The contender has got on its boxing gloves with features for animators, FX, and finishing. Maxon has been making the most of its pandemic. The company’s engineers have been hunkered down and developing. The company’s development teams for Redshift and Red Giant are putting out new releases and according to Maxon’s Head of Community and Customer Experience, Paul Babb, they … [Read more...] about Maxon rolls C4D R23 and Maxon One
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Nominations announced for Student Academy Awards 2020
Diploma film The Beauty has been nominated in the category "Animation (International Film Schools)" along with two other finalists. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has released a full list of the 2020 Student Academy Awards finalists. Established in 1972, the Student Academy Awards is an international student film competition. Each year, college and … [Read more...] about Nominations announced for Student Academy Awards 2020
Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Maya
Chaos Group has released V-Ray 5 for Maya. V-Ray has been used by 3D artists and Studios for animation and visual effects for more than 10 years and it has always met their expectations. V-Ray 5 for Maya offers its extensive rendering toolset with integrated compositing, interactive light mixing, powerful scene management, and more. Redesigned V-Ray Frame Buffer offers more … [Read more...] about Chaos Group releases V-Ray 5 for Maya
FMX features Phil Tippett in conversation
FMX summer program features interviews and presentations from the past and present. The FMX conference continues this year as a digital production and is combining the greatest hits with new content. Coming up, FMX will feature “A Phantasmagorical Journey with Phil Tippett,” Monday, July 20, 8 PM CET/11 AM PST on www.fmx.de. One of our huge regrets around FMX was … [Read more...] about FMX features Phil Tippett in conversation
Aardman and Fictioneers launch an augmented reality Wallace & Gromit story
Wallace & Gromit: The Big Fix Up debuts at AWE 2020. Fans are invited to enter Aardman’s augmented world via a mobile app. Wallace & Gromit, the famous comedy duo in claymation world, celebrated their 30th anniversary last year. The comedy series is created by Aardman Animations, based in Bristol, UK. In partnership with award-winning animation studio Aardman, … [Read more...] about Aardman and Fictioneers launch an augmented reality Wallace & Gromit story
E.D. films is first animation company to win Epic Games MegaGrant award
Makers of Giant Bear now working on three projects including a VR experience for 2020. Epic Games announced e.d. films as their first MegaGrant award winner for an animation company. The company says they’ll use the money to continue production on three projects which include two shorts and a VR experience coming in 2020. The company has an innovative style that combines 2D … [Read more...] about E.D. films is first animation company to win Epic Games MegaGrant award
Blender Foundation awarded $1.2 million Epic MegaGrant
Epic Games announced its MegaGrants program at GDC 2019. The company established a $100 million fund to support game developers, enterprise professionals, media and entertainment creators, students, educators, and tool developers who are “doing amazing things with Unreal Engine” or enhancing open-source capabilities for the 3D graphics community. The Blender Foundation had … [Read more...] about Blender Foundation awarded $1.2 million Epic MegaGrant
Blender celebrates its 25th birthday
New versions, new members, new enthusiasm The path of Blender as a company and an organization has never been straight. As it has gained new supporters and users, the Blender’s features have multiplied along with new add-ons. As the Blender community celebrates its 25th anniversary, Blender shows signs of growing up. As Blender celebrates its 25th anniversary, it’s worth … [Read more...] about Blender celebrates its 25th birthday
Adobe’s Character Animator comes to life
Making people and creatures for fun and profit. It was just a few years ago, 2015 actually, that Adobe introduced its character animation tool to the world at NAB. At that time, it was part of Adobe’s After Effects and seemed a cute feature and something of a quirky addition to After Effects. Back then, a quick look at Character Animation made it seem similar to facial … [Read more...] about Adobe’s Character Animator comes to life
Visualize production data in Shotgun 7.6—introduces Production Insights
Consolidated information helps manage VFX, animation, and games projects better. Shotgun Software has released Shotgun 7.6, the latest version of Autodesk Shotgun for digital asset management. This release has introduced Production Insights, a set of analytics and reporting tools that helps studios visualize their production data, in the form of graph types including pie, … [Read more...] about Visualize production data in Shotgun 7.6—introduces Production Insights