Technicolor Creative Studios Spins Off as Independent Company
Technicolor Creative Studios is now a global network of studios – MPC, The Mill, Mikros and Technicolor Games – focussed on creating film, episodic, gaming and advertising content.
VFX Developments
September 28, 2022
VFX
Lala Gavgavian Becomes Digital Domain’s Global President of VFX Studios
Digital Domain names Lala Gavgavian as Global President of Visual Effects Studios to oversee their VFX services, which has achieved impressive growth with many award nominations and wins in recent years.
September 26, 2022
VFX
Post Panic and KitBash3D Light Up ‘Free Fire’ Mobile Game Music Video
Post Panic’s team used KitBash3D’s model kits to help flesh out game environment detail such as buildings, streets and alleyways, blocking out virtual sets and speeding up scene creation.
September 16, 2022
VFX
Autodesk Maya Creative Makes 3D Tools More Affordable, Flexible for Artists
Maya Creative lowers the barrier to entry, making 3D modelling and animation tools more scalable and flexible to access for artists under pressure to create high quality content, quickly.
September 08, 2022
VFX
Maxon One Updates Simulation, Volumes, Colour for Cinema 4D and Redshift
Maxon One software now features many updates, starting with Cinema 4D 2023 and including Redshift renderer, Moves by Maxon motion capture app, node capsules and the Asset Browser.
September 03, 2022
VFX
V-Ray 6 for Maya Adds Artist Control Over Skies, Render Time, USD Pipelines
Chaos V-Ray 6 for Maya has features like geometric tiling, procedural clouds and a new shader profiler. Supporting the MayaUSD update, it eases exchange with Solaris and USD pipelines.
August 22, 2022
VFX
Framestore Welcomes VFX Supervisor François Dumoulin
Creative studio Framestore is pleased to add VFX Supervisor François Dumoulin to its Montreal team, where six other VFX supervisors have recently joined across Vancouver and Montreal.
August 22, 2022
VFX
Atlanta VFX Leaves No Clues with Fusion Studio on ‘Only Murders in the Building’
Atlanta VFX completed complex compositing, shot blending and matchmoving in Blackmagic Design Fusion Studio for Hulu Originals comedy ‘Only Murders in the Building’.
August 10, 2022
VFX
ASWF Launches Open Source Software Development Projects at SIGGRAPH
ASWF launched two projects from SIGGRAPH, one for production-grade sample content to aid product development, and an Open Review tool for media playback, review and approval.
August 07, 2022
VFX
das element v1.2 Helps Teams Organise, Share, View Project Elements
VFX library software das element has new teamwork features supporting elements collections for specific purposes, sharing improvements, pipeline tools and a HDR sphere viewer.
August 06, 2022
VFX
Animal Logic’s Technology and Creative Teams Release ALab Phase 2
Following the success of last year's release of ALab, with 4,000 downloads to date, Animal Logic is ready to share the next enhanced iteration of their open source project.
August 04, 2022
VFX
Blur Studio, David Fincher and V-Ray Pull a Dark Story into the Light
David Fincher created his first 3D animated film, a short for Love, Death + Robots, with artists at Blur, using V-Ray’s lighting and camera tools to bridge the gap between live action and CG.
August 01, 2022
VFX
Ghost VFX to Open New Studio in India
Ghost VFX will open a new studio in Pune, India, in early 2023 offering a full range of VFX using cloud-based systems and functioning via a hybrid of work-from-home and in-studio workflows.
July 11, 2022
VFX
Chaos V-Ray 6 for 3ds Max Tackles World-building and Workflows
Chaos Scatter populates scenes with 3D objects, procedural clouds help customise skies, Enmesh tiles repeating patterns across complex geo and Cloud Collaboration is included free.
July 06, 2022
VFX
MAXON One Brings Updates to Cinema 4D, Redshift and Red Giant Software
An interim upgrade to the MAXON One software includes progress in Cinema 4D’s Scene Nodes core, improvements to Red Giant tools and better Redshift performance on the CPU.
June 27, 2022
VFX
DNEG Hires Academy Award Winning VFX Supervisors Eric Brevig and Greg Butler
DNEG VFX studio has hired Eric Brevig and Greg Butler as Visual Effects Supervisors. Eric and Greg each join DNEG with decades of experience and many awards in the film industry.
June 24, 2022
VFX
Maxon’s Imperfections Create Perfectly Photoreal 3D Surfaces
More than 50 4K scanned tiled textures called Imperfections are now available to Cinema 4D users, enhancing the photorealism of renders by adding minor surface flaws to 3D objects.
June 18, 2022
VFX
Adobe Updates Substance 3D Materials and Photoshop AI Filters
Substance 3D software now includes a 3D Materials SDK for developers, a new plugin and native support in Apple M-series chips. Photoshop’s Neural Filters extend to photo restoration.
June 17, 2022
VFX
Pixomondo Speeds Virtual Production Iteration and Review on AWS Cloud
To support their in-camera VFX pipeline, Pixomondo moved operations relating to storage and collaboration to AWS’ cloud where artists can store, review and share files faster and at scale.
June 08, 2022
VFX
MPC Ages Dr Egon Spengler for ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’
For ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife’, MPC was entrusted with bringing the character of Dr Egon Spengler, played by the late Harold Ramis in the earlier films, back to movie screens for fans.
June 08, 2022
VFX
Silhouette 2022 Integrates New Nodes for Compositing, FX and Tracking
Silhouette 2022 now integrates the Boris plugins Sapphire, Mocha Pro and Particle Illusion. OpenColorIO v2 with GPU-rendering and upgraded ACES support improve Color Management.
May 24, 2022
VFX
Animal Logic’s New Vancouver Studio Set to Double its Local Workforce
Animal Logic is building a new 110,000 sqft purpose-built studio expected to double their workforce in Vancouver and form part of the Main Alley campus zero carbon development.
May 16, 2022
VFX
Framestore VFX Studio Announces New CEO
Framestore today announces Mel Sullivan as its new CEO as founding member and CEO of 26 years Sir William Sargent steps down to focus on the wider Framestore Company 3 Group.
May 10, 2022
VFX
ZEISS CinCraft Mapper Delivers Precise Lens Data for Efficient VFX Workflows
ZEISS Cinematography introduces the first service of its new CinCraft system for the digital application of lens looks into compositing and matchmoving workflows.
April 18, 2022
VFX
Nuke 13.2 Adds NDI, OpenTimelineIO, Refines ML Learning and UnrealReader
Nuke 13.2 continues to focus on collaboration, workflows and pipelines, adds NDI support, features Foundry’s research into machine learning, and increases support for UnrealReader.
3ds Max and Arnold Bring Interactivity and More Speed to 3D Workflows
Apr 07, 2022
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New support for glTF, flexible modelling tools and greater control are among the updates…
Karma XPU Gathers Speed as SideFX’s Hybrid GPU/CPU Renderer
Mar 28, 2022
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Brian Sharpe at SideFX talks about Karma XPU, an engine option, now in development, for…
Two New Talents Receive Animal Logic Scholarship
Mar 21, 2022
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Animal Logic, in partnership with the UTS Animal Logic Academy, today announced that…
das element Upgrade Manages Asset Libraries for VFX Teams and Projects
Mar 21, 2022
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Das element helps studios ensure their asset libraries are well structured and organised,…
ASWF Releases Research on Open Source Development in Modern Filmmaking
Mar 14, 2022
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The Academy Software Foundation has released a new research paper titled ‘Open Source in…
Johannes Sambs to Lead Framestore’s CG Team in London
Feb 28, 2022
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Framestore promoted Johannes Sambs as Head of CG, based at the company's headquarters in…
Tribal Imaging Virtualises Post and VFX Production on AWS Compute Cloud
Feb 21, 2022
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Tribal Imaging virtualised its VFX workstations on AWS. Artists now connect to virtual…
Conductor Welcomes Julie McDonald as Head of Business Development
Feb 03, 2022
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Conductor Technologies cloud-based rendering and simulation platform announced that Julie…
Framestore Welcomes Simon Devereux as Director of Global Talent Development
Jan 31, 2022
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Framestore has announced Simon Devereux, director and founder of ACCESS:VFX, as its new…
Chaos’ New Sequence Player Gives Instant High-resolution Playback
Jan 23, 2022
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Chaos Player, a major upgrade to Pdplayer, features floating-point compositing, A/B…
The Mill, MPC and Mr X Undergo Business Transformations at Technicolor
Jan 17, 2022
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A new Moving Picture Company (MPC) Studio network will focus on Film and Episodic VFX;…
Predicting Video Pathways in 2022 – Ncam, Digital Domain and Arcturus
Jan 15, 2022
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Video production, post and applications are evolving and expanding rapidly around the…
Katana 5.0 Focusses on Nuke Interoperability and Render Upgrades
Dec 20, 2021
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Foundry’s Katana 5.0 includes Hydra Render Delegate support, Foresight+ for sequence…
Sam Mason and Team Take Bifrost on a Surreal 3D Journey through Dreamland
Dec 13, 2021
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3D artist Sam Mason directed a music video titled ‘Colors and Shapes’ by Mac Miller,…
Isotropix Releases Angie to Support CPU, GPU or Hybrid Rendering
Dec 08, 2021
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Early access to Clarisse 5.5 is now available creating options to render on a CPU, GPU or…
Nuke 13.1 Updates 3D System and Machine Learning, Adds Unreal Reader
Dec 02, 2021
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Foundry has made significant changes to Nuke in this release, updating its Node Graph UX,…
OTOY Adds Redshift Support to the Render Network
Nov 29, 2021
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OTOY and Maxon announce that Redshift will be coming to the Render Network, giving…
Katana 5.0 Extends Lighting and Look Development Through the 3D Pipeline
Nov 29, 2021
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Katana 5.0 updates Foresight rendering, changes render delegate handling in the Hydra…
Mari 5 Enhances Proceduralism and USD Look Development Workflows
Nov 20, 2021
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Foundry Mari 5.0 improves the brush engine to include colour jitter, has a new export…
Unity Set to Acquire Weta Digital’s Tools, Pipeline and Engineering Talent
Nov 10, 2021
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3D software developer Unity will soon acquire Weta Digital’s tools, pipeline and…
Folks VFX Chooses Quebec Location for its Fourth Studio
Nov 08, 2021
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Folks VFX’s new studio in Saguenay, Quebec, becomes the tenth studio location in the…
Golaem 8 Brings Crowds to Unreal Engine, Adds Layout Layers
Nov 07, 2021
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Golaem 8 now makes its crowd simulation features available within Unreal Engine in…
Preymaker Welcomes Top Talent to its Expanding Roster
Nov 03, 2021
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Preymaker, one of the first 100% cloud native creative studios, has hired CGI and…
CGI Studio REALTIME Celebrates 25 years in Content Creation
Nov 02, 2021
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REALTIME is celebrating its 25th anniversary, a milestone for the independent CG company,…
RSP Hires Machine Learning Experts to Apply AI to the VFX Pipeline
Nov 02, 2021
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RSP has appointed two post-doctoral researchers from the Australian Institute for Machine…
Framestore Announces New Mumbai VFX Studio
Nov 02, 2021
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Framestore has opened the doors to a new 30,000 square-foot, purpose-built studio in…
Rising Sun Pictures Welcomes Home-Grown Talent as VFX Production Booms
Oct 18, 2021
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As the film and television industry rebounds from the pandemic, now is a great time to…
V-Ray Wins 2021 Engineering Emmy for Ray-Traced Rendering
Oct 18, 2021
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Loki, Digital Domain Chaos Group’s V-Ray renderer has won an Engineering Emmy Award for…
Disney Imagineering’s Michael Stein joins Framestore as CTO
Oct 18, 2021
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Creative studio Framestore is pleased to announce the appointment of Michael Stein as…
DeadDrop Labs Opens the Door to VFX Compute Power on AWS Cloud
Oct 18, 2021
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DeadDrop Labs works with post production houses, VFX studios, editors, animators, game…
Ghost VFX Wins an Emmy for ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ and Expands Leadership
Oct 15, 2021
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Ghost VFX says they work to make the impossible, possible and to produce imagery that…
Golaem Receives an Engineering Emmy Award for Crowd Software
Oct 11, 2021
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Golaem has been awarded an Engineering Emmy Award by the Television Academy for its…
FuseFX Hires Global Director Strategic Partnerships
Oct 11, 2021
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FuseFX has hired Robin Prybil as global director, strategic partnerships. Robin will act…
Rob Coleman and Randal Shore Rejoin ILM to Boost Feature Animation
Oct 11, 2021
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Industrial Light & Magic has announced that Rob Coleman has rejoined the company as a Key…
Nevion Celebrates 25 Years at the Heart of Broadcast Innovation
Oct 04, 2021
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Nevion, virtualised media production specialists, are celebrating their 25th anniversary,…
Six VFX and Post Stars Join The VFX & Post Talent Agency
Oct 04, 2021
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Top row L-R, Alex Belgeonne, Oliver Cubbage, Anna Fuller Clarke. Bottom row L-R, Jan…
Framestore Promotes Three Top Artists to Lead Attractions Services
Sep 27, 2021
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Creative studio Framestore has appointed Eugénie von Tunzelmann to the newly created role…
Jellyfish Pictures Appoints Paul Baaske as Head of Technical Direction
Sep 27, 2021
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Paul Baaske, Head of Technical Direction, Jellyfish Pictures Animation and VFX studio…
Cinema 4D R25 and Trapcode 17 Get Updates for Artists; Redshift RT in Beta
Sep 15, 2021
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Maxon has updated applications across the company’s Maxon One combined package of…
Pixomondo To Open London Virtual Production Studio, Hires Alex Webster
Sep 14, 2021
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VFX and virtual production studio Pixomondo is launching a London division in September…
MPC Episodic and Mikros VFX Join Forces
Sep 13, 2021
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Visual effects studios MPC and Mikros have formed an alliance of their episodic and film…
FuseFX Picks up the Pace with Staff Moves and Promotions
Sep 09, 2021
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FuseFX visual effects studio, performing services for television, film and commercials…
DNEG Plans Global Expansion to Include New Toronto Studio
Aug 30, 2021
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DNEG is increasing its Canada-based VFX and animation operations and opening a new studio…
AMD USD Hydra Plug-in Supports USD Assembly and MaterialX for Blender
Aug 23, 2021
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Blender is becoming a standard 3D software application and, according to AMD, needs to be…
Unreal Engine 4.27 Advances In-Camera VFX and Cloud Workflows
Aug 22, 2021
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Unreal Engine 4.27 is now available with updates supporting filmmakers, broadcasters,…
V-Ray 5 for Unreal Updates Post Processing and Customises Light Baking
Aug 16, 2021
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Chaos V-Ray 5 for Unreal production rendering plugin is a new update designed to import…
Autodesk Bifrost Makes Complex Simulations More Interactive, Expressive
Aug 16, 2021
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Autodesk’s Bifrost updates include virtual sliders for feedback port changes, unknown…
ASWF Welcomes Maxon and Tangent Animation as General Members
Aug 09, 2021
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Tangent Animation The Academy Software Foundation (ASWF), dedicated to open source…
Corona Renderer 7 for Cinema 4D Updates Materials, Skies and Speed
Aug 09, 2021
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Corona Renderer 7 for Maxon Cinema 4D includes the new Physical Material for setting up…
Animal Logic Releases USD Alab to Promote Open Source Learning
Aug 08, 2021
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Animal Logic's USD Alab is a fully realised USD scene, intended to encourage further…
Christy Anzelmo Takes Foundry’s Software into the Future
Jul 31, 2021
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Hydra Viewer in Nuke Christy Anzelmo at Foundry has moved up to become Chief Product…
Framestore Backs Two New Machine Learning Research Fellowships
Jul 26, 2021
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VFX and studio Framestore and Bournemouth University are seeking two research fellows to…
Adobe Adds Speech to Text Workflow to Premiere Pro, Plugins for Blender
Jul 26, 2021
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Adobe released updates across the Creative Cloud applications Premiere Pro and After…
Corona Renderer 7 for 3ds Max Updates Sky Model and Physical Material
Jul 24, 2021
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Corona PRG Clear Sky Model Corona Renderer 7 for 3ds Max makes updates to the Corona…
Framestore Welcomes VFX Supervisor Damien Stumpf
Jul 19, 2021
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Framestore is pleased to announce that Damien Stumpf has been hired as VFX Supervisor to…
V-Ray 5 for Maya and Houdini Supports USD Format and Workflows
Jul 11, 2021
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Chaos Group has completed the first steps of its support for Universal Scene Description…
RenderMan 24 Upgrades Render Architecture and Shading for Animation and VFX
Jul 04, 2021
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Pixar RenderMan v24 releases with a new render architecture for animation and VFX, able…
MPC Film Bolsters the Team with Four Senior Artists
Jul 02, 2021
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VFX Producer Lisa Purisima MPC Film welcomes four senior VFX hires to lead its teams as…
Maxon Redshift Gains Support for OpenColorIO v2
Jun 28, 2021
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Following Redshift’s April release bringing support for MacOS Metal, the Apple M1 chip…
FuseFX Hires New Global Director of Virtual Production and Real-Time
Jun 28, 2021
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FuseFX visual effects studio, specialising in services for television, film and…
