Tag: Blender
The Star Wars Fan Film Phenomenon in a World of VFX
Despite a firm grip on copyright ownership wielded by most major film and production companies, the Star Wars fan film universe has managed to...
Dalibor Baric on His Animated Experiment ‘Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus’
***This article originally appeared in the April '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 309)***
Croatian director Dalibor Baric can’t believe how much attention his innovative...
A Visit to Montreal’s Magic Shop: L’Atelier Animation
***This article originally appeared in the December '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 305)***
About six years ago, Montreal's L'Atelier Animation studio was formed as...
Rokoko Founder Jakob Balslev Discusses the Magic of His Company’s Efficient Smartgloves
This past September, mo-cap creator Rokoko introduced its highly efficient and responsive Smartgloves, a hand- and finger-tracking solution that’s billed as a very affordable...
Director Hisko Hulsing Discusses the Cutting-Edge Hybrid Animation of Amazon’s ‘Undone’
For many years, Dutch animator and rotoscope expert Hisko Hulsing has been a familiar figure in the festival circuit around the world. Best known...
Uncharted Virtual Journeys: 2020’s VR Animation Continues to Explore New Territories.
***This article originally appeared in the August '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 302)***
Although the promise and potential of VR/AR is far from being...
World Blender Meet-Up Day Takes Place This Saturday
L.A. based CG artist and animator Stirling Goetz and animator David Andrade (co-founder and director of Orlando-based Theory Studios) are hosting World Blender Meetup...
Spending Where It Matters: Tangent Animation Embraces Virtual Workstations to Focus on Talent and Product
With multiple Annie Award nominations for its work on Next Gen, Tangent Animation has emerged as a rising star. Tangent’s leadership attributes the company’s...
Epic Reaches $13 Million in MegaGrants
Epic Games announces the successful awarding of more than $13 million dollars to more than 200 recipients as part of the company’s $100 million...
Epic Games Bestows $1.2M MegaGrant on Blender Foundation
Epic Games (Fortnite, Unreal Engine), as part of its $100 million Epic MegaGrants program, is awarding the Blender Foundation $1.2 million in cash to...
First Look: Xilam’s Acclaimed Annecy Movie ‘I Lost My Body’
It’s not every day that an auteur-driven, animated feature about the adventures of a dismembered hand makes it to the big screen. But then...
Watch: 1st Episode of Kickstarter Sci-Fi Series ‘CultureSport’ Drops
A new music-driven sci-fi series animated with Blender is courting crowdfunders by making the first episode available for free on YouTube. Created by a...
Masterpiece Motion VR Model Rigging Solution Launches
MasterpieceVR announced the release of Masterpiece Motion, the world’s first professional VR software to accelerate and simplify rigging of 3D models for gaming and...
UCL, Open City Docs Introduce VR Animation Short Course to UK
University College London (UCL) is launching a new, six-week short course on “Creating Animation in Virtual Reality” next month, offering students an opportunity to...
Stealing Beauty: Director Milorad Krstic discusses his brilliant new 2D-animated movie ‘Ruben Brandt Collector’
“Art is the key to the troubles of the mind.” One of the characters actually says that line in Milorad Krstic’s highly original new...
SIGGRAPH 2018: CG Immersion Days for Everyone
***This article originally appeared in the August ‘18 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 282)***
With advances in technologies coming at us from every direction each...
Foundry Builds on Google Cloud for Athera VFX Workflow Tech
Timed to FMX in Germany, Foundry announces Google Cloud Platform as the underlying cloud service provider for Athera. Known in beta as “Project Elara,"...
FMX Adds VFX Talks on ‘Ready Player One,’ ‘The Last Jedi’
In less than two weeks, the FMX 2018 conference on animation, effects, games and immersive media returns to Stuttgart (Apr. 24-27). As plans are...
Blue Sky Icon Chris Wedge to Keynote at FMX 2018
Germany’s top animation and vfx confab FMX has announced the initial lineup for its upcoming event, which takes place April 24-27 in Stuttgart. Blue...
SIGGRAPH: Autodesk’s Next, Virtual Studios, VR & Moving to Mars
See previous re-caps and announcements here.
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Autodesk as ever has taken the opportunity of SIGGRAPH to highlight the next generation of its storytelling and collaboration...
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