The Foundry, a leading developer of visual effects software whose products have been used to make globally acclaimed movies such as Avatar and Robin Hood, is pleased to announce that a number of specialist VFX educational centres in Singapore and across Asia are investing heavily in its powerful compositing tools Nuke and NukeX.

FX School is proud to present their largest offering in high-end visual effects training in collaboration with fxphd, world leaders in vfx training.

Summer is here and it's time for emerging digital artists everywhere to take advantage of Digital-Tutors online training library now providing over 11,000 video-based lessons with the addition of 21 new interactive courses for Maya, 3ds Max, Softimage, Composite, Illustrator, After Effects, Photoshop, Nuke, Cinema 4D plus 12 videos for the growing Visual Guide series.

The Gnomon Workshop, the industry leader in professional training for artists in the entertainment and design field, announced a new 3D rendering training DVD taught by VFX artist Alessandro Cangelosi.

Thirteen students from 10 U.S. colleges and universities have been named winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 37th Annual Student Academy Awards competition.

Florida-based Full Sail University, thanks to a core program revolving around Autodesk software, offers a real world education in computer animation and gaming.

Eighteen children between six and twelve of Spanish and Jordan origin collaborated on an animated short film with the partnership of PDA (Pequenos Dibujos Animados-Small Cartoons) and the Cervantes Institute.

The Bilbao Chamber of Commerce and DigiPen Institute of Technology (USA) today launched DigiPen Institute of Technology Europe - Bilbao, a school dedicated to growing innovation in the video game and animation industries.

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), has unveiled eight industry-oriented software suites to help students learn core design and engineering skills. The suites contain the full range of Autodesk 2D and 3D design software tools used by professionals worldwide.

Digital-Tutors, leader and innovator of the largest online computer graphics training library, today revealed a new floating system for all group accounts including schools, studios, government agencies and other organizations.

The Previsualization Society today announced "Previs 2010," the organization's inaugural event in Los Angeles scheduled for May 8. The one-day gathering will bring together a wide spectrum of professionals who use and interact with previs for an exploration of current previs approaches, workflows and new work.

The 3D live action/cg integration short Slightly Fishy made by students from Auckland's Media Design School has been selected for screening at both the London and Melbourne International Animation Festivals.

ACM SIGGRAPH announces the launch of the Learning Challenge at SIGGRAPH 2010 – an open competition sponsored by Disney Research with the goal of finding new and creative ways to use technology to make learning fun for children.

Over the last many years, the role and impact of interactive and real-time graphics have grown substantially to affect SIGGRAPH attendees from film production to academia.

GOBELINS is organizing for the fifth time an international summer school to enable students and professionals from around the world to gain a better understanding of what makes for successful character animation.

Digital-Tutors, an Autodesk Authorized Publisher and provider of the largest online computer graphics training library, today announced 'Introduction to Maya 2011' - the first solution-based course for emerging digital artists using Autodesk Maya 2011, the latest version of the modeling, animation, rendering and compositing software created by Autodesk, a world leader in 2D and 3D, engineering and entertainment software.

Donna Cardellino announced the launch of a new educational and entertaining website for children, http://www.misterrooster.com/.

miVFX launches its latest training video in the extensive Nuke collection, Nuke Tracking. Learn how to perform several key tasks involved with 2D and 3d Matchmoving without ever leaving the Nuke application.

This week, The Gnomon Workshop announces the release of a new creature design DVD by concept artist Neville Page.

The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art - MoCCA is proud to announce two new offerings from its Education Department.