D2 Software Inc., a subsidiary of Digital Domain Inc., is now shipping v4.5 of Nuke, the high-end compositing system built by artists, for artists, was and recently used by Weta Digital on KING KONG.
With console platforms evolving, Karen Raugust looks into how gaming companies are increasingly looking to film, Web design, broadcasting and elsewhere to round out their development teams.
P.R. For Artists is a course designed to teach writers, designers, directors, actors or even chefs the art of P.R. This course, taught by novelist/P.R. consultant, Anthony Mora, and author/media trainer Ann Convery, will give attendees the insider secrets one needs to create and establish a successful media image. They
Barbara Robertson speaks with Lucasfilm cto Cliff Plumer to find out more about the technology of the future from someone at the forefront of innovation.
Barbara Robertson speaks with Lucasfilm cto Cliff Plumer to find out more about the technology of the future from someone at the forefront of innovation.
eyeon Software, which introduced Fusion 5, the latest in its flagship compositing software at SIGGRAPH 2005 (shipping Aug. 31), has expanded its European office, appointing Rüdiger Knoblach to director of operations for eyeon Europe, while London-based Tim Doidge has been promoted to director of sales.
The European visual effects community dominates the sales of DFX+, one of eyeons signature broadcast products, allowing the expansion to take place before the release of Fusion 5.
Rick DeMott opens up the new coffee table book, The Cinema of George Lucas, to discover more about the art of the man behind Star Wars.
Avid Technology Inc. launched version 5.0 of the companys flagship SOFTIMAGE|XSI 3D animation software. This latest version includes new tools that set industry benchmarks for performance and creative flexibility. As a key component of Avid's integrated computer graphics solutions, SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.5.0 introduces 3D teams to new features, such as Ultimapper, a map generation tool for producing cinema-quality maps in a few clicks; and GATOR, a unique property transfer system for merging fully textured and animated 3D models.
Director Darren Aronofsky (PI, REQUIEM FOR A DREAM), Regency Enterprises and Warner Bros. Pictures have invited 15 artists, including top graphic artists from the comic book world, to create original works of art interpreting Aronofskys forthcoming sci-fi fantasy film, THE FOUNTAIN, which will be released this fall (tentatively in December).
Beginning in mid-August, these images will be released on the films official website at www.thefountainmovie.com. A new interpretation will appear approximately once per week leading up to the films release.
Isaac Kerlow explores what it means to be a vfx artist today and how students should prepare to be the vfx artists of tomorrow.
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Featuring outstanding selected work from all twelve departments, Emerging Artists Annual Spring Show is open to the public from May 26th, 2005 to August 13th, 2005.
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Hyderabad-based Green Gold Animation has sold the India satellite rights for its 85-minute 2D animated feature VIKRAM AUR BETAAL to Cartoon Network, reports IndianTelevision.com. The feature is targeted at an 11+ audience.
Peter Plantec looks at how realtime technology has advanced the digital entertainment industry.
This spring the Japan Society and the Public Art Fund will collaborate on an exhibition that will fill the society's galleries on East 47th Street and spill out into the city.
It is the first collaboration between the two institutions, the first time the nonprofit Public Art Fund will be involved in an indoor exhibition and the first time the Japan Society will have input on outdoor projects. It will also be the first time any part of the Japanese artist Takashi Murakami's SUPERFLAT series will be shown in New York.
Turbo Squid, home of the Web's largest collection of royalty-free 3D products available for download and worldwide publisher for the Discreet Certified 3ds max Plug-in Program, announced the availability of four new market specific software collections.
Marisa Materna talks with the artists behind Gang of Seven, a collective of animators who have pooled their talent to form their own privately owned studio.
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art is hosting its second online exhibit titled, NOW THEN. The theme of the exhibit is -- what did professional comic artists draw like when they were 12 years old?
Comic artist Dave Bamundo had the idea for an exhibit that featured comic artists current work, compared to something they had done as a child. This idea was combined with Robert Zimmermans idea to poll professional comic artists, asking who their favorites in the business were. The top 25 artists current and childhood are displayed in the exhibit.
Karen Raugust investigates how business, creative and technological trends are transforming the vfx industry and the artists place in it.
The Gnomon Workshop released three DVD titles on Dec. 15, 2004, dedicated to understanding the complexity and power of Pixologic's ZBrush. Accomplished artists Meats Meier and Zack Petroc take the artist through the basics and intricacies of this remarkable digital sculpting tool.
The Santa Fe Film Festival features films from around the world with special presentations, including salutes and retrospectives honoring the work of veteran film artists. The event is dedicated to providing a showcase for excellent cinema from around the world, surveying the best in contemporary cinema, and paying homage to the contributions of veteran film artists through select tributes recognizing their body of work.
A new creative talent network for 2D and 3D artists has hung its shingle on the worldwide Web, The Creative Talent Network (CTN), the first online portfolio community for the film, game and video industries.
With large film studios downsizing in 2001, combined with the increasing amount of outsourcing in the film industry, it became obvious to the founders of The Creative Talent Network that an online community was the next environment where these and other professionals could work and stay connected, said Tina Price, one of the founders.
VIRTUALITY is an established appointment for digital artists, animators, designers, directors, artists, post-production supervisors and anyone who needs to keep up with the latest creative possibilities in the application and exploitation of the moving image in the digital age, showing every year new special guests and the foremost visual effects artists and companies. This year
Wicked RGB has extended its impressive stable of artists with the addition of Ira Shain, Micah Henrie, Pascal Blanché and Raphael Lacoste.
"We are here to push projects to the maximum level of graphical quality -- and we are here to stay," said founder/president Michael Christensen.
The 9th annual Not Still Art Festival will screen its eclectic international mix of music, abstraction and non-narrative shorts at 8:00 pm at the Micro Museum. This finely wrought exhibition of unique and original work will be preceded in the afternoon from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm by previews and interviews with attending artists.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors board of directors has voted to create a new category of membership for foley artists. The MPSE is dedicated to improving recognition of its members by educating the entertainment community as to the artistic merit of sound editing and related arts.
"I consider this to be a huge step forward for our organization, said MPSE president David Bondelevitch. This decision will allow us to grow not only in size and stature, but in the scope of what we hope to accomplish."
