Discreet invites the public to its Data Overdrive and Open House events that will showcase Discreet

NY:MIEG (New York: Media Information Exchange Group) is a group of media (and related) professionals who meet monthly on an informal basis in Midtown Manhattan. Our next meeting: Thurs. Dec. 14th when our special Holiday guest will be: FRED SEIBERT President & Executive Producer Frederator Studios - Developed the MTV brand in 1981 as founding Creative Director at MTV - Co-Founder Fred/Alan Productions and rebranded Nickelodeon and oversaw the launch of VH-1 - President of Hanna/Barbera under Turner Broadcasting System - Founded Frederator Pictures, Frederator Studios & Channel Frederator "Since 1992 I've been in the cartoon business," says Seibert. "That's the year I became president of Hanna-Barbera. When I started out I didn't know much about cartoons, but I had one simple idea: If you want great cartoons, make them the way the greatest cartoons of all time were made. I wanted to create short, seven minute, funny cartoons with vivid characters and hilarious stories and gags the way the great cartoonists of the 30s and 40s did it." As a result, Frederator Studios showcases new and independent animators, but now, it's all accessible online. A weekly downloadable anthology of short cartoons, Channel Frederator has jumped into video podcasting in a big way.

Friedman 3D will be starting its new semester July 5th, 2005. Instruction will be provided in Alias Maya from 8:00am to 2:40pm Monday through Friday. There will also be an Adobe AfterEffects class that will run from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The cost for classes is $75 and $25 respectively, plus a $25 registration fee. The Alias Maya course will be delivered in two sections by Mr. Vincent Delay, a Maya artist and formerly a CG Supervisor at The Engine Room. Section One will be introductory and will run in the mornings from 8:00am until 11:00am. Section Two will be an intermediate course and will run from 12:00pm to 3:00pm. The class will start Tuesday, July 5th, 2005 and will run until Friday, December 16th, 2005. $75 + $25 reg. fee. Adobe After Effects instruction will be taught by Ms. Nancy LeMay, who has worked as a titles and graphics artist for NBC and a host of other companies. The class will start Tuesday, July 5th, 2005 and will run until Thursday, December 15th, 2005. $25 + $25 reg. fee. Friedman 3D is located at 570 W. Avenue 26, Suite 425, Los Angeles, CA 90065 and is a non-profit, collaborative venture between Studio Arts and LAUSD's Venice Skills Center. Friedman 3D offers low-cost, high-end training in computer animation, visual effects and other graphics classes to provide artists an affordable alternative to expensive CG learning. For more information about Friedman 3D, please email f3d@studioarts.tv or call Eric Huelsman at (323) 227-4776.

SAN FRANCISCO SIGGRAPH & RHYTHM & HUES
PROUDLY PRESENT

From Cutting Edge To Cookie Cutter

WHEN: Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

The visual effects industry has evolved dramatically over the last decade. The growing technological possibilities form a constantly accelerating cycle with bigger expectations from directors, studios and audiences, leading to increasing challenges for the creators of 3D visual effects. The cutting edge technology of yesterday is the cookie cutter tool of today.

By using examples from a large variety of Rhythm and Hues projects, we explore the roles of research & development, international expansion and competition & cooperation to see what is involved in bringing the visions and expectations of movie makers and audiences come to life.

Primary projects to be discussed include:
-The Golden Compass
-Kingdom
-Alvin and the Chipmunks

Speakers:
WILL TELFORD
Digital Effects Supervisor

HANS RIJPKEMA
Production Technology Lead

Recruiting: As an extra bonus you will also have the opportunity to talk with Rhythm & Hues regarding portfolio submissions and open positions.

Please register via Acteva:
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?binid=1&bevaID=152090

WHERE: Academy of Art University
Morgan Auditorium, Post & Mason
491 Post Street
San Francisco, CA. 94102
1.800.544.ARTS (2787)

GRAPHITE 2007
1-4 December 2007
Perth, Western Australia
http://www.anzgraph.org/graphite2007

Sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH, GRAPHITE 2007 is the 5th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and Southeast Asia, an annual event conducted in the Australasia-South East Asia region.

GRAPHITE 2007 will provide a unique atmosphere for researchers, technologists, artists, industry professionals, educators and students to mingle while taking in the latest technical and artistic accomplishments from around the globe.

Subscribe to the mailing list to stay up to date with GRAPHITE 2007. http://lists.siggraph.org/mailman/listinfo/graphite2007

IMAGINA is the foremost digital content creation festival in Europe.

The next edition, to be held in Monaco from Wednesday 1st to Friday 3rd February 2006, will be dynamic, with even greater impact, and will focus on meetings between professionals and on business.
Fully aware of the needs of the industry, the organisers of IMAGINA have decided to develop a new event concept. By selecting and inviting 150 of the most important decision-makers from the top European production and post-production studios, they are making sure of a substantial return on investment for participants.
A number of demo structures and meeting venues will be set up at the Grimaldi Forum, encouraging exchanges of information and fostering concrete and lasting relationships:

IMAGINA 2007

eyeon Software USA will be holding the first event in a series of Digital Fusion user group meetings. This inaugural event will be hosted by Digital Dimension, 4100 W. Burbank Blvd., 2nd Floor, beginning at 7:00 pm. The evening will be hosted by Rony Soussan from eyeon USA. A compositing artist from Digital Dimension will show off their recent visual effects work on the film SCOOBY-DOO 2. Other topics will include: flow management; techniques for keeping a complex flow organized; efficiency techniques; maximizing memory; how to use live preview; caching to disk; snapshot your display; and make a specific notes node. An open discussion will also be held for anyone with specific questions or comments. Food and beverages will be provided. If you would like to attend please RSVP to rony@eyeonline.com with the number of guests attending. Seating is limited so please make sure to respond ASAP. For more information, visit www.eyeonline.com or call (310) 571-1571.

The Filmmaker International Film Festival is a global forum to network, discover future trends and achieve commercial success on a worldwide level. Over the 3 day market and 7 day festival of film in the South East of England here in the U.K. from June 20-27, 2008.

Film makers in competition for the prestigious film award, you can do business with filmmakers and their representatives from around the globe.

This one-stop media community is unlike any other Festival and gives you the chance to network with other like-minded creative film makers.
www.filmakerfestival.com
enter your work now through www.withoutabox.com or through the website www.filmakerfestival.com

The Jordan Short Film Festival is an international festival and competition with prizes up to 2000 Euros. The festival welcomes short animations, experimental, fiction, and non-fiction. There are no submission fees. DVD is the preview and projection formats.