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King And Country Help Honda Fly High

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Production company King and Country works with ad agency RPA to direct and produce a new campaign for the 2013 Honda Civic.

Thinkbox Releases Krakatoa MY

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Thinkbox Software announces the release of Krakatoa MY, the high-volume particle renderer for the Autodesk Maya 3D software running on Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.

Disney Releases New Oz Clip

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Disney releases a new clip for its upcoming feature, “Oz The Great and Powerful.”

Reel FX Taps Shane Acker for Beasts Feature

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Reel FX announces that Shane Acker will direct their upcoming untitled CG-animated feature based on the comic series “Beasts of Burden.”

Rainmaker Announces New CG Feature

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Rainmaker’s newest CG-animated feature film follows on the heels of company’s release of the box office hit, “Escape from Planet Earth,” with the Weinstein Co.

Modus Operandi Animates 2013 Sprite Slam Dunk

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Modus Operandi creates animated slam dunks & more for the 2013 Sprite Slam Dunk charity event.

East Side Games Launches Dragon Up

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Games, Mobile and Wireless | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Games, Mobile and Wireless
Artist-led East Side Games launches a new version of Dragon UP, the mobile game that's all about hatching and raising dragons in a variety of flavors, and sending them on quests to find gold and treasure.

Luxion Releases KeyShot 4

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Technology developer Luxion announces KeyShot 4, the next generation of the company’s groundbreaking rendering and animation solution.

Prana Studios Taps PipelineFX’s Qube!

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Asia | Site Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects
One of Mumbai’s largest animation studios orders 2,000 licenses for its short and feature film work.

Autodesk Launches Gwen & Dave Animation Competition

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Autodesk kicks off its “Gwen & Dave” animated vacation getaway contest with prizes including a license of the Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate, a Lenovo ThinkPad W530 Mobile Workstation, a license of Autodesk Mudbox, and an NVIDIA Quadro card.

Analog Creates New IDs for Box TV’s SmashHits

Posted In | News Categories: Broadcast Design, CG, Motion Graphics, Television, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Broadcast Design, CG, Motion Graphics, Television, Visual Effects
Creative studio Analog creates three new IDs for the SmashHits cable channel on the UK’s Box TV.

Alex Gorodetzki Joins LOGAN

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Creative studio/production company LOGAN hires Alex Gorodetzki as Director of Business Development.

Paperman Progression Video Now Online

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, CG, People, Short Films, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: 2D, Cartoons, CG, People, Short Films, Technology
Watch a progression reel displaying the process of creating one of the key shots in Disney’s short film, “Paperman,” directed by John Kahrs.

Pixar Releases Blue Umbrella Berlin Poster Art

Posted In | News Categories: Art, CG, Events, Places, Short Films | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Art, CG, Events, Places, Short Films
Following its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, Pixar releases poster art from the festival for its newest animated short, The Blue Umbrella.

Zoic Adds EP Cally Morton

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Zoic Studios announces the addition of Executive Producer Cally Morton.

Rodeo FX Boosts Pipeline with Arnold Rendering System

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Rodeo FX Boosts its pipeline with the integration of Solid Angle's Arnold Core and Arnold for Softimage rendering system.

HIT and NCircle Team for Mike the Knight DVD Deal

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, CG, Home Entertainment, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Cartoons, CG, Home Entertainment, Television
HIT Entertainment and NCircle team up to release “Mike the Knight” on DVD.

Studiocanal on Board for French Riviera

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, CG, Films, People, Places | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: 2D, Business, Cartoons, CG, Films, People, Places
European film and TV company Studiocanal teams up with French animation studio Les Armateurs to develop and produce the animated feature “French Riviera.”

Jockstrap Raiders Short Now Online

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The award-winning CG-animated short film by UCLA MFA student Mark Nelson is now available in its entirety for viewing online.

Brooks on Board for Finding Nemo 2

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Albert Brooks signs a deal to reprise his role as Marlin in the sequel to Pixar’s “Finding Nemo.”