthcoming Turbo.

Fuel Delivers VFX for Iron Man 3

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Australia | Site Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects
Fuel VFX contributes design-driven visual effects work for two sequences in the Marvel blockbuster Iron Man 3.

Method Studios Appoints Chris Webb as Chicago EP

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Visual effects house Method Studios announces the appointment of Chris Webb as Executive Producer of Method Chicago.

MEWShop Announces All-Star Lineup

Posted In | News Categories: Events, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Events, People, Places, Visual Effects
The Manhattan Edit Workshop announces an all-star lineup for the “Inside The Cutting Room: Sight, Sound and Story” event on June 8th, including LOOK Effects' Jeff Wozniak.

Süperfad NY Execs Join Gravity

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Commercials, Films, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Commercials, Films, People, Visual Effects
Visual effects, design and content company Gravity announces the formation of a new division, SCOUT, with the hire of three former Süperfad NY execs.

Trunk Animation Helps Land Rover USA Say ‘Thanks’

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Internet and Interactive, Short Films, Stop-Motion | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Internet and Interactive, Short Films, Stop-Motion
Trunk Animation’s Alasdair + Jock help Land Rover USA to make a 'thank you’ film, celebrating their 1 million fans on Facebook.

RE:Vision Effects releases RE:Match for Nuke and Fusion

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RE:Vision Effects releases RE:Match for Nuke and Fusion, with automatic color matching for multicam and stereo shoots

Digital Domain Creates CG World for Destiny Game Trailer

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Games, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Games, Visual Effects
Digital Domain helps create the trailer for Activision and Bungie’s highly anticipated videogame, Destiny, in a 60-second spot directed by Jon Favreau and starring Breaking Bad’s Giancarlo Esposito.

Equestria Girls Ride to the Big Screen

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Films | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Films
Hasbro officially announces the expansion of the My Little Pony brand with new property “Equestria Girls,” which recasts “My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic” characters as human high-school students.

John Knoll Named ILM Chief Creative Officer

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Films, People, Places, Visual Effects
Lucasfilm announces the promotion of John Knoll to Chief Creative Officer of Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), serving alongside ILM President, Lynwen Brennan.

thenewBlank Creates Brand IDs for Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance

Posted In | News Categories: Broadcast Design, Commercials, Television, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Broadcast Design, Commercials, Television, Visual Effects
thenewBlank creates a dynamic branding campaign for the tenth anniversary season of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.”

Rampant Launches New Libraries

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

Pacific Rim Featurette Released

Posted In | News Categories: Films, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Films, People, Visual Effects
Warner Bros. releases a new Pacific Rim featurette onto the web, alongside an action-packed television ad.

Geomerics Brings Next-Gen Lighting to Xbox One

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Games, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: CG, Games, Technology, Visual Effects
Geomeric’s Enlighten, real-time global illumination software, is now available for developers of Xbox One titles.

Evolution to License RGH Properties

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Evolution is developing licensing programs for RGH properties, “Monster In My Pocket” and “Life and Adventures of Santa Claus,” which will be unveiled at the 2013 Licensing Expo.

ArsenalFX Amplifies One-Of-a-Kind Abs

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Commercials, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Commercials, People, Visual Effects
ArsenalFX creates a new commercial featuring Josh Button for Diet Dr Pepper.

Allegorithmic’s Substance Engine Now Available for Xbox One

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

Autodesk Announces Smoke 2013 Extension 1

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