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NVIDIA’s Dominick Spina Joins LightWave 3D Group
NewTek announced Wednesday the formation of a new Burbank-based division, the LightWave 3D Group, which will be led by Rob Powers, formerly NewTek's VP and Head of 3D Development. Dominick Spina joined the new group today as VP of Worldwide …
VFX Supervisor Richard Stammers on Prometheus
There are no outright spoilers in this story about the visual effects work in director Ridley Scott’s Prometheus, although there are hints — even one about the scene that Glenn Kenny, chief film critic for MSN Movies, describes this way: …
Cinesite Eyes Global Expansion Under New Ownership
London VFX facility Cinesite plans to expand operations internationally and diversify into content creation following its purchase by UK private-equity firm Endless LLP. Endless acquired the business from Kodak, which is currently in Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and has announced …
How ILM Built a Blasted-Out NYC
All the heroes for The Avengers don’t appear onscreen. With a film this dependent on visual effects, you’d have to consider work by the crews at all the studios who completed the highly-praised shots on a tight schedule as heroic. …
How Weta Digital Made Gods Grapple in The Avengers
“It’s gods fighting each other,” says Weta Digital visual effects supervisor Guy Williams, describing a fight between Iron Man and Thor in The Avengers, one of many for which the studio supplied digital doubles and a CG Iron Man. For …
Imagineer Slates Mocha Pro v3 for NAB
Imagineer Systems is doubling down on Mocha Pro. It was late 2010 when Imagineer consolidated its product line so that all of the features from different applications were available in a single product, dubbed Mocha Pro. With version 3, the …
Digital Domain Institute Opens Doors to Inaugural Class Today
The Digital Domain Institute (DDI), an animation and digital arts institute powered by Digital Domain Media Group and the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU), opened its doors to its inaugural class of students today in West …
After Issuance of VES “Bill of Rights,” VFX Industry Considers Options
If you work in the visual effects industry, you’re probably already aware of the Visual Effects Industry Bill of Rights recently drafted by the Visual Effects Society. (LOVE the logo, guys. Pure class.) With VFX artists increasingly complaining about their …
NASA Discovers Tatooine-Like Planet, ILM’s John Knoll Marvels at Science
NASA announced today that the Kepler spacecraft, on an exploratory mission since 2009, had discovered the very first planet on record to orbit around two sun-like stars at once. Sound familiar? Said Kepler project scientist Nick Gautier during a press …