Calypso and 60s Cartoon Design Collide in ‘Guava Island’ Opening Titles
Six Point Harness animates stylized opening for secret Donald Glover and Hiro Murai 55-minute musical that just premiered at Coachella.
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Engine Room’s QuickFX Takes High-End VFX Services to the Cloud
Custom cloud-based platform allows content producers to manage most projects on their mobile device.
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Rebecca Manning Joins Alkemy X as Compositing Supervisor
Veteran compositing supervisor brings with her more than 40 movie and TV credits including ‘Ghostbusters,’ ‘The Jungle Book,’ ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ and ‘Avatar.’
Weta and Thanos Come Full Circle in ‘Avengers: Endgame’
With a 'snap,' Weta Digital helps brings closure to both Josh Brolin’s seemingly unstoppable villain and the foundational storyline from the MCU’s first 10 years.
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Framestore Brings Smart Hulk to Life in Marvel’s ‘Avengers: Endgame’
Studio delivers 300 VFX shots, including never-before-seen Bruce Banner / Hulk hybrid, for Anthony and Joe Russo’s box office smash ‘Infinity War’ follow-up.
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Caesar Begets Pogo: Weta Continues its Primate Mastery on ‘Umbrella Academy’
VFX supervisor Chris White shares how New Zealand’s visual effects masters leveraged a decade of ‘Planet of the Apes’ digital character excellence for Netflix’s dysfunctional superhero family adventure series.
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Rewriting the Visual Rule Book on 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'
Using customized Nuke tools, Sony Pictures Imageworks created the film’s signature graphic look almost entirely in comp.
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How MPC Animated the High-Flying Elephant for Tim Burton’s ‘Dumbo’
From defying gravity to expressing emotion in a believable way, reality was key for animation supervisor Catherine Mullan and the team of artists at MPC.
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Roper Technologies to Acquire Foundry in $544M Deal
Foundry’s name and brands to remain unchanged under the continued leadership of CEO Craig Rodgerson in all-cash deal expected to close in April 2019.
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Female VFX Talents Celebrate International Women’s Day in the Age of #MeToo
A diverse group of nine female creative professionals working at Pixomondo share their career histories, motivations and insights from navigating a male-led industry.
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Cole & Weber and The New Blank Partner on Pint-Size Washington Lottery Animation
In new spot, tiny, toy-like animated Lottery Vending Machine warmly greets various people around town who benefit from game proceeds.
Framestore Delivers Dazzling VFX in Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Welcome to Marwen’
Creative studio’s advanced motion-capture technology and new pipeline for integrating live-action with CG dolls help director visualize true story of photographer Mark Hogancamp’s recovery from a vicious hate crime.
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Travis Knight Takes Flight with ‘Bumblebee’ -- Part 2
In the second part of AWN’s two-part interview, the director of Paramount’s new ‘Transformers’ sci-fi action adventure discusses the magic behind a compelling and emotional digital character performance.
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Travis Knight Takes Flight with ‘Bumblebee’ -- Part 1
In the first part of AWN’s two-part interview, the director of Paramount’s new ‘Transformers’ sci-fi action adventure shares how love, empathy and connecting with others lies at the heart of his new film.
Foundry Ships Nuke 11.3
New version includes major improvements to the Live Group feature, boosts to the particle system, multi-file stereo workflows for Nuke Studio, Hiero and HieroPlayer, as well as enhancements to the UI.
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Columbia College Hollywood Launches New VFX B.F.A. Program
Program is the first in the country to include widely used Perception Neuron, Maker Bot, Formlab and Houdini 3D software technologies in its curriculum.
Fantasy Worlds and Characters Abound in Disney’s ‘Nutcracker and the Four Realms’
MPC VFX supervisor Richard Clegg and his team create fully CG environments and complex digital characters such as Mother Ginger, the Mouse King, and an army of seven-foot tin soldiers for Disney’s new feature film adaptation of the classic holiday tale.
Method Studios Brings Winnie the Pooh to Life in ‘Christopher Robin’
VFX supervisor Glenn Melenhorst guides studio’s Melbourne team in crafting gentle bear’s performance in Disney’s live-action fantasy adventure.
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Every Day Was a Snow Day for Sony Pictures Imageworks and ‘Smallfoot’
VFX supervisor Karl Herbst shares his insights on how his team tackled lots of snow, and a bit of fur, on Warner Bros’ new animated musical comedy adventure.
Disney and Unity Team Up on ‘Baymax Dreams’ Animated Shorts
Real-time gaming tools used to produce three new shorts, inspired by ‘Big Hero 6 The Series.’
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‘Monophobia’: Deadmau5’s Massively Out of Control House Party
New music video is a surreal jaunt through the electronic music master's mansion, complete with curious characters displaying even more curious dance moves.
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Studio 100 Media Launches Studio Isar Animation
First project for new Munich CG animation studio will be third ‘Maya the Bee’ franchise film
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VFX Supervisor Hubert Maston Joins Framestore Montreal
Industry veteran will focus on studio’s upcoming slate of feature film projects.
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Foundry Releases Nuke 11.2
Latest version, now available for download, includes UI updates, deep compositing toolset improvements, pipeline benefits and faster script building capabilities.
Alessandro Pacciani and Platige Image Team on ‘Jaguar’ Crash Course
Live-action stunts are combined with CG elements in manic VFX-driven urban car chase spot.
