Malaysian Joint Venture Anima Point Launches
Creative Media Point and Anima Vitae announce new Malaysia-based joint venture Anima Point.
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Krakatoa Creates CG Visualizations for Short Film 'Rebirth'
Polish film director and cinematographer Patryk Kizny follows up on his 2010 hyper-real short film, The Chapel, with the in-progress Rebirth, created with the help of Thinkbox Software’s Krakatoa.
In CG, People, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: Europe, North America
Software Review: Nuke 7
Digital compositor Daniel Molina takes a look at the Foundry’s latest Nuke release.
The Early Years of Hayao Miyazaki Part 1 - 'Starting Point: 1979-1996'
In Part 1 of his 3-part review of Hayao Miyazaki’s book, Peter Tieryas looks at the early life of the pioneer animation director.
Dick Figures Web Series Launches Second Season
6 Point Media’s enormously talented directorial duo, Zack Keller and Ed Skudder, have launched Season 2 of their extremely popular, animated web series: “Dick Figures.”
John Andrews Partners With Six Point Harness To Launch 6 Point Media
Led by CEO Brendan Burch, Six Point Harness announced today that Executive Producer John Andrews has joined them to form a new venture called 6 Point Media.
RenderPal V2 2.5 Now Available!
The fifth point release of RenderPal V2, the professional Render Farm Manager for Maya, 3ds Max, Cinema 4D, Nuke, After Effects, Softimage/XSI and many more renderers and compositing applications, has been released!
In Business, Interactive, Technology, Business, Interactive, Technology | Headline News | Geographic Region: All
Six Point Harness Drives Design On Hanks' Electric City
Six Point Harness Animation Studio is slated to work with Playtone on the sci-fi based internet series Electric City, a compilation of twenty three-minute webisodes.
Balloonatiks: The Collector’s Set Pops on DVD
Animagic Entertainment Group Inc., owner and marketer of the kids’ CGI animated series and merchandise brand The Balloonatiks, has set an October 18 street date for its debut DVD release Balloonatiks: The Collector’s Set, a special collector’s edition DVD, featuring two episodes Meet Deflator and Pop Goes the Balloonatiks.
In CG, Home Entertainment, Television, CG, Home Entertainment, Television | Headline News | Geographic Region: North America
Wood Spills Details about Happy Feet 2 Plot Point
Elijah Wood gave away a key plot point for HAPPY FEET 2 when talking with WHATSPLAYING.COM on video Sunday night.
Digital-Tutors Releases Five New Video Training Titles
Digital-Tutors, an award-winning provider of video-based training for emerging digital artists in the film, television and game industries, today released Version 1.1 of their online leaning library and educational platform.
DVD Releases For July 1, 2008
Check out VANTAGE POINT and GANGS OF NEW YORK on DVD along with some BOB THE BUILDER and FIREMAN SAM, all out on DVD today.
GANGS OF NEW YORK On Blu-ray
ReelTime Partners with Lionsgate for Streaming VOD
ReelTime Rentals will provide movies from Lionsgate for rental by streaming download on the ReelTime.com website.
ReelTime customers may point, click and watch blockbuster and critically acclaimed Lionsgate films, like SAW III, EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH, CRANK, THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, DR. T AND THE WOMEN, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM and more than 200 other titles. The end user may access full screen DVD-quality video, without buffering or distortion.
'The Magic of Houdini': Initial Velocity
In VFXWorld's latest excerpt from The Magic of Houdini, Will Cunningham discusses the use of initial velocity and other particle forces to be reckoned with.
'The Magic of Houdini': SOPs That Confound the Melon -- Part 2
In the latest excerpt from the book The Magic of Houdini, Will Cunningham explains Point and Primitive SOPs.
The Magic of Houdini: Learning the Brush Operations
Brush operations is the subject of VFXWorlds latest excerpt from The Magic of Houdini by Will Cunningham.
'The Magic of Houdini': 3D Concepts Reviewed
In the latest excerpt from The Magic of Houdini, Will Cunningham discusses developing 3D concepts.
Cuppa Coffee & Six Point Harness Provide Sic’Emation for MTV2
For MTV2s new SicEmation lineup, Cuppa Coffee and Six Point Harness have provided work on the new CELEBRITY DEATHMATCH and WHERE MY DOGS AT? respectively.
As the largest stop-motion studio in North America, Cuppa Coffee was brought on board by MTV2. It was important to keep the feel of the original series and build on that to offer a slicker sharper looking show, explains series director Andrew Horne. Of course we wont stray far from what makes the show funny; blunt force trauma.
XSI 5.1 Review: Plenty of New Import/Export Tools
Mary Ann Skweres looks into an essential part of the animation production process sound.
Weitz Steps Down from His Dark Materials
Director Chris Weitz has stepped down as director on HIS DARK MATERIALS: THE GOLDEN COMPASS, citing the expansive technical challenges. New Line will launch a search for a new director immediately. The ABOUT A BOY helmer made it clear that the move was not due to creative differences, thus heading off rumors that the move was over the recent announcement that the film would secularize the Philip Pullman novel in an effort to make the film not seem anti-religious. Weitz penned the screenplay, which will be used by the new director.
WIA-NY Members Only Holiday Party
Begins: December 14, 2004
Women in Animation New York is hosting its members only holiday party. Andi Thea has graciously offered up her office, which is located at 630 First Ave, Apt. #23C, New York City 10016 (Enter on 36th street between 1st & East River). The party is BYOB and will run from 6:30-8:00 pm. Please RSVP to Lisa Goldman at lisaggoldman@yahoo.com by December 10. At some point there will be a cut off point so RSVP ASAP. To join or for more information, visit www.womeninanimation.org.
Animation Layout: Getting Perspective
Author Mike S. Fowler explores and defines perspective in this first excerpt from his new book all about animation background layout, which includes many illustrated examples and exercises.
Inside the Icebergclub
When Jean Pascal Princiaux's film, Icebergclub, screened at the 2002 International Animated Film Festival at Annecy, the crowd went wild. Find out why in this interview with the filmmaker by Annick Teninge.
Affiliate Animator News: Arthur's Vision Point In "Best Of The Northwest" Tour
Stephen X. Arthur's experimental animated short, "Vision Point," was chosen to go on tour in "The Best of the Northwest," a program of highlights from the 27th Northwest Film and Video Festival, Portland, Oregon. The tour will be running for the rest of the year, visiting various cities in Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, Idaho and other states. For a schedule, contact the festival coordinator, Thomas Phillipson, at thomas@nwfilm.org. You can discover Stephen's work in the Animation Showcase.
Let's Sketch on Location
Renowned drawing instructor Glenn Vilppu begins a new series of articles that discuss sketching on location.
