QUEBEC, CANADA — Animation studio Squeeze has launched MOOV (moovstudio.com), a new motion capture division that’s focused on creating realistic animation. Located in Squeeze's offices, MOOV offers an ...
March 15, 2017
DETROIT — Creative production studio Flavor (http://flavor.tv) has added Scott Stephens as senior VFX artist/designer. Previously the lead designer at Postique, Stephens has been a key part of the hig ...
March 14, 2017
BOURNEMOUTH, UK — Outpost (outpostvfx.co.uk) was the sole provider of VFX for the Wigwam Films/Neftlix project, iBoy, directed by Adam Randall and based on the Kevin Brooks novel. The film stars Bill ...
March 13, 2017
ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA — Rising Sun Pictures (rsp.com.au) is expanding its visual effects educational program, operated in partnership with the University of South Australia. RSP will now offer a G ...
March 9, 2017
LOS ANGELES — Chaos Group (chaosgroup.com) has introduced V-Ray 3.5 for Nuke, a major update to the ray-traced renderer used on films such as Spectre and The Revenant. The new release offers support f ...
March 2, 2017
BURBANK, CA — Roundabout has purchased a Quantel Rio 4K online editing, color and finishing tool from SAM. The studio will use the new Rio 4K for editorial and restoration work on film projects.
SAN FRANCISCO — At GDC 2017, OptiTrack (www.optitrack.com) introduced OptiTrack Active, a solution tailored specifically for out-of-home, theme park scaled virtual reality (VR) experiences. This advan ...
March 1, 2017
NEW YORK — Writer/director Nicolas Pesce’s debut feature, The Eyes of My Mother, which was finished at Technicolor PostWorks New York (www.technicolorpwny.com), is a beautifully calibrated horror stor ...
February 28, 2017
ENSCHEDE, NETHERLANDS — Xsens (xsens.com), a developer of 3D motion tracking technology, has announced a new initiative that’s designed to democratize the use of its Hollywood-grade motion capture sol ...
LOS ANGELES — During Sunday's 89th Academy Awards, Walmart premiered three films made by Hollywood directors Antoine Fuqua, Marc Forster (Tool of North America) and filmmaking partners Seth Rogen & ...
February 27, 2017