Visual Effects

Luxion Releases KeyShot 4

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects
Technology developer Luxion announces KeyShot 4, the next generation of the company’s groundbreaking rendering and animation solution.

Prana Studios Taps PipelineFX’s Qube!

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Asia | Site Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects
One of Mumbai’s largest animation studios orders 2,000 licenses for its short and feature film work.

Analog Creates New IDs for Box TV’s SmashHits

Posted In | News Categories: Broadcast Design, CG, Motion Graphics, Television, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Broadcast Design, CG, Motion Graphics, Television, Visual Effects
Creative studio Analog creates three new IDs for the SmashHits cable channel on the UK’s Box TV.

Zoic Adds EP Cally Morton

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, People, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, People, Visual Effects
Zoic Studios announces the addition of Executive Producer Cally Morton.

Rodeo FX Boosts Pipeline with Arnold Rendering System

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Films, Technology, Television, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Films, Technology, Television, Visual Effects
Rodeo FX Boosts its pipeline with the integration of Solid Angle's Arnold Core and Arnold for Softimage rendering system.

Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Rhythm & Hues

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Visual Effects
A class action lawsuit alleging labor violations has been filed against Los Angeles-based visual effects company Rhythm & Hues, which filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday.

Big Block Opens Design Division

Big Block launches Big Block Design Group, spearheaded by creative directors Shaun Collings and Curtis Doss.

Autodesk Debuts Fix It in Post Short Film

Posted In | News Categories: Commercials, People, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Commercials, People, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects
VFX artist and director Jeremy Hunt teams with Autodesk to produce an original, humorous short film that showcases the movie-making magic of Autodesk Smoke 2013 video editing and visual effects software.

MPC Creates Alternate Universe for Dell

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects
MPC introduces “Thomas,” a photo-real VFX-fueled spot for Dell that reveals the transformative power of imagination.

Analog Provides VFX for CBS Rebrand

Posted In | News Categories: Broadcast Design, Business, CG, Television, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Broadcast Design, Business, CG, Television, Visual Effects
Creative studio Analog teams with Studio Hansa to complete a rebrand of CBS’ portfolio of TV channels across EMEA.

View Conference Makes Call for Entries

Posted In | News Categories: Call for Entries, CG, Events, Films, Places, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Call for Entries, CG, Events, Films, Places, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects
Italy’s largest computer graphics conference is now accepting applications for entries in four contests: VIEW AWARD, VIEW SOCIAL CONTEST, VIEW AWARD GAME, and ITALIANMIX.

Shotgun Software Announces New Integrated Package

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Technology, Visual Effects
Shotgun announces a new integrated package combines tracking, review and asset management products into a unified toolset at a new price.

3D Society Honors Innoventive Software

Posted In | News Categories: Awards, Events, Mobile and Wireless, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Awards, Events, Mobile and Wireless, Technology, Visual Effects
The International 3D Society honors Innoventive Software with two Lumiere Technology Awards at the 4th Annual Creative Arts Awards.

MPC Wins BAFTA VFX Award

Posted In | News Categories: Awards, CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Short Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: BAFTAs | Site Categories: Awards, CG, Events, Films, People, Places, Short Films, Visual Effects
MPC receives BAFTA's Special Visual Effects award for its work on Ang Lee’s “Life of Pi.”

Rhythm & Hues to File for Bankruptcy

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Films, Visual Effects
Oscar-nominated, VES Award and Annie Award-winning animation studio Rhythm & Hues will be formally filing for bankruptcy on Monday.

Prime Focus Commercials Arm Enters Administration

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects
Prime Focus London’s commercials division is poised to go into administration, saying that its commercials operations in London “continue to suffer from low volumes and suppressed margins” and “continued to be a drag on performance.”

Legend3D Stock Offering Raises $8M

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Films, Technology, Visual Effects
3D film conversion company Legend3D closes an $8 million Series B Preferred Stock offering in support its continued expansion.

Tendril Creates Show Open for Style Frames NY

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Events, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: All | Site Categories: Business, Events, Visual Effects
Blacklist’s Tendril creates a haunting open for “The Art of The Pitch,” the inaugural Style Frames NY conference.

Great Guns & Artbox Animate Nike Hypershield

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: All | Site Categories: 2D, 3D, Business, CG, Commercials, Visual Effects
Great Guns teams with Artbox and agency AKQA create a new spot for Nike’s new Hypershield clothing and footwear line.

Autodesk Helps Power VES Winner Natalis

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, People, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Awards, CG, Events, People, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects
Autodesk sponsors the award for "Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project" at the 11th annual VES Awards.