Technology

IBM Creates World’s Smallest Film

Posted In | News Categories: Short Films, Stop-Motion, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Short Films, Stop-Motion, Technology
Director Nico Casavecchia, 1stAveMachine, Ogilvy and the big brains at IBM Research create the world’s smallest stop-motion film, “A Boy and His Atom.”

Wacom Launches Cintiq 22HD Touch

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Wacom launches the Cintiq 22HD touch, a new addition to its expanding interactive pen display portfolio, which combines multi-touch with Wacom’s renowned pen technology.

e-on Software Ships Vue 11.5

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Motion Graphics, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Motion Graphics, Technology, Visual Effects
e-on announces the availability of Vue 11.5 xStream and Infinite.

Rogue State Taps LightWave 11.5 for Dracano

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Films, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Films, Technology, Visual Effects
Rogue State turns to LightWave 11.5 3D software to conquer CG dragons and 220 visual effects shots for “Dracano.”

Thinkbox Software Releases Stoke MX

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects
Thinkbox software releases Stoke MX particle reflow tool for Autodesk 3ds Max.

CINEMA 4D Boosts GFX for Oblivion

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Films, Motion Graphics, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Films, Motion Graphics, Technology, Visual Effects
An award-winning team of motion graphics designers and animators leverage MAXON’s CINEMA 4D software application to visualize and design the complex in-camera and on-screen motion-graphics sequences in Universal Pictures’ “Oblivion.”

Digital Juice Launches Simplexity 4

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Motion Graphics, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Motion Graphics, Technology
Digital Juice launches Simplexity Collection 4, a new line of downloadable projects and templates for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut Pro/Apple Motion and Sony Vegas Pro.

Academy to Host Matte Painting Panel

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Events, Films, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects
As the final night of its VFX Convergence craft series, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences presents a panel discussion on how matte paintings and set extensions allow films to be enriched by creating entire worlds never built or seen before.

FMX Conference Wraps Up with Over 3,200 Attendees

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: fmx | Site Categories: CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects
Europe's most influential conference on digital entertainment concludes with more than 3,200 professionals, students and journalists in attendance.

Qube! Rewires Render Pipeline at Scandinavia’s Biggest Animation Studio

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Commercials, Films, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Commercials, Films, Technology
PipelineFX’s Qube! helps to rewire Qvisten Animation’s render pipeline for increased efficiency while working on film and commercial projects.

KO Announces Support for 2D Painting Application Krita

Posted In | News Categories: Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: 2D, Technology, Visual Effects
Technology developer KO GmbH announces support services for professional paint application Krita.

Mirada Studios Delves into Cornelia Funke’s MirrorWorld

Mirada Studios gives bestselling author Cornelia Funke’s dark, lush worlds a new dimension with an interactive app.

Red Giant Releases Spy vs. Guy

Posted In | News Categories: Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects
From the folks who brought you “Plot Device” comes Red Giant's latest short film showcasing the company’s latest software.

SIGGRAPH Previews 2013 Technical Papers

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Technical papers are previewed for the SIGGRAPH 2013 Technical Papers program, the premier international forum for disseminating new scholarly work in computer graphics and interactive techniques.

Production Pipeline Expo Moves to Raleigh Studios

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The venue for the first annual Production Pipeline Expo, which takes place May 3-4, 2013, is changed to Raleigh Studios in Hollywood.

Edit 1 Unveils InMoCa Motion Capture Technology

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New York-based pre-visualization boutique Edit 1 unveils state-of-the-art “inertial” motion capture, InMoCa.

SquareZero Creates Dancing Queens for ABBA Museum

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Internet and Interactive, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: CG, Internet and Interactive, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects
British digital motion graphics company SquareZero updates its holographic representations of Bjorn, Agnetha, Benny and Frida for the ABBA museum, set to open in Stockholm in May.

Iron Man 3 Comes to FMX 2013

FMX 2013 to include talks on “Iron Man 3,” “Oblivion,” “Despicable Me 2” and “Assassin's Creed 3” in addition to the “Virtual Production” and “Virtual Humans Forum” track highlights.

Chaos Group Spotlights ILM Production Pipeline at FMX 2013

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Chaos Group announces that they will demonstrate V-Ray, spotlight ILM’s production pipeline, and host a day of presentations and tutorials for 3D artists in training at FMX 2013.

Iron Man 3 to See 4DX Release in Japan

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Asia | Site Categories: Business, Films, Technology, Visual Effects
The film will be shown with "fourth dimension" effects, including tilting seats, blowing wind and fog and odor effects, via technology that is expected to come to the U.S. later this year.