Agisoft has released De-Lighter, a new free stand-alone tool designed to remove shadows from model textures. The application is designed to remove cast shadows and ambient occlusion from 3D models by allowing the user to paint on the models to mark approximate areas that are lit or in shadow. It uses “rough illumination maps to perform binary[…..] […]
The Jim Henson Company has announced new top-tier broadcast partners for the latest season of its six-time Emmy-nominated and Parents’ Choice Silver Honor animated preschool series Dinosaur Train. Season five (22 x 11’) of Dinosaur Train, scheduled to premiere in the U.S. on August 26 on PBS KIDS, will be available to children across Germany,[…..] […]
CGF is the largest Russian post-production, animation, and visual effects studio, founded in 2004. The studio has worked on more than 50 feature films, 25 TV series, and numerous projects in the field of music videos and advertising. In 2017, the studio opened CGF Animation, a large branch focused on animation production as well as[…..] […]
Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/130012001 After the awarded musical splatter The Rains of Castamere | An Animated Choreography οf Departures, where he covered and performed George R. R. Martin’s and Ramin Djawadi’s emblematic song, Aristarchos Papadaniel returned this year by creating a series of caricatures of the main Game of Thrones protagonists, who were in the[…..] […]
(Photo) The opening of the 15th China International Animation Game Expo In the 1940s, the Wan Brothers produced the first Chinese animated film “Princess Iron Fan”, which was distributed to Southeast Asia and Japan. It opened a new horizon in the Chinese animation industry, as well as the starting point when the “Chinese Work” began[…..] […]
Kyoto Animation, one of Japan’s most popular anime studios, was reportedly set ablaze this morning in Japan. A man in his 40s was allegedly seen pouring a flammable liquid and setting it ablaze. He is currently in police custody. At around 10 am, residents living near the studio called the police, saying there was the[…..] […]
Production VFX supervisor Guillaume Rocheron, MPC, Method Studios and DNEG describe the creative and technical challenges of bringing four gigantic kaiju to the screen in ‘Godzilla: King of the Monsters.’ Four gigantic kaiju take center stage in Warner Bros.’ Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and it was critical for the filmmakers and production VFX supervisor[…..] […]
Greeting from JCS Organizer’s Office. We would like to announce with pleasure that we received large number of exhibitor applications for TIFFCOM / TIAF by Early Bird deadline. Although exhibition space has become limited, we can still accept some exhibitor applications. If you wish to exhibit at TIFFCOM / TIAF 2019, please apply early as[…..] […]
‘a kite’s tale’ Combines Hand-drawn Animation With VR Technology CHICAGO—Walt Disney Animation Studios, for the second year in a row, will debut an all-new VR short film at the SIGGRAPH conference. Part of the third-annual SIGGRAPH 2019 VR Theater, the experience hails from within the studio’s Short Circuit experimental program. Directed by Bruce Wright, “a[…..] […]
(Top L – R) Karuna Venter, Lauren Mayer-Beug and Ben Looram. (Bottom L-R) Chris Gunn, Jesse Hoy and José Nuñez. Building upon its core VFX and animation business, company moves into production, design, and IP development. Chapeau FX has announced they have renamed as Chapeau Studios with the expansion of their core team from its[…..] […]
