GALLERY: The Cinematography of ‘My Little Pony: The Movie’
Gallery of process images from ‘My Little Pony: The Movie’ cinematographer Anthony Di Ninno showcases the work that went into crafting the final film.
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Lights, Camera, Action: The Cinematography of ‘My Little Pony: The Movie’
Cinematographer Anthony Di Ninno discusses virtual cameras, staging, lighting, the advantages of a hybrid 2D/3D pipeline, and more for the new animated feature based on Hasbro’s ‘My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic’ television series.
Shotgun Wins 2017 Engineering Emmy Award
Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Honors Shotgun Software Co-creators Don Parker, Isaac Reuben and Matt Daw with Emmy Statuettes.
In 3D, Awards, CG, Technology, Television, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: Emmy Awards | Geographic Region: All, North America
Autodesk Calls for 2018 VFX and Games Reels
Company wants creative projects and amazing images to feature online and at industry events.
In 3D, Call for Entries, CG, Games, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All, North America
HP Rockets to Mars with VR Experience
HP teams with partners on ‘HP Mars Home Planet,’ a global co-creation project to imagine life on Mars, as part of their newly announced VR strategy focusing on enabling brands to reimagine how they innovate and engage customers.
In 3D, CG, Games, Interactive, Production, Technology, AR/VR/XR, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
Animal Logic Open Sources USDMaya Plugin
Animal Logic has announced the open source release of its USDMaya plugin AL_USDMaya, which enables powerful and efficient authoring and editing of 3D graphics data using Pixar’s Universal Scene Description (USD) in Autodesk’s Maya.˙
In 3D, Cartoons, CG, Event, Films, Production, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: SIGGRAPH | Geographic Region: North America
Shotgun Announces Pipeline Award Winners at SIGGRAPH 2017
The fourth annual Pipeline Awards recognizes outstanding achievement in pipeline tool development and includes winners who demonstrated innovation in overcoming common VFX and animation challenges, were able to meet the demands of large-scale projects and showed generosity by making their tools open source, to be leveraged by the wider VFX and animation community.
In 3D, Awards, CG, Event, Films, Production, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: SIGGRAPH | Geographic Region: All, North America
Google Cloud Platform’s ZYNC Render Now Supports Autodesk 3ds Max
Google to showcase technology preview of V-Ray GPU for Autodesk Maya on ZYNC Render and more at SIGGRAPH 2017.
In 3D, Business, CG, Event, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: SIGGRAPH | Geographic Region: All, North America
Autodesk Highlights Next-Gen Storytelling & Collaboration Tools at SIGGRAPH 2017
Recent updates for collections, Maya, Shotgun, Arnold, 3ds Max and Flame accelerate creative workflows.
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Massive Announces AI-Controlled Horse & Rider Agent
New crowd simulation agent delivers lifelike, feature film quality movements recorded by one of the world’s leading motion capture studios.
In 3D, CG, Event, People, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: SIGGRAPH | Geographic Region: All, Australia, North America
Massive Debuts Massive Prime 9.0 at SIGGRAPH 2017
Industry-leading simulation tool features improved workflow for creating crowds, expanded shading options, and universal plugin to ensure compatibility with all major 3D software.
In 3D, CG, Event, People, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: SIGGRAPH | Geographic Region: All, Australia, North America
Autodesk Discontinues Game Engine Middleware Line
3D game engine and real-time rendering software Stingray, which offers equivalent middleware capabilities in a streamlined workflow, to serve as Autodesk’s flagship product for the game development market.
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Lucasfilm, ILM Announce Open Source Release of MaterialX Library
MaterialX development team to host a ‘Birds of a Feather’ meeting at the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference in Los Angeles, CA on Monday July 31, 2017.
In 3D, CG, Event, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: SIGGRAPH | Geographic Region: North America
Winners Announced for The Rookies 2017
Representing more than 600 academic facilities located in over 80 countries worldwide, worldwide, Autodesk-sponsored student competition received 8,725 digital projects created by 2,752 students.
In 3D, Awards, CG, Education and Training, Motion Graphics, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All, North America
Oscar-Winning Director Laurent Witz Helms ‘Cogs’ Short for AIME
CG-animated short from the director of the 2014 Academy Award-winning animated short ‘Mr. Hublot’ is produced by Luxembourg-based Zeilt Productions for agency M&C Saatchi Sydney and Australian non-profit AIME.
In 3D, CG, Commercials, People, Short Films | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: Australia, Europe
Autodesk Appoints Andrew Anagnost President & CEO
Interim co-chief executive officer and chief marketing officer to lead Autodesk through next phase of growth.
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Shotgun 7.2 Now Available
Shotgun Software releases the latest version of its leading cloud-based review and production tracking software with plug-and-play integrations, media streaming in RV, and single sign-on.
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Autodesk Teams Up with Microsoft Azure to Offer Scalable Cloud Rendering
The Microsoft Azure Batch Rendering Platform is built on the Azure Batch platform and allows users to submit render jobs through Maya, 3ds Max and Arnold, and the Azure SDK allows customization and open-source plugins to integrate directly with Maya and 3ds Max.
Autodesk SketchBook 4.0 for iOS Arrives in the App Store
New release improves the drawing experience and expands creative possibilities with new tools and enhancements.
In 2D, 3D, Mobile and Wireless, Technology | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All, North America
Shotgun Opens Call for Entries for 2017 Pipeline Awards
Winners to be announced during this year’s SIGGRAPH Conference, taking place July 30 through August 3; deadline for nominations is June 19.
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Nimble Collective Announces Partnership with Cal State Summer Arts Program
Scholarships available for for CG animation course led by Aubry Mintz alongside guest artists Rex Grignon, Jason Schleifer, Scott LaFleur and Jennifer Dahlman.
Autodesk Showcases Latest Flame Family and 3D Animation Software at NAB 2017
New features, performance enhancements and cloud capabilities empower artists.
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Shotgun Taps Amazon Web Services to Accelerate Multi-Region Performance
Updates improve the Shotgun experience for customers around the world.
Solid Angle Releases Arnold 5.0
Major new update includes improved performance and new shaders; Autodesk bundles Arnold 5 with 3ds Max 2018, replacing Mental Ray.
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Gentleman Scholar Crafts Animated Short Promoting Canadian Cheese
Touching 3D Short launches Dairy Farmers of Canada ad campaign.
