GRASS VALLEY, CA — Relativity Media and Bandito Brothers' Navy SEAL action-thriller Act of Valor, starring active-duty Navy SEALs, took the No. 1 spot in America in its debut weekend. The film was ind ...
March 2, 2012
CULVER CITY, CA — VFX company Zoic Studios used its ZEUS (Zoic Environmental Unification System) for the first time recently on an automotive industry commercial for the new “Prius Kingdom.”
March 1, 2012
SAN ANTONIO — NewTek (www.newtek.com) has opened a corporate office in the United Kingdom. Located in Windsor, Berkshire, the new office will serve as the sales and marketing hub for Europe, the Middl ...
Freelance writer Johannes Wolters in Cologne, Germany, had an opportunity to talk with Brad Bird, Academy Award-winning director, animator, and screenwriter. He is well known for writing and directing ...
NEW YORK — The Princeton Review (www.princetonreview.com) has released its third annual list naming the schools with the best programs to study video game design. The new list, "Top Schools to Study V ...
TORONTO — Side Effects Software has released Houdini 12, which includes new features and performance enhancements. Built on a powerful new geometry engine, Houdini 12 includes targeted optimizations t ...
CHICAGO — SIGGRAPH 2012 (www.siggraph.org) is looking for cutting-edge Real-Time Live! content that will be presented as part of this year’s Computer Animation Festival. The show will take place in Lo ...
February 29, 2012
SANTA CLARA, CA — HP and Nvidia have teamed up to create a new workstation that breaks away from the bulky tower format. The HP Z1 (www.hp.com/z1) is an all-in-one workstation with the high performanc ...
PORTLAND, OR — Red Giant (www.redgiant.com) has released Magic Bullet Denoiser II, a re-built version of its popular Denoiser 1.0 tool for removing unwanted noise and artifacts from video footage. Ava ...
VENICE, CA — Blur Studio (www.blur.com) used Thinkbox Software’s XMesh and Frost for the fluid shots that make up the two-and-a-half minute opening clip featured in “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” ...