In Focus


CG In Asia
2-Feb-2012
For decades, SIGGRAPH has been the popular destination for those working in the computer graphics fields. Indeed, attendees to this popular conference and exhibition have come from the four corners of ...
Pixomondo creates 546 VFX for 'Red Tails'
27-Jan-2012
LOS ANGELES — Pixomondo (www.pixomondo.com), an international visual effects company with a network of 11 facilities throughout the world, recently completed work on 546 of the 1,524 VFX shots ...
Continuing Education At Category-5
23-Jan-2012
NEW YORK — The role of the video editor in post is evolving. While at one time an editor could specialize exclusively on their craft, these days they are required to be more of a jack of all ...


Web Exclusives


Zoic Helps Jeep Battle Winter
1-Feb-2012
LOS ANGELES — Zoic Studios, director Loni Peristere and Global Hue have completed two national spots for Jeep that show how the automaker’s Wrangler is equipped to take on winter.
MPC Takes To The Streets With Chevy Volt
31-Jan-2012
As the Chevrolet Volt moves into the mainstream American conscience, it is transporting its home base of Hamtramck, Mich. with it. MPC, teaming up with Director Nick Gordon and Goodby, Silverstein ...
CG Used To Illustrate Graphene Ripping
30-Jan-2012
HOUSTON — Research from Rice University and the University of California at Berkeley may give science and industry a new way to manipulate graphene, the wonder material expected to play a role in ...


News


Video Game Museum Seeks Further Funding
3-Feb-2012
OAKLAND, CA — The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment (The MADE) has kicked off its second fundraising campaign, with the goal of raising $20,000 to fund the operation for another six months.
Warren Spector To Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
3-Feb-2012
SAN FRANCISCO — Deus Ex game director and producer, and Disney Epic Mickey creator Warren Spector will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards ...
Co3 Grades 'Underworld: Awakening'
3-Feb-2012
SANTA MONICA — Company 3, here, recently used DaVinci Resolve with Resolve Control Surface for color grading the 2D, 3D and IMAX 3D versions of Underworld: Awakening. The film is the latest in the ...


Student and School News


New Stanford Computing Lab Imagines the Mobile-social Future
11-May-2011
By Andrew Myers At the MobiSocial Lab, an engineering research team asks fundamental questions about the marriage of mobile communications and social networking, and begins to design the future of ...
VFX Talent Joins Escape Studios US Advisory Board
16-Mar-2011
Los Angeles, Calif. - CG academy Escape Studios announced five new US advisory board members, including Afonso Salcedo of Pixar Animation Studios, Ken Maruyama of Sony Pictures Imageworks, John Leonti ...
The Gnomon Workshop Releases Stylized Character Modeling DVD for Production 3D
9-Mar-2011
Hollywood, Calif. - The Gnomon Workshop, offering professional training for artists in the entertainment and design field, announced its first release from lead modeler Alessandro Baldasseroni: ...


Academy News


Final Oscar Ballots Mailed
1-Feb-2012
BEVERLY HILLS — Final ballots for the 84th Academy Awards were mailed on February 1 to the 5,783 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Completed ballots must be returned ...
Pixomondo's 'Hugo' Work Gets Industry Attention
26-Jan-2012
LOS ANGELES — Pixomondo, an international visual effects company with a network of 11 facilities throughout the world, is gaining attention for its work on Martin Scorsese’s Hugo . The company has ...
Double Negative nominated for 'Harry Potter' work
25-Jan-2012
LONDON — Double Negative, which won an Oscar in 2011 for its work on Inception, has been nominated for a Visual Effects Oscar for the studio’s contributions to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows ...


GDC 2011


25th Game Developers Conference Attracts Record 19,000 Game Professionals
16-Mar-2011
San Francisco, Calif. - UBM TechWeb Game Network's 2011 Game Developers Conference (GDC) hosted a record 19,000 game industry professionals attending San Francisco's Moscone Convention Center for the ...
Vision Game Engine to Support Next Generation Portable Entertainment System
7-Mar-2011
Eningen, Germany - Trinigy, a 3D game engine provider, announced that upcoming versions of the Vision Game Engine will support the next generation portable entertainment system (codenamed NGP) from ...
Vision Game Engine Goes Mobile
7-Mar-2011
Eningen, Germany - Trinigy, a 3D game engine provider, announces “Vision on the Go” to support the development of games that can be played on the go.

























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