Peter Jackson resign as Weta Workshop director

January 20, 2016, 10:26 AM

http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/75986534/health-an...

New health and safety legislation has forced Sir Peter Jackson to resign as a director of Weta Workshop.

Beverly Hills CA – 14th Annual VES Awards

January 20, 2016, 05:47 AM

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The VES Awards recognizes and honors the most outstanding visual effects work of the year and honors the artists who created them. 14th Annual VES Awards Ceremony: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 The Beverly Hilton Hotel 9876 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, California 90210 5:30 Reception 6:45 Dinner and Awards Presentation CLICK HERE FOR INFO AND TICKETS

After Effects NEXT LEVEL | Inter BEE 2015

January 20, 2016, 05:46 AM

http://blogs.adobe.com/creativestation/video-ib15-...

MAXON to Host Free Fluid Simulation Webinar Januar

January 20, 2016, 05:46 AM

http://www.awn.com/news/maxon-host-free-fluid-simu...

MAXON is set to present the company’s new free webinar, “Basic Fluid Simulation Workflow with Cinema 4D & RealFlow,” on January 28, at 4:30 PM Central.

Vahan Sosoyan releases Aton for Nuke

January 20, 2016, 05:46 AM

http://www.cgchannel.com/2016/01/vahan-sosoyan-rel...

Framestore lighting TD Vahan Sosoyan has released Aton, a free ‘Arnold to Nuke display plugin’ that makes it possible to render using Arnold directly into Nuke’s user interface.

The year of Hollywood’s practical effects comeba

January 19, 2016, 07:12 PM

http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/4/9094383/practical...

The biggest set piece in Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation is also its first scene. We’ve all seen it in the trailers: a frantic but determined Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) clutches the side of an Airbus A400 for dear life as it takes off into the stratosphere. While the scene itself is only tangentially related to the overall plot of the movie, Paramount made sure this was the scene that got people into theaters. A large part of this strategy was broadly publicizing the fact that it wasn’t fa...

Calibrated Software brings XAVC Intra encoding to

January 19, 2016, 07:08 PM

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

AUSTIN, TX — Calibrated Software (www.calibratedsoftware.com), which develops applications and plug-ins for video and asset management software, has released an update of its Calibrated AVC-Intra Create product, which adds Sony XAVC Intra encoding to Apple’s Compressor application. Calibrated AVC-Intra Create already supports the exporting of Panasonic AVC-Intra MOV files, P2 and OP1a AVC-Intra MXF files with metadata from Apple Compressor and other third-party applications.

4K, HD, & Ken Burns in Final Cut Pro X

January 19, 2016, 07:07 PM

http://www.provideocoalition.com/4k-hd-ken-burns-i...

Review: Pro Sound Effects NYC Ambisonics sound lib

January 19, 2016, 07:07 PM

http://postperspective.com/review-pro-sound-effect...

By Michael Hanish I would bet that just about anyone reading these words is building and/or maintaining an audio library of some sort related to their work: sound effects, environments, music and backgrounds. Clips that are used in one project often fit a specific need in another. For me, at least, audio clips seem to multiply of their own accord, like dust bunnies. There are loads of libraries and resources out there… some better quality than others. The clips that I have found the most...

Creating Glass Sculptures In Cinema 4D

January 19, 2016, 07:06 PM

http://greyscalegorilla.com/tutorials/recreating-g...

In a recent episode of Ask GSG cprice144 asked about these amazing sculptures by Ben Young. I’ve gotten asked about these a lot in the past and I’ve really wanted to tackle it but I knew it would take awhile to do it properly.