BOURNEMOUTH, UK — Karsten Hecker has joined Outpost VFX (outpostvfx.co.uk) as head of technology. He will lead the studio’s security, pipeline, systems, engineering and IT teams.
January 30, 2019
BEVERLY HILLS, CA — Maxon software architect, lead developer and designer Per-Anders Edwards is among the individual recipients being honored this year with an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scien ...
January 25, 2019
CARY, NC — 3Lateral, the developer of digital humans technology and creative content, has joined with Epic Games (epicgames.com) in an acquisition that will bring significantly increased investment to ...
SAN JOSE, CA — Adobe (www.adobe.com) has acquired French company Allegorithmic, the maker of Substance, a tool for creating 3D textures and material. By combining Allegorithmic’s Substance 3D design t ...
January 23, 2019
BURBANK, CA — The Advanced Imaging Society (https://theadvancedimagingsociety.com) will present the 10th Annual Lumiere Awards on January 30th at 7:00pm. The Lumiere Awards recognize outstanding achie ...
LOS ANGELES – The nominees for the 91st Academy Awards were announced this morning, with Roma and The Favorite leading all films with 10 nominations each. Roma, written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón, ...
January 22, 2019
Jon Peddie Research, the market research firm for the computer graphics industry, has released its quarterly “Market Watch” report on worldwide GPU shipments used in PCs for Q3 '18. It found that over ...
January 18, 2019
STUDIO CITY, CA — The Motion Picture Sound Editors (mpse.org) have announced the nominees for the 66th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. The MPSE Golden Reel Awards recognize outstanding achievement in ...
LOS ANGELES — The Visual Effects Society (VES) has named Chris Meledandri as the forthcoming recipient of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award, in recognition of his valuable contributions to filmed ent ...
SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk (www.autodesk.com) has launched Maya 2019, the latest version of its 3D animation, modeling, simulation and rendering software. The new release features significant updates to ...
January 15, 2019