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Digital Events

Robots Screening

Begins: April 4, 2005

Entertainment Technology Center at USC kicks off its 2005 Digital Screening series with the digital presentation of ROBOTS, followed by a Q&A with Bob Gordon, vp of production, Fox Animation. The event will take place at the Digital Cinema Laboratory at the historic Hollywood Pacific Theatre, 6433 Hollywood Blvd. at 7:00 pm. Admission is free with proof of professional and/or business affiliation (guild or union card, business card, student ID, etc.). For more information, visit www.etcenter.org.

In Event Types: Screenings, Animation, Features

U.K.'s National Film And Television School Announces One Last Opening!

Theres still one place available on the Visual and Special Effects Producing course launching at the UKs National Film and Television School in May. Aimed at future Technical Directors and VFX Supervisors/Producers, this groundbreaking 15-month course starts on May 8 and offers a unique opportunity to develop an in-depth understanding of a broad range of physical and digital effects techniques, and how to choose the best solution for any given production.

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Digital VFXWorld

Urban Environments: A Growing Digital Need

Vfx designer Eric Hanson, who has developed three instructional DVDs on 3D urban environments at The Gnomon Workshop, discusses this thriving sector with Karen Raugust.

In Technology | VFXWorld

Digital Headline News

Digital Domain Adopts Massive

Massive Software, developer of the Academy Award-winning 3D animation system for AI-driven characters and digital stunts, announced that Digital Domain is integrating Massive into its vfx pipeline. Massive, originally developed by Massive Software founder Stephen Regelous for use on THE LORD OF THE RINGS large-scale battle scenes, has been adopted by premiere creative facilities worldwide, including Rhythm & Hues, Animal Logic, WETA Digital, The Mill and many others.

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Digital Headline News

Enter Your Digital Art in (IOI)

International Open Image (IOI) 2005World Wide WebApril 15, 2005Deadline: April 15, 2005

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Effects Headline News

fmx/05 Adds Programs, Speakers

fmx/05, a key event in animation, visual effects, games and other 3D content, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year (April 27-30 in Stuttgart, Germany) by continuing to offer a holistic, cinematic and integrated approach to the booming CGI industry.

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Digital Headline News

NAB2005 Announces Fourth Annual Digital Cinema Summit

NAB is joining forces again with the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the Ent. Technology Center at USC (ETC-USC) to present the fourth annual Digital Cinema Summit. The two days of speakers, panels and new product announcements center on the now complete Digital Cinema Initiative (DCI) specifications; the issues faced in implementing them through SMPTE standards; and the impact of digital cinema on entertainment, technology and theatrical exhibition worldwide. The Digital Cinema Summit will be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 16 and 17, 2005.

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Digital Headline News

Glotzer Upped to Fox Filmed Ent. Digital Media

Fox Filmed Entertainment (FFE) has promoted Matthew Glotzer to the newly created post of vp, digital media, responsible for developing content distribution opportunities across a wide range of new and emerging technology platforms, as well as actively pursuing long-term initiatives with major IT, consumer electronics and telecommunications companies. He reports to digital media president, Peter Levinsohn and will work closely with the Fox Filmed Ent. Groups strategic planning, engineering, content protection and distribution groups.

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Painting Headline News

Gnomon Workshop Releases New Digital Painting DVDs

The Gnomon Workshop, in conjunction with Design Studio Press, has released two new training DVDs by renowned matte painter and concept designer Christian Lorenz Scheurer. Utilizing Adobe Photoshop, Lorenz Scheurer shares his techniques for executing high-concept painting, including architecture, vehicles and characters.

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Lucas and Cameron to Showcase Digital 3D at ShoWest

Texas Instruments will unveil a glimpse of its future plans for digital cinema and 3D movies at ShoWest, the annual convention for movie exhibitors, March 14 -17, 2005, in Las Vegas. TI has planned what it considers a landmark demonstration with STAR WARS creator George Lucas and TITANIC director James Cameron on March 17 at 11:30 am to showcase 3D theatrical entertainment with TIs DLP Cinema technology. TI will for the fourth consecutive year serve as the corporate sponsor of ShoWest.

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Animation ANIMATIONWorld

'3D for Beginners:' Preparing a Button for the Web — Part 2

For the book 3D for the Web, Carol MacGillivray and Anthony Head continue their step-by-step look at creating a simple 3D button for the Web.

In Production, Tutorials | ANIMATIONWorld

Film Headline News

The Foundry Helps Tune The Piano with OpenFX

Leading visual effects developer, The Foundry, announced the completion of the first OpenFX project: the indie feature THE PIANO TUNER OF EARTHQUAKES, due for release in November. An open API for visual effects software, OpenFX has been used on the film in conjunction with FilmLights Baselight grading and finishing system by German vfx facility, Optical Art.

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Media Events

Second International Digital Media Conference (Digimedia 2005)

Begins: March 7, 2005

The Information Technology Institute announces its Second International Digital Media Conference (Digimedia 2005). This year's conference theme is "Multimedia uses in education and entertainment for children." The event consists of pre-conference workshops/tutorials, animation festival, key talks by invited speakers, technical sessions on recent topics of digital media and a number of social events. For more information, visit www.digimedia.gov.eg.

In Event Types: Conferences, Discussion, Exhibits, Seminars / Workshops, Screenings, Animation, New Media

Digital Events

Digital Living Room

Begins: March 7, 2005

iHollywood Forum presents the Digital Living Room, an executive Business Summit and Venture Forum addressing the emerging digital lifestyle market for delivering consumer entertainment to the home. The Digital Living Room is a thought leader summit addressing the technologies and services transforming the living room into a digital hub.

Digital VFXWorld

The Digital Eye: VFX — What’s Coming Next?

Peter Plantec pontificates on the future of vfx and where todays hot trends are headed, so plug-in and read on.

In VFXWorld

Effects Headline News

Digital Musings From the Editor:

With the Academy Awards just around the corner on Sunday, I had the chance to speak with three of the supervisors vying for the visual effects Oscar: John Dykstra (SPIDER-MAN 2), Andy Jones (I, ROBOT) and Tim Burke (HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN).

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The Ultimate Fifth Element on DVD

Luc Bessons dazzling THE FIFTH ELEMENT, already a reference quality Superbit DVD, has been upgraded to the Ultimate Edition (Columbia TriStar Home Ent., $24.96). Its hard to believe that this is the first edition to contain supplemental features, but they provide plenty of context and perspective to all that wonderful eye candy and sci-fi hokum from Besson and French comic book artists Jean-Claude Mézières and Mobius.

In Home Entertainment, Visual Effects, Home Entertainment, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: All, South America

Digital Headline News

SMPTE Seminar’s New Dates Announced

SMPTE Seminar 2005, presented in cooperation with the Entertainment Technology Center at USC and USC School of Cinema-Television, has been rescheduled for March 4-5, 2005. Originally the event was to run in December 2004, but was postponed due to the logistics of the holidays.

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Film Headline News

fmx/05 Celebrates 10th Anniversary

fmx, a key event in animation, visual effects, games and other 3D content, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year (April 27-30 in Stuttgart, Germany) by continuing to offer a holistic, cinematic and integrated approach to the booming CGI industry. You can see the changes in CGI reflected in the new design for the fmx/05 logo and trailer, based on the clip, Timeless, by Filmakademie graduate student Linus Ewers.

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Digital Headline News

Gnomon Workshop Offers Seven New DVDs

The Gnomon Workshop has released seven new leading edge DVDs covering photogrammetry, digital set design and ZBrush techniques.

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Digital Headline News

Digital Musings From the Editor:

Congratulations to the three Best Visual Effects Oscar nominees: Warner Bros. HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, Foxs I, ROBOT and Sonys SPIDER-MAN 2 along with all of the vfx companies and digital artists that worked on these impressive works, headed respectively by ILM, Digital Domain and Sony Pictures Imageworks.

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Troy Sails Onto DVD

The summer blockbusters continue to roll out on DVD with Warner Home Videos release of TROY ($29.95) on Jan. 4, 2005.

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The Digital Eye: The Promise & Peril of VFX Jobs

The Digital Eye tracks the future factors awaiting visual effects artists, animators and production companies as the epicenter of work moves outside of Hollywood.

In Production | VFXWorld

Digital Headline News

Digital Musings From the Editor:

We close 2004 at VFXWORLD with a wide array of informative coverage: Mary Ann Skweres speaks with a number of prominent insiders about the very hot topic, Getting Respect for Invisible VFX; Andy Stout reports back with highlights from the inaugural UK CGI Festival in London; and The Digital Eye discusses The Promise & Peril of VFX Jobs b

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Film Headline News

iO Film Promotes Evan Edelist

iO Film, a technologically advanced, full-service digital film finishing facility specializing in film and video projects, has promoted Evan Edelist from svp/development to gm/evp. Edelist will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the facility, overseeing production, scheduling and sales.

He will also help design the companys new 26,000-square-foot Hollywood facility, slated for a summer 2005 movie-in, working closely with iO Films cto Kevin Mullican.

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