LOS ANGELES — In the wake of last week's introduction of 64-bit versions of Avid's Media Composer and Symphony, Digital Film Tools has announced that all of its Avid plug-in product offerings — Compos ...
November 15, 2011
SANTA CLARA, CA — Today, Nvidia introduced its new Maximus (www.nvidia.com/maximus) technology, which accelerates work by enabling a single workstation to simultaneously handle interactive graphics an ...
November 14, 2011
NEW YORK — Design and visual-effects company Phosphene (www.phosphenefx.com) created numerous CG environments for Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment’s new action-comedy Tower Heist, starring ...
November 7, 2011
HOLLYWOOD — Two-time Academy Award-winning director John Lasseter was honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 1. Lasseter directs and creatively oversees all films and associated ...
November 4, 2011
BEVERLY HILLS — Eighteen features have been submitted for consideration in the “Animated Feature Film” category for the 84th Academy Awards. The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tu ...
NEWBURY PARK, CA — Maxon (www.maxon.net), the maker of 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, has released a new Adobe After Effects plug-in that allows motion graphics artists to e ...
November 3, 2011
SUNNYVALE, CA — AMD (www.amd.com) has launched the FirePro V4900, an entry level-priced graphics card aimed at DCC and CAD workflows. The FirePro V4900 leverages AMD’s most advanced graphics technolog ...
LONDON — VFX software developer The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk) has released Katana 1.0, a new look development and lighting tool that’s designed to replace conventional CG pipelines with a flexibl ...
October 28, 2011
NEW YORK — The Mill, here, created visual effects for a new State Farm spot in which a giant robot terrorizes a suburban community. State of Chaos features a huge robot that damages cars, rips the roo ...
October 18, 2011
NEW YORK — Sixteen-year-old studio QuietMan (www.quietman.com) has adapted to industry change over the years. Once strictly a visual effects house, the facility moved into smaller space approximately ...
October 6, 2011