Brut Directing Collective Busts COVID-19 Myths in Short for United Nations
Mixed media production company 1stAveMachine uses animated gags to take aim at measures that are ineffective against the coronavirus.
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Chaos Group Releases V-Ray Collection and Single Floating License
Artists can now freely access 15 different 3D products and services for real-time scene exploration and photorealistic rendering.
Chaos Group Releases V-Ray 5 for 3ds Max
Expanded toolset includes photorealistic ray tracer, adding post-rendering compositing and lighting tool capabilities that makes adjustment of render elements and color corrections much easier.
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Nviz’s Gravity Flip Makes Yoga Much More Exhilarating in HBO’s ‘Avenue 5’
VFX studio handles previs, visual effects, postvis, and graphics production for the inaugural season of Armando Iannucci’s space tourism comedy
Red Giant Introduces Lens Distortion Tool in VFX Suite 1.5
New release adds to collection of keying, tracking, cleanup, and visual effects compositing tools new feature to match any lens distortion.
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How Proof’s Fully Animated Previs Helped Save the ‘The Blacklist’ Season Finale
With production shutdown due to COVID-19, the hit NBC series finished its final Season 7 episode by integrating 20+ minutes of toon-shaded animation with live-action.
Even a Pandemic Can’t Stop Politics from Being Funny on ‘Tooning Out the News’
Quickly retooling their production in the face of COVID-19, executive producers R.J. Fried and Tim Luecke continue bringing us a sorely needed daily animated dose of hilarious political satire.
Fresh Takes: New ‘Quarantoon’ Series ‘Gnat & Tina’ Episode 1
Brandon Martin and Eric J. Trujillo’s 100% quarantine-produced 2D animated short, about two bored houseflies looking to experience the world, is the first of a bi-weekly animated series.
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WATCH: Pixomondo VFX Breakdown Reel for ‘The Hunt’
Led by VFX supervisors Johnny Gibson and Edward Hawkins, the studio provided a bucket-full of digital blood and gore, wounds, muzzle flashes, deadly arrows and a digital jet on the Jason Blum and Damon Lindelof produced action-thriller.
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Cinesite Shares New VFX Showreel
Highlights include sequences from ‘The Witcher,’ ‘Rocketman,’ ‘Lost in Space’ S2, ‘Avengers Infinity War’ and Avengers Endgame.’
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WATCH: Jamie Cullum’s Inspirational ‘The Age of Anxiety’ Music Video
Under Neil Pymer’s creative direction, animated short artfully captures triple platinum-selling musician’s uplifting song about relationships in the digital age.
WATCH: Pixomondo Breakdown Reel from ‘I’ve Never Been to New York’
Led by VFX supervisor Sven Martin, the studio handled all visual effects production on Philipp Stölzl’s colorful feature film adaptation of the stage musical of the same name.
Bilali Mack and Erin Nash Join Alkemy X
After a year of steady growth, visual effects house bolsters its NYC office roster with hiring of two new VFX supervisors.
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WATCH: Cinesite’s ‘The Witcher’ Season 1 VFX Breakdown Reel
Led by VFX supervisor Aleksadar Pejic, the studio’s London team delivered digital demons and more in more than 250 shots across all eight first season episodes.
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WATCH: Digital Domain’s ‘Lost in Space: Season 2’ VFX Breakdown Reel
Led by VFX supervisor Aladino Debert, the Oscar-winning studio delivered around 160 shots for the second season of Netflix’s popular reimagined sci-fi adventure series.
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Foundry Releases Nuke 12.1
New version includes UI and tool improvements, CARA VR node performance improvements through Blink and BlinkScript update, and speed improvements for artist and team reviews.
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Dive into the Aquatic World of VES Student Award Winner ‘The Beauty’
Filmakademie Baden-Weurttemburg team honored as top up-and-coming filmmakers with annual award sponsored and presented by Autodesk at 18th Annual Visual Effects Society gala.
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Cinesite Fills ‘The Witcher’ with Dangerous Monsters, Epic Battles and a Magical Fire
The company’s London studio creates a nasty arachnoid, Golden Dragon, zombie-like Striga and wicked battle scenes for the hit Netflix fantasy series starring Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia.
‘Oeil pour Oeil’: A One-Eyed Pirate's Life for Me
Cute CG short about hijinks on the high seas from six ESMA students snags a VES nomination for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project.
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Trippy, Edgy and Reptilian: The Wonderful Melancholia of ‘Acid Rain’
Polish director Tomek Popakul’s Annie Award-nominated short film is a jagged, hypnotic Eastern European road trip viewed through a depressing but entrancing cartoon shaded daze.
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Pixar’s ‘Kitbull’: Hand-Drawn 2D at its Most Engaging
Rosana Sullivan and Kathryn Hendrickson’s heartwarming short, about an unlikely connection between a stray kitten and pit bull, deftly illustrates the inherent beauty and power of 2D animated storytelling.
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Method Studios Helps Recreate Racing History in ‘Ford v Ferrari’
Led by VFX supervisor Dave Morley, the studio delivered more than 700 shots for James Mangold’s faithful and exciting depiction of the famous 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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Rising Sun Pictures Recreates 1966 Daytona Speedway in ‘Ford v Ferrari’
VFX studio builds photoreal replica depicting famous ’24 Hours of Daytona’ racetrack for James Mangold’s thrilling historical auto racing drama.
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‘Need it Yesterday’ Halloween Animation Challenge: Hot as Hell!
In the first of a new ‘quick and dirty’ animation production spotlight series, Ritzy Animation’s Dan Edgley and Charlie Batho allow their team a mere 32 hours to produce something deliciously sinister.
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Elastic Tackles ‘Gears of War 5’ Multi-Part Launch Campaign
Creative studio collaborates with 215 McCann, XBOX and The Coalition to produce, design and animate three key pieces of game launch content.
