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February 21, 2012, 10:15 am
<div style="margin-top:0px; margin-right:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; padding-top:0px; padding-right:0px; padding-bottom:0px; padding-left:0px; ">SAN ANTONIO, TX -- NewTek (www.newtek.com) is now shipping LightWave 11, the latest version of its professional 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software. LightWave 11 incorporates many new features, such as instancing, flocking and fracturing tools, flexible Bullet Dynamics, and Pixologic Zbrush support.</div>
May 26, 2017, 5:11 pm
LONDON — Framestore once again voyaged into space to team up with Ridley Scott on the highly anticipated science-fiction horror film Alien: Covenant. The 20th Century Fox film features 295 shots containing futuristic VFX work by the Framestore team. Their work included the build of the Covenant ship, its environment, as well as tackling the cult horror creatures the Facehugger and the Chestburster.
May 26, 2017, 5:05 am
NEW YORK CITY — Mixer/sound designer Rex Recker has joined the team at Digital Arts. The studio (digitalartsny.com) offers production space, editorial, mastering, finishing and audio post services. A former co-founder of AudioEngine and VP/audio post mixer at Photomag, Recker has worked on countless commercials, including those for clients such as McCann Erickson JWT, Ogilvy & Mather, BBDO, DDB, HBO, and Warner Books, to name a few.
May 25, 2017, 3:42 am
Shotgun's development has always been driven by close collaboration with our customers. By diving into the field, we get a better handle on how Shotgun is being used and get to see firsthand the challenges that keep customers up at night. Through these interactions, we uncover new solutions and establish best practices, which often make it into future Shotgun releases to benefit our entire user community.
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May 24, 2017, 2:21 pm
NEW YORK — Cutters, the editorial division of Cutters Studios (www.cuttersstudios.com), has created a new promo for the National Hockey League. Spelling features more than 20 NHL legends, each of whom spells out the letters of their name, as engraved on the league’s Stanley Cup. Bobby Orr, Brett and Bobby Hull, Wayne Gretzky, and Mark Messier are just a few of the greats featured in the piece, which reinforces the pride players have in being a part of what might be considered the most re...
May 24, 2017, 2:21 pm
NEW YORK CITY — Alkemy X, which has studios in Manhattan and Philadelphia, had added several new members to VFX division. VFX supervisor Steve Sanchez, VFX supervisor Gabriel Regentin, senior VFX producer Caitlyn Tomasik, VFX pipeline manager/R&D lead Luiz Garrido, compositor Alejandro Monzon, and VFX production coordinator Mitch Campbell have all joined the team and will be based out of the company’s New York office.
May 22, 2017, 2:30 pm
MONTREAL — Mettle (www.mettle.com), the developer of 360VR software tools, has launched a free, comprehensive 360/VR Master Training Series that’s designed to teach aspiring 360/VR filmmakers cinematic 360/VR production workflows. The step-by-step video tutorial series is hosted by Adobe-certified trainer, Nick Harauz, who presents the training as video chapters that include everything filmmakers need to get started, including 360 video assets.
May 19, 2017, 5:26 pm
FREEMONT, CA — Blackmagic Design’s NAB 2017 Roadshow will offer hands-on demonstrations of the company’s newly announced DaVinci Resolve 14, ATEM Television Studio Pro HD, Ursa Mini Pro camera and more.
May 18, 2017, 5:31 pm
SANTA MONICA — Luma Pictures (www.lumapictures.com), which created visual effects for the first Guardians of the Galaxy film, including the powerhouse villain Thanos, returned to work on the franchise’s follow up, creating VFX for the end tag of the film. The sequence features the entrancing Sovereign world, led by the ruthless high priestess Ayesha. The team created a stunning fully-CG environment, which included hundreds of animated humans in blue and luminous gold pods.
May 17, 2017, 10:30 am
SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk, Inc. (www.autodesk.com) has released SketchBook 4.0 for iOS, the latest update for its digital painting and drawing app. Now available for purchase through the Apple App Store, SketchBook 4.0 allows digital artists to leverage the full compute power of modern iOS devices, including GPU acceleration, with a revamped rendering engine. SketchBook 4.0 also features several new improvements that make a smoother, more convenient drawing experience.
May 16, 2017, 12:48 pm
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