SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) has signed an agreement to acquire Shotgun Software, a developer of scalable, cloud-based production tracking, review and asset management software. Shotgun ...
June 25, 2014
CHICAGO — Filmworkers (www.filmworkers.com) has formed a new in-house creative unit, Churchill’s Studio, that’s focused on visual effects and animation. Headed by VFX director Rob Churchill, the new u ...
SANTA CLARA, CA — Nvidia (www.nvidia.com) has announced that it offering GPU-acceleration in Adobe Illustrator CC, enabling graphic artists to seamlessly interact with vector art at any resolution, an ...
June 19, 2014
LONDON — Creative software developer The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk) has announced the appointment of design industry veteran Doreen Lorenzo to its Board of Directors.
June 5, 2014
CULVER CITY, CA — Columbia Pictures’ The Amazing Spider-Man 2 marks not only the return of the famed superhero but also the culmination of a winning collaboration between visual effects, sound and pos ...
May 15, 2014
VANCOUVER — MPC Vancouver (www.moving-picture.com) teamed up with director Marc Webb and Sony Pictures Imageworks VFX supervisor Jerome Chen to complete more than 300 shots for The Amazing Spider-Man ...
SAN RAFAEL, CA — Autodesk (www.usa.autodesk.com) has launched FBX Review for Apple Mac OS X and iOS 7. A free, standalone application that debuted last year for Windows, FBX Review offers artists and ...
LOS ANGELES — In an announcement made by Jeff Groudan, worldwide director, thin client and visual workstation product management for HP (www.hp.com), the company reports that it is extending its Z Wor ...
May 8, 2014
PORTLAND, OR — Hinge Digital (www.hingedigital.com) was called on by SBI Media to provide animation services for special episode of NBC’s Community. The live-action sitcom, now in its fifth season, ha ...
May 7, 2014
When you can do anything in VFX, it's challenging to do something fresh and exciting. Here are five new things the VFX artists at Sony Pictures Imageworks (www.imageworks.com) — and other assisting VF ...
May 2, 2014