Category: Visual Effects

Press Release from Plastic Wax

Silverwater, AU -- July 1, 2009 -- Plastic Wax, a leading digital animation studio specializing in videogame production and premium entertainment, today announced another year of growth fueled by new projects involving top intellectual properties and serious investments in new technology.

Press Release from StudioGPU

Los Angeles, CA -- June 30, 2009 -- StudioGPU announced today the immediate availability of MachStudio Pro, a professional 3D workflow and rendering package created by artists for artists. MachStudio Pro offers a seamless way to create and interact with cinematic quality 3D objects and environments in a non-linear workspace by leveraging the horsepower of off-the-shelf professional graphics processing units (GPUs) to deliver real-time and near real-time workflow performance on a desktop workstation.

Press Release from EA Play

The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts Inc (NASDAQ:ERTS) and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced that the HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE videogame will be available in stores across the globe this week. Available on multiple platforms, the HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE videogame allows players to experience all the magic, adventure and fun of the Warner Bros. Pictures' film based on J.K. Rowling's sixth book in the HARRY POTTER series.

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER confirmed last night a scoop BLOODY-DISGUSTING.com broke initially: that Dimension Film has picked up the rights from John Landis for his cult horror classic AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON.

The rights were transferred in what is being referred to as a "competitive environment." Overture execs-turned-producers Sean and Bryan Furst will produce.

Press Release from Escape Studios

Escape Studios has moved quickly to offer the industry's first combined Nuke and Maya training course to give any aspiring 3D visual effects artist the "must have" skills to pursue a career in the visual effects industry.

Press Release from Autodesk

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that it has significantly increased the performance of the latest release of Autodesk Moldflow Insight 2010, part of its software suite for plastics injection molding, by further leveraging cutting-edge GPU technology from NVIDIA Corporation.

Press Release from Wacom

When visitors walk into the brand new Wacom Cintiq lab at the Los Angeles Film School, they might think they have stumbled onto H.G. Wells' time machine. In the middle of the room is a stairway to an elevated platform that is illuminated by spotlights. Twenty-six desks surround the platform, with futuristic-looking Wacom Cintiq 21UX interactive pen displays atop each one and large flat-panel monitors are mounted on the walls.

Press Release from SIGGRAPH 2009

SIGGRAPH 2009 announces the addition of a special Production Session as part of this year's Computer Animation Festival that will detail the behind-the-scenes production of the much anticipated FIGHT NIGHT ROUND 4 and GEARS OF WAR 2.

Press Release from Keyframe Digital Productions

Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON, June 29 -- Digital animation and visual effects studio Keyframe Digital Productions has been tapped by Universal Media Studios to create visual effects for the new Sci Fi Channel supernatural drama "Warehouse 13," according to Keyframe co-founders Clint Green and Darren Cranford. The show's first season will be comprised of 11 hours produced by Universal Cable Productions and shot in Toronto.

The series is set to debut July 7.

Press Release from ZeniMax Media Inc.

ZeniMax Media Inc., parent company of noted game publisher Bethesda Softworks, today announced it has completed the acquisition of legendary game studio, id Software, creators of world-renowned games such as DOOM, QUAKE, WOLFENSTEIN, and its upcoming title, RAGE.

Press Release from NVIDIA