Game of Thrones, The Mandalorian Lead VES Award Nominees Jan 7, 2020 Game of Thrones and The Mandalorian have topped this year’s Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards nominations for episodic, commercial or real-time...
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Carlos Gálvez on Working for BBC Studios and Using Cinema 4D to Celebrate the 1969 Moon Landing Dec 23, 2019 Fifty years ago, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the surface of the moon. To celebrate the event,...
Red Giant to Merge with Maxon Dec 17, 2019 In a surprise move, Maxon and Red Giant said today that they have agreed to merge under the umbrella...
Cinesite Secures $112 Million from Barclays, NatWest, and Gryphion Capital Investments Dec 16, 2019 VFX and animation firm Cinesite said it has secured $112 million in new investment and financing, including a new...
MPC Shuts Down Its Vancouver VFX Studio Dec 12, 2019 MPC has shut down its Vancouver visual-effects studio, according to web animation specialty site Cartoon Brew as well as...
New Maya and Arnold Releases are Optimized for Nvidia RTX Rendering Dec 11, 2019 Autodesk’s dynamic December duo includes both Maya 2020 and Arnold 6, a release that brings Nvidia RTX GPU acceleration...
De-Aging De Niro: VFX Supe Pablo Helman on The Irishman’s New Approach to Performance Capture Dec 6, 2019 Some of the pre-release buzz around The Irishman was … skeptical. Yes, director Martin Scorsese remains one of the most celebrated...
Pixar Expands USD Support, Integrates with SideFX Solaris in RenderMan 23 Dec 3, 2019 Pixar Animation Studios said RenderMan version 23, which it released today, features enhanced support for Pixar’s Universal Scene Description...
Framestore to Open Mumbai Facility Next Year Dec 3, 2019 Framestore’s next expansion will take place in Mumbai, where the company plans to open a “full digital production facility”...
Red Giant’s New Subscription Plan Includes Everything They Make Nov 25, 2019 Red Giant said today that it’s making Red Giant Complete, an “all-access” subscription to its motion graphics and VFX...