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Posts from category "Visual EFX and Tech"
An Homage to Jules Verne
How Journey 2 director Brad Peyton and his vfx team crafted the thrilling visuals of the 3-D fantasy adventure. Though inspired by classic literary adventures, creating a believably fantastic world for Journey 2: The Mysterious Island required plenty of cutting-edge visual effects technology. The Warner Bros. release, a sequel to [...]
Image Metrics Unveils Live Driver
3D facial animation tech developer Image Metrics announced the release of its Live Driver Software Development (SDK) today. Live Driver is described as a new real-time facial animation technology that adds the capability for 3D characters to mirror a user’s expressions and emotions in real-time, via a standard webcam. Live [...]
Random House, Sesame Workshop Partner for Digital Pubs
Random House Children’s Books and Sesame Workshop have announced the launch of a new digital publishing initiative focused on early learning and reading readiness. Select titles from Random’s Sesame Street library will be converted to ebooks, beginning January 25 with the launch of Elmo Says Achoo! and Elmo’s Breakfast Bingo. [...]
Pixar Launches RenderMan into the Cloud
Pixar Animation Studios today launched a new cloud-based rendering service called RenderMan On Demand. Developed in collaboration with cloud services provider GreenButton, Pixar says RenderMan On Demand offers nearly instantaneous burst rendering access to hundreds and even thousands of additional cores, enabling artists and studios to deliver the highest-quality cinematic [...]
32TEN Studios Opens in Historic ILM, Kerner Site
A group of former employees of ILM and Kerner Optical have announced the launch of a new visual effects company, 32TEN Studios,which will be based at the former site of ILM in San Rafael, Calif. The new venture is employee-owned and will be headed by industry veterans Tim Partridge, who [...]
VFX Master Douglas Trumbull to Receive Special Oscar
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has voted the Gordon E. Sawyer Award to Douglas Trumbull, a visionary filmmaker who has worked as a designer, director, inventor and entrepreneur, for his lifetime of technical contributions and leadership in the motion picture industry. The [...]
Academy Trims VFX List to 10
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 films that remain in the running for nominations in the Visual Effects category at the 84th Oscars this year. The films are, in alphabetical order: All members of the Visual Effects Branch will be invited to view 10-minute [...]
Tippett FX Group Takes a Bite Out of The Bakery
Tippett Studio has chosen French-based 3D CG company Bakery Relight software for its FX group production pipeline. Founded in 2007 by veteran motion picture artists and technologists, Erwan Maigret and Arnauld Lamorlette, Relight has garnered strong praise and support from industry insiders worldwide. Tippett’s Digital Effects Supervisor, Scott Singer explains, [...]
Sesame’s Elmo Tickles the App Market
It looks like Elmo continues to leave his big red footmark on the app market. Sesame Workshop recently introduced Elmo Calls, a new app that enables kids to call Elmo over the phone and receive video calls, audio calls and voicemail. Parents can also choose from eight themed call packs that [...]
‘Richie Rich’ Comics Go Digital
Ape Entertainment and leading family entertainment company Classic Media have announced the digital comic debut of Richie Rich in the Apple App store. The app will feature the digitally restored and color corrected original master copies of the comic as well as new adventures titled Rich Rescue for the iPad, [...]
Saving the Truffula Trees of...
How the team at Illumination Entertainment put a shiny new 3-D polish on Dr....
Sunday Afternoon with Patrick
Canadian indie Patrick Doyon’s subtle short Dimanche (Sunday) is a testament...
