Elastic Tackles ‘Gears of War 5’ Multi-Part Launch Campaign
Creative studio collaborates with 215 McCann, XBOX and The Coalition to produce, design and animate three key pieces of game launch content.
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MPC's Visual Effects are Out of This World on ‘Ad Astra’
Lead VFX studio on James Gray’s outer space thriller tackled scientifically accurate, realistic rocket takeoffs, landings, a Mars base and the rings of Neptune.
Boris FX Acquires Academy Award-Winning SilhouetteFX and Digital Film Tools
Purchase adds rotoscoping, paint, and photo editing plug-ins to the company’s suite of post-production and visual effects applications.
In 3D, Business, CG, Films, People, Post-production, Technology, AR/VR/XR | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
Foundry Names Jody Madden As New CEO
Company veteran has held several senior executive positions prior to taking the helm, effective immediately.
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It’s Full Steam Ahead for Foundry’s Post-Acquisition Mission
For co-founder and chief scientist Simon Robinson, Roper Technologies’ company purchase better enables the patient, long-term management perspective needed to successfully innovate and support a rapidly changing digital content creation industry.
In 3D, Business, CG, Films, People, Stereoscopic 3-D, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
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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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.
In 2D, 3D, CG, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: All
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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Set Visit: Go Behind the Scenes of LAIKA’s ‘Missing Link’
AWN delivers a close-up look at the production for the Oregon stop-motion studio’s biggest, most sophisticated and largest-scale animated feature yet, arriving in theatres on April 12.
In 3D, CG, Films, People, Stop-Motion, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld | Geographic Region: North America
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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Foundry Releases Katana 3.1
Latest version, now available, includes significant performance enhancements, 3Delight NSI integrated rendering and full VFXRP 2017 standard compliance.
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MPC Film Advances the Craft of Visual Effects at SIGGRAPH 2018
Studio group announces its extensive schedule of talks and presentations for the upcoming computer graphics conference and exhibition in Vancouver.
In 3D, CG, Education and Training, Event, Films, Jobs & Recruiting, Post-production, Production, Technology, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: SIGGRAPH | Geographic Region: All
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.
Rodeo FX Releases ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 7 Breakdown
Montreal-based studio’s work on the hit HBO series earned a VES Award for the wall destruction sequence in the season finale.
WATCH: Guru Studio Unveils Trailer for ‘Space Between Stars’ Short
First project produced as part of Guru’s new short film program is directed by Samuel W. Bradley with a score by composer Jim Guthrie.
Foundry Partners With Google Cloud for Cloud-Based Pipeline Tool Athera
Pairing will allow users to work with multiple VFX applications in the cloud.
‘Garden Party’ Leads to an Oscar Nom for French Students
A team of graduating students from MoPA garner accolades for hyper-realistic animated short with a noir twist.
In 3D, Awards, CG, Education and Training, People, Short Films, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld | Special Events: Academy Awards | Geographic Region: All, Europe
Poland's CeTA Played Key Role in 'Loving Vincent'
Center assisted painters by providing detailed reference, visual effects, compositing and editing for Oscars-nominated feature.
In 2D, Art, Awards, Films, Production, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: Academy Awards | Geographic Region: All, Europe
Barajoun’s ‘Bilal’ Brings History to Life
Barajoun Entertainment founder Ayman Jamal details his journey to bring the first fully Middle Eastern-funded and produced CG-animated feature to the big screen.
In 3D, CG, Films, People, Places, Voice Acting | ANIMATIONWorld | Geographic Region: All, Middle East
Encore's Shotgun Pipeline Turns Around 10K TV VFX Shots
Unified system streamlines the VFX production process for shows such as The Flash, Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow and SEAL Team.
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Carbon Annexes Filmworkers Chicago and Vitamin
Industry mainstays Rob Churchill and Danny DelPurgatorio join as firm grows into the second largest VFX and design studio in Second City.
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ILM, Pixar, DreamWorks Among 10 Academy Sci-Tech Honorees
Jonathan Erland to receive Gordon E. Sawyer Award Feb. 10 at annual awards ceremony.
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Chaos Group Helps Power VFX-Driven Short ‘The Ningyo’
Filmmakers Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma spent three years making their crowdfunded indie short, which was realized with support from Chaos Group’s Partners in Art program.
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Foundry launches Nuke 11.1 with roster of new and enhanced features
Nuke Studio, NukeX, Hiero and HieroPlayer benefit from updated workflows in the latest instalment of Nuke 11.
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Crossing the Uncanny Valley: MPC Crafts CG Rachael for ‘Blade Runner 2049’
VFX supervisor Richard Clegg raises the bar on photorealistic digital doubles in Denis Villeneuve's hit follow-up to the 1982 sci-fi classic directed by Ridley Scott.
