BEVERLY HILLS — Patton Oswalt ( Young Adult, Ratatouille ) will host the 10th Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, February 7, 2012. This will be the come ...
January 24, 2012
SANTA MONICA, CA — Image Metrics (www.image-metrics.com), a provider of digital facial animation technology and services, has sold its Faceware product line to a newly-formed, spin-off company called ...
January 23, 2012
HALF MOON BAY, CA — GoPro (www.gopro.com) has released a new version of its pro family of 2D and 3D production software: GoPro CineForm Studio Premium and GoPro CineForm Studio Professional (www.cinef ...
January 18, 2012
AUSTIN, TX — NewTek’s VP/head of 3D software development, Rob Powers, served as supervisor of the Virtual Art Department (VAD) for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s The Adventures of Tintin prior t ...
January 17, 2012
CHICAGO — SIGGRAPH (www.siggraph.org), the conference for computer graphics and interactive techniques, based here, has selected the sites for its 2013 and 2014 North American conferences. SIGGRAPH 20 ...
January 12, 2012
LOS ANGELES — Motion capture system developer Vicon (www.vicon.com) recently collaborated with the Robert Zemeckis Center for Digital Arts at the USC School of Cinematic Arts to upgrade their motion c ...
January 11, 2012
January 9, 2012
LONDON – Film VFX house Cinesite (www.cinesite.com) is accepting applications for its annual Inspire internship program. Now in its third year, a new technical effects strand has been added to Inspire ...
GEMENOS, FRANCE — The Bakery’s ( www.bakery3D.com ) Relight software is being used by Tippett Studio ( www.tippett.com ) as part of its FX group production pipeline. Bakery Relight is the company’s fi ...
January 4, 2012
BEVERLY HILLS — Nomination ballots for the 84th Academy Awards were recently mailed to the 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (www.oscars.org).
January 3, 2012