MANCHESTER ANIMATION FESTIVAL – MAF 2020

Manchester Animation Festival is the UK’s largest Animation Festival dedicated celebration of the animated art form. The festival, now in its 6th year, has revealed that it will alter its submission rules to give greater flexibility to filmmakers as films and animation festivals are converting to online events as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown.[…..] […]

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AFM Finance Conference

Highlights from today’s 1st AFM Finance Conference Panel: Producing Without a Completion Bond Panelists: Brad Krevoy, CEO, Motion Picture Corporation of America Brian O’Shea, CEO, The Exchange John Sloss, Founder, Cinetic Media Moderator: Jill Goldsmith, Co-Business Editor, Deadline   The current state of Insurance and Production? Brian O’Shea: “It’s really been a standstill ever since COVID happened…We were in[…..] […]

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New Early Access Update Improves The Driving Model And Diversifies Tyre Types

Global publisher 505 Games and developer ECC Games S.A. reveal the next update for their drift racing simulation game DRIFT21. As part of the ongoing development roadmap, the team at ECC Games have taken the game back to the garage for some solid “work under the hood” to fix some known bugs as well as[…..] […]

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‘The Croods: A New Age’ gets drive-in experience at Universal CityWalk Hollywood ahead of its release

The Croods: A New Age is coming to theaters on 25 November. However, fans of the prehistoric family from DreamWorks’ Animation in and around L.A. have a chance to enjoy the sequel The Croods: A New Age and benefit a deserving cause. Starting from 19 November till 24 November, Universal Pictures will be screening the[…..] […]

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SIGGRAPH Cancels In-Person Conference For Second Year In A Row, Shifting To Virtual Format

SIGGRAPH has cancelled the in-person version of its 2021 conference, which was originally scheduled to take place August 1-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The computer graphics and interactive techniques conference released a statement saying it would not be possible to hold an event next year “given continued uncertainty surrounding the future of COVID-19[…..] […]

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Wired Productions brengt The Falconeer uit

Wired Productions bundelt zijn krachten met Nederlandse game ontwikkelaar Tomas Sala om de “ Airborne Ocean-World Fantasy RPG” The Falconeer  tot leven te brengen… en naar Gamescom  Bekroonde Engelse games ‘publisher’ Wired Productions en de game-ontwikkelaar Tomas Sala kondigen met trots The Falconeer aan; een ‘ocean-world fantasy aerial combat RPG’. The Falconeer kiest in 2020[…..] […]

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Keynote Conversation 2 / AFM Opening Session

  Elissa Federoff, President of Distribution, NEON Moderated by Brent Lang, Executive Editor, Film & Media, Variety   On theatrical coming back. “We know that audiences will come back to movie theatres. That the theatrical landscape will be vibrant again.  This is very exciting news about the vaccine because potentially it makes the span of time a little[…..] […]

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Katana 4.0Katana release 4.0

One of the most significant Katana releases to-date: Katana 4.0Katana release 4.0 Building on multiple developments which focused on UX, performance, and overall architecture in the Katana 3 series, Katana 4.0 introduces key features that empower artists to tackle the rising demands for complex, high-quality work on shorter schedules and tighter budgets. A cutting-edge lighting[…..] […]

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FuseFX Names New Director of Pipeline and Software Development

FuseFX, an award-winning visual effects studio specializing in providing visual effects services for television, film, commercials, VP and VR productions, has named Michael Romey as its new director of pipeline and software development. Michael Romey is a senior technologist with over 20 years of experience harvesting efficiencies by challenging the norm. Michael is passionate about[…..] […]

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Digitize Your World with Substance Alchemist

Substance Alchemist is fast becoming the definitive scan processing resource. It provides you with the ability to create vast collections of materials, whether working from data provided by your own photos or other images, or by modifying existing 3D resources. It grants you essentially limitless power to digitize the world. This latest release of Substance[…..] […]

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