TORONTO - Side Effects, the developer of 3D software, has introduced a beta version of Houdini 8.1 featuring an artist-friendly auto rig, muscle system, character picker and pose library. The new vers ...
May 19, 2006
PALO ALTO, CA – HP Compaq (www.hp.com) has introduced its most powerful mobile workstation to date, the 17-inch, widescreen nw9440. The mobile unit is said to offer workstation-level performance ...
HOLLYWOOD - Mechnology has provided visual effects supervision for the last two seasons of the show, with Stephen Lebed (who's worked on Charmed from the beginning) acting as visual effects supervisor ...
May 18, 2006
LONDON - The Jahshaka Project has released Jahshaka 2.0 RC3, an open source, realtime editing and visual effects application. Jahshaka is designed for editors and other content creation pros. The post ...
LOS ANGELES - 72andSunny (www.72andsunny.com) has hired Sam Baerwald as its new head of film production. He comes to the agency/design house from TBWA\Chiat\Day in Los Angeles, where he produced proje ...
AUSTRALIA - Animal Logic (www.animallogic.com) artists collaborated with director Josh Frizzell and Curious Film to animate scores of piggy banks for a new Bank of New Zealand campaign. The spot is de ...
May 17, 2006
LOS ANGELES — FotoKem’s Large Format Group provided Team One Advertising of El Segundo, CA, with 4K scans of the :30 Lexus Details spot for showing in select IMAX theaters before Sky High ...
ATLANTA - Veronica Sheehan has been named senior vice president of network operations for Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s Turner Entertainment Group. In her new role, Sheehan will be responsi ...
LOS ANGELES - 89 Editorial (www.89edit.com), an editing and design facility with offices in both New York and Los Angeles, has signed editors Keith Olwell and Chris Davis to its roster.
May 16, 2006
NEW YORK - Mega Playground in Manhattan has named digital imaging expert Dave Satin director of engineering. Satin is a problem solver who specializes in video facility engineering, high definition pr ...