Photorealistic production renderer used on more than 150 feature films since 2002, including recent hits like ‘Doctor Strange,’ ‘Deadpool,’ and ‘Captain America: Civil War,’ to be honored for advancing the use of fully ray-traced rendering in motion pictures.
Led by VFX supervisor Ferran Domenech, Montreal studio delivers more than 180 shots for director Juan Antonio Bayona’s fantasy film, including transformations and close-ups shots of the titular Monster.
Leading design studios Sarofsky, Perception and SPOV credit Maxon’s Cinema 4D for inspiring creation of main-on-end titles, previz for main assets, medical animations and a new Marvel Studios logo.
Boutique VFX studio founded by former Mill veterans Jake Maymudes and Carl Harders is behind the digital effects created for Spike Jonze’s short film for fashion brand Kenzo.
Animated short showcasing the Sao Paulo-based CG studio’s artistry is directed by Mario Pece and produced by Helena Hilario.
How embarrassing to be human.
Bournemouth, U.K.-based VFX studio provides 88 complex shots for director Babak Anvari’s BAFTA-nominated film set in in 1988 during the Iran-Iraq war, including cloth simulations, CG characters, digital doubles, and digital matte paintings.
Lucasfilm publishes a statement on the official Star Wars website dispelling rumors of a possible CG Princess Leia or General Leia Organa in future installments.
Infotainment China Media, the country’s first private international film sales agency, launches LAIKA’s stop-motion- and CG-animated feature across the Middle Kingdom on more than 7,500 screens.
Nomination for Outstanding Composition in a Photoreal Feature comes for RSP’s work on the Quicksilver Extraction sequence in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse.’
Following the acquisition of JAM’s hybrid series ‘Little Roy,’ ABC KIDS picks up brand-new preschool show merging live-action, puppetry, 2D and CG animation.
Pre-eminent stop-motion animation costumer receives historic first nomination from the Costume Designers Guild for a stop-motion animated feature.
All-new sing-along version of 'Moana' launching at Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre on January 20, and in more than 2,000 theaters nationwide on January 27.
From fiery photorealistic oil rig disasters and fractal geometry-based inter-dimensional mind-bending psychic excursions, to a digitally recreated Carrie Fisher as young Princes Leia, this year’s crop of ten best visual effects productions presented at the Motion Picture Academy represent another reminder of the breadth, depth and range of creative artistry and talent within the industry.
V-Ray rendering technology integrated into Adobe’s Project Felix, creating new 3D compositing application for graphic designers.
With nearly a decade of experience in motion graphics and design, spanning television, advertising and broadcast promos, Moseley joins Reel FX from Starz Entertainment.
‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ receives most feature film nominations; ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ is top animated film contender; ‘Game of Thrones’ leads the broadcast field and scores most nominations overall.
Working alongside production VFX supervisor Erik Nordby, MPC VFX supervisor Pete Dionne and VFX producer Tomi Nieminen oversaw a team of around 600 artists to create more than 1,100 shots for director Morten Tyldum’s space adventure.
DHX Media signs 10 broadcast deals with networks around the globe for South Korean CG-animated preschool series from CJ E&M.
Owen Wilson, Cristela Alonzo and Armie Hammer buckle up for ‘Cars 3,’ directed by Brian Fee and produced by Kevin Reher.
Learn 10 things about open-source Blender technology and Project Gooseberry in the making of the Blender Foundation’s ‘Cosmos Laundromat – First Cycle.’
‘Big Bang Theory’ actress voices the Light Thief, a kooky kangaroo bandit who steals all the lights and leaves the entire town of Axel City in the dark.
No VR game-changer amid the gaming tables.
imagery from ‘The Art of Moana’ book includes work from concept and character artists including Man Arenas, James Finch, Ian Gooding, Leighton Hickman, Mehrdad Isvandi, Jin Kim, Ryan Lang, Annette Marnat, Kevin Nelson and Bill Schwab.
Disney’s latest short film uses in-house interpolation software Meander to combine traditional hand-drawn 2D animation with CG technology for a delightful look at the “inner workings” of the typical office staffer.
