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 ...

January 19, 2012

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 ...

January 19, 2012

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 ...

January 19, 2012

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

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 ...

January 18, 2012

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 ...

January 17, 2012

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 ...

January 17, 2012

AUSTIN, TX — NewTek’s VP/head of 3D software development, Rob Powers, served as supervisor of the Virtual Art Department (VAD) for Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s The Adventures of Tintin prior t ...

January 17, 2012

LOS ANGELES — According to the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA), independent films won nine top awards at the Golden Globes, including Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

January 16, 2012