DNEG Adds Emmy-Nominated Producers Ron Ames and Jesse Kobayashi
Company taps the pair to advance and improve its service offerings and provide creative technological solutions to filmmaking challenges.
Category: Technology
2024 VES Awards
Begins: February 21, 2024
The 22nd annual awards ceremony recognizes and honors outstanding visual effects and the artists who created them; the event will be held February 21 in Beverly Hills.
16 Scientific & Technical Achievements to be Honored at Academy Sci-Tech Awards
Ceremony, to be held at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures on February 23, celebrates individuals and companies whose discoveries and innovations have contributed in significant and lasting ways to the motion picture industry.
In Awards, Event, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: Academy Awards | Geographic Region: All
Seth MacFarlane’s ‘Ted’ Comes to Life in Real Time with ViewScreen Studio
The new comedy, which premieres January 11 on Peacock, uses innovative production visualization technology from the famed creator’s company, Fuzzy Door Tech, to film an animated lead character alongside other actors.
Podcast EP 237: How 3D Studio Yonk Uses VR Sculpting to Get Big Name Clients
The Netherlands-based animation studio’s Niels van der Donk and Victoria Young discuss VR creative tools, working hard to earn big-name clients, and what it took to make the studio a full-time gig.
FMX Drops 2024 Trailer
Originating from the ‘World of Gra’ universe created by graduates of the Animationsinstitut, the trailer illustrates this year’s event theme, ‘Connecting Ideas;’ the 28th edition of FMX – Film & Media Exchange returns to Stuttgart April 23 to 26.
In 2D, 3D, AI, Business, CG, Digital Media, Event, Films, Games, Jobs & Recruiting, Post-production, Previs/Postvis/Visualization, Short Films, Technology, Television, Transmedia, Virtual Production, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Blogs: FMX Conference Spotlight | Special Events: FMX | Geographic Region: Europe
Final Draft 13 Now Available
Latest update for the leading screenwriting application includes the new Navigator 2.0, character development tools, and an enhanced outline editor.
In Business, People, Technology, Writing | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
NVIDIA’s AI Workbench Beta Coming Later This Month
At CES, company announced a host of new generative AI technology updates and releases, including TensorRT GPUs, the TensorRT-LLM open-source library, tools for RTX PCs and workstations, RTX-accelerated GeForce RTX SUPER GPUs, and new developer AI tools to create, test, and customize pre-trained generative AI models and LLMs.
In 3D, AI, CG, Event, People, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: CES | Geographic Region: All
NVIDIA Studio Debuts AI- and RTX-Accelerated Tech Upgrades at CES
Enhanced tools, laptops, and desktop systems are designed to help artists realize their creative vision, such as transforming 2D illustrations into dynamic 3D scenes using AI and Adobe Firefly 2.
In 3D, AI, Art, CG, Digital Media, People, Technology | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: CES | Geographic Region: All
NVIDIA Avatar Cloud Engine Lets Developers Build Digital Avatars with Gen AI
New microservices mean state-of-the-art generative AI models can now be integrated into games, tools, and middleware to enable new possibilities such as characters interacting without the need for pre-scripted dialogue.
In 3D, AI, Business, CG, Digital Media, Event, Games, People, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: CES | Geographic Region: All
Getty Images Releases Generative AI by iStock, Built on NVIDIA Picasso
Announced at CES, the tool provides an affordable, commercially safe image generation service that produces ready-to-license visuals that include legal protection and usage rights.
In 2D, 3D, AI, Art, Business, CG, Technology | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: CES | Geographic Region: All
Impossible Objects Dreams Up ‘All Kinds of Fields’ for John Deere
Directed by Jay Walker, the spot tapped studios’ technical expertise using CG, LED volume shoot and traditional VFX to visually realize a young girl’s dream.
ITFS 2024
Begins: April 23, 2024
Launched in 1982, the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film returns April 23-28, with a focus on Irish animation.
In 2D, 3D, Awards, Call for Entries, CG, Digital Media, Education and Training, Festival, Films, Interactive, Short Films, Technology, AR/VR/XR | Event Types: Competitive Festivals
Game Developers Conference 2024
Begins: March 18, 2024
GDC comes to San Francisco on March 18-22; the game industry's premier professional event champions game developers and the advancement of their craft.
In 3D, Awards, Business, CG, Digital Media, Event, Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology, Transmedia | Event Types: Conferences
FMX: Film & Media Exchange 2024
Begins: April 23, 2024
The 4-day event returns to Stuttgart, kicking off April 23; on-demand presentations are available April 27 - May 31.
Animaj Unveils Animaj AI 1.0
AI-assisted production workflow designed for kids’ animation production features text-to-3D motion, motion-to-motion retransfer and text or animatic-to-motion retrieval.
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Exxact Now Offering Workstations with AMD Threadripper PRO 7000WX Processors
The new processor series offers up to 96 cores and 192 threads, with a peak boost clock of 5.3GHz overclockable, to tackle complex simulation, generative design, rendering, and AI training tasks.
Watch the Dark and Chaotic ‘NOIR’ Animated Music Video
Powerful 2D and 3D images meld with musician adiiilya’s vocals to delve into themes of jealousy, obsession, and toxic masculinity while portraying the characters’ fragmented minds and distorted perceptions of reality.
In 2D, 3D, CG, People, Short Films, Technology | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News | Geographic Region: All
‘The Esteemed Priority’ Unpacks Unconditional Love While Honoring Animation’s Early Roots
Animator, illustrator, and teacher Al Bohl uses paper cut-out silhouette animation, pioneered a century ago by German filmmaker Lotte Reiniger, to tell the timeless – and timely - story of a stranger who helps a man laying beaten and bleeding on the side of the road.
NVIDIA Studio Highlights Michael Gilmour’s ‘Winter World’ Videos
NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 now available on real-time 3D creation software D5 Render; blog showcases 3D artists’ long-form “winter worlds’ videos designed to offer viewers a sense of peace and relaxation.
NVIDIA Announces Omniverse Enterprise Free Trial
Users can now download and deploy a 30-day trial of the native OpenUSD software platform for connecting complex 3D pipelines and simulating large-scale physically accurate virtual worlds.
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FMX 2024 Shares First Program News
The 4-day event kicks off in Stuttgart on April 23, 2024 with a focus on ‘Connecting Ideas’ and the return of the ‘Lighting & Rendering” track; annual Animation Production Days is now accepting projects through February 6.
In 2D, 3D, Business, Call for Entries, CG, Digital Media, Education and Training, Event, Films, Games, Jobs & Recruiting, Post-production, Previs/Postvis/Visualization, Short Films, Technology, Television, Transmedia, Virtual Production, AR/VR/XR, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Blogs: FMX Conference Spotlight | Special Events: FMX | Geographic Region: Europe
Disney Loses MOVA VFX Technology Infringement Case
After over six years of litigation, an Oakland jury has awarded roughly $600,000 to Reardon’s Oscar-winning VFX software MOVA Contour, with a paltry $345,000 meant to represent the profits gained from the wrongful use of assets.
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‘Percy Jackson and the Olympians’: A Kid Demigod Takes the LED Stage
Jon Steinberg and Dan Shotz’s reimagining of Rick Riordan’s best-selling book series, that tells the story of a 12-year-old with newfound divine powers and his journey to find a lightening bolt he’s accused of stealing, looked to ILM VFX supervisor Jeff White and the studio’s groundbreaking StageCraft LED Volume technology for live-action shoots integrating real-time animated environments.
In 3D, Acting, Books, CG, Digital Media, People, Technology, Television, Virtual Production, Visual Effects | VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
Watch ‘Migration’ ScreenX Format Trailer
The first major animated feature releasing globally in CJ 4DPLEX’s Immersive, 270-Degree Panoramic ScreenX format gives audiences an all-new way to experience the funny, feathered family vacation like no other; in theaters December 22.
