Red Giant and Maxon are merging

December 17, 2019, 09:19 PM

https://www.redsharknews.com/post/item/6865-red-gi...

We have a good feeling about this. When two very strong and highly individual companies merge it can lead to great new products - and sometimes whole new categories of products. But let's not jump ahead of ourselves. Let's look at the basics first.

Maxon and Red Giant unite to offer powerful conten

December 17, 2019, 09:18 PM

https://www.provideocoalition.com/maxon-and-red-gi...

Leading 3D and motion design/VFX software companies, Maxon and Red Giant unite to provide powerful solutions for digital content creation.

VFX Legion Completes Madam Secretary Series Finale

December 17, 2019, 02:52 PM

https://www.broadcastbeat.com/vfx-legion-completes...

‘Madam Secretary’ began its sixth and final season with the premiere episode revealing that Secretary of State, Elizabeth McCord (Téa Leoni), won the race for the presidency. VFX Legion capped off three-years contributing a variety of digital effects for the hit show, with a challenging mix of large-scale CG sequences created for this last season, ... The post VFX Legion Completes Madam Secretary Series Finale, Wrapping Three-Years of Digitally Taking the Show Where Film Was Unable to ...

Nouvelles bandes démo VFX et animation pour Cines

December 17, 2019, 02:48 PM

https://www.3dvf.com/nouvelles-bandes-demo-vfx-et-...

After having unveiled its funding for the coming years, Cinesite is taking advantage of the end of the year to update its demo tapes. On the menu: visual effects but also 3D animation.

OSCARS 2020: THE VFX Shortlist

December 17, 2019, 02:48 PM

https://www.artofvfx.com/oscars-2020-the-vfx-short...

Here is the VFX Shortlist for the 92nd Academy Awards !

IATSE Offers Legal Support To MPC Vancouver Worker

December 15, 2019, 01:24 PM

http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/iatse-offe...

MPC Vancouver, a visual effects company, closed its doors permanently on December 11. The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) and the Art Babbitt Appreciation Society (ABAS) has offered free legal support to workers from MPC Vancouver who were laid off just weeks before Christmas. Depending on the nature of the layoffs and the […] The post IATSE Offers Legal Support To MPC Vancouver Workers appeared first on Below the Line.

Shape+Light VFX boutique opens in LA with Trent, L

December 14, 2019, 02:40 PM

https://postperspective.com/shapelight-vfx-boutiqu...

Autodesk releases Maya 2020 with artist-driven fea

December 13, 2019, 02:18 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-New...

SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk (autodesk.com) has released Maya 2020, giving animators, modelers, riggers and technical artists a host of new tools and improvements. Building on the powerful animation features introduced in Maya 2019, Maya 2020 adds more than 60 updates that animators will notice in their day-to-day work. The release also includes Arnold 6, which can now be used for production rendering on both the CPU and GPU, as well as significant performance enhancements and new simulation f...

MPC Shuts Down Its Vancouver VFX Studio

December 13, 2019, 02:15 PM

https://www.studiodaily.com/2019/12/mpc-shuts-vanc...

MPC has shut down its Vancouver visual-effects studio, according to web animation specialty site Cartoon Brew as well as the Vancouver Sun and CBC News. The text of a letter purportedly sent to MPC Vancouver staff by Technicolor’s Christian Roberton, EVP of film and TV VFX, Christian Roberton was widely circulated on social media. It […] The post MPC Shuts Down Its Vancouver VFX Studio appeared first on Studio Daily.

MPC Shuts Down Vancouver Facility

December 13, 2019, 02:14 PM

https://www.awn.com/news/mpc-shuts-down-vancouver-...

According to several news reports and confirmed independently by several anonymous sources, MPC Film, one of the industry’s most prolific VFX studios, known for their work on films like The Lion King, Ad Astra, Dumbo, and Life of Pi, has closed its Vancouver studio.