Technology

The ‘Big Nate’ Team Talks Season 2’s Media Mashup Masterpiece

Sam Koji Hale, Ara Santos, and Ben Giroux dig deep into the production of a special episode from the new season involving more than 20 different animation techniques including stop-motion, pixelation, Claymation, cut-outs and digital puppetry - a veritable ‘dream style’ amalgam that provides an incredible visual feast for the eyes; Season 2 premieres today on Paramount+.

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Technology Headline News

Bolt Graphics, CoreWeave, and OTOY Join the Academy Software Foundation

The organization’s Open Source Days event for open source software for the visual effects, animation, and digital content creation industries takes place August 6 in Los Angeles, in-person and virtually.

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AI Blogs

Distribution and Marketing in the Age of AI

As AI tools democratize content development and production, traditional distribution and marketing channels may ironically be more influential than ever.

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How Would You Face Your Younger Self? ANIMATIONWorld

‘The Thief’ Heals Wounds in ‘Unreal’ Time and Detail

Selected by Epic Games to create a short film in four weeks based on the concept of ‘Duality,’ Arturo Brena and his production studio, KeexFrame, used Unreal Engine to tell the emotional story of a thief who confronts a young, wounded version of themselves when looking in a mirror.

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Fangs for the Previs Headline News

Proof Shares a Biting ‘Renfield’ Visualization Reel

The leading visualization studio did extensive previs, techvis, and postvis for Universal Pictures' horror/comedy starring Nicholas Hoult and Nicolas Cage; sequences included the massacre of goons, Dracula transformations, and the film’s final battle.

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A Study in Character Animation ANIMATIONWorld

Architect-Artist Innovates CG Film Production with CC AccuRIG, Redshift SSS and iClone

Kay John Yim takes a deep, technical dive into his new short, ‘Masquerade,’ a character animation project that helped him further develop skills in storyboarding, character design, character animation, and rendering.

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Technology Headline News

Chaos Releases Vantage 2 Real-Time Visualization Tool

The standalone product gives artists the ability to explore massive, production-quality 3D scenes - complete with full raytracing - and make changes in real-time.

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Innovations in Ibero-American Animation Headline News

Ibermedia Programme’s Next Lab Generation Reveals Projects Awarded at Annecy 2023

The workshop, dedicated to boosting innovation in the Ibero-American animation sector, announces winners of its third edition - ‘Caregivers,’ ‘Lumen’ and ‘LIMBO;’ selected projects get 8,000€ in development aid, 3 months of mentoring and a travel grant and accreditation for next year’s festival.

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Browser-Based Generative AI Headline News

Poly Introduces New Generative AI Texture Generator

The company has just released WithPoly, a browser-based tool for creating and upscaling PBR textures that with prompts, can create up to 8K resolution in seconds.

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Cutting-Edge Filmmaking Training Headline News

disguise Virtual Production Accelerator Training Program Launches in NYC

Along with program partners 4Wall and ZeroSpace, the company aims to provide trainees with the tools and knowledge to create cinematic content on a large scale; the immersive learning experience is open to all skill levels.

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It’s Unreal! Headline News

New E.D. Films Short ‘Three Trees’ Done All in Unreal

Built entirely within Unreal Engine, the film is written and directed by M.R. Horhager, illustrated by Aaron Hong, and narrated by Whoopi Goldberg.

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People Headline News

AGBO’s Visual Creatures Taps Digital Domain Alum to Lead Virtual Production Studio

Scott Meadows has been named Senior Visualization Supervisor, responsible for the studio’s new motion-capture enabled sound stage and real-time pipelines.

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AMD Ups its Blender Game with New Rendering Technology for Cycles X

The company’s continuing support for the growing Blender community through new tools like the HIP (Heterogeneous Interface for Portability) API and planned support for USD and materialX means Blender artists can access an expanding set of high-performance graphics card options for their creative production.

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People ANIMATIONWorld

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Talks ‘Generative AI’ at Cannes Lions Festival

The tech giant’s CEO and WPP CEO Mark Read discussed AI's ‘Supercharge’ impact on creative industries, noting new tools augment artists’ creative process and don’t replace it.

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It’s Unreal Headline News

Epic Games’ Free ‘RealityScan’ App Now on Android

Photogrammetry app uses pictures taken with Android or iOS device to create high-fidelity 3D models; export to Sketchfab or download to use in other apps such as UE or Twinmotion.

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It’s Unreal Headline News

Epic Games Releases ‘Electric Dreams’ Unreal Engine Sample Project

The UE demo, unveiled at this year’s ‘State of Unreal’ at GDC, showcases experimental Procedural Content Generation – tech allows users to build scalable, virtual worlds fast with an iterative design pipeline.

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Business Headline News

La Cabane and Thuristar Announce New Original Projects

‘Mush-Mush & the Mushables’ producers announce the development of two series and a special.

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It’s Epic Headline News

Epic Games Releases New MetaHuman Animator Feature Set

Latest version of the fast and easy digital human pipeline brings high-fidelity performance capture to MetaHumans.

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It’s Gonna Be Unreal in Annecy Headline News

Epic Games Announces Annecy 2023 Lineup

Real-time innovator reveals programming slate with live and real-time demos and proof-of-concept shorts, at the festival which runs June 11-17.

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One Last Ride VFXWorld

Wētā FX Brings a ‘Universe’ of Visuals to ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’

From giant red spaceships to tentacled, toothy Abilisks, the studio’s VFX and animation teams, led by VFX supervisor Guy Williams and animation supervisor Michael Cozens, pull out all the stops for the final chapter of James Gunn’s MCU trilogy.

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We All Need Breathing Room Headline News

Watch: True August’s ‘Felt It In Stereo’ Animated Music Video

Director Mel Tomlin combines traditional animation with cutting-edge AI to bring visual life to the focus track from the new album ‘Breathing Room, released today.

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Innovations in Ibero-American Animation Headline News

IBERMEDIA NEXT Bringing Grant Initiatives to Annecy 2023

Backed by Ibermedia Programme and dedicated to boosting innovation in the Ibero-American animation sector programs, the organization will be hosting presentations, themed breakfasts, and one-on-one meetings detailing grants and call for applications at the festival, which runs June 11-17.

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Professional Animation Tools Even Beginners Can Master ANIMATIONWorld

How Teens Animate with Photoshop and Cartoon Animator

Animator Jop Govers breaks down his latest project, from sketching with an iPad and storyboarding with Photoshop to designing characters and animating with Cartoon Animator 5 and compositing with After Effects.

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Real-Time MoCap Headline News

Disguise and Move.ai Release ‘Invisible’ Real-Time Markerless MoCap Bundle

The solution lets creatives animate real-time characters and gesture-triggered effects without markers, wearable suits, and long calibration setups.

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Technology Advancing Art Headline News

NVIDIA Reveals ‘Neuralangelo’ AI Model

New technology uses neural networks to turn 2D video clips into detailed 3D structures for import into design applications; NVIDIA Research to demo at this year’s CVPR in Vancouver June 18-22.