Red Giant Software’s Trapcode commissions “Exodus,” an animated short film by director/designer Magnus Östergren of Stockholm-based production studio Potemkin.

The Academy honors Imagineer Systems with the Scientific and Technical Award for mocha and its Planar Tracking technology.

Actors Chris Pine and Zoe Saldana are to host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, February 9, at The Beverly Hills Hotel.

Crater Software announces the release of CTP 4.0, the cartoon animation software for Windows.

German electro pop pioneers tap the dynamic interactive and 3D features of Dataton Watchout multi-image and presentation software for on-stage digital scenography.

HP announces two new additions to its workstation class products, including an update to HP Performance Advisor and the all new HP ZR2330w Performance Display.

Colorflow opens a state-of-the-art next generation post facility in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Visual effects supervisor and director of photography Bill Taylor to receive the John A. Bonner Medal of Commendation by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Media & Entertainment luminaries to showcase pioneering work at NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference.

The development team behind “FarmVille 2” talks about how it built a 3D pipeline with Autodesk 3ds Max and the Flare3D plug-in for Flash.

Toon Boom Animation and online kids portal Toon Goggles announce the launch of the Android version of the popular Boom Goggles app.

Registration opens for the 2013 HPA Tech Retreat, where thought leaders gather to present and demonstrate new technologies.

Pixar unveils footage for its newest short film, “The Blue Umbrella,” set to hit theaters in June, ahead of CG animated feature “Monsters University.”

The Visual Effects Society to honor Academy Award winning filmmaker Ang Lee with the VES Visionary Award at the 11th Annual VES Awards on Tuesday, February 5, 2013.

Nine scientific and technical achievements to be honored with Academy Awards.

Education provider starts new company called Escape Technology, which will provide the media sector with a dedicated reseller that offers consultancy, sales and support of leading IT technologies.

Animation and software developer Digital Sorcery releases 3D character animation tool TouchAnimator for Android.

Pixologic releases ZBrush 4R5, which includes usability upgrades such as Dynamic Brush Size control, Mouse Wheel support and Quick/Auto Save functions.

eyeon Software’s Generation AM, a visual effects and post production workflow management system, is now shipping.

Noise Industries introduces Tokyo PiPinator, which brings advanced but simple-to-use Picture-in-Picture functionality to FCP X, without the need for keyframes.