Brewster Parsons Delivers VFX for New Lexus Spot

January 28, 2015, 01:46 PM

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L.A.-based visual effects and design studio Brewster Parsons recently completed VFX for a new Lexus commercial. Created by Team One for Lexus, and helmed by the Sweet Shop’s Iain Mackenzie, the new spot entitled “Break the Circle” showcases the power of the Lexus GS sedan.

Artemple-Hollywood marks one-year; creates VFX for

January 28, 2015, 09:49 AM

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Canadian Government Announces Financial Support fo

January 26, 2015, 10:33 AM

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The Canadian federal government on Friday announced $1.2 million in funding to Creative BC to help build the capacity of British Columbia's creative industries, including film, television, digital media, music, book and magazine publishing, by seeking out trade and investment opportunities.

MastersFX Nominated for VES Award for Hemlock Grov

January 23, 2015, 02:26 PM

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Character effects company MastersFX (MFX) has been nominated for a Visual Effects Society (VES) award in the category outstanding visual effects in a visual effects-driven photoreal/live action broadcast program for its work on season 2 of the Netflix horror/thriller series Hemlock Grove.

BlackGinger creates CG cars to help tell history o

January 23, 2015, 02:26 PM

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Cape Town, South Africa-based VFX, animation and post house BlackGinger recently completed work on a Mazda 3 commercial that takes an historical look into the car-maker’s evolution. To help tell the story of Mazda through the years, BlackGinger added CG elements, including cars, to live-action footage. “Much research went into recreating every aspect of classic cars that are no longer available,” explains Darrin Hofmeyr, animation supervisor at BlackGinger, “namely the Le Mans w...

New Montreal VFX Convention to Launch in June

January 23, 2015, 02:26 PM

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Connection Events announced that it will launch Effects MTL – a new international convention for the visual effects and animation sector. The event is scheduled for June 10 -11 at the Mont-Royal Centre in Montreal.

RE:Vision Effects releases DE:Noise 3

January 23, 2015, 05:16 AM

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RE:Vision Effects has released DE:Noise 3, the latest version of its noise-removal tool for editing and compositing software, adding a new noise-reducing filter and GPU support.

VES Announces 2015 Board of Directors

January 22, 2015, 10:26 AM

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The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the officers of its 2015 board of directors. The officers, who comprise the VES board executive committee, were elected at the January 2015 board meeting where Mike Chambers was elected as board chair.

Mike Chambers Named Chair of VES Board

January 22, 2015, 06:01 AM

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Mike Chambers was elected chair of the Visual Effects Society board of directors, succeeding VFX supervisor Jeff Okun.

Weta Unleashes New Rendering Power

January 21, 2015, 05:03 AM

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To combat the increasing demands of VFX complexity, Weta Digital recently created a new ray-tracing renderer called Manuka along with a pre-lighting tool called Gazebo. These not only came in handy for The Hobbit finale, The Battle of the Five Armies, but will also be crucial in addressing the challenges of the upcoming trio of Avatar sequels.