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


'Journey 2' Draws On Eyeon Tools
10-Feb-2012
TORONTO — The sequel to Journey to the Centre of the Earth hits theaters tomorrow (February 10), and Eyeon’s Fusion and Dimension software applications played a key role in bringing the fantasy to ...
Biscuit Filmworks Directs 7 Super Bowl Spots
10-Feb-2012
LOS ANGELES — Directors at Biscuit Filmworks ( www.biscuitfilmworks.com ) worked on seven commercials that aired during the Super Bowl broadcast.
MPC Thinks Fast For Hyundai
10-Feb-2012
LOS ANGELES — MPC ( www.moving-picture.com ) provided visual effects for a pair of Hyundai spots that aired during the Super Bowl. For Cheetah, the studio created a photorealistic cheetah that races a ...


News


NewTek's LightWave Used By VES Nominees & Winners
9-Feb-2012
SAN ANTONIO, TX — Numerous nominees and winners at the recent VES Awards made use of NewTek tools to achieve their stunning results. The 10th Annual VES Awards (www.visualeffectssociety.com) honored ...
Khronos Hosting Pan-Pacific Events
9-Feb-2012
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Throughout 2012 Khronos (www.Khronos.org) is hosting a Pan-Pacific-based series of press events, public educational sessions and private face-to-face meetings & dinners for ...
Dassault Sees New Way To Help Companies Innovate
9-Feb-2012
VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, FRANCE — Dassault Systèmes says it has evolved the 3D Experience platform to transforms the way “innovators will innovate with consumers.”


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


Milla Jovovich To Host Academy's Sci-Tech Awards
7-Feb-2012
BEVERLY HILLS — Actress Milla Jovovich will host the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Scientific and Technical Awards on Saturday, February 11. The event will take place at the Beverly ...
Legend3D provides conversion for 2 VFX nominees
6-Feb-2012
SAN DIEGO — Legend3D (www.Legend3D.com) served as the primary 2D to 3D conversion partner for two films that are nominated in the honored Best Visual Effects category for the 2012 Academy Awards.
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 ...


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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