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March 2013 Tech Reviews

March 7, 2013 by Todd Sheridan Perry No Comments divider image

The Foundry’s Nuke 7.0 U.K.-based vfx software tool designer The Foundry has certainly carved out a nice niche for itself in the world. After buying out Digital Domain’s internal compositing system Nuke, Foundry made it available to the public. And, with the demise of Shake at the hands of Apple, [...]

Animation Mentor Accepting New VFX Program Applicants

February 28, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Online animation and visual effects school Animation Mentor is now accepting applications for the inaugural Summer 2013 term of its new VFX Fundamentals program. Students are encouraged to visit the Registration Portal early to ensure their choice of industry professional instructor and class time. The VFX Fundamentals is a series [...]

The Top 12 Tech Tools of 2012

December 27, 2012 by Todd Sheridan Perry 2 Comments divider image

Our in-the-know visual effects expert and critic picks his favorite releases of the year (in no particular order!):

The Foundry and Luxology Team Up

September 25, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

U.K.’s leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry has today announced a merger with US- based technology company, Luxology LLC for an undisclosed sum. The combined portfolio of the two will open doors to new ways of working, providing artists and designers with increased creative choice. The Foundry, with its stable of award-winning [...]

Seeing the (Green) Light!

June 16, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Sony Imageworks vfx supervisor Jim Berney and his team revisit the classic comic book and use real-world references to construct the luminous world of Green Lantern. The summer of 2011 may go down in history as the season of visually spectacular 3-D superhero movies. Following in the footsteps of Marvel [...]