The deadline for submissions to the 2013 3D Artist CG Student Awards, an annual event which showcases and rewards excellence in computer graphics from students and recent graduates, is May 13, 2013.

Big Block hires Randall Smith as CG Supervisor.

Holomatix releases SprayTrace 1.5 for Autodesk Maya on Windows and Mac OS X.

Motion capture provider OptiTrack launches Motive, a unified software platform designed to eliminate the complexities historically associated with motion capture workflows.

The second theatrical trailer for the upcoming Marvel’s Iron Man 3 is released onto the Internet.

New lineup of Kepler-Based NVIDIA Quadro Professional Graphics delivers unprecedented capabilities to millions of content-creation, design, engineering professionals.

Rodeo FX creates a gold-laden treasure room and builds a digital London for sequences featured within Bryan Singer’s “Jack the Giant Slayer.”

Production company Glassworks Amsterdam collaborates with the G-Star in-house creative team to realize the “Art of RAW” campaign film.

Katie Wells joins previsualization house Proof Inc. as Executive Producer to help manage feature film and commercial projects.

Athena Studios hosts an event produced by the Bay Area Chapter of the Visual Effects Society on VFX photography.

FMX, Europe's most influential Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia, announces highlights of the 2013 FMX Conference program.

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.