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.
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Fresh Takes: Konee Rok Breathes 2D Neon Life into ‘The City’
Filmmaker mixes classic hip-hop style with modern animation tools in this clean, colorful, and nostalgic 2D music video.
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Online Highlights of FMX 1994-2020 Program Coming in May
Each day May 5-8 and then every two weeks through the end 2020, conference will post a new online piece dedicated to an outstanding personality from the event’s history.
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Maxon Announces Cinema 4D Subscription Release 22
Company’s first subscription-based option offers professional 3D software at a lower price.
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Chaos Group Releases V-Ray PLE for Maya Personal Learning Edition
Free non-commercial license gives new and self-taught CG artists a chance to explore photorealistic rendering at their own pace.
Autodesk Unveils Flame 2021
New release expands A.I. capabilities, simplifies finishing for streaming services and accelerates creative workflows while adding Dolby Vision HDR authoring and display.
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Adobe Releases Substance Source Parametric Decals
Coming on the heels of last Wednesday's livestreamed Substance Day keynote, company announces new features to easily add unique variations of isolated details to a model.
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Adobe Announces Substance Designer and Painter Updates
In livestreamed keynote, Sébastien Deguy discusses new software features that improve workflow and capabilities of 3D and VFX artists.
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CG Pioneers Paul Debevec and Donald Greenberg to Keynote VIEW 2020
Award-winning computer graphics researchers and professors are the first announced presenters at upcoming October 18-23 digital media conference in Turin, Italy.
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Ziva VFX Character Simulation Software Now Free for Students and Educators
Physics-based character creation platform now available free of charge for non-commercial projects.
FXhome’s ‘Pay What You Want’ Initiative to Support COVID-19 Response
Campaign to provide financial support to those on the front lines providing care and healing to individuals and communities impacted by the global pandemic.
Halon Entertainment Now Up and Running with Full Remote Workforce
CEO Chris Ferriter, in an open letter, announces that for the past three weeks, the studio has been successfully operating with a 100% remote workforce
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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.
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Netflix Pushes Anime’s Visual Boundaries in Akira Saitoh’s ‘Sol Levante’
Breathtakingly beautiful new experimental short from Production I.G., one of world’s first hand-drawn 4K HDR projects, is now available for viewing.
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‘Red Giant Complete’ Now Free for Students and Teachers
Platform provides up-to-date versions of Red Giant’s motion graphics, VFX and filmmaking software suites.
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BOXX Announces NVIDIA-Powered Data Center System at GTC Digital
New FLEXX data center platform features NVIDIA GPUs and multiple CPUs, and supports virtualization software for remote workstations.
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TurboSquid Launches Kraken Pro 3D Asset Management Platform
Using an AI sorting tool, the new software quickly processes thousands of models, generating categories, keywords and tags.
Autodesk Releases 3ds Max 2021
New version includes fully scriptable baking, integrated Python 3 support, viewport and rendering improvements.
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Scanline VFX Successfully Converts Entire Global Operations to Work Remotely
As of yesterday, all 650 staff across seven studios location are safely working from home.
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Jennifer Garner and Warren Buffett Voice COVID-19 Prevention PSAs for Kids
First three of seven animated spots released, using ‘Llama Llama,’ ‘Secret Millionaires Club,’ and other Genius Brands International properties to help kids learn safe hygiene.
Ziva Offering Free Remote Access Licenses to All Current Ziva VFX Studio Customers
To support studios affected by the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, company is allowing free remote access to Ziva VFX tools for active Studio license holders.
NVIDIA Providing Free GPU Virtualization Software Access for Remote Workers
vGPU licenses now available at no cost for 90 days, allowing accelerated virtual infrastructure setup for working remotely.
Valve’s ‘Half-Life: Alyx’ Now Available on Steam
Designed for VR, the newest entry in the ‘Half-Life’ series, can be played on Steam with all PC-Based VR Headsets.
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The Latest and Greatest AI-Enabled Deepfake Takes us ‘Back to the Future’
YouTuber EZRyderX47’s viral deepfake sensation seamlessly and convincingly transforms Christopher Lloyd and Michael J. Fox into Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Holland.
VES Issues Best Practices Guide, Urges Employers to Let Staff Work at Home
Organization calls on businesses to let employees work remotely as the fight against the coronavirus rages on; best practices guide designed to help VFX community adapt to at home workflows.
