Visual Effects

Adobe Delivers Innovation at MAX 2013

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Adobe delivers “sneak peeks” of ground-breaking creative innovation at MAX 2013, including spotlights on “Perspective Warp” in Photoshop and “Video Color Grading” in After Effects.

Southpaw Launches TACTIC 4.0

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Southpaw launches TACTIC 4.0, which adds more advanced data connection technology and greater configurability to help organizations design their own unique digital workflows.

HP, Adobe Team to Boost Workflows

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HP partners with Adobe to offer workstation solutions designed to maximize performance using Adobe's newly announced Creative Cloud.

Visual Effects Pioneer Ray Harryhausen Dies at 92

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Stop-motion legend developed many of the techniques that have become today's industry standards.

Phosphene Adds Trio of Industry Vets

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Phosphene adds Vance Miller, Eddie Porter, and Scott Winston to its core creative team.

Zoic Adds Paulus Bannink to Games

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Paulus Bannink joins Zoic’s game division as Creative & Technical Director.

Ntropic Taps Autodesk for Marco Brambilla’s Creation

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Ntropic utilizes Autdoesk’s Flame and Maya to create extraordinary visual effects for the newest stereoscopic 3D video installation, “Creation,” from artist Marco Brambilla.

shade VFX Expands to New Location

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shade VFX announces its expansion to Bergamot Station in Santa Monica and the appointment of Lisa Maher as Business Development Executive.

Framestore Creates VFX for Iron Man 3

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In just eight weeks, Framestore deliveres 113 shots for Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” including helping to set the look for one of the movie’s key effects – Extremis.

Cinesite Delivers 100 VFX Shots for Iron Man 3

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VFX house Cinesite completes over 100 shots for the Marvel Studio’s production “Iron Man 3.”

Tim Dillon joins MPC New York

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Producer Tim Dillon joins MPC New York from Nexus Interactive Arts.

Iron Man 3 Crosses $300M Overseas

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Disney and Marvel’s “Iron Man 3” earns a record-breaking $21.5 million in China on Wednesday, topping Marvel’s “The Avengers” as the highest opening day in the country’s box office history.

Academy Honors Matte Painting and Digital Environments

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The Academy hosts the final event in its three-week VFX Convergence craft series, “From Matte Paintings to Full Environments and Set Extensions,” moderated by visual effects branch governor Craig Barron and visual effects branch member Theresa Rygiel.

Spin VFX Wins BAFTA for Titanic

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Spin VFX wins BAFTA award for best visual effects in the Television Craft category for its work in the TV mini-series “Titanic.”

Framestore Wins Big at Clio Awards

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Visual effects company Framestore wins two awards for Best Visual Effects at the Clios, taking silver for Qualcomm Snapdragon “Coming Soon” and bronze for the groundbreaking simulation VFX used to dismantle the Nissan Altima in “Wouldn’t It Be Cool.”

e-on Software Ships Vue 11.5

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e-on announces the availability of Vue 11.5 xStream and Infinite.

Rogue State Taps LightWave 11.5 for Dracano

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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

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Thinkbox software releases Stoke MX particle reflow tool for Autodesk 3ds Max.

ILM Considering London for Star Wars

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The visual effects giant is reportedly looking at opening a facility in the U.K. to take advantage of foreign tax subsidies.

Pixomondo Closes Berlin Office

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Visual effects house Pixomondo announces plans to close its Berlin offices on May 31.