LONDON — The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk) has launched the latest update to its professional look development and lighting tool. Responding to customer demand, Katana 2.5 will offer support for Wind ...
July 26, 2016
FRIEDRICHSDORF, GERMANY — At SIGGRAPH 2016, Maxon (www.maxon.net) announced Cinema 4D Release 18 (R18), the next generation of its 3D animation, graphics, VFX, visualization, and rendering software ap ...
July 25, 2016
OXFORD, UK — Motion control technology specialist Vicon (www.vicon.com) is showcasing its two new cameras - Vero and Vue - at this year’s SIGGRAPH show in Anaheim, CA. The cameras join Vicon’s flagshi ...
July 22, 2016
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM — Nozon (www.nozon.com) and Chaos Group (chaosgroup.com) have entered into a technology partnership that enables artists to create pre-rendered, volumetric VR. Using PresenZ and V-Ra ...
July 21, 2016
SYDNEY — Fairlight.AU (www.fairlight.com.au), the Australian technology development company best known for its professional audio products, has announced that it is actively seeking a buyer for its pr ...
SANTA MONICA — Santa Monica and Melbourne-based creative studio Luma (www.lumapictures.com) has hired Jill Gilbert as executive producer of animated content. Based out of the Santa Monica office, she ...
July 20, 2016
PARIS, FRANCE — It is well known that rendering can be expensive, time-consuming and energy-hungry. During SIGGRAPH 2016, the French startup Qarnot (Qarnot.com) will present a new render farm that is ...
BROOKLYN, NY — Lobo (http://lobo.cx), the São Paulo, Brazil-based design and animation studio, has opened its first US office in New York. Partners Nando Cohen, Gabriel Nobrega and Mateus de Paula San ...
July 18, 2016
VIENNA, AUSTRIA — The historic Synchron Stage Vienna recently re-opened, and has already been used by composer Hans Zimmer on several occassions. Earlier this year, Remote Control Productions chose Sy ...
July 15, 2016
VANCOUVER — Sony Pictures Imageworks (www.sonypictures.com), the visual effects and animation unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment, has made four new hires at the studio’s Vancouver headquarters: senio ...