Ten-year-old award-winning artist and film critic Perry Chen has a very unique task. He will be using his talents to help other children learn the importance of the Holocaust.

Digital-Tutors, an award-winning provider of video-based training and strategic partners with Autodesk, MAXON and other world-renowned organizations in the media and entertainment industry, today announced the release of two comprehensive courses Automotive Modeling in Cinema 4D and 12 Principles of Animation in Maya, as well as four new 3D and visual effects lessons in the ground-breaking Visual Guide series.

Access the largest online computer graphics library from the palm of your hand with Digital-Tutors Mobile Access, a portable education application that provides over 1,000 tutorials for creating feature films, video games, visual effects and emerging media.

Digital-Tutors online training library today expands and evolves with 10,000 interactive lessons and the release of 18 in-depth courses for emerging digital artists utilizing media and entertainment software.

GOBELINS, School of Visual Communication and CITIA, City of Moving Images are launching the only character animation course of its kind in France.

Digital-Tutors, a leader in solution-based training for media and entertainment software, today continues to add to their award-winning online learning library with three highly-requested titles that aid in the creation of movies, video games and design including 'Modeling for Product Visualization in Cinema 4D,' 'Introduction to 3D in Nuke' and 'mental ray Rendering Workflows in Softimage: Global Illumination.'

Leading film visual effects company Cinesite has launched its Inspire Program, an annual internship for graduates.

Recently, indie animator Bill Plympton took time off from his latest production IDIOTS AND ANGELS to speak to students of Earthlight Pictures' Teletraining program.

The team behind THE TWILIGHT SAGA, Summit Entertainment, is developing an action-oriented take on Dracula called VLAD, HEAT VISION reports.

The Art Institute of Vancouver will present ARTimation Media Arts Festival on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009.

Prime Focus Software, the R&D arm of Prime Focus VFX, is actively recruiting visual effects facilities to participate in the Beta Testing program for Deadline 4.0.

Today Allan McKay announces a new 3D Studio Max Training Series Creature FX, aimed for FX animators and Technical Directors involved in Feature Film Visual FX, Game Development & TV Post Production to expand their knowledge of CGI, especially in the area of visual effects.

The initial VES Production Summit on Saturday at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Marina del Rey, offered plenty of discussion about the changing nature of the industry.

Having finished the successful Previs Committee, which spawned the new Previsualization Society, the ASC, ADG, VES and Previsualization Society will now embark on a new committee devoted to virtual production: an industry-wide working body that will explore how live-on-stage computer graphics will change future movie production.

SMPTE is making 3-D a main focus at its annual conference on Oct. 27-29 at the Hollywood Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood, Calif.

Digital-Tutors, an award-winning provider of video-based training for emerging digital artists in the film, television and game industries, today released Version 1.1 of their online leaning library and educational platform.

Recognized as one of the most innovative video-based training solutions in the computer graphics industry, Digital-Tutors, the first training provider for Lightmap Ltd, today proudly introduced 'Getting Started with HDR Light Studio,' the first title in a new series of training for the software independent package HDR Light Studio, as well as four self-paced courses including 'Creating Next-Gen Game Assets in Softimage,' 'Characterizing Skeletons in MotionBuilder,' 'Multi-channel Compositing in Nuke' and 'Compositing 3D Renders in Fusion.'

This fall, The New School, including Parsons The New School for Design, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, presents a wide range of programs in the fields of art and design.

The Previsualization Society, a non-profit, interdisciplinary organization dedicated to the advancement of previsualization (“previs”), was officially announced today.

Full Sail University is now offering a 21-month online Computer Animation Bachelor of Science’s Program.