The organizers of the SIGGRAPH 2013 Technical Papers program have revealed details of what those looking for the latest in scholarly work related to computer graphics and interactive techniques can look forward to at the 40th conference and exhibit, taking place July 21-25 at the Anaheim Convention Center. “Computer Graphics [...]

VFX company Double Negative has launched Double Negative TV, a new division of Dneg dedicated to visual effects creation for television. Dneg TV will be headed up by 20-year VFX veteran Jonathan Privett, previously head of Film & TV/VFX supervisor at Rushes, VFX producer Louise Hussey and VFX supervisor Hayden [...]

Not even a Lufthansa airlines strike could keep FMX 2013, the renowned conference on animation, vfx, games and transmedia, from starting Tuesday (April 23) in Stuttgart, Germany. An anticipated 3500 attendees from around the globe, including heavy-hitters from Pixar, Autodesk, Ubisoft, industry professionals, students and enthusiasts arrived for an array [...]

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is planning a special evening dedicated to the visual effects magic of Ang Lee’s Oscar-winning feature Life of Pi. Hosted by Academy governor Bill Kroyer, the “Deconstructing Pi” event will be held on Monday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Academy’s [...]

Nine animated features from around the world will be competing for the prestigious Cristal Award at the Annecy Animation Festival this June. The features, as reported by Variety today are (in alphabetical order):     2096: A Story of Love and Fury Directed by: Luiz Bolognese (Buriti Films, Gullane, Brazil) [...]