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Rhythm & Hues auction won by Prana Studios (UPDATED x2)
by Jeff Heusser
Rhythm and Hues has been sold at auction following bankruptcy to Prana Studios. Final hearing scheduled for Friday at 10:00 am. read more...
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by Ian Failes
See the new announcements from Autodesk for Maya, 3ds Max, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Softimage and Sketchbook Designer. read more...
More notes from the NVIDIA GPU Tech Conference
by John Montgomery
In the second of our reports from GTC, we cover HFR with Douglas Trumbull, ZOIC's ZEUS pipeline, Rhythm & Hues Crom VFX platform, as well as a few more details about Octane's cloud solution and the GRID VCA. read more...
How VFX saved Washington: Olympus Has Fallen
by Ian Failes
We break down the visual effects behind Olympus Has Fallen with before and after imagery and making of videos. read more...
How Star Trek went into darkness for Earth Hour
by Ian Failes
With J.J. Abrams' Star Trek: Into Darkness only a few months away from opening, the film's distributors staged a Trek-themed quadrocopter light display as part of WWF's Earth Hour over the weekend in London. Stunt? Sure, but a fun one - see the video here. read more...
Digital Domain Names Clotiaux VP of Feature Film
by fxadmin
Digital Domain announced today that Terry Clotiaux has joined the company as Vice President of Feature Film Production. The company also promoted Joanna Capitano to Executive Producer and elevated Lisa Beroud to a member of the company’s senior management team. read more...
NVIDIA GPU Tech Conference Report
by John Montgomery
The GPU Technology Conference (GTC) advances GPU computing in computer graphics, games, mobile, and the cloud. For the vfx and production, this tech is has become an incredibly important part of the process and today we cover new announcements from the NVIDIA keynote. read more...
Heads will roll: VFX on TV
by Ian Failes
How practical and digital effects, previs and complete greenscreen environments help bring the shows The Walking Dead, Mr. Selfridge and Spartacus to your TV screen. UPDATED with Stargate's Walking Dead breakdown reel. read more...
How to make a giant molten lava monster…called James
by Mike Seymour
How do you create a Lava Monster, crush streets and still have fresh breath? Behind the scenes of MPC's VFX for a new spot pitting The Ice Man 'superhero' against a molten lava monster named... James. read more...