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Digital Domain Signs Reliance MediaWorks to 3D Licensing Deal
Digital Domain Media Group, which announced last week that it would start demanding royalties from companies in the business of stereo-3D filmmaking and exhibition, said Mumbai-based Reliance MediaWorks is the latest to sign a licensing deal for DDMG's technology patents.Reliance …
Five Questions: Colin Stackpole, Creative Director, Light of Day
A former Discreet artist, with major roles at Quietman and Brandname (via PS 260), Colin Stackpole has long been an Inferno artist in demand, lending his touch to Super Bowl spots, music videos and campaigns for Gillette, GE, Pepsi and …
VFX Snapshot: Katy Perry’s “Wide Awake”
VFX studio Ingenuity Engine recently completed a wide range of shots in stereo 3D for Katy Perry’s new music video, “Wide Awake.” The video, directed by Tony T. Datis from production company DNA, follows Perry as she falls into a …
Digital Domain to 3D-Conversion Industry: You Owe Us Money
Digital Domain Media Group (DDMG) revealed today that it had filed a lawsuit last year against Prime Focus World, alleging infringement of DDMG's patents on various 2D-to-3D-conversion processes. In an out-of-court settlement, Prime Focus agreed to a licensing and collaboration …
Red Giant Acquires Singular Software Products
Red Giant announced today the acquisition of all Singular Software products and their related technology and intellectual property, including the PluralEyes, DualEyes, CloudEyes and Presto plug-ins. The news comes as Singular Software is in the final development stages of PluralEyes …
Create The Expendables 2 Trailer Title Sequence with ShapeShifter AE
The folks at Mettle recently posted this nice tutorial from Nancy Eperjesy, president of Mettle's Software and Creative Services divisions, on how to use Mettle's ShapeShifter AE plug-in to create the animated 3D skull and knife logo appearing at the …
Create 3D Reflections with Trapcode Form or Particular
In a tutorial for AE Tuts+, Jorrit Schulte explains how to create full 3D reflections in After Effects, with falloff of transparency and blur, using either Trapcode Particular or its younger sibling, Form. The new lighting tools in Form 2 …
RevUp Render Supports V-Ray in the Cloud
Cloud-computing service provider RevUp Render said its new cloud rendering service supports Chaos Group's V-Ray 2.0 rendering software. That means studios using software that supports distributed rendering — like Autodesk Maya and 3ds Max and Trimble (formerly Google) SketchUp — …
Five Questions: William Gadea, Producer/Creative Director, IdeaRocket
New York animation studio IdeaRocket was tapped to create the new show open for the final season of Showtime's Weeds. IdeaRocket specializes in "explainers," which made it an ideal choice for Weeds executive producers Jenji Kohan and Roberto Benabib, who …
Noise Industries Releases Fx Factory 3.0.4, Intros Two New Products
Noise Industries has launched FxFactory 3.0.4, which brings both Final Cut Pro X and CS6 support to 3D production and effects tools in the FxFactory family. The company also just unveiled two new products, Tokyo Split Animator and Nattress Video …