Qube! Certified Administrator Training  

PipelineFX is proud to offer certification training on Qube! render farm management software. The Qube! Certified Administrator (QCA) certification validates the ability to install, configure, manage, and troubleshoot render farms used in digital media production. The curriculum is designed for technical support staff, render pipeline engineers, Qube! reseller implementation and pre-sales engineers, IT consultants implementing Qube! for render farms, R&D engineers, render wranglers and IT personnel charged with deploying and/or managing a render farm. Training includes extensive hands-on lab time.

* Course size is limited so make your reservations now. Contact your Qube! reseller or your PipelineFX territory manager today to reserve your seat.

* Commercial/Government – $1,600.00 per seat
* Full-time Education Faculty and Staff – $800.00 per seat

 

March 14 & 15, 2012 – Los Angeles CA USA
Location: RFX
748 Seward Street, Hollywood, CA 90038
Phone: (323) 962-7400
Dates: March 14 & 15 (Wed & Thurs)
Host Contact: Cliff Edson
Email: cliff@rfx.com

Buttonwood Art Space in Kansas City, Missouri is proud to present "Animation & Imagination"; an original one-of-a-kind collection of line art, cartoon cells, fine art in all media depicting images inspired by Walt Disney, his legacy and his influence on generations of artists. We seek artwork in all media that is original, colorful and reveals how you were influenced by Disney, but not material that might be trade marked or infringe on artistic copyrights owned by others.

The event will run June 1st through July 27, 2012 with a VIP and First Friday Reception on June 1st. All artwork submitted must be original, remain for the duration of the show and be for sale. Juried entries will be sold at commission level of 50% to artist/50% to Thank You Walt Disney organization. Buttonwood Art Space will forego any commission for this benefit. Application deadline is April 21, 2012. to apply, please upload images and information at www.ButtonwoodArtSpace.com

Featured artists include Tony Anselmo (the official voice of "Donald Duck"), Brent Iwan (the official voice of "Mickey Mouse"), and many other nationally known artists from studios such as Disney®, LucasFilm®, Marvel®, Pixar®, and more. Thank You Walt Disney, Inc. is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit corporation and is not affiliated with the Walt Disney Company. Donations of artworks are also accepted - please contact Kathy at the email below. Buttonwood Art Space is located at 3013 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64108. Contact Kathy@ButtonwoodArtSpace.com, www.ButtonwoodArtSpace.com or 816-285-9040 for more information.

Too Art for TV 6, a massive gallery show in New York for the Animation Industry, is currently accepting artist submissions.

 

Each year, Too Art highlights the personal fine art works of animation industry artists in an attempt to bridge gap between fine and applied art.

 

For more information, including submission guidelines, please visit:

 

http://bunnycutlet.com/submitTOO6.html

 

Feel free to contact us with any questions at:

Ebanks.email@gmail.com

Bunnycutlet@gmail.com

 

Thank you!

Do your scenes end up flat and repetitive? It could be your staging. Learn how to take a dull and boring scene and make it fresh and exciting with your character staging. This talk will push you to take your current work and show you how to create professional and exciting visual storytelling.

When:

Saturday February 04, 2012 11am PST

with Sergio Paez Cost: $5 Length: 60 minutes

 

Sign up today!

http://www.instantpresenter.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EA50D7888248

ICLES’ Motilal Jhunjhunwala College

Presents

Bhumika International Film Festival 2012

Gaining an ever escalating support and popularity every year, since 6 years, Bhumika Film Festival stands as an encouraging platform for the young creative media students to showcase their talent and gain guidance from the experts in the industry. An initiative by the Mass Media students of ICLES’ Motilal Jhunjhunwala College, Bhumika has been an electrifying success at the amateur level platform. With a participation of all BMM and non-BMM colleges, an audience count over 1400 every day and a long list of celebrities and industry experts, the scale and response together has made Bhumika the biggest ever amateur film festival in India

 

This is the 7th year of Bhumika International Film Festival. This is festival will last for three successive days. Awards will be given to the best three films in every catagory which are

1 ANIMATED FILMS

2 Short Films (Open Category)

3 Music Videos

4 Documentaries

5 One minute videos

6 Public Service Ads

7 Commercial Ads

 

visit our website

www.bhumika.tv

 

mail us at: info@bhumika.tv

Contact For submission.

Public Relation:

Saurish +91 9773548247

Zeeshan +91 9773248719

 

You can also submit your films by uploading or sending their upload links. Just fillup the form from www.bhumika.tv or send your quries

info@bhumika.tv

biff.pr@gmail.com

This month we are adding a special online story workshop: Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 3D! We will be teaming up with the makers to give you an opportunity to learn some important things about the platform and to ask question you have about the product and the benefits it gives to the artist.

 

Crash Course on Tooboom Storyboard Pro 3D!

When: Saturday January 28, 2012 11am PST

with Sergio Paez and Toon Boom Cost: FREE! Length: 60 minutes

Learn the latest tricks in digital storyboards using Toon Boom Storyboard pro 3D. We will have a guest presenter from Toon Boom to guide us through their latest awesome software version. It’s highly recommended to download the free trial version before attending to get familiar with what Toon Boom has to offer

 

Sign up today!

http://www.instantpresenter.com/AccountManager/RegEv.aspx?PIID=EA52DC89884C

SIGGRAPH Asia 2011 will be held from 12 to 15 December at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.

After successful runs in Singapore, Japan and South Korea, the Association of Computing Machinery (ACM) brings digital innovations from around the globe to Hong Kong, in Asia’s biggest gathering of artists, designers, researchers, scientists, manufacturers and developers.

Over four days, the computer graphics and interactive techniques communities in Hong Kong and the world over will have the opportunity to interact and discover the best innovations, ideas and inventions from top names in the digital arena.

These are brought to audiences through much-anticipated programs such as:

Art GalleryComputer Animation FestivalCoursesEmerging TechnologiesSymposium on AppsTechnical PapersTechnical Sketches and PostersTrade Exhibition

Tis the Season to Board On!

Get the Art of Storyboarding Online Classes for the low price of $80! That is $160 off the regular price! Also get the Storyboarding Toolbelt DVD for $20! Packed with over 70 minutes of demostrations and instruction! Or not sure you want all 8 storyboarding online classes? Pick n choose the sessions you want and save 50%!

 

Find out more here

From December 3-10, film fans flock to Leuven. For the 17th year straight, the International Short Film Festival Leuven offers a broad and very colorful selection of the best short film has to offer. Expect hundreds of new shorts, animation films, videos, documentaries and innovative cross-overs, selected out of thousands of international entries. The festival is a round-up of a great year in cinema, but also looks at the future. Besides being a platform for the short film medium, it also acts as a major talent hunt, where tomorrow’s filmmakers are able to present their first professional productions.

Festival Highlights

EUROPE IN SHORTS: Sundance, Clermont Ferrand, Regensburg, Hamburg, Locarno… our festival team travelled all over the world in search of the very best European short films. Once home, we go through over 2000 entries and select only forty, the cream of the crop of European shorts. The European competition shows films from over 17 countries.  In the non-competitive programmes dozens of new European shorts will be screened, in sections as "The Labo", "Short Films for Children", "Animation Nations" and "Finest Irish Shorts".MILESTONES IN SHORT FILM HISTORY: Milestones in Short Film History” is a collection of the most influential short films made throughout a century of cinematic history. It entails thirty movies produced between 1900 en 2000 that are typical of certain movements and evolutions in movie history or that introduced new techniques, procedures, styles, genres or directors. Together with the programma, the ISFFL presents a publication with the same title (Dutch-English) in witch all films are discussed.SHORT FILM COMPETITION:The ISFFL organises a Flemish and European Short Film Competition in which audience awards and jury awards are being granted. Besides the ISFFL awards the Flanders Audiovisual Fund grants 5 “Wildcards” for new Flemish film talent. The value of the prizes reaches almost 300.000 euro. The winners are announced at the award ceremony, on the last day of the festival, December 10thINDUSTRY ACTIVITIES: Each year, the International Short Film Festival welcomes countless young filmmakers and film professionals from all over the world. This edition boasts quite a few professional activities this year: an info session about Crowdfunding (organised by MEDIA Desk Flanders and SACD), a 2-day seminar about the Short Film in Flanders, a lecture by the Danish-American short film professor Richard Raskin “Story Design in Short fiction Film” and many more.

Come and learn about our BFA, Certificate and Extension Programs at our Winter Open House on December 3rd and 4th. You will have time to take a self-guided tour of the facilities, view demos, chat with the staff and more... Learn about our financial aid, work study programs and scholarships. Refreshments will be served.
Michael Siegel - Portrait Painting Demo Join Michael Siegel on December 3rd from 12pm to 3pm as he demonstrates on how to create a self-portrait. Learn more and reserve your seat for this event.
James Galindo - Figure Drawing Demo Join James Galindo on December 4th from 1pm to 4pm as he demonstrates on how to execute a long-pose figure drawing. Learn more and reserve your seat for this event