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 19, 2012
CULVER CITY, CA — “Arthur Christmas,” the Aardman production for Sony Pictures Animation that answers the question, ‘So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?’, continues to collect a ...
HOLLYWOOD — A film by Super 78 Studios for a brand new attraction that brings its audience face to face with the forces of a Southern Pacific Typhoon scored a nomination from the Visual Effects Societ ...
LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the nominees for its 10th Annual VES Awards ceremony, recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 23 categories of film, animation, tele ...
HALF MOON BAY, CA — GoPro ( www.gopro.com ) has released a new version of its professional family of 2D and 3D production software: GoPro CineForm Studio Premium and GoPro CineForm Studio Professional ...
January 18, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO – Epic Games’ Cliff Bleszinski, one of the visionaries behind the “Unreal” and “Gears of War” games, will host the 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards during the 2012 Game Develope ...
LONDON — Framestore’s (www.framestore.com) feature film visual effects have received attention from BAFTA in the form of a “Special Visual Effects” nomination, this time for the studio’s work on Steve ...
LONDON — Double Negative VFX supervisor David Vickery has been nominated for the “Special Visual Effects” BAFTA award this year for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.”
January 17, 2012
BUDAPEST — Graphisoft (www.graphisoft.com) has released ArchiCAD STAR(T) 2012, an entry-level Building Information Modeling (BIM) solution that is designed for small architectural firms, home builders ...
SAN RAFAEL — A group of former ILM and Kerner Optical employees have launched 32Ten Studios (www.32ten.com, a new company based at the former site of ILM. The venture is employee owned and will be hea ...