NORWICH, UK — FXhome (www.fxhome.com) has released a short Star Wars-themed trailer that was entirely produced by the FXhome team. The passion project pays homage to the soon-to-be-released film, Star ...
December 13, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk (autodesk.com) has released Maya 2020, giving animators, modelers, riggers and technical artists a host of new tools and improvements. Building on the powerful animation featu ...
December 10, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) has released Arnold 6 with Arnold GPU, which is designed to simplify how artists and studios create content, giving them speed and flexibility, as well as t ...
BEVERLY HILLS, CA — The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) has announced the nominees for the 77th Annual Golden Globe Awards. The three-hour telecast, hosted by Ricky Gervais, will air live o ...
December 9, 2019
NEW ORLEANS — TurboSquid (TurboSquid.com) has increased the capabilities of the StemCell automated 3D converter by adding compatibility with 12 file formats and applications. With StemCell, 3D models ...
December 5, 2019
LOS ANGELES — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (oscars.org) has announced that 20 films are in the running in the Visual Effects category for the 92nd Academy Awards. The Academy’s Visu ...
December 4, 2019
LONDON — Usama Al-Qassab has joined Moving Picture Company (www.moving-picture.com) in the newly-established position of chief growth officer. MPC created this position in an effort to accelerate grow ...
December 3, 2019
LOS ANGELES — Dneg (www.dneg.com), a provider of visual effects, animation and stereo conversion services, has bolstered its global client services team with the promotion of Lee Berger to executive v ...
LONDON — Soho-based VFX studio Freefolk (https://freefolk.com) recently announced a promotion, as well as made two new hires. Cheryl Payne has been promoted from senior producer to head of commercials ...
LOS ANGELES — Nominees for The 47th Annual Annie Awards were recently announced, honoring animated work in more than 30 categories. The Awards will take place on Saturday, January 25th at Royce Hall a ...