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Warm Bodies, Cool Strategy

With production schedules squeezing the bejeezus out of visual effects studios, the last thing you’d think a conscientious facility like Look Effects would do is set up new studio in a different city and hire a new crew to create … more »

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Autodesk Updates Modeling Workflow for 2014

Autodesk today announced the 2014 version of its Entertainment Creation Suite, which includes Maya, 3ds Max, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Softimage, and Sketchbook Designer. The 2014 suite is expected to begin shipping (and downloading) April 12, just after NAB closes.   Autodesk Sr. … more »

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Pixar Slashes Price of RenderMan Studio, Adds Maya Support to Base Package

Gearing up for the summer release of RenderMan Studio 4.0, Pixar bundled RenderMan for Maya in the base RenderMan Studio 3.0 package and cut the price to $1300, including an embedded renderer. Previously, RenderMan Studio 3.0 sold for $3000 with … more »

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iPhone Diorama

Otis College of Art and Design senior Mike Ko shot this final project with a Canon EOS Rebel T2i, animated it with Maya, After Effects and Pftrack and rendered it all in V-Ray.

Drawing Lines for Wimpy Kid

Diary of a Wimpy Kid, a mostly live-action adaptation of the first book in author Jeff Kinney’s illustrated kids’ novel series, was just released as a 20th Century Fox motion picture, directed by Thor Freudenthal. The company that 20th Century … more »