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Eurographics 2012 Was a Success

Eurographics 2012, the 33rd Annual Conference of the European Association of Computer Graphics, ended last Friday. The international event, organized directly by CRS4 (a prominent Computer Research Center in Sardinia) in partnership with the University of Cagliari, drew about 400 computer graphics professionals from around the world. In addition to registered attendees, dozens more flocked to the…

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Added by VFXG Newsdesk on May 23, 2012 at 9:00am — No Comments

Amazing VFX behind the TV Show Defying Gravity

FX Guide has gone behind the scenes of the new Canadian television show Defying Gravity, which features hundreds of visual effects shots from Stargate Studios.

CLICK HERE to check it out.

Added by VFXG Newsdesk on October 16, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

Inside Pixologic ZBrush 3.5

ZBrush 3.5 is out and CG Society has gone behind the scenes to explore its new features. CLICK HERE for the full article and images.

Have a lower version of ZBrush and haven't taken advantage of Pixologic's FREE Upgrade policy? CLICK HERE.

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Added by VFXG Newsdesk on October 16, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

Digital Domain Opening New Studio in Florida

Academy Award-winning studio Digital Domain announced that it will be expanding its business with plans to develop a digital production studio in St. Lucie, Florida. Digital Domain expects their Florida studio to open next year, and they plan to launch a new creative development team as well as develop training and recruiting opportunities for animation and video game production staff.

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Added by VFXG Newsdesk on October 16, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

Fun Tools - Google Launches Building Maker

Building Maker is a cross between Google Maps and a gigantic bin of building blocks. Basically, you pick a building and construct a model of it using aerial photos and simple 3D shapes – both of which they provide. When you're done, they take a look at your model. If it looks right, and if a better model doesn't already exist, they add it to the 3D Buildings layer in Google Earth. You can make a whole building in a few minutes.

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Added by VFXG Newsdesk on October 16, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

Free 6-month licenses for Maya and 3ds Max 2010.

Are you a student? If so, CLICK HERE to go to the Autodesk Student Community Website and sign up for a free account. Autodesk is offering students free 6-month licenses for 3ds Max and Maya 2010. Once you create your account, you can go to their "software downloads" page and download your free copy and license. They also have a myriad of free engineering… Continue

Added by VFXG Newsdesk on October 12, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

Blizzard is Hiring.

Blizzard is expanding their staff, and making a big push to get some new talent.

CLICK HERE for their official list of job openings.

Blizzard will also be recruiting at CG Con (along with Pixar, Valve, and others). CG Con will be touring the US and Canada from now through next year.… Continue

Added by VFXG Newsdesk on September 17, 2009 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Behind The Scenes Video - TCCO Benjamin Button

CLICK HERE for a behind-the-scenes look at Digital Domain's FX work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008).

Added by VFXG Newsdesk on September 17, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

ZBrush - Take Advantage of Free Upgrades

You have to love Pixologic and their generous distribution of FREE upgrades of ZBrush. Sadly, Power PC users are out of luck - but anyone on a Windows machine or an Intel-based Mac can CLICK HERE to upgrade from ZBrush 2.0 to 3.1, or from 3 to 3.1 for FREE.

If you have 3.1 and want to get 3.5, Pixologic has sent out e-mails to their registered users. Use the link in this e-mail to download the upgrade.… Continue

Added by VFXG Newsdesk on September 17, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments