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Quote of
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"With all of
the latest features - like native Stereoscopic
Viewing, 3D Space, Realistic 3D Materials, OpenGL
Rendering, etc. - Fusion 6 remains the most powerful,
flexible, and intuitive compositing environment
available today." Boyd
Shermis
FXTC
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Fusion Flicks!
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Clash
Of The Titans
Alice
In Wonderland
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Kick Ass
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Recent
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NAB Newsletter
March Newsletter
February Newsletter
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 House of Secrets Creates Sexy
Intro for KLIK!
KLIK!
has its roots in its sister festival, the
KLIT Multimedia Festival in Gent, Belgium. It
was organized in 2004 and 2005 by students of the
animation course at the Royal Academy for Fine
Arts.
House of Secrets attended the
festival in 2008 and thought it would be fun to
design and direct the next festival leader. Read
the story here, please be advised that
the subject of the leader is
erotic.
Visit the House of Secrets
website here.
Visit the KLIK! Amsterdam Animation
Festival website here to view the
leader.
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 Mechanism Digital
Animates the Apocalypse for National
Geographic
Mechanism Digital
completed 24 critical shots of animation and
visual effects for a one-hour National Geographic
special, earth Without the moon, that premiered in
early February.
Producer Marabella
Productions worked with Mechanism to depict the
massive global effect upon the Earth when the Moon
finally slips out of her orbit. The project was
completed in about four weeks with five artists.
Read the story here.
Visit the Mechanism
Digital website here.
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 Custom Film Effects Helps
Transport Diary of a Wimpy Kid From
Page
to Screen
To create the movie's 200 visual effects and
animation shots, CFE Visual Effects Supervisor
Mark Dornfeld supervised on set in Vancouver, and
brought the film's Animation Supervisor, Mike
Murphy, in-house to CFE for the six-month shot
production period. There, Murphy and the CFE team
worked closely with director Thor Freudenthal to
develop and execute a unique technique for
animating Kinney's beloved illustrations.
Read more about CFE's VFX work
here.
Visit the Custom Film Effects
website here.
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 Prime Focus Gets Us
Inside Planet Earth
The team, led by Simon Clarke,
was tasked by Pioneer Productions with creating 23
minutes worth of CG material for the Discovery
Channel commissioned project.
Read
the story here.
Visit the Prime Focus website
here.
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 Balkan Beat Box 'War
Again' Video Composited in
Fusion
Balkan
Beat Box have a new album coming out on April 27,
Blue Eyed Black Boy, recorded in Tel Aviv and
Belgrade during anti-Kosovo riots. The first
video's out, War Again, and was directed by
award-winning animator Paul Griswold, who worked
with Syd Garon on one of the N.A.S.A. Project
videos featured previously on Boing Boing Video.
Read more about the record at National Geographic
(they're the record label!).
The
final shots were composited in Fusion and edited
in NewTek's Speed Edit 2.0.
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 Forum Posting of the
Month - From Pigs Fly Forums
Congratulations to Flying Pig Ranch Studios!
Their team received a 2010 Aegis Award
for their production of Look Where I Stand
that profiles the forty year history of the
Achievement Centers for Children & Families of
Delray Beach.
The Aegis Awards are the video
industry's premier competition for peer
recognition of
outstanding video productions and non-network TV
commercials. Look Where I Stand was recognized for
its outstanding production quality in the category
of Best Documentary by a distinguished panel of
judges representing industry professionals from
around the country.
Visit their website here or their new Facebook
page here. |
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 bluegfx is eyeon's
Reseller of the Month!
eyeon is pleased to welcome bluegfx as
eyeon's newest Reseller in the U.K.!
bluegfx co-founders, Neil Parmar and
Matt Allen, set up the company in 2002 to offer
leading edge technologies to the market in the
fast-paced industry of 3D media and
entertainment.
The award-winning team that works at bluegfx is
an established group of sales, training,
marketing, and technical personnel that have
worked together for many years.
Visit their website here to learn more about their
eyeon products and services. |
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 cmiVFX Launches New
Annual Subscription Service
cmiVFX launches the most affordable
Visual FX & CG Training Subscription available
in the industry today.
This is the ultimate in an annual
subscription plan receiving unlimited,
unrestricted access to the entire cmiVFX training
library. Receive all of their award-winning
training. The cmiSubscription allows you to
hone your skills and take your career to the next
level without exorbitant training costs.
Read about the new annual
subscription service here.
To
take advantage of this great offer, please visit
the cmiVFX website here.
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 eyeon SWAT
Membership 2010 - It's All In The Card!
Introduced
at NAB 2010, our new SWAT Membership offers
special benefits to all members.
Join today and discover the perks!
For more information on eyeon
SWAT Membership, please click here.
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 eyeon SWAT Is
Training Artists All Over the World!
Contact
Susan, Client Relations Manager, at 416.686.8411
x.270 or SWAT@eyeonline.com, to
book a facility visit or remote
session.
Keep up to date on what's happening in your
area at eyeon's Events page.
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 The eyeon SWAT Team
Welcomes Den Danske
Filmskole!
The National Film School of Denmark is a
state school, financially supported by the Danish
Ministry of Cultural Affairs. The school was
founded in 1966 by Theodor
Christensen.
The school is an art
school which means that teaching aims at
developing and supporting each student's unique
talent. The program is a mixture of theoretic and
practical training and includes a large number of
exercises and productions. The students' final
project is a film produced on a professional level
and presented to the public on national TV.
Welcome!
Visit their website here. | |
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