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Weta Digital and SideFX Bringing Houdini to the Cloud

By Dan Sarto | Monday, August 23, 2021 at 9:03am

New WetaH collaboration marks leading VFX company’s second move to integrate top commercial and proprietary applications in a single cloud-based service.

Postvis VFXWorld

Halon Entertainment Helps Visualize James Gray’s ‘Ad Astra’

By Dan Sarto | Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 2:48pm

Casey Pyke discusses his company’s previs and postvis work on Plan B Entertainment’s thrilling space adventure, which stars Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones.

VFX production Headline News

DNEG Promotes Aaron Gilman to Vancouver Studio Head of Animation

High-profile creative hires Emile Ghorayeb, Keith Roberts and Spencer Cook join Gilman to bolster studio’s global expansion plans.

People Headline News

Rebecca Manning Joins Alkemy X as Compositing Supervisor

Veteran compositing supervisor brings with her more than 40 movie and TV credits including ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ and ‘Avatar.’

Technology Headline News

Autodesk Celebrates Awards Success for Projects Using its Tools

All five Oscars best visual effects nominees used software made by the company, whose employees also were honored by the Television Academy and at the Sci-Tech Awards.

Academy Awards VFXWorld

Can Three Caesars Add Up to One More Oscar for Joe Letteri?

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 2:24pm

Weta’s four-time Oscar-winning senior VFX supervisor talks about the complexities of creating believable digital ape performances in the final film in Fox’s ‘Apes’ trilogy reboot, director Matt Reeves’ futuristic action adventure ‘War for the Planet of the Apes.’

Academy Awards VFXWorld

The 2018 VFX Nominees: Doubling Down on Digital Effects

Group of 20 nominees draws on two decades of experience and technological advances, delivering shots that were previously unimaginable.

Visual Effects Society VFXWorld

The 16th Annual VES Awards: Reactions, Photos and More

By Dan Sarto | Friday, February 16, 2018 at 5:51pm

Get a peek at the winners onstage and backstage at this year’s grand Visual Effects Society bash.

Awards Headline News

‘Apes,’ ‘Coco’ and ‘Game of Thrones’ Top 16th Annual VES Awards

‘Game of Thrones’ wins five awards; ‘Coco,’ ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ win four awards each; Samsung sweeps all three commercials categories; and ‘Blade Runner 2049’ wins a pair.

Annie Awards Headline News

'Coco's Night: Pixar Feature Dominates Annies with 11 Wins

‘The Breadwinner’ takes indie feature honor; ‘Disney Mickey Mouse’ and ‘Samurai Jack’ each score three awards in TV categories.

Academy Awards VFXWorld

On the Road to the 90th Oscars: The Visual Effects Nominees

Leading up to March 4th, use our handy guide to catch up and keep up with AWN’s coverage of the films and creative teams nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 90th Academy Awards.

Oscars Headline News

Nominees for the 90th Oscars Announced

Studio entries ‘Boss Baby,’ ‘Coco’ and ‘Ferdinand’ face off against indies ‘The Breadwinner’ and ‘Loving Vincent’ for the Best Animated Feature Oscar.

Awards Headline News

‘Blade Runner 2049,’ ‘Apes,’ ‘Despicable Me 3’ and ‘Thrones’ Top VES Noms

Winners in 24 categories will be announced Feb. 13 at a gala awards ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. 

Visual Effects VFXWorld

2018 Academy VFX Bake-Off: Presenting a Phantasmagoria of Imagery

Creative teams from 10 Oscar hopefuls present their contributions at the Academy’s annual Visual Effects Bake-off held on Saturday, January 6 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA.

Feature Film VFX VFXWorld

Hail Caesar! Weta Delivers Digital Mastery for ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’

Models supervisor Florian Fernandez talks about his team’s use of proprietary Manuka ray tracer to create photorealistic apes and more for Matt Reeves’ futuristic action-adventure hit.

Awards Headline News

Australian Effects & Animation Festival Announces 2017 Winners

‘War for the Planet of the Apes,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘Kong: Skull Island,’ ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,’ ‘Ghost in the Shell,’ ‘Valerian and The City of a Thousand Planets’ and ‘Doctor Strange’ receive awards for feature film VFX at 2017 Australian Effects & Animation Festival.

VIEW Conference Headline News

Joe Letteri to Present ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ at VIEW 2017

Renowned Weta Digital senior visual effects supervisor to present the evolution of visual effects technology and artistry behind the final film in the trilogy at VIEW 2017 running October 23-27, 2017 in Torino, Italy.