Recently nominated at the Vegas Movie Awards, AFRIKA TOON’s fifth (5th) animated movie, ” EKOUA ” brilliantly won the award for ” Best Indie Feature “. It is an award welcomed with great pride and enthusiasm because it is once again a testimony to the know-how of AFRIKA TOON which is exported far beyond the[…..] […]
Vastly changing from previous years, TIFFCOM2020 is looking to implement a hybrid format for this year’s market. The blending of an online and physical experience will be globally unique as we progress into a content market style in accordance to the conditions of this new era. TIFFCOM2020 KEY FEATURES A variety of contents Film,[…..] […]
XR technology leader receives strong support from new and existing investors to meet growing demand for enterprise virtual and mixed reality Varjo™, the leader in industrial-grade VR/XR hardware and software, announced it has closed a $54 million round of Series C funding on Aug 12. Tesi, NordicNinja, and Swisscanto Invest by Zürcher Kantonalbank are among[…..] […]
K SLOPE STUDIOS ANNOUNCES “FLEX RDS” ITS NEW REMOTE DIRECTING SERVICE TO ENABLE CRITICAL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES AT A DISTANCE INSTALLED ON DARK SLOPE STUDIOS’ 3000 SQ FT MOTION CAPTURE STAGE TORONTO – AUG 17, 2020 – Dark Slope Studios, the Toronto based state of the art motion capture and animation virtual production studio, today announces[…..] […]
After her degree in English Literature from Ramnarain Ruia College, Lalita Narayan Nayak went on to work with some of the biggest brands around. After her stint with the Times Group, she went on to join the financial powerhouse, J.P. Morgan to steer ahead brand strategies and advertising, sponsorship, and more. As she mentions, she[…..] […]
Big Hero 6 The Series is ready for a third season and Disney XD has set a return date for the animated series. The third season will debut 21 September on Disney XD and DisneyNOW. Each episode of the new season will feature two 11-minute stories and follow the Big Hero 6 team as they[…..] […]
Hillsboro, Oregon-based stop-motion studio Laika has laid off 56 employees, a little over 15% of its 362-person staff, citing the coronavirus pandemic as the cause of its workforce reduction. The studio is responsible for well liked films including Missing Link, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Coraline. A Laika rep told The Hollywood Reporter, which[…..] […]
Originally posted on 9 July 2019. Start-up Secret Weapons has released EbSynth, an interesting free tool for converting video footage into stylised ‘motion paintings’. The software transfers the look of one or more manually generated style frames to those from the video, creating the look of hand-painted animation. Based on recent research in style transfer[…..] […]
Figuarts ZERO has released a new figure of Chopper in his Choppaemon costume from One Piece’s Wano Kuni arc as part of their line of figures recreating volume 91 of Jump Comics, which featured all of the Straw Hats in their Wano Kuni, traditional Japanese-looking outfits. In the Wano Kuni arc, the Straw Hats[…..] […]
Lesquin, France, August 13, 2020 – NACON, KT Racing and the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) are delighted to unveil their brand-new collaboration for the first worldwide program to discover future rally drivers: FIA Rally Star. It will be available this December through a DLC for WRC 9, the official video game of the FIA[…..] […]
