We had a great time seeing clients and friends at the annual AICP holiday party! Cheers to a fabulous holiday season and new year.
Conductor Technologies’ Kevin Bailie shares insights on how studios can optimize render costs via the cloud. Check it out in CG Society.
In Broadcast Magazine, Epic Games’ Marc Petit shares insights on how real time game engines are enhancing production and enabling interactive storytelling.
Supersphere and George Romero’s Image Ten have signed an agreement to bring the world of Night of the Living Dead to VR in 2018, to coincide with the film’s 50th anniversary. Read more about it in Variety.
Encore’s VFX Supervisor Armen Kevorkian talks to Variety about creating feature-quality VFX every week for TV on shows like The Flash, Supergirl, and Legends of Tomorrow. Read more here.
The Hollywood Reporter sat down with Method Studios’ VFX supervisor Erik de Boer to learn more about how they brought Okja to life. Read the details here.
fxguide takes a deep dive into the character work on Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok, including Method Studios’ creation of Surtur. Read more here.
Biscuit’s Isaiah Seret directed this stunning music video/short film for alt-J, inspired by the book How Green Was My Valley. Read more about the project on NPR.
Congrats to Pixvana on announcing their $14M Series A funding round today! Read about the news and Pixvana’s goals for mixed reality storytelling in VentureBeat.
Big congrats to Company 3′s Tom Poole on receiving the HPA Award for Outstanding Color Grading, Commercial, for his work on Jose Cuervo’s “Last Days!” Watch the spot here.
Exciting news from AJA Video Systems: they’ve announced Io IP, a new Thunderbolt 3 ingest and playback device for IP workflows. Read more about it at ProVideo Coalition.
How do you bring a super-pig to life? Take a behind-the-scenes look at Method Studios’ VFX work on Okja in this new video from Netflix, and read more details on io9.
Step inside the one-of-a-kind mind of Biscuit director Andreas Nilsson, in this “Day in the Life” feature for Shots.
Shotgun Co-Founder Don Parker is all smiles with Autodesk President and CEO Andrew Anagnost at last night’s Tech Emmys. Congrats to the whole Shotgun team!
Supersphere handled production and post on this action-packed 360 teaser for CBS’ upcoming show S.W.A.T. Check it out here, and stay tuned for the full length version launching on November 9.
It’s a big day for Biscuit Filmworks director Clay Weiner! Check out his new campaign for #DeviceFreeDinner starring Will Ferrell on Adweek, and his new campaign for Pacific Standard Time LA/LA starring Cheech Marin on Creativity.
Reality Check Systems‘ LaunchPad solution is helping provide in-depth stats and analysis on the Premier League for YouTube series “The Kick Off with Coral.” Read more at NewscastStudio.
This week at IndieCade (Oct. 6-8), see how game designers are tackling issues like racism and the refugee crisis in their innovative games. Get a sneak peek at LA Weekly.
Adweek features this bold new campaign for Recovery Unplugged, directed by Jared Knecht of m ss ng p eces. Read more here.