SANTA MONICA — Escape Studios will present a free Webinar on February 15 highlighting the capabilities of Side Effects’ Houdini application. The Webinar is geared towards pros who want to get to know ...
January 25, 2012
BOSTON — Mercury Learning and Information (www.merclearning.com) has published “Video Game Writing from Macro to Micro,” a new book that explores the challenging and evolving world of the games writer ...
GRASS VALLEY, CA — AJA’s ( www.aja.com ) new Thunderbolt-enabled Io XT device is now shipping. The video I/O device features dual Thunderbolt ports allowing users to connect it to a Thunderbolt-enable ...
HOLLYWOOD — After a lot of hype, positioning, and debate, the short-list nominees for the 84th annual Academy Awards were revealed, with director Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo” garnering the most nods at 11 ...
January 24, 2012
LOS ANGELES — The Independent Film & Television Alliance reports that independent films captured 60 nominations in feature categories for the 84th Academy Awards. The IFTA (www.ifta-online.org) is ...
BEVERLY HILLS — Patton Oswalt ( Young Adult, Ratatouille ) will host the 10th Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday, February 7, 2012.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FL — Two film worked on by Digital Domain Media Group (www.ddmg.co) have been nominated for the visual effects Academy Award: Real Steel and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
DALLAS — Artist, designer and Maxon (www.maxon.net) user Barton Damer recently won top honors in the Creative Catalyst: Design for Change Competition, an international contest that invites artists to ...
January 23, 2012
WASHINGTON, DC — "The Art of Video Games" is one of the first major exhibitions to explore the 40-year evolution of video games as an artistic medium. The exhibit focuses on graphics, storytelling and ...
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