Tribeca Film Festival Unveils 30+ Immersive Experiences for 2019 Edition
More than 30 virtual reality projects to be presented at the Virtual Arcade and Tribeca Cinema360 at the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival.
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Baobab Studios Announces New ‘Bonfire’ VR Experience
New immersive experience directed by studio co-founder Eric Darnell stars comedian, writer and actress Ali Wong.
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Glassbox Technologies Launches with Real-Time Virtual Production Workflows
Virtual production specialists announce private betas for two key solutions -- DragonFly and BeeHive -- for Unreal Engine, Unity 3D and Autodesk Maya that will be made publicly available later this year.
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Chaos Group Launches One-Click Cloud Rendering Service
Unlimited rendering power for 3D artists and designers with no hidden fees.
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Lucasfilm’s Doug Chiang to Lead FMX 2019 Concept Art Track
Noted Oscar-winning production designer will be joined by Patrick Hanenberger from ‘The LEGO Movie 2’ in sharing their latest work.
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Where Have All the Dragons Gone? Dean DeBlois Concludes His Spectacular Trilogy with ‘The Hidden World’
‘How To Train Your Dragon’ series writer and director Dean DeBlois reflects on his ten years with the beloved franchise, detailing how new technologies helped bring ‘The Hidden World’ to the screen.
Computer Graphics in the Spotlight at 2019 Academy Sci-Tech Awards
Adobe After Effects and Photoshop, the Medusa Performance Capture System, and -- for the first time -- Maxon Cinema 4D among nine scientific & technical achievements to be honored at this year’s annual presentation.
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FMX 2019 Announces ‘Spider-Man’ Talk, Indie Animation Track and ‘CatPlanets’ Trailer Reveal
Sony Pictures Imageworks VFX supervisor Danny Dimian will present work on hit animated feature; animators Sophie Koto Gate, Michael Frei, Boris Labbé and Tomek Popakul will share their distinctive work.
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Designing the Spectacular Realm of the Dragons for DreamWorks Animation’s ‘The Hidden World’
From concept art to finished frames, production designer Pierre-Olivier Vincent brings a singular touch to the final film in the blockbuster ‘How To Train Your Dragon’ trilogy.
Google Cloud, Sony Pictures Imageworks Collaborate on Open-Source OpenCue
Open-source, high-performance render manager based on Sony’s in-house queuing system, Cue 3, is purpose-built for the needs of the visual effects and animation industry.
VFX Supervisor João Sita Joins Framestore Montreal
Veteran artist previously earned VES Award and Primetime Emmy nominations for work on Netflix series ‘Lost in Space.’
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Adobe Acquires French 3D Creative Tool Developer Allegorithmic
Substance design software, used in 3D editing and authoring for games and entertainment production, is coming to Creative Cloud.
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ILM’s Rob Bredow to Present ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ at FMX 2019
Studio’s head and executive creative director will share inner workings of their visual and physical effects work on Disney's BAFTA and VES-nominated sci-fi adventure.
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Autodesk Maya 2019 is Here
Featuring new tools and performance enhancements for faster animation, improved working environments, higher quality previews and improved pipeline integration.
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VIDEO: Pollen Creates Cinematic Score for Oscar-Shortlisted ‘Age of Sail’
Pollen Music Group’s Scot Stafford employs a modern, minimalist approach to creating the score for director John Kahrs’ sweeping new short film and VR experience for Google Spotlight Stories, ‘Age of Sail.’
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Visual Effects Society New York Hosts 5th Annual Awards Celebration
Digital pioneer Bob Greenberg to receive Empire Award; VFX innovators Jonah Friedman and Andy Jones to receive Empire Tech Award.
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Driving ‘Mortal Engines’: Weta Crafts a Dystopian World for Universal’s YA Adaptation
VFX supervisor Ken McGaugh and animation supervisor Dennis Yoo face the challenges of creating a steampunk-inflected dystopian world inhabited by giant, predator cities on wheels for Oscar-winning VFX artist-turned-director Christian Rivers’ feature adaptation.
Gallery Nucleus Presenting ‘Weekends,’ ‘Age of Sail’ This Saturday!
Screenings and panels of Oscar-shortlisted animated short films to be followed by a filmmaker signing session.
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WATCH: DreamWorks Animation Releases ‘Bird Karma,’ ‘Bilby’ Shorts Online
The first two projects to emerge from DWA’s shorts program, Oscar-shortlisted films showcase the breadth and depth of talent and technology the studio wields.
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FMX 2019 Releases First Trailer and Program Confirmations
Keynote by Oscar-winner and Google Spotlight Stories creative director Jan Pinkava one of initial set of events confirmed for upcoming animation and VFX conference.
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Audiomotion Creates Ice-Free Skating Rink for ‘The Nutcracker and the Four Realms’
Vicon motion capture system helps add life to crowd scenes, ice skating sequences and attacking Polichinelle clowns in Disney’s new live-action fantasy feature.
Foundry Ships Nuke 11.3
New version includes major improvements to the Live Group feature, boosts to the particle system, multi-file stereo workflows for Nuke Studio, Hiero and HieroPlayer, as well as enhancements to the UI.
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Nimble Collective Extends Enterprise-Class Animation Platform with Acquisition of RGB Notes
Cloud-based animation review tool is the newest addition to Nimble Studio for enterprise animation production.
Finding Their ‘Calling’
Director Charles Zhang and writer/producer Jonathan Cui break new ground with a feature-length VR film.
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9 Scientific & Technical Achievements to be Honored at Academy Sci-Tech Awards
Curtis Clark to receive John A. Bonner Award at the Academy’s annual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation on Saturday, February 9.
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