http://www.fxguide.com/qt quick news and comments about the vfx industry Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:38:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en David S. Cohen in Variety is reporting that the jury was unanimous on most findings and awarded Brad Call approximately $2 million in damages in his wrongful termination suit against Digital Domain. From the article: The size of the award raises questions about whether Digital Domain can survive, though in a statement, ... http://www.fxguide.com/qt/1287/digital-domain-loses-termination-suit Dr. Ed Catmull, President, Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, has been selected by the VES Board of Directors as the recipient of the “2010 Georges Méliès Award.” The award will be presented at the 8th Annual VES Awards, which will be held at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel ... http://www.fxguide.com/qt/1273/ed-catmull-to-receive-ves-%e2%80%9c2010-georges-melies-award%e2%80%9d The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced it will invite 134 people to join as members. Included in the Visual Effects category are: Christopher Bond, Matthew Butler, Chris Corbould, Rob Engle, Scott Gordon, Hal Hickel, Van Ling, Shane Mahan, Steve Preeg, Tim Webber, Edson Williams Full press release ... http://www.fxguide.com/qt/1268/academy-invites-134-to-membership ...in release candidate form. The just issued eyeon newsletter serves up the fact that the long awaited Fusion 6 is now available for download to "all artists and studios with a current subscription license." The idea behind the RC release is to get the software in the hands of ... http://www.fxguide.com/qt/1262/fusion-6-now-shipping fxguide is in Singapore this week for CG Overdrive and Broadcast Asia. Mike Seymour is giving two workshops (each running over 2 days) on the Benefits and Challenges of Digital Acquisition. These are being held on the 16th/17th and then repeated on the 18th/19th at Broadcast Asia - held at ... http://www.fxguide.com/qt/1257/mike-lecturing-this-week-in-singapore Yes, you read that correctly, The Mill has released a free iPhone application that allows the user to apply looks or emulate primary color grading tools found in a grading suite. The app has preset looks like “golden” and “bleached” as well as controls for lift, gain, gamma and saturation ... http://www.fxguide.com/qt/1250/iphone-color-correction-app-from-the-mill-2 When we interviewed Jeffrey Okun from the Visual Effects Society at the end of May for a podcast he broke the news that the VES was working on getting health care options for VES members. He mentioned that this has been a top request from members. Today members were emailed ... http://www.fxguide.com/qt/1225/ves-announces-health-care-for-members We get a lot of press releases about screenings, many from the Academy. Talk about one that jumped out at us! A screening of a "newly struck 35mm print" of the "The Abyss", with a panel discussion "with the film’s Oscar®-winning visual effects team, John Bruno, Dennis Skotak and Hoyt ... http://www.fxguide.com/qt/1216/the-academy-dives-into-%e2%80%9cthe-abyss%e2%80%9d This August the fxguide crew will be in full force to cover Siggraph 2009 in New Orleans. Siggraph is always a great place to network, see what is coming in future technology or update your skills. The last time the show was in New Orleans it was an amazing combination ... http://www.fxguide.com/qt/1211/siggraph-2009-technical-papers-preview-video Hot on the heels of its management buyout, The Foundry has completed a major deal with Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm Ltd’s multiple Academy Award-winning visual effects studio. ILM has purchased a site licence for Nuke. ILM’s visionary work has earned thirty-seven Academy Award® nominations for Best Visual Effects. Lucasfilm’s chief technical ... http://www.fxguide.com/qt/1208/ilm-purchases-nuke-site-licence