2012 Stunt Driving Reveals the Future of VFX By BusinessWire CULVER CITY, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Friday the 13th has a built-in terror factor, but this weekend the scariest thing out there may be how much stunt driving and VFX have progressed with the advent of the ...Read More »

Syfy Orders Animated Space Series By Broadcasting & Cable Syfy has ordered a series that combines live action and 3D animation elements, the network says. The series, Outer Space Astronauts , will premiere after the season finale of reality show Scare Tactics Dec. 8 at 9:30 p.m. Future episodes will run Tuesday nights at 9 p.m. The series was crea..... ...Read More »

GE Hybrid Water Heater Wins Prestigious Popular Science Best of What's New AwardOpen the December issue of Popular Science and you'll find that the GE Hybrid Water Heater, with its advanced technology, pulls energy savings out of thin air. T... By BusinessWire LOUISVILLE, Ky., BUSINESS WIRE -- Open the December issue of Popular Science and you'll find that the GE Hybrid Water Heater, with its advanced technology, pulls energy savings out of thin air. Th ...Read More »

MAXON's CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D Play Starring Role in District 9, Surrogates, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra By BusinessWire NEWBURY PARK, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Some of this year's hottest movies, including G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Surrogates and District 9, all have one thing in co ...Read More »

Ingenuity Engine Transforms Chris Brown in 'I Can Transform Ya' Music Video Directed by Joseph Kahn Boutique visual effects studio Ingenuity Engine has collaborated once again with director Joseph Kahn on a futuristic new music video for R&B singer Chris Brown's track "I Can Transform Ya," the first single off his forthcoming album Graffiti (due Dec. 8). ...Read More »

International Postproduction Facilities Company Optix Digital Pictures Acquires Crunch Recording Group Optix Digital Pictures, a group of full-service post-production facilities located in Toronto, Hamburg, Berlin and Dubai, has acquired Toronto-based Crunch Recording Group, according to George Levai, co-founder of Optix. ...Read More »

Inter BEE 2009: Autodesk to Present Visual Effects Software and a Tech Preview Autodesk, Inc., is participating in the International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition (Inter BEE) in Hall 7, Booth 7407, at the Makuhari Messe Convention Center in Chiba, Japan, November 18-20, 2009. At Inter BEE, Autodesk is showing a technology preview of its industry leading Autodesk Smoke editorial finishing software running on the Mac OS X platform. ...Read More »

Boost Software Development Productivity 10-Fold Using Revolution by RunRev, Available Now in Free Version By marketwire SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 11/11/09 -- Software development company introduced today ...Read More »

Photo Release -- Orlando's New Amway Center to Feature Daktronics Integrated Super System By Globenewswire
BROOKINGS, S.D., Nov. 11, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq:DAKT), in conjunction with the and the City of Orlando, announc..... ...Read More »

Goodway Group Releases New Study - Creating Real, Measurable Results with a Geo- and Intelligently-Targeted Display Campaign By PR Newswire

JENKINTOWN, Pa., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodway Group, a third-generation, 80-year-old marketing services company that owns and operates two ad networks, Beep! Automotive and IvyPixel, announced today the release of a new white paper titled "Creating Real, Measurable Results with a Geo- and Intelligently-Targeted Display Campaign." ...Read More »

NFB Images Joins Footage.net, the Stock Footage Search Engine NFB Images (www.nfb.ca/images), the footage licensing division of The National Film Board of Canada, and Footage.net (www.footage.net), the stock footage search engine, announced today that NFB Images has added its entire English database to the Footage.net search platform. ...Read More »

Noise Industries Releases Free Pan and Zoom Animation Plug-In Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the postproduction and broadcast markets, announced that it has released an update to its popular freebie generator plug-in, Pan and Zoom. The new Pan and Zoom 2 is free and supports the latest versions of Apple® Final Cut Pro®, Final Cut Express®, Motion and After Effects®. ...Read More »

ASIFA-Hollywood Announces Winsor McCay Recipients Career Achievement and Animation's Highest Honor By PR Newswire

BURBANK, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the Winsor McCay Award recipients for 2009: Tim Burton, Bruce Timm and Jeffrey Katzenberg (see bios below). Named in honor of animator Winsor McCay, best known as a prolific artist and pioneer in the art of comic strips and animation, the Winsor McCay Award ..... ...Read More »

ASIFA-Hollywood Announces Winsor McCay Recipients Career Achievement and Animation's Highest Honor By PR Newswire

BURBANK, Calif., Nov. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced the Winsor McCay Award recipients for 2009: Tim Burton, Bruce Timm and Jeffrey Katzenberg (see bios below). Named in honor of animator Winsor McCay, best known as a prolific artist and pioneer in the art of comic strips and animation, the Winsor McCay Award ..... ...Read More »

Gary Raksis Named CFO of LAIKA, Inc. By marketwire PORTLAND, OR -- (Marketwire) -- 11/10/09 -- LAIKA, Inc., the Portland-based animation studio whose first feature film, "Coraline," has been a critical and box office success, has appointed Gary Raksis to the post of Chief Financial Officer of the company. The announcement was made today by LAIKA President and CEO Travis Knight. Mr. Raksis, former Head of Strategic Planning and Corporate Fin..... ...Read More »

Free Puppy to Good Home! ngmoco Launches Touch Pets Dogs on App Store By BusinessWire SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- ngmoco ( ...Read More »

HBO Archives Makes Entertainment News Footage Available for Clip Licensing Featuring more than 30 years of footage covering all facets of the entertainment industry. ...Read More »

'Sesame Street': First Animated Muppets Made with Autodesk Softimage SoftwareSesame Street: First Animated Muppets Made with Autodesk Software, Image Courtesy of SpeakeasyFX, LLC By BusinessWire SAN RAFAEL, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- For the first time, a 3D animated series is part of the 'Sesame Street' television program. The program's 40^th anniversary season debuted today, in ...Read More »

NewBlueFX Introduces Video Essentials III Effects Plugins NewBlue, Inc. launches Video Essentials III, the third and latest offering in its best-selling Video Essentials series of video effects and transitions plugins. The collection includes Rolling Shutter, Image Mapper, Edge Smoother, Split Screen, Gradient Tint, Spotlight and three additional video effects plugins. ...Read More »

Film Masters Are In The Picture For Pixar Digital Vision, a global leader in color grading and enhancement systems, has announced that Pixar Animation Studios will take delivery of two Digital Vision Film Masters and replace the current color grading systems at its Emeryville headquarters in the coming weeks. Pixar is a renowned producer of award-winning animated films. The systems were chosen to support the studio's plans to build a true non-linear, cutting-edge workflow. ...Read More »