Visual Effects

Cartoon Network Premieres LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, CG, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Cartoons, CG, Television
The Jedi master returns in “LEGO Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles.” A 30-minute special premieres Wednesday, May 29, at 8:00 p.m. (ET, PT), with two additional specials to air in 2013.

HP, Adobe Team to Boost Workflows

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects
HP partners with Adobe to offer workstation solutions designed to maximize performance using Adobe's newly announced Creative Cloud.

SCREENWRITER’S MUST-READ BOOK LIST

Posted In | Blog Categories: Writing Tech | Site Categories: Books, Business, Cartoons, CG, Education and Training, Films, Television, Writing
You don’t need to go to film school and pay thousands of dollars for screenwriting classes. All you need to do is some reading. Let me tell you which books I found to be the most helpful...

DreamWorks Animation Planning Croods TV Spinoff

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Films, People, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Films, People, Television
A TV show starring “the first modern family” is reportedly in the works.

Visual Effects Pioneer Ray Harryhausen Dies at 92

Posted In | News Categories: In Passing, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: In Passing, People, Visual Effects
Stop-motion legend developed many of the techniques that have become today's industry standards.

Phosphene Adds Trio of Industry Vets

Posted In | News Categories: Business, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, People, Visual Effects
Phosphene adds Vance Miller, Eddie Porter, and Scott Winston to its core creative team.

Zoic Adds Paulus Bannink to Games

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Games, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Games, People, Visual Effects
Paulus Bannink joins Zoic’s game division as Creative & Technical Director.

Ntropic Taps Autodesk for Marco Brambilla’s Creation

Posted In | News Categories: Art, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Art, People, Visual Effects
Ntropic utilizes Autdoesk’s Flame and Maya to create extraordinary visual effects for the newest stereoscopic 3D video installation, “Creation,” from artist Marco Brambilla.

shade VFX Expands to New Location

Posted In | News Categories: Business, People, Places, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, People, Places, Visual Effects
shade VFX announces its expansion to Bergamot Station in Santa Monica and the appointment of Lisa Maher as Business Development Executive.

Framestore Creates VFX for Iron Man 3

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe, North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects
In just eight weeks, Framestore deliveres 113 shots for Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” including helping to set the look for one of the movie’s key effects – Extremis.

Adobe Accelerates Shift to The Cloud

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Events, Motion Graphics, Places, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Events, Motion Graphics, Places, Technology
New product innovation to be delivered exclusively through Adobe Creative Cloud.

Building a Better Iron Man 3

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects
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Iron Man 3 may be more angst-ridden, but there were a lot more suits to be battle-tested.

Chris Landreth Talks Subconscious Password

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Site Categories: 3D, CG, People, Short Films
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The Oscar®-winning director’s new film is thought-provoking, intense and dare I say, hilarious.

Is Previs Finally Getting its Due?

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A stellar Motion Picture Academy VFX Convergence program shines a welcome spotlight on the world of previsualization.

Spring 2013 Animation and VFX Film Preview

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Films, People, Visual Effects
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James Gartler walks us through 11 visually tantalizing films hitting the box office this Spring.

Cinesite Delivers 100 VFX Shots for Iron Man 3

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects
VFX house Cinesite completes over 100 shots for the Marvel Studio’s production “Iron Man 3.”

The Nation Creates Captivating Campaign for Innovid

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Commercials, Internet and Interactive | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Commercials, Internet and Interactive
The Nation teams up with Innovid to create the captivating campaign, “Brands in Wonderland.”

Tim Dillon joins MPC New York

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Producer Tim Dillon joins MPC New York from Nexus Interactive Arts.

Iron Man 3 Crosses $300M Overseas

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Disney and Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” earns a record-breaking $21.5 million in China on Wednesday, topping Marvel’s “The Avengers” as the highest opening day in the country’s box office history.

Academy Honors Matte Painting and Digital Environments

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The Academy hosts the final event in its three-week VFX Convergence craft series, “From Matte Paintings to Full Environments and Set Extensions,” moderated by visual effects branch governor Craig Barron and visual effects branch member Theresa Rygiel.