disguise Launches Free ‘Virtual Production Workflows’ Course
Nine modular topics range from volume design to ACES color management and virtual production workflows; participants earn an online certificate.
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Final Pixel Academy Launches Virtual Production Fellowship and Master Class
Exclusively for candidates in Scotland, the 3-year fully funded fellowship is now accepting applications through November 17; in partnership with NYU, the Virtual Production Master Class begins on October 30, applications are open.
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Disney+ Drops Trailer for ‘Doctor Who’ 60th Anniversary Specials
The first of the three specials, titled ‘The Star Beast,’ premieres November 25 and stars David Tennant and Catherine Tate, with the new season debuting in 2024.
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Connecting Ideas: FMX 2024 Returns Next April
The 28th edition, set for April 23-26, poses the question: Is the Media & Entertainment community moving closer together? Magnopus Global Director of Innovation Salomon Rogers named program chair.
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Cinesite Goes All Mysterious for Kenneth Branagh’s ‘A Haunting In Venice’
Production VFX Supervisor Artemis Oikonomopoulou talks ghosts, cryptic water messages, and 1947 Venice, along with lots of invisible effects – and some CG bees – on the director’s third outing as famed Belgian detective Hercule Poirot in the latest cinematic adaptation of an Agatha Christie novel.
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Juice and G2A.com Create ‘Gate 2 Adventure’ Spot
Polish VFX studio blends 2D and 3D animated characters to bring a cohesive visual experience to the digital marketplace’s ‘Gate Ready’ campaign.
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1st Annual ‘World VFX Day’ Announced
Celebrating the unsung heroes of film by highlighting the exceptional achievements and contributions of the visual effects community, the new event launches December 8.
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Framestore Adds Gary Brozenich as International Production Supervisor
22-year VFX veteran bolsters studio’s supervisory team; studio’s recent project deliveries include ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3,’ ‘Barbie,’ ‘The Little Mermaid’ and ‘Loki’ Season 2.
VFX Breakdown Reel: VFX Legion Enhances Bone-Chilling ‘Totally Killer’
The visual effects boutique delivers 170+ shots for Nahnatchka Khan’s horror-comedy, adding visceral impact with invisible effects including CG blood-covered knife blades and digital removal of blood-filled prosthetics; check out the breakdown reel – film now streaming on Prime Video.
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NVIDIA and AMD Unveil Workstations that Bring Accelerated AI to the Desktop
Machines featuring NVIDIA RTX Ada Generation GPUs and AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO Processors will be available next month for preorder from Dell, HP, and BOXX; new trained AI models offer accelerated 3D rendering, simulations, and content creation.
VFX Breakdown Reel: Digital Domain Adds Non-Stop Thrills to ‘Extraction 2’
VFX team seamlessly integrated 99 individual shots into a 22-minute oner spanning a prison escape, car chase and train crash; directed by Sam Hargrave and written by Joe Russo, the action-adventure is now streaming on Netflix.
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BOXX APEXX S3 Now Features Intel Core i7 and i9 14th Gen Processors
The leading hardware innovator among first to ship new systems with next-gen Intel processors, optimizing performance for CAD, 3D design and motion media.
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Foundry Rolls Out Nuke, Katana and Mari Updates
Now available, Nuke 15.0 bolsters doubles training speeds in CopyCat tool; all product updates include compliance with VFX Reference Platform 2023; Katana 7.0 and Mari 7.0. coming soon.
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‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Adaptation Finds New Home on Roku
The live-action series, starring Christian Slater as the evil ogre Mulgarath, Joy Bryant as loving matriarch Helen Grace, and Lyon Daniels and Noah Cottrell as twins Jared and Simon, was previously dropped by Disney+ due to cost cutting.
The Refinery Signs with Alta Global Media
The South African post-house’s offerings range from script to screen while promoting creative financial solutions for filmmakers, including the robust South African tax incentives.
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Masterpiece Studio Releases New Text-to-3D Generative AI Tool
Built in collaboration with NVIDIA, ‘Masterpiece X – Generate’ is designed for rapid exploration and prototyping, creating textured and animated 3D models from simple text prompts.
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Wētā FX’s Joe Letteri to Receive 2023 VIEW Visionary Award
The five-time Oscar winner, BAFTA winner, and senior VFX supervisor of James Cameron’s groundbreaking sci-fi sequel Avatar: The Way of Water, will be honored at the upcoming VIEW Conference, which runs October 15-20 in Torino, Italy.
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‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Sheds Writers and Directors in Massive Overhaul
The Disney+ series from Marvel Studios will take a new creative direction, although it seems Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio will still reprise their roles from the original Netflix-Marvel series.
VES Announces ‘The VES Handbook of Virtual Production’ Release
The comprehensive guide to techniques and best practices, gleaned from 82 experts in VR, AR, MR, and XR technology and edited by VFX professionals Susan Zwerman VES and Jeffrey A. Okun VES, is now available for pre-order.
NVIDIA Omniverse is Changing Filmmaking and Exxact is Helping It Happen
Three presenters at NVIDIA GTC, the conference for AI and the metaverse, talked about their adoption of real-time virtual production integrated with the technology giant’s end-to-end platform for building and operating 3D virtual worlds, a growing movement supported by Exxact Corporation, a Fremont, CA-based provider of high-performance computing solutions.
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Movella Launches ‘Indie Program’ Bundles with Free Animate Pro Access
Company’s ‘Indie Starter Bundle’ and ‘Indie Pro’ offer independent creators and small studios affordable access to high-quality motion-capture technology and studio-grade software; special StretchSense MoCap Pro Studio Glove available with bundles.
Adobe Shares Expansive Generative AI Strategy and Products
At Adobe MAX, the tech leader’s annual conference, big reveals showcased new generative AI models, 100+ Creative Cloud innovations, and Firefly customization for enterprises, all now available; Firefly generated images now top 3 billion with 1 billion generated in the last month.
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Trailer Drops for Atomic Monster and Blumhouse’s ‘Night Swim’
Based on the acclaimed 2014 short film, Universal Picture's horror-fest from the producers of ‘M3GAN’ stars Wyatt Russell as Ray Waller, former major league baseball player forced into early retirement by a degenerative illness, who discovers a dark secret tied to his new backyard swimming pool.
Juice and CD PROJEKT RED Drop ‘Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty’ Music Video
The creative studio, director Michał Misiński and singer-songwriter Dawid Podsiadło collaborated on the game universe’s expansion pack promo; live-action and animation merge to create the familiar, dark-future world within the cyberspace realm where the game’s heroine thrives.
Ingenuity Studios and Ghost VFX Now Streamland Media’s VFX Division
Ingenuity founder David Lebensfeld is appointed president to helm both studios providing visual effects for motion pictures and television.
