Movember magic: CG Studios fight it out to raise the most money with their Mo’s

| Events, Industry, News | 30/11/2012 13:55pm ▲ The results of the tense tache-growing contest between various UK Soho studios are IN!

It’s the end of the month and there’s a clear winner in the Soho Mo Showdown… Find out who’s raised the most Mo-ney here

Animal Logic snaps up Fuel VFX

| Industry, News | 02/10/2012 17:33pm ▲ Fuel VFX delivered 150 visual effects shots for the blockbuster from Marvel Studios

Animal Logic today announced that it has finalised a deal to buy the business assets of Sydney-based studio Fuel VFX which recently went into voluntary administration.

The Foundry and Luxology join forces

| Industry, News | 25/09/2012 09:46am luxology_foundry_24-9-

Leading VFX software developer, The Foundry, announced its merger with Luxology. The combined portfolio should open doors to new ways of working, providing artists and designers with increased creative choice…

Mental Roy on feature creep

| Features, Industry, Opinion | 21/08/2012 11:23am 3dw157mentalroy

Roy thinks that everyone in the VFX industry is doing a great job. And he’s not at all happy about it

Nvizage discusses the use of OptiTrack’s Insight VCS on Snow White and the Huntsman

| Industry, News | 07/06/2012 16:20pm Snow white and the huntsman uses OptiTrack

Discover how OptiTrack’s virtual camera system helped Nvizage to manage six major sequences and over 320 ground and aerial shots for Snow White and the Huntsman

Google to sell SketchUp to Trimble

| Industry, News | 29/04/2012 15:40pm sketchup_1

Google has signed a definitive agreement to sell the SketchUp 3D modelling platform to satellite mapping specialist Trimble Navigation for an undisclosed amount

UK tax relief for the CG industry

| Industry, News | 30/03/2012 11:51am wallace-and-gromit_tax_breaks

Great news for the whole CG industry: The UK government has announced its intention to establish nationwide games, animation and high-end television tax breaks…

Vimeo Festival 2012: Show your work to the world!

| Industry, News | 09/02/2012 14:29pm vimeo_festival_1_09022012

Calling all filmmakers! If you’ve got a film you’ve been slaving over, now’s your chance to do something with it – enter the Vimeo Festival before 20 February for your chance to win a $5,000 grant or the grand prize of $25,000! Money aside, this festival is a great way to get your work seen by important people in the CG industry

Rango sweeps the 10th annual VES Awards

| Industry, News | 08/02/2012 16:24pm ILM's Rango

Industrial Light & Magic’s animated Western Rango scooped up four statues at the 2012 Visual Effects Society Awards last night

Maxon UK opens satellite office in London

| Industry, News | 08/02/2012 11:24am Maxon London Office

The new Pall Mall office will provide Maxon’s London-based customers with benefits: now you can get face-to-face technical support and same-day deliveries of Cinema 4D

VFX Oscar race narrowed to ten films

| Industry, News | 12/01/2012 14:25pm

At the end of 2011, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced fifteen films that were being considered in the Achievement in Visual Effects category for the 84th Academy Awards

CGSociety presents its retrospective of 2011

| Industry, News | 11/01/2012 16:19pm

CGSociety has just posted its retrospective of 2011, presenting the community-voted list of CG-related coolness

Autodesk calls for submissions for its 2012 Best of the Best Show Reel

| Events, Industry, News | 25/11/2011 10:46am auto_best_thumb

Looking to show off your talent? Be part of the Autodesk 2012 Best of the Best Reel

3D World CG Awards 2011 winners announced!

| Events, Industry, Magazine, News | 14/09/2011 11:08am tdw148-f_awards-thumb

Winners of the 3D World CG Awards 2011 have been announced – find out the best of the best right here!

James Cameron talks about 3D’s future

| Industry, News | 13/09/2011 12:10pm James-Cameron

Cameron spoke at IBC about 3D on TV, value for money and the future of 3D at the movies