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Autodesk Unveils 2011 Lineup
On the eve of GDC in San Francisco, Autodesk Media & Entertainment announced its latest digital software for 3D animation in a virtual press conference hosted by Maurice Patel, entertainment industry manager, and Rob Hoffmann, senior product marketing manager. The lineup includes: Maya 2011, which boasts a new user interface based on Nokia Qt, a completely redesigned [...]
Continue reading...Smallville Returns for a 10th Season
Sunday, March 7, 2010
The CW Network has announced that its hit series SMALLVILLE will return in the fall of 2010 for a momentous tenth season. SMALLVILLE, a modern retelling of the Superman legend, stars Tom Welling as Clark Kent. The series moved to Friday nights this season, where it currently ranks as network television’s #1 show in its [...]
Continue reading...NVIDIA & Sportvision Bring Special Effects to Winter Olympics Broadcast
Friday, February 26, 2010
Have you been watching the 2010 Winter Olympic Games? Over 80 nations are competing in 15 different sporting events taking place in and around Vancouver, Canada, through Feb. 28th. The Olympics provide captivating drama that only sporting events on a massive, global scale can provide. From Alpine Skiing, Curling, and Figure Skating, to Ice Hockey, [...]
Continue reading...Emmy Award-Winner Eric McCormack Stars in the Highly Anticipated Lifetime Original Movie ‘Who is Clark Rockefeller?’
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Emmy and Golden Globe Nominee SHERRY STRINGFIELD and REGINA TAYLOR Co-Star in the Film Premiering March 13 Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), Sherry Stringfield (ER) and Regina Taylor (The Unit) headline the eagerly-anticipated Lifetime Original Movie, Who is Clark Rockefeller?, an astonishing account of a man’s lifelong con game. Based on a true shocking story [...]
Continue reading...Spider-Man Swings Into Theaters in 3-D on July 3, 2012
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Spider-Man will swing into theaters worldwide in 3D animation special effects beginning July 3, 2012, it was announced today by Jeff Blake, Chairman of Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing & Distribution. The new film which is still untitled, will begin production later this year directed by Marc Webb from a screenplay by James Vanderbilt. Avi Arad and [...]
Continue reading...Digital-Tutors Launches Latest Round of Training for Cinema 4D, Nuke & Softimage
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Digital-Tutors, a leader in solution-based training for media and entertainment software, today continues to add to their award-winning online learning library with three highly-requested titles that aid in the creation of movies, video games and 3D animation design including ‘Modeling for Product Visualization in Cinema 4D,’ ‘Introduction to 3D in Nuke’ and ‘mental ray Rendering [...]
Continue reading...Zombieland on Blu-ray and DVD, Planet Hulk on Blu-ray and DVD, Plus More
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
And now a warning from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment: on February 2, 2010, this land officially becomes ZOMBIELAND as the number one grossing 3d animation zombie movie in history takes over the nation on Blu-ray, DVD and PSP. Woody Harrelson (2012, Natural Born Killers), Jesse Eisenberg (Adventureland, The Village), Emma Stone (The House Bunny, Superbad) [...]
Continue reading...Marvel Studios and Columbia Records Power Up AC/DC Music Promotion for ‘IRON MAN 2′ Motion Picture Soundtrack
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Worldwide Video Premiere of ‘Shoot To Thrill’ Today, January 26, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. EST AC/DC’s Music to be featured in ‘IRON MAN 2′; Band to Release AC/DC: Iron Man 2 Album on Monday April 19, 2010 Through a unique collaboration between Marvel Studios and Columbia Records, AC/DC’s music will be featured in Marvel Studios’ “IRON MAN [...]
Continue reading...Marvel Studios and Columbia Records Power Up AC/DC Music Promotion for ‘IRON MAN 2′ Motion Picture Soundtrack
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Worldwide Video Premiere of ‘Shoot To Thrill’ Today, January 26, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. EST AC/DC’s Music to be featured in ‘IRON MAN 2′; Band to Release AC/DC: Iron Man 2 Album on Monday April 19, 2010 Through a unique collaboration between Marvel Studios and Columbia Records, AC/DC’s music will be featured in Marvel Studios’ “IRON MAN [...]
Continue reading...Surrogates Comes to Blu-ray and DVD, Atonement on Blu-ray, Plus More
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
“Vfx were really in a supporting role on this and we focused a lot on Bruce Willis’ surrogate character and finding his look and making him consistent through the movie, which took a long time,” concedes Mark Stetson, vfx animation supervisor. “They assigned the work to Synthespian Studios, Jeff Kleiser’s company, where they scanned a digital [...]
Continue reading...Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs on DVD and Blu-ray, Plus More
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Sony Pictures Animation’s smash 3D animation hit Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs serves up a hilarious, mouth-watering food storm of epic portions on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack, 2-Disc super-size DVD, 1-Disc DVD, and PSP January 5 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Based on the beloved bestselling children’s book, the CG animated film features the all-star [...]
Continue reading...Pixel Liberation Front AMPs Up Avatar
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
For AVATAR, PLF (Pixel Liberation Front) was charged with the designing and animation of the monitors and HUDs for the fleet of military aircraft, a handful of shots in the shack set and some set-extension composites. In all, they delivered more than 220 shots. “For the military aircraft, Jim [Cameron] wanted an authentic approach to the [...]
Continue reading...Brickyard VFX Lends a Hand to Sprint for Pass the Pixi
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Artist owned and operated, bi-coastal special effects boutique Brickyard VFX recently completed compositing, color grading, and CG work on a new spot for Sprint’s webOS Palm Pixi – a smartphone that falls squarely into the ‘for fun’ camp. Titled “Pass the Pixi,” the spot was directed by the Snorri Brothers of The Cartel for agency [...]
Continue reading...Bent Creates Abundant World For Tetra Pak
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Lovingly hand-crafted sets merge flawlessly with lifelike CG in Tetra Pak’s latest spot, directed by Bent Image Lab’s Rob Shaw in collaboration with the Philipp und Keuntje agency of Hamburg. The playful :30 animation showcases Bent’s ability to handle challenging projects with multiple angles – in this case developing an approachable spokes-character to deliver a [...]
Continue reading...Image Metrics Provides Facial Animation for Assasin’s Creed II
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Image Metrics, the leading provider of facial animation technology and services for the entertainment industry, has provided facial animation for many cut scenes in the highly anticipated action adventure video game Assassin’s Creed II. Developed by Ubisoft Montreal, Assassin’s Creed II is Ubisoft’s sequel to the 2007 debut title that became the fastest-selling new IP in [...]
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
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