MONTREAL — Mettle (www.mettle.com), the developer of 360VR software tools, has launched a free, comprehensive 360/VR Master Training Series that’s designed to teach aspiring 360/VR filmmakers cinemati ...

May 22, 2017

LONDON — In 2014, James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy blew up the box office and cemented its unlikely heroes firmly within the hearts of film fans worldwide. In 2017 they return for Guardians of the ...

May 19, 2017

FREEMONT, CA — Blackmagic Design’s NAB 2017 Roadshow will offer hands-on demonstrations of the company’s newly announced DaVinci Resolve 14, ATEM Television Studio Pro HD, Ursa Mini Pro camera and mor ...

May 19, 2017

SANTA MONICA — Luma Pictures (www.lumapictures.com), which created visual effects for the first Guardians of the Galaxy film, including the powerhouse villain Thanos, returned to work on the franchise ...

May 18, 2017

VANCOUVER, CANADA — Vancouver Film School (www.vfs.edu) has opened its new commercial performance capture studio. The school partnered with Mimic Performance Capture, Inc., to build one of Canada’s la ...

May 18, 2017

NEWBURY PARK, CA — Maxon’s Cinema 4D modeling and animation software was recently used by director Ethan Shaftel to create Extravaganza (http://www.ethanshaftel.com), a new virtual reality short film ...

May 17, 2017

SAN FRANCISCO — Autodesk, Inc. (www.autodesk.com) has released SketchBook 4.0 for iOS, the latest update for its digital painting and drawing app. Now available for purchase through the Apple App Stor ...

May 17, 2017

LOS ANGELES — Boutique post production company Shed (https://shed.la), with locations in LA and London, worked on the dailies for Marvel’s latest blockbuster, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. The studi ...

May 17, 2017

NEW YORK CITY — London-based Hogarth Worldwide (www.hogarthww.com), a global advertising implementation agency, has acquired Coda, a New York City-based VFX boutique, known for high-end CG, motion gra ...

May 16, 2017

LONDON — Codex, the maker of recorders and media processing systems that are designed to streamline the transfer of digital files and images from camera through to post production, has hired Mark Ande ...

May 15, 2017