LOS ANGELES & VANCOUVER — Character-effects firm MastersFX (www.mastersfx.com) has named longtime VFX producer Scott Coulter as its new VP/EP of visual effects. He worked with the studio and its f ...

August 28, 2015

FREMONT, CA — Blackmagic Design has released the public beta of the free version of Fusion 8, its visual effects and motion graphics software. The software can be downloaded from the Blackmagic Design ...

August 27, 2015

ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA — Aspiring visual effects artists have an opportunity to learn the basics of compositing through a new course offered by Rising Sun Pictures (www.rsp.com.au), here. “Introduc ...

August 25, 2015

LOS ANGELES — The Scientific and Technical Awards Committee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that 20 scientific and technical achievements, involving 11 distinct investigat ...

August 24, 2015

CARY, NC — SmallHD (www.smallhd.com), which offers compact, full HD on-camera monitors, is giving away a free set of color grades that recreate the distinctive look of seven different iconic films. Th ...

August 19, 2015

PLAYA VISTA, CA — Academy Award-winning visual effects studio Digital Domain (www.digitaldomain.com) has appointed O.D. Welch president. He will manage all aspects of the day-to-day operations at Digi ...

August 18, 2015

BURBANK — FuseFX (http://fusefx.com) has hired veteran visual effects supervisor/executive Jason Dowdeswell to lead their facility in Vancouver. Previously VP of production operations at Sony Pictures ...

August 18, 2015

LOS ANGELES — NIM Labs (http://nim-labs.com/) recently unveiled NIM, a browser-based studio management tool that tracks the production pipeline from start to finish. The secure environment serves as a ...

August 17, 2015

LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK — Michael Waldron, TV Land’s VP creative director art and design, recently directed 19 different artists from around the world for his second installment of The Exquisite Corpse P ...

August 13, 2015

SHERMAN OAKS, CA — At the SIGGRAPH show in Los Angeles, Faceware Technologies (www.facewaretech.com), the provider of markerless 3D facial motion capture solutions, launched the Faceware Live plug-in ...

August 12, 2015