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FutureWorks Delivers on Indian ‘Ray Donovan’ Adaptation

By Dan Sarto | Monday, August 7, 2023 at 12:58pm

The VFX studio contributed 1,800 shots for Netflix India’s ‘Rana Naidu’ series, based on the popular American Showtime drama series; work included action clean-ups, greenscreen sequences, and CG elements such as the creation of a realistic snake that appears during a drug-induced hallucination.

Together in Solidarity Headline News

In Solidarity: An Open Letter from WIA President Marge Dean

By Dan Sarto | Monday, August 7, 2023 at 12:03pm

Women in Animation’s president announces the ‘Animating Resilience: Surviving and Thriving in an Uncertain Industry’ series to empower and support industry professionals and students during ‘these tough times.’

Technology Headline News

Unity Unveils New Unity Wētā Tools Division at SIGGRAPH 2023

By Dan Sarto | Monday, August 7, 2023 at 10:03am

Leading platform for real-time 3D (RT3D) content and experience creation will showcase groundbreaking work in character creation, environment building, rendering, and compositing; live keynote today from August 7 2pm - 3pm PDT.

A Deep Dive into the 1941 Industry Strike Headline News

‘The Disney Revolt’ Coming in Paperback this September

By Dan Sarto | Friday, August 4, 2023 at 12:05pm

Jake S. Friedman’s seminal book, 'The Disney Revolt: The Great Labor War of Animation’s Golden Age,' about an important, mostly unreported piece of Disney studio history, the 1941 animator’s strike led by the famed Art Babbitt, now available in hardbound, will arrive in a softbound version this Fall.

How the Miraculous Universe Began ANIMATIONWorld

‘Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, the Movie’: A Showcase of Girl Empowerment

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 1:46pm

For Jeremy Zag, the film’s writer, producer, and director, his aspirational origin story about finding the courage to believe in yourself and trust your friends, set in the beautiful city of Paris with cinematic-quality, action-packed animation and 10 new songs, makes a winning combination for new audiences and ‘Miraculer’ superfans alike; now streaming on Netflix. 

Events Headline News

NVIDIA GTC 2024 Announces Call for Submissions

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 11:32am

The conference, taking place March 18-21, 2024 in San Jose, California, seeks submissions for talks, posters, and training labs by September 8, 2023. 

Technology Headline News

AMD Announces New AMD Radeon PRO W7600 and W7500 Graphics Cards

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 7:30am

The new cards, designed to enable top performance for mainstream professional workflows, leverage breakthrough AMD RDNA 3 technology to deliver 2X higher TFLOPS performance and 1.5X higher maximum total data rate for displays than previous generation.

Technology Headline News

NVIDIA RTX A5000 Graphics Cards Special Pricing from PNY Now Available

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 8:00am

PNY, one of NVIDIA’s leading professional visualization partners, has announced special limited-time pricing for the versatile, advanced, and high-performance NVIDIA RTX™ A5000 professional graphics card.  

Technology Headline News

Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA Launch Alliance for OpenUSD

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 7:00am

The tech giants and Linux Foundation affiliate JDF join forces to create new AOUSD initiative to nurture global USD collaboration and support developers in building products and services for an ever-widening range of large-scale 3D projects across new industries and applications.

In-Passing Headline News

Paul Reubens of ‘Pee-wee Herman’ Fame Dies at 70

By Dan Sarto | Monday, July 31, 2023 at 1:50pm

The noted comedian, writer, producer, voice artist, and actor, best known for his ground-breaking kids’ show, ‘Pee-Wee’s Playhouse’ and films including Tim Burton classics ‘Pee-wee’s Big Adventure’ and ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas,’ passed away July 30 from cancer.

We're Sad to See You Go ANIMATIONWorld

Paul Rudish Talks ‘Steamboat Silly,’ the Final ‘New’ Mickey Mouse Short

By Dan Sarto | Friday, July 28, 2023 at 10:30am

After a decade and more than 120 episodes, ‘The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse,’ previously known as ‘Mickey Mouse’ shorts, concludes its magnificent run with one last film, a walk down memory lane that pays homage to the one that started it all, premiering today on Disney+.

In-Passing Headline News

Randy Fullmer, Disney Feature Animation Veteran, Dies at 73

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 12:13pm

The multi-talented effects animator, VFX supervisor, artistic coordinator, and producer on films including ‘The Lion King’ and ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame,’ also renown as a master guitar builder for top musicians, passed away July 10.

From It Girl to Cult Leader Headline News

Exclusive Clip: ‘Praise Petey – Petey Gets Rejected’

By Dan Sarto | Friday, July 21, 2023 at 10:37am

Every former cult just needs some ‘fresh blood’ to become relevant… to modernize… or get lucky in love... or something like that… the hot new show about an accidental leader of a small-town cult, created, written, and executive produced by former ‘Saturday Night Live’ head writer Anna Drezen, premieres today, July 21, on Freeform, the next day on HULU.

Technology Headline News

Auto-rig and Pose ZBrush Characters in New CC4 and ZBrush Posing Pipeline

By Dan Sarto | Friday, July 21, 2023 at 8:00am

Reallusion’s latest release empowers character artists and 3D print designers to effortlessly transform intricate sculpts into precise, posable, high poly count characters with just a few clicks. 

Harnessing Creative Technology for New Storytelling Experiences ANIMATIONWorld

‘Hour Blue’ Explores Exciting New Paradigms in Immersive Storytelling

Chris DeFaria, former Warner Bros. Animation and DreamWorks Feature Animation president, offers an in-depth look at a groundbreaking multi-platform, mythic universe, co-created alongside Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz and Wētā Workshop founder Richard Taylor, that harnesses the latest developments in creative technology to offer a new way for audiences to experience stories.

Ready to Take the VFX Challenge? Headline News

Stage 03 Launches ‘VFX Challenge: Creatures Edition’

By Dan Sarto | Monday, July 17, 2023 at 10:39am

Dive into the world of VFX with this creative contest using After Effects, Maya, and Nuke to incorporate CG creatures into live-action footage; 1st prize is an Insta360 X3 Camera; free to enter, the submission deadline is August 31, 2023. 

Technology ANIMATIONWorld

Headshot 2 AI-Enhanced Mesh-to-CC Plugin Released

By Dan Sarto | Monday, July 17, 2023 at 9:21am

Reallusion’s new AI-enhanced Character Creator 4 plugin enables users to create advanced 3D real-time digital humans from photos and 3D models.

The Emmy Goes to? Headline News

TV Academy Announces 75th Emmy Award Nominations

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, July 12, 2023 at 11:05am

‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Entergalactic,’ ‘Genndy Tartakovsky's Primal,’ ‘Rick And Morty,’ and ‘The Simpsons’ are nominated for Outstanding Animated Program; ceremony will be broadcast Monday, September 18 live on FOX from the Peacock Theater at L.A. LIVE.

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