LOS ANGELES AND WHITE PLAINS, NY — The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) (www.smpte.org/join), the organization whose standards work has supported a century of technological a ...
September 15, 2016
LOS ANGELES — As HBO’s big winner Game of Thrones stacked up an impressive 16 trophies (including Outstanding Special Visual Effects for its “Battle of the Bastards” episode, considered as one of the ...
September 14, 2016
PALO ALTO, CA — Jaunt Inc. ( www.jauntvr.com ), the cinematic virtual reality (VR) company, has appointed George Kliavkoff as chief executive officer. A recognized leader in traditional and new media, ...
September 13, 2016
OS ANGELES — Deluxe Entertainment’s (bydeluxe.com) global visual effects brand, Method Studios (methodstudios.com) has announced the expansion of its artistic leadership and animation depth with key n ...
WHITE PLAINS, NY — The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) is hosting its Centennial Gala on Friday, October 28th in Hollywood at the Ray Dolby Ballroom. Actor John O’Hurley, be ...
September 12, 2016
FRIEDRICHSDORF, GERMANY – Maxon ( www.maxon.net ) has announced a comprehensive, multi-year agreement with Nvidia ( www.nvidia.com ) that gives Maxon access to Nvidia rendering technology, including i ...
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS — Blackmagic Design ( www.blackmagicdesign.com ) announced two key acquisitions during the IBC 2016 show in Amsterdam. The company has acquired Ultimatte, the blue and green scr ...
AMSTERDAM — At IBC 2016, Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) announced Flame 2017 family extension 1 release for professional 3D visual effects, compositing and finishing. The update includes new 3D scene nav ...
September 9, 2016
BOSTON — Boris FX (https://borisfx.com) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire GenArts Inc. (www.genarts.com), developers of special effects plug-ins. GenArts’ renowned flagship product, Sapphir ...
AMSTERDAM — AJA Video Systems (www.aja.com) has announced Ki Pro Ultra v2.0 firmware, adding support for Avid DNxHD to the portable file-based 4K/UltraHD/2K/HD record and playback device. Users can no ...