LOS ANGELES — When many studios are limited to one facility and a small bank of computers, Australia’s Cutting Edge was sitting on a gold mine – two big VFX studios and all the hardware that came with ...
January 28, 2016
One of the highlights of this year’s Sundance Film Festival’s New Frontier Program was the five-minute VR film experience “Giant.”
Rodeo FX re-created 19th-century Nantucket, Massachusetts, for Ron Howard’s latest film, In the Heart of the Sea, including concept art, seamlessly interwoven set extensions, and evocative matte paint ...
LOS ANGELES — ShortsHD, the short film channel (www.shorts.tv), and Magnolia Pictures, will open The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016 on over 400 screens across the United States, Canada, Europe and L ...
January 27, 2016
SAN JOSE, CA — Cogswell College (www.cogswell.edu), the educational institution offering a curriculum in digital art, engineering and entrepreneurship, has announced that students within its Digital A ...
LONDON — Production company 1stAveMachine London, in tandem with agency Mother, has reinvented the practical illusion of motion known as a zoetrope for a good cause in the ongoing global social impact ...
CULVER CITY, CA — Sony Pictures Entertainment (www.sonypictures.com) has appointed Randy Lake president of studio operations & Imageworks. Lake oversees all operations, strategy and planning for S ...
January 26, 2016
OXFORD, UK – Motion capture technology specialist Vicon (www.vicon.com) is revealing some of the key challenges that virtual reality will need to overcome in order for it to become a success. Accordin ...
FREMONT, CA — Blackmagic Design has released a free DaVinci Resolve 12.2 update that adds support for the latest color science technologies, along with decoding of HEVC/H.265 QuickTime files on OS X, ...
Virtual Reality is still in the “Wild West’ era, for both filmmakers and studio service providers. Post Magazine, CGW 's sister publication, recently connected with pros on both fronts. Hugh McGrory i ...