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		<title>Nuke Stereo Master Class Plus 6.1 Preview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Foundry held its second Master Class in London on Friday, playing to packed house at the Vue theatre in Leicester Square. The event was standing-room only, having given away all the seats in only 24 hours when it was announced earlier this year.
The event focused on stereoscopic production and post&#8230;a timely program after the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fxguide.com/qt/2294/nuke-stereo-master-class-plus-6-1-preview</link>
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		<title>VFX Online Townhall Meeting March 29th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Save the date Monday, March 29th at 7pm (Pacific) for &#8220;an open discussion of a visual effects industry in transition&#8221;. This free online townhall meeting is being put together by Lee Stranahan, a former visual effects artist and writer for The Huffington Post whose Open Letter To James Cameron: Fairness For VIsual Effects Artists sparked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fxguide.com/qt/2328/vfx-townhall-online-meeting-march-29th</link>
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		<title>CORE is closing down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It appears that C.O.R.E Digital is closing down. 
C.O.R.E. Digital Pictures, was one of Canada&#8217;s leading digital visual effects and animation studios, based in Toronto, Ontario. The company is closing very abruptly, it seems. Reports on the net are circulating that this closure was so sudden employees entitlements may be in question, (we have not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fxguide.com/qt/2311/core-is-closing-down</link>
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		<title>ImageMovers Digital Closing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was announced today that ImageMovers Digital in Marin County will be closing after completing Mars Needs Moms, expected to be January 2011.  ImageMovers Digital was built by Robert Zemekis with Disney and is best known for producing A Christmas Carol. We first heard this news from a San Francisco friend&#8217;s Facebook posting, then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fxguide.com/qt/2287/imagemovers-digital-closing</link>
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		<title>Ok Syyn Labs Go&#8230;Adam Sadowsky</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the last 48 hours an amazing video has swept the net. The OK Go &#8220;This Too Shall Pass&#8221; music video &#8211; built and engineered by a creative geek group of mad scientists, art lovers, and inspired geniuses that collectively go by the name of Syyn Labs. As Adam Sadowsky, of Syyn Labs, was getting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fxguide.com/qt/2259/ok-syyn-labs-go-adam-sadowsky</link>
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		<title>Visual Effects link roundup</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The internet has been particularly active this week with visual effects news. Here is a list of links that we found interesting, if we missed any please add to comments and if we find more this week we&#8217;ll add them here.
Visual Effects related links:
Wall Street Journal:  Working as a Visual Effects Artist
Shoot: AICE Extends [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fxguide.com/qt/2247/visual-effects-link-roundup</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Official &#8211; 5D Mk II Update Date</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We know many of you are waiting for the 5D MkII update to 24 P.
The date is Mid-March and the features will include:
The new firmware incorporates the following updates and benefits:
1)     Frame rate now to include 24fps (cinema) and 25fps (PAL broadcast). Shoots a variety of frame rates, overcomes the need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fxguide.com/qt/2241/its-official-5d-mk-ii-update-date</link>
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		<title>VES Award Winners</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The 8th Annual VES Awards were held tonight, Sunday, February 28th at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Beverly Hills, California. 
James Cameron was honored with the VES Lifetime Achievement Award and Ed Catmull with the George Melies Award for Pioneering. Avatar took a lot of awards with District 9 besting it in one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fxguide.com/qt/2221/ves-award-winners</link>
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		<title>Avatar wins BAFTA for Special Visual Effects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andrew R. Jones who took home the BAFTA for Special Visual Effects for Avatar. The Orange British Academy Film Awards rewards the best work of any nationality seen on British cinema screens during the preceding year. The awards took place on February 21, 2010 at the Royal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fxguide.com/qt/2213/avatar-wins-bafta-for-special-visual-effects</link>
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		<title>Massive 4.0 Released</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The folks at Massive Software announced today that version 4.0 of Massive is now shipping. The release contains new Terrain Nodes, V-Ray rendering, new Stadium placement tools, and other improvements.
We&#8217;ll have the new release available soon on the VPN over at our sister training site fxphd.com.
For the full press release from Massive, click through&#8230;.

Auckland, New [...]]]></description>
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