LONDON — Framestore once again voyaged into space to team up with Ridley Scott on the highly anticipated science-fiction horror film Alien: Covenant. The 20th Century Fox film features 295 shots conta ...
May 26, 2017
NEW YORK CITY — Alkemy X, which has studios in Manhattan and Philadelphia, had added several new members to VFX division. VFX supervisor Steve Sanchez, VFX supervisor Gabriel Regentin, senior VFX prod ...
May 24, 2017
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA — Universal Pictures has announced that its series of films reviving the studio’s classic monster characters will be known as “Dark Universe.” The motion logo for the new initiative ...
May 22, 2017
LONDON — In 2014, James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy blew up the box office and cemented its unlikely heroes firmly within the hearts of film fans worldwide. In 2017 they return for Guardians of the ...
May 19, 2017
SANTA MONICA — Luma Pictures (www.lumapictures.com), which created visual effects for the first Guardians of the Galaxy film, including the powerhouse villain Thanos, returned to work on the franchise ...
May 18, 2017
VANCOUVER, CANADA — Vancouver Film School (www.vfs.edu) has opened its new commercial performance capture studio. The school partnered with Mimic Performance Capture, Inc., to build one of Canada’s la ...
NEWBURY PARK, CA — Maxon’s Cinema 4D modeling and animation software was recently used by director Ethan Shaftel to create Extravaganza (http://www.ethanshaftel.com), a new virtual reality short film ...
May 17, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk, Inc. (www.autodesk.com) has released SketchBook 4.0 for iOS, the latest update for its digital painting and drawing app. Now available for purchase through the Apple App Stor ...
PORTLAND, OR — Red Giant (www.redgiant.com) has released Universe 2.1, an update to its collection of GPU-accelerated plug-ins for editors and motion graphics artists. With six new tools and updates t ...
May 12, 2017
LOS ANGELES — Deluxe’s Method Studios (www.methodstudios.com) served as a primary VFX vendor for Marvel’s new Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 film, having completed work on more than 500 shots, includi ...