Animation Mentor now accepting applications for new VFX fundamentals and teaching new curriculum within its state-of-the-art fully-distributed pipeline.

Soho VFX uses SpeedTree Cinema to build forests and flaming trees for “Jack the Giant Slayer.”

e-on software announces their new plant modeling and rendering technology, The Plant Factory.

In response to the protest at Sunday's Oscars as well as recent layoffs at Rhythm & Hues, Digital Domain, DreamWorks and other facilities, the VES issues an Open Letter and Call to Action.

New design shop to allow Rhythm & Hues talent to work for other clients, including Ross Bagdasarian, whose company controls “Alvin and the Chipmunks.”

Visual Effects Society Chair Jeffrey A. Okun responds to Sunday’s VFX protest at the Oscars.

Visual effects studio Pixomondo closes its London and Detroit facilities.

MPC VFX Supervisor Guillaume Rocheron is honored at the Academy Awards for the studio's contribution to Ang Lee’s critically acclaimed “Life of Pi.”

Tippett Studio brings Ted, the title character from Universal Pictures’ blockbuster live action/CG-animated comedy, back to life for the 85th Annual Academy Awards telecast.

The visual effects community responds to director Ang Lee’s acceptance speech for the Academy Award for Best Director for “Life of Pi.”

Ang Lee’s stereoscopic 3D feature, “Life of Pi,” takes home the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.

Members of the VFX community are planning a protest to occur on Sunday during the red carpet pre-show for the Oscars in order to raise awareness on the economic problems threatening Hollywood's visual effects houses.

Mars revives Audrey Hepburn as the face of its new advertising campaign for chocolate brand GALAXY.

BorisFX announces that each category of Boris Continuum Complete filters is now available as a separate Boris Continuum Unit.

Poetica announces the signing of director Douglas Purver to its roster of artists.

The visual effects team at Industrial Light and Magic releases a new behind-the-scenes featurette offering viewers a look at how they recreated mid-town Manhattan for Marvel’s “The Avengers.”

Petro Vlahos, the visual effects pioneer who developed the blue-screen and green-screen process, died on February 10 in Los Angeles at the age of 89.

Production company King and Country works with ad agency RPA to direct and produce a new campaign for the 2013 Honda Civic.

Thinkbox Software announces the release of Krakatoa MY, the high-volume particle renderer for the Autodesk Maya 3D software running on Microsoft Windows and Linux operating systems.

Disney releases a new clip for its upcoming feature, “Oz The Great and Powerful.”