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Now You See This
12-Jun-2013
MONTREAL — Visual effects production studio Rodeo FX has “magically” delivered 350 complex VFX shots for “Now You See Me,” serving as the film’s main visual effects vendor. The film was released by ...
In the Game
6-Jun-2013
Logan and Conscious Minds bring Calvin Johnson, Alex Morgan, Neymar Jr. and Allyson Felix into animated games for Nike+.
MPC Produces Epic Battle
6-Jun-2013
Artists take viewers on a VFX journey in a stunning commercial across time and space.
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Web Exclusives

Lots of CG Fish in the Sea
18-Jun-2013
Framestore has character designed, animated and directed a boys and girls advertisement for Three Ireland's new "all you can eat everything" plan, completing the full-CG 30-second spot on a remarkably ...
Zombie Motion for N3V Games’ 'Dead On Arrival 2' Captured with iPi Motion Capture
12-Jun-2013
MOSCOW — The next wave of zombie action is about to be unleashed in Dead On Arrival 2 – the latest installment in the popular mobile video game created by the Queensland, Australia-based N3V Games.
Nathan Love Steps into the Ring for Battroborgs
12-Jun-2013
Battroborgs, TOMY’s motion-controlled battling robot toys, leap to vivid life in a CG spot thanks to the animation pros at Nathan Love.
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News

Adobe Reveals Major Update to Creative Cloud
18-Jun-2013
SAN JOSE, CA — Adobe has announced a major update to Adobe Creative Cloud, the company’s flagship offering for creatives, is now available.
Daytime Emmy Winners Revealed
17-Jun-2013
LOS ANGELES — Amid glitz and glamour, the stars of daytime television came out to honor their own at the 40th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los ...
Engine Room and Hollywood Center Studios Forge Production Alliance
14-Jun-2013
HOLLYWOOD — Hollywood Center Studios has forged a new alliance with shooting and visual effects company Engine Room. The strategic relationship provides Engine Room live-action clients with exclusive ...
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Student and School News

Academy Announces Medal Placements For 2013 Student Academy Awards
10-Jun-2013
BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Sixteen students from colleges and universities around the world were honored recently as winners at the 40th Student Academy Awards ceremony at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn ...
Vancouver Film School Unveils New State-of-the-Art Campus
4-Jun-2013
VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Film School (VFS) soon will open a brand-new Animation & Visual Effects campus located in the 106,000-square-foot city-owned space in Gastown, which previously housed the ...
E3 College Game Competition Finalists Announced
28-May-2013
The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) has announced five finalists from its inaugural E3 College Game Competition, which is aimed at recognizing the best student talent in video game ...
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SIGGRAPH

Pixologic Unveils SIGGRAPH Schedule
6-Jun-2013
SIGGRAPH is fast approaching, and Pixologic, maker of its flagship ZBrush digital sculpting and painting program and Sculptris, easy-to-use sculpting software, has already set up a full schedule at ...
SIGGRAPH Business Symposium Is Back
6-Jun-2013
A fairly recent but well received session at the past few SIGGRAPHs has been the Business Symposium. As such, SIGGRAPH 2013, to be held July 21-25 at the Anaheim Convention Center in California, will ...
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Winners
6-Jun-2013
The Computer Animation Festival is a major highlight of the SIGGRAPH trade show and exhibition, showcasing amazing animations selected from a plethora of submissions. Recently, the jury revealed the ...
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GDC

JMR debuts additions to SilverStor Desktop family at NAB 2013
8-Apr-2013
LAS VEGAS — JMR Electronics, a storage solutions vendor, is debuting its latest additions to its SilverStore Desktop family of products, a complete suite of cloud ready SAS/SATA/SSDRAID solutions, ...
Tech Startup Sandboxr, Aims to be Nation's Largest 3D Printing Service, Launches Kickstarter Campaign to Raise Funds
5-Apr-2013
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — Sandboxr has announced plans to acquire enough 3D printers to effectively make it the largest 3D printing service in the US. It has launched a campaign on the crowd-funding site ...
Markerless iPi Motion Capture Available Through Steam Store
1-Apr-2013
MOSCOW — Markerless motion capture iPi Motion Capture, from iPi Soft, is now available in the Valve Steam Store.
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NAB

CGW Silver Edge Awards: NAB 2013
24-Apr-2013
Each year, major industry trade shows like NAB 2013 provide vendors with an opportunity to pitch products and users with the chance to see the latest and greatest. Trying to select the best of show is ...
The Foundry Rolls Out Hiero and HieroPlayer 1.7
12-Apr-2013
Leading visual effects and computer graphics company The Foundry has released the latest version of Hiero and HieroPlayer, its family of shot management, conform and review tools.
Emotion3D Announces Stereoscopic Suite X3 plug-ins for Nuke
11-Apr-2013
Emotion3D will soon release its suite of stereoscopic plug-ins for The Foundry’s Nuke platform.
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Kickstarter

Pencil Test Studios Presents a New Adventure Game Made of Clay
4-Jun-2013
Doug TenNapel, creator of Earthworm Jim (Interplay) and The Neverhood (Electronic Arts,) has partnered with Pencil Test Studios to create what some have called The Neverhood's "spiritual successor" – ...
Brutal Brothers Films Awarded 'DreamIt Award'
6-May-2013
SPRINGFIELD, MO — CrowdIt (www.crowdit.com), the crowdfunding site for the "New American Dream," announced that a local film company, Brutal Brothers Films, will receive a crowdfunding opportunity at ...
AR-K Video Game Franchise on Kickstarter
25-Apr-2013
Gato Salvaje S.L., a Spanish company dedicated to the production of episodic gaming, has announced that the famous comic writer Greg Rucka, known for his work on such comics as Action Comics, ...
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