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Gravity LogoGravity Also Designs the Romantic Thriller's Main and End Titles

Gravity (formerly RhinoFX), an international creative content and brand communications company, has created highly dramatic and unique visual effects for the new Universal Pictures' romantic thriller, "The Adjustment Bureau," it was announced today by Zviah Eldar, Gravity's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Creative Officer. In addition, the company also designed the Main and End Titles for the film that opened on March 4.

Karin Levinson, Vice President of Features & Television, Jim Rider, Visual Effects Supervisor, and Yuval Levy, CG Supervisor/Digital Effects Supervisor, oversaw Gravity's New York-based visual effects team that was involved with "The Adjustment Bureau." As the lead visual effects house on the picture, Gravity's work was primarily comprised of "door transitions" and digital set extensions.

CoremeltCoreMelt, the leading provider of advanced video plug-in effects, today announced CoreMeltFREE, a compelling new collection of 33 visual effects plug-ins based on CoreMelt Complete V2, the company's highly regarded and comprehensive line of professional products featuring over 200 GPU accelerated plug-ins for faster rendering and workflow. The CoreMeltFREE bundle includes an assortment of plug-ins from each of the eight products in CoreMelt Complete V2 - from soft organic glows and blurs to advanced color correction tools and instant photo montages, to audio reactive animations - power-packed to give motion graphics artists and editors working in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, Motion and After Effects (Editions: CS3, CS4 and CS5 64 bit) an effortless way to sample the highest quality visual effects tools without any restrictions completely free.

Silverdraft Mobileviz combines fast, innovative tools for digital content creation, with proprietary computing technology, into an ergonomically-designed semi-trailer for moviemakers on-location, a Hollywood lot, or to a VFX-intensive production requiring

SilverdraftSilverdraft LLC announced the launch of Silverdraft Mobileviz, the first supercomputer-powered digital visual effects (VFX) and pre-visualization studio-on-wheels for motion picture production. Silverdraft Mobileviz combines the fastest, most innovative tools for digital content creation, with proprietary computing technology, into an ergonomically-designed semi-trailer that delivers unprecedented capabilities to moviemakers on-location, a Hollywood lot, or to a VFX-intensive production requiring additional computing rendering resources.

VFX Veteran to Boost Clientele for Dynasty’s Newly-Launched Outsourcing Pipeline

Dynasty Visual EffectsDynasty Visual Effects & Animation LLC hired VFX veteran Rob Morgenroth as Executive Producer/Senior Director, Business Development. Morgenroth reports to Dynasty CEO Bruce Silverman, and will seek to expand the client base for Dynasty’s newly-launched outsourcing operation in China.

CG Academy Brings on Advisors From Pixar Animation Studios, Sony Picture Imageworks, The Mill, Method and MPC

Escape StudiosToday, Escape Studios, one of the most successful and well-respected CG academies in the world, announced five new US advisory board members, including Afonso Salcedo of Pixar Animation Studios, Ken Maruyama of Sony Pictures Imageworks, John Leonti of The Mill, Patrick Davenport of Method and Andrew Bell of MPC. The five new advisory board members will reinforce Escape Studios' already strong ties to the CG industry.

"We pride ourselves on having direct contact with the VFX industry and incorporating their insight and feedback into our training programs," said Dom Davenport, CEO and founder of Escape Studios. "I am delighted to welcome this caliber of industry talent and experience to our advisory board and look forward to working with them to make our US campus the best it can possibly be."