Tag: VFX
Autonomous Animator: Keys to Longevity in the Animation Industry
***This article originally appeared in the 35th Anniversary Issue of Animation Magazine (June-July '22, No. 321)***
With approximately 90% of all startups failing within years of their...
Simulating an Imperfect Reality: VFX Supe Dan Glass Details ‘The Matrix Resurrections’
***This article originally appeared in the March '22 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 318)***
With the current advances in virtual reality, real-time rendering and AI,...
Goodbye Kansas Dives into the VFX of ‘Vigil’
Amid the workflow complications of COVID-19 and the pressure of episodic deadlines, the visual effects and post artists who helped bring Vigil to the...
How Framestore Tapped into Traditional Animation Artistry in ‘Venom 2’
Framestore steps into the world of comic-book heroes and villains once again for the latest adventures of Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) and alien symbiote:...
Top Tech Tools & Trends of 2021
Once again, we round out another crazy year where our lives are slowly inching back to normal. But while people are stuck in their...
Next Lab Extends Workshop Deadline to December 27
Creative Europe MEDIA will support the second edition of Next Lab through "CREA-MEDIA-2021-TRAINING — Talent & Skills," a call aimed at improving the ability...
Inside the CG Holiday Magic of ‘A Boy Called Christmas’
Framestore has unwrapped the magical VFX surprises that the acclaimed studio delivered for the new holiday movie, A Boy Called Christmas, in partnership with...
Conjuring Visual Magic: ‘The Wheel of Time’ Delivers an Epic Fantasy in VFX
The team behind the new adaptation of Robert Jordan’s fantasy series The Wheel of Time are hoping to capture the magic of other epic...
MARZ Raises $6.5M in Series A Funding to Scale Up for VFX Demand
Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies (MARZ), the technology and visual effects startup helping Hollywood studios deliver feature-film quality VFX on television timelines, today announced that...
People on the Move: Arnold Replaces Iger at Disney, Unity Completes Weta Buy, Saperstein Dissolves Yeti Farm Partnership & More
The Walt Disney Company Board of Directors announced that it has elected Susan E. Arnold as Chairman of the Board, effective December 31. Arnold,...
Netflix Levels Up Its VFX Magic with Scanline Acquisition
The visual spectacles that have delighted streaming audiences in recent years are getting a boost at Netflix, with the platform/producer/distributor announcing its acquisition of...
A Monster Evolves: Upping the Visual Ante in ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’
***This article originally appeared in the December '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 315)***
One of the benefits of producing a sequel is that the...
People on the Move: Simensky Toons Up Duolingo; Hires at Ghost, Herschend, Nexus & More
Duolingo today announced that veteran children's television executive Linda Simensky has joined the company as Head of Animation and Scripted Content. In the newly...
Autodesk Envisions Cloud-Based Production Ecosystem for Media & Entertainment
Demand for streaming content and games is exploding due to the global pandemic, which spurred massive changes across the media and entertainment (M&E) industry....
News Bytes: DC FanDome Slates Guests, ‘Lupin III’ Heads to Theaters, New ‘SpongeBob’ Podcast Afloat & More
Crowdfund: John Hubley Historical Marker
An Indiegogo campaign is underway to raise funds to install a Wisconsin State Historical Society marker on the front lawn...
An Expert’s Field Guide to Digital Doubles, Digital Humans & Deep Fakes
If you're at all interested in entertainment, technology or media, you will no doubt have come across at least one of the terms listed...
BAFTA-Winning Studio Factory Expands Digital Division, Recruiting for New Kids’ Show
Factory, the multi-award-winning U.K. animation studio and rights owner, has announced that its expanding its digital animation division, creating several new jobs at its...
Visual Effects Society Announces Special 2021 Honorees
The Visual Effects Society (VES), the industry's global professional honorary society, announced today its newest Honorary Members, VES Fellows and inductees into the VES...
Tech Reviews: Blackmagic Design’s URSA Mini Pro, RealityCapture 1.2 Tarasque
Blackmagic Design's URSA Mini Pro
Digital cameras continue to improve in terms of light response as well as their frame resolution. (Of course, there is...
Disney Taps Cinesite to Deliver CGI for ‘Iwájú’
Cinesite has been awarded CGI animation work for the highly-anticipated series Iwájú — a Disney+ original set in a futuristic version of Lagos, Nigeria....
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