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Zoic Studios Captures The Holiday Spirit In "Frozen Moments" for Famous Footwear & Campbell Mithun

Wednesday, 15 December 2010 10:20

CG Today - Zoic LogoConnecting with loved ones during the holiday season shines in "Frozen Moments" a new spot for Famous Footwear directed by Loni Persitere for agency Campbell Mithun featuring visual effects by Zoic Studios.

The commercial is about a young woman who is reacquainted with the love of her life during the holidays.

"The ideal situation for a director is to have a creative team that is willing to do what it takes to lead advertising with an emotional center that drives the brand," says Director Loni Peristere. "'Frozen Moments' was one of those projects, and it was a true pleasure to make. I am extremely happy with this short emotional film about families and the holidays."

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Cinesite goes on a voyage with the "Dawn Treader"

Wednesday, 15 December 2010 09:01

CG Today - Narnia

Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, has completed visual effects on the new Twentieth Century Fox/Walden Media film, "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader", which was released in cinemas on December 9.

For the third installment in the Narnia film series, Cinesite were tasked with creating the White Witch, played by Tilda Swinton, green mist tendrils that embody evilness, a golden path of treasure and complex environments.

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Join VFX Guru Ben Brownlee on a Guided Tour of the Latest in FxFactory Plug-In Technology

Tuesday, 14 December 2010 08:46

CG Today - FXFactory ProNoise Industries and NewMediaWebinars.com present a FREE webinar on FxFactory plug-ins; Tune-in for a chance to win a full copy of FxFactory Pro

Noise Industries, developer of visual effects tools for the post-production and broadcast markets, in partnership with NewMediaWebinars.com, brings the VFX plug-in community a 90-minute FREE live webinar featuring the benefits and techniques for using FxFactory plug-ins in Final Cut®, Motion® and After Effects®.

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Postmodern Wins AFI VFX Award

Tuesday, 14 December 2010 08:29

CG Today - DaybreakersAustralia based VFX studio Postmodern wins best Visual Effects Award for Daybreakers at the 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards in Melbourne.

Postmodern VFX Supervisor James Rogers, along with Randy Vellacott, Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig and Rangi Sutton won the Best Visual Effects Award for Daybreakers at the 2010 Australian Film Institute Awards in Melbourne, held last Friday and Saturday night. The sci-fi vampire flick picked up the nod despite facing stiff competition from the industry's finest.

Postmodern created over 300 shots for the film including pivotal scenes such as the expansive Blood Farm, car chases, exploding heads, fully 3D mutant vampires, digital armies, burning Ethan Hawke, and the slow decapitation of Sam Neill.

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Tweak Software Releases RV Integration Package for Nuke

Monday, 13 December 2010 14:22

CG Today - Tweak RVTweak Software, makers of RV, the next generation image and sequence viewer for VFX and animation artists, and The Foundry, the world-leading visual effects software developer, announced today the release of RV/Nuke integration. The new package brings high-performance RV playback to Nuke and enables a seamless workflow that takes advantage of the best features of both Nuke and RV.

“This integration opens up a whole new workflow that makes Nuke and RV more valuable together than they are individually. Every artist and supervisor will benefit from these features and will never want to work without them again. Just awesome!” said Frank Rueter, Compositing supervisor and Director of OHUfx / founder of Nukepedia.

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