Technology

Red Giant Ships PluralEyes 3.1

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PluralEyes 3.1 adds timeline sync and native MFX support for Avid Media Composer for Mac.

Vicon Releases Blade 2 Motion Capture Software

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Vicon announces the official release of Blade 2 motion capture processing software.

Rhythm & Hues Taps NVIDIA Technology for Life of Pi

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Global visual effects giant Rhythm & Hues, which recently completed the lion’s share of visual effects shots on the acclaimed new film, “Life of Pi,” leverages NVIDIA GPUs to maximize throughput and accelerate creative workflows.

House of Moves Teams with Activision for Call of Duty: Black Ops II

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Motion capture and animation service company House of Moves teams with Treyarch and Activision Publishing to provide full performance capture for cinematics featured in “Call of Duty: Black Ops II.”

Assimilate Ships Scratch V7 for Creative DI Workflows

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Assimilate announces the immediate availability of the world’s first truly integrated tool for digital workflows, from advanced dailies to creative DI.

HP Helps Power Rise of the Guardians

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HP and DreamWorks Animation mark the latest chapter in their ongoing collaboration by working together to create an epic adventure for worldwide audiences with the breakthrough animation of the studio’s upcoming 3D movie, “Rise of the Guardians.”

Digimania Releases German-Language Muvizu Update

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Glasgow-based 3D animation application Muvizu is released with a German-language version of the user interface, plus some great new content.

Autodesk Reports Third Quarter Results

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Autodesk reports financial results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2013.

CVMP to Explore Advances in Post Production

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This December the 9th annual CVMP Conference returns to London.

Academy’s Tech Council Adds 8 New Members

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Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences welcomes eight new members, bringing the Council's 2012–2013 membership roster to 25.

The Foundry’s KATANA Takes Off

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KATANA, the look development and lighting tool from The Foundry, is being adopted by a growing number of studios of all sizes around the globe

Kideo, Saban Unveil 3D Power Rangers Experience

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Kideo has partnered with Saban Brands to create the first-ever collection of personalized “Power Rangers Samurai” DVDs and digital video shorts.

Poisonberry Pete Wins G-Tech Award

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G-Technology announces the winner of its Driven Creativity US 2012 Competition at a gala reception in New York City.

Matt Welker Joins Shotgun Software

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Matt Welker joins pipeline tools developer for the visual effects, animation and video game industry as head of client care.

CO3 Collaborates with EFILM on Post Pipeline for Skyfall

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Company 3 and EFILM join forces to provide Sony’s Skyfall, with post production services from dailies through to digital intermediate.

MEWshop to Host The Art of VFX

Ross Shain of Imagineer Systems and Jeff Krebs of eyeon Software to give presentations and demos of mocha Pro and eyeon Fusion.

Sony Colorworks Grades The Man With the Iron Fists

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Sony Colorworks provides color grading services for Universal Pictures’ “The Man With the Iron Fists.”

Disney Promotes Jamie Voris to CTO

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Jamie Voris is promoted to Chief Technology Officer for The Walt Disney Studios.

Faceware Signs New Asian Resellers

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Faceware Technologies signs two reseller agreements to aggressively target Japan and China with its facial motion capture technology.

HUSH Welcomes Eric Alba

Following his work as lead producer on HUSH’s lauded “Camp Victory” project for Nike, the design agency is bringing Eric Alba on full time as its lead technical producer.