Novedge Pulse™ of CGW Magazine

SANTA CLARA, CA — Today, Nvidia introduced its new Maximus (www.nvidia.com/maximus) technology, which accelerates work by enabling a single workstation to simultaneously handle interactive graphics and the compute-intensive number crunching associated with the simulation  [more...]

LOS ANGELES — Last night, the The Hollywood Post Alliance (www.hpaonline.com) presented the Sixth Annual HPA Awards, honoring post professionals in 12 different creative categories, as well as for Engineering Excellence, Lifetime Achievement and Creativity and Innovation.  [more...]

DALLAS — Alin Bijan is the writer and director of The Ghost Of Goodnight Lane, ac comedic horror film about an angry ghost with evil intentions. The film was inspired by paranormal events that occurred at the film’s production studio, Media World Studios in Dallas. [more...]

If you’ve ever been to the movies, watched TV, played a computer game, or read an advertisement, you’ve experienced the power and benefit of computer graphics.

NEW YORK — Loyalkaspar, with locations in NYC and LA, was recently called on by ESPN to help launch the Longhorn Network, a brand new 24/7 sports network that centers around the athletic programs at the University of Texas.

LONDON — Framestore's Simon Bourne recently won the “Best Telecine in a Video Award” at the UK Music Video Awards. The event took place at the Empire Leicester Square. Bourne’s work on Plan B’s video for Love Goes Down received the recognition.

Jack Tunnicliffe of Java Post understands the inherent difficulties at just about every level of production. Having worked in television as a cameraman, director, producer, and ultimately parlaying all of his production and post production experiences into the company  [more...]

HOLLYWOOD — Seven-year-old Identity FX, which originally established itself by supplying 2D VFX for films like Transformers and Hancock, has been dipping its feet in the 3D stereo conversion waters over the past two years. Recently they dove in head first with  [more...]

NEW YORK — Deluxe’s Company 3 (www.company3.com) and Method Studios (www.methodstudios.com) in NYC made efficient use of their close and collaborative relationship for the post work on Universal Pictures’ new action-comedy Tower Heist. The film stars Ben Stiller  [more...]

Costa Rica is home to five percent of the world's biodiversity, two oceans, friendly locals, and…talking sloths? Yes, at least one talking sloth, a character production company Blind brings to life in three new videos that promote Costa Rica's “Million Dollar Gift  [more...]

SAN RAFAEL, CA — Autodesk has acquired certain technology-related assets and hired individuals associated with GRIP Entertainment, a privately-held artificial intelligence (AI) game middleware company, based in Montreal. This acquisition accelerates Autodesk’s strategy  [more...]

Dynamic VFX house Luma Pictures lent their digital artistry to New Regency Pictures' futuristic thriller, In Time, with the house's work running the gamut of what are commonly referred to as "invisible effects." Luma's contributions include multiple matte paintings,  [more...]

LONDON — The Foundry (www.thefoundry.co.uk) has released Ocula 3.0, an upgrade to the company's stereo plug-in toolset for the Nuke compositing system. Ocula was refined during use on S3D films such as Avatar, Tron: Legacy and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger  [more...]

BEVERLY HILLS — Eighteen features have been submitted for consideration in the “Animated Feature Film” category for the 84th Academy Awards. The 84th Academy Awards nominations will be announced on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. [more...]

HOLLYWOOD — Two-time Academy Award-winning director John Lasseter was honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on November 1. Lasseter directs and creatively oversees all films and associated projects from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios.

MILITAS, CA — Blackmagic Design (www.blackmagic-design.com) has introduced Desktop Video 9.0, a new software update with advanced capture and playback for the Avid Media Composer 6 family of software including Symphony and Avid NewsCutter. Desktop Video 9.0 is available  [more...]

GRASS VALLEY, CA — AJA Video Systems (www.aja.com) has announced that the company’s desktop solutions and mobile I/O devices will support the latest Avid releases, including Media Composer 6.0, NewsCutter 10.0 and Symphony 6.0.

Chicago, Ill. - NEC Display Solutions of America, a provider of commercial LCD display and projector solutions, announced its new SpectraSensor Pro colorimeter and an update to the SpectraViewII software.

SUNNYVALE, CA — AMD (www.amd.com) has launched the FirePro V4900, an entry level-priced graphics card aimed at DCC and CAD workflows. The FirePro V4900 leverages AMD’s most advanced graphics technology and also features the company’s Eyefinity multi-display technology,  [more...]

SUNNYVALE, CA — AMD (www.amd.com) has launched the FirePro V4900, an entry level-priced graphics card aimed at DCC and CAD workflows. The FirePro V4900 leverages AMD’s most advanced graphics technology and also features the company’s Eyefinity multi-display technology,  [more...]

NEWBURY PARK, CA — Maxon (www.maxon.net), the maker of 3D modeling, painting, animation and rendering solutions, has released a new Adobe After Effects plug-in that allows motion graphics artists to export projects directly into Cinema 4D R13.

MADRID, SPAIN — eStudio 3D, a rendering engine from Brainstorm Multimedia (www.brainstorm.es), is being used within the new Avid Motion Graphics platform. Launched at IBC 2011 in September, Avid Motion Graphics allows studios to create high-quality graphics and imagery  [more...]

NEW YORK — The Thing That Happened, a documentary short directed and produced by Identity (www.identityid.com) director Andrew Walton, won the Grand Jury Prize for best documentary short at the United Nations Association Film Festival in Palo Alto, CA, recently and  [more...]

IRVINE, CA — Meduza Systems (www.MeduzaSystems.com) has developed the Titan 3D production camera.

SACRAMENTO, CA — The annual class project by animation teacher Shawn Sullivan’s class at Sheldon High School in Sacramento, California, is always a major highlight of the year. In fact, you never know when one of his classes is going to produce another Emmy.

Lake Success, N.Y. –Canon U.S.A. Inc. has introduced the LV-8235 Ultra-Short Throw (UST) Multimedia Projector for a variety of 3D or 2D display applications, including educational presentations, advertising/digital signage, or museum/arcade rear-projection screens. [more...]

San Francisco, Calif. - The organizers of the 14th Annual Independent Games Festival-the longest-running and largest festival relating to independent games worldwide-announced another year of record entry numbers for IGF 2012's Main Competition.

Farmington Hills, Mich. - Grace & Wild Studios was called upon by Team Detroit Pulse to shoot a series of CGI and stop-motion promotional videos on behalf of The Ohio Art Company, maker of Etch A Sketch and exclusive US distributor of nanoblock. Grace & Wild  [more...]

Culver City, Calif. - Steele Studios, a creator and producer of visual content for television, film, music videos, and commercial projects for Fortune 500 companies, has completed and delivered an on-air stereo 3D graphics package for 3net, the 24/7 3D television network  [more...]

Pixeldust Studios, an Emmy Award-winning digital animation and visual design studio that creates innovative animations and motion graphics for major broadcast and cable television clients, has produced over 1000 animations and visual effects that will be featured in  [more...]

BEVERLY HILLS, CA — To qualify in the Animated Feature Film category for the 84th Academy Awards, filmmakers must submit entry forms and supporting materials to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by 5 p.m. PT on Tuesday, November 1.

Vancouver, Canada - Rainmaker Entertainment, the multifaceted animation studio and one of Canada's largest producers of CG animation, is joining forces with Jane Startz, the producer of family entertainment, on the development and production of two family-oriented  [more...]

Portland, Ore. - Stargate Studios, an internationally renowned production company that provides advanced production and postproduction services for film and television, has adopted Red Giant Colorista and LUT Buddy applications as central components of the studio's  [more...]

Troy, Mich. - Fisher/Unitech, a product lifecycle management solutions provider, has acquired R&D Technologies Inc.'s SolidWorks software business. SolidWorks 3D is computer-aided design (CAD) software for product design, validation, technical communications, and  [more...]