WATCH: Focus Features Unveils First Look at LAIKA’s ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’
New teaser for stop-motion animated action-adventure set in mythic Japan gives a taste of the film’s ornate visual style and epic setting.
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Axis Animation Taps Fusion Studio for ‘Halo 5: Guardians’ Game Cinematic
Axis Animation completes compositing for the opening sequence for Microsoft’s ‘Halo 5: Guardians’ Xbox game using Blackmagic Design’s Fusion Studio.
The Challenging Previs of ‘Spectre’
IO Entertainment head and previs supervisor Brad Blackbourn describes how director Sam Mendes used previs for action sequence planning and more on the latest James Bond franchise film.
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animago AWARD & CONFERENCE Turning 20
Awards show and international conference for 3D animation & still, visual effects and visualization moving to Munich for 20th anniversary edition.
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Cospective Releases Dedicated iOS App for Frankie
Dedicated iOS app for web-based review and approval tool Frankie brings all the collaborative, cloud-based functionality of Frankie to the palm of your hand.
Q&A: Delving Into the VFX of Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma’s ‘The Ningyo’
Photoreal short derived from an old Japanese folk tale employs physical sets built in the duo’s living room augmented with CG creatures and extensions crafted using Autodesk Maya and Mudbox and rendered in Chaos Group’s V-Ray.
One Animation's 'Insectibles' Headed to Latin America and France
CG-animated children’s series produced in Singapore picked up by Discovery Kids Latin America and Canal Plus in France.
One Animation Adds Rose Ng to Senior Management Team
Former Disney Consumer Products veteran to licensing strategy for Singapore-based CG animation studio’s lead properties, including ‘Insectibles,’ ‘Oddbods’ and ‘Rob the Robot.’
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Method Creates Abstract Cinematics for ‘Call of Duty: Black Ops III’
State-of-the-art cinematics for 12 different scenes further immerse players in the series’ most ambitious narrative available for next-gen gaming platforms.
DreamWorks Animation Unveils ‘Dawn of the Croods’ Trailer
Produced in Korea at EMation, NE4U and Dong Woo Animation for Netflix, new 2D-animated series is executive produced by Brendan Hay of ‘The Simpsons’ and ‘Robot Chicken’ fame.
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WATCH: Exclusive ‘Minions’ Animatic Goes from Concept to Screen
Animatic with picture-in-picture of the final movie shows what was originally sketched and what ultimately made it into the film.
Microsoft’s 343 Industries Deploys OptiTrack Tech for ‘Halo 5: Guardians’
Microsoft Studios’ 343 Industries builds a new 50-foot by 50-foot motion capture stage outfitted with 50 Prime 41 cameras for character animation and camera tracking.
SIGGRAPH 2016 Now Accepting Submissions
Forty-third International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques will be held July 24-28, 2016 in Anaheim, California.
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Byron Howard and Rich Moore Talk ‘Zootopia’
The co-directors on Disney’s upcoming 2016 animated feature share how they divide and conquer the enormous tasks -- and pressures -- of helming a big studio film.
Spin VFX Provides Effects for Warner Bros.’ ‘The 33’
Led by VFX supervisor Jeff Campbell and supervising VFX producer George Macri, SpinVFX delivers nearly 150 shots to help bring to life the remarkable true story of the 33 survivors of the Chilean mine disaster.
Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ Wins 2015 New York Film Critics Circle Award
Disney and Pixar’s ‘Inside Out’ named best animated feature of 2015 by the New York Film Critics Circle.
Review: Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Ultimate 2016
Character rigging master Brad Clark returns once again to put the latest Autodesk software suite update to the test.
Rising Sun Pictures Standardizes on Arnold as Primary Production Renderer
Australian visual effects studio standardizes on Solid Angle’s Arnold as its primary production renderer with a dramatic increase in efficiency.
Chaos Group Launches V-Ray for Revit Public Beta
High-performance rendering now integrated into architecture’s leading design platform; free download available now.
ManvsMachine Explores Relationship Between Creativity and Technology with Cinema 4D
New videos from MAXON reveal how CINEMA 4D empowers the creative community.
Adobe Creative Cloud Updates Now Available
Adobe renames Flash Professional CC to Adobe Animate CC, rewriting the tool from the ground up to add native support for HTML5 Canvas and WebGL as well as outputs to any format.
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Autodesk Launches 3ds Max 2016 Extension 2
New tools and workflow improvements include max creation graph enhancements, one-click print studio access, simple simulation data import, text and shape mapping, and more.
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New Coldplay Video Features Motion Capture by Andy Serkis’s The Imaginarium
Directed by Mat Whitecross and produced by My Accomplice’s Hannah Clark, new video employs performance capture by Andy Serkis’s The Imaginarium and animation and VFX by Paris-based Mathematic.
Disney Orders New Season of ‘Star Wars Rebels’
Third season currently in production at Lucasfilm Ltd. is scheduled to premiere in 2016.
NVIDIA Launches New Iray Plugins for Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya
Iray plug-ins for Autodesk 3ds Max and Maya support NVIDIA’s new distributed rendering solution, Iray Server, now in open beta.
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