Los Angeles-based visual effects house delivers 250 VFX shots providing seamless integration between the practical photography the digital effects for the first season of AMC’s new dramatic series.
São Paulo-based creative design and animation studio expands to New York with executive producer Luis Ribeiro at the helm.
New release includes the same shaders and lighting tools used for lighting and look development on Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’ and ‘Piper.’
Low-profile Portland studio houses unique collection of technophiles working alongside luddites, all eclectic artists who together produce beautifully idiosyncratic stop-motion feature films.
Miffy owner Mercis appoints German brand management and media company m4e to establish the internationally renowned brand in German‐speaking markets.
New GPU-enabled PixMover outfitted with a dual-processor server and NVIDIA M6000 GPU card and recently on display at the HPA Tech Retreat UK operates two-to-four times faster than a CPU-only server.
VFX supervisor Jeff Baksinski leads the team of artists at Zoic Studios to create effects to fully engulf viewers in a distorted 1960s America, handling extensive environment work and amplification of key action sequences.
Vancouver’s largest VFX studio taps Michelle Grady and Ryan Pollreisz to oversee growing roster of top talent, brings on experienced artists Sue Rowe and Daniel Cox.
Marking the directorial debut of LAIKA head Travis Knight, stop-motion/CG-animated hybrid feature is based on a story by Google Spotlight Stories animator Shannon Tindle.
Overseen by creative directors Jonah Hall and Kevin Lau, Timber's team of artists provides editorial, design, animation and visual effects to new visual piece directed by Partizan's Grady Hall.
Award-winning software brings greater efficiency to studios of all sizes with new Windows port; professional look development and lighting tool is now easier to install and supports plug-ins for RenderMan, V-Ray, Arnold and 3Delight.
Spacecraft Operations Engineer with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to share stories of NASA missions, including the Mars Rovers, which cut through earthly political and cultural issues and redefine persistence in engineering and technology.
Nominations for Outstanding Animated Program are given to FX’s ‘Archer,’ Disney’s ‘Phineas and Ferb Last Day of Summer,’ Comedy Central’s ‘South Park’ and Fox TV’s’ Bob’s Burgers’ and ‘The Simpsons.’
Igor Kovalyov’s ‘Before Love,’ Theodore Ushev’s ‘Blind Vaysha,’ French student collaboration ‘Crabe Phare,’ among 111 animated shorts selected to compete at the 2016 Ottawa International Animation Festival.
New trailer for director J.A. Bayona’s fantasy feature showcases stunning VFX created by El Ranchito, MPC, Headless and Glassworks Barcelona.
Development platform for creating 2D, 3D, VR and AR games and experiences announces a $181 Million series C led by DFJ Growth and including China Investment Corporation, FreeS Fund, Thrive Capital and Max Levchin.
Fabric Engine user group meeting to be held July 26; joint presentation with Oculus Story Studio at DigiPro demonstrating how characters rigged with Fabric can add realism to VR experiences within Epic’s Unreal Engine takes place July 23.
New independent games, VR experiences and Unreal Engine 4 initiatives from across Europe receive financial support in new wave of funds.
Digital art festival running September 15-19 in Tróia, Portugal to host some of the world’s top talent, including Doug Chiang, Steve ‘Spaz’ Williams, Kevin Lima, Brenda Chapman, Ralph Eggleston, Christian Alzmann, Frank Tzeng and Alberto Mielgo.
Sam Southward wins a Gold Young Director’s Award at Cannes YDA for his latest short, which was created using a mix of hand-made miniature sets and CG animation.
Per-minute billing supports burst rendering requirements in the Cloud and in-house; currently in use at DHX Media and LAIKA advertising arm HouseSpecial.
Veteran Sony Pictures Imageworks VFX supervisor discusses Disney’s latest fantasy-adventure, the largest and most sophisticated project of his career.
London-based commercial VFX house delivers concept design, on-set supervision & art direction as well as CG work and final delivery of VFX-driven ad.
Seattle-based animation, motion graphics and VFX shop relies on Shotgun Software to simplify project management for a CG-animated three-minute opening overture for the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker.’
Mill+ -- an integrated team of Mill directors and designers focused on concept-to-delivery creative partnerships -- helps deliver a cinematic new brand identity for Sky Cinema with a series of fully CG-animated IDs.
