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David Hofflich leaves Asylum for Oktobor
Special Effects, 18 August 2010

Auckland – Award-winning visual effects, animation and digital creative convergence studio Oktobor announced that former Asylum Visual Effects LA EP David Hofflich has joined their team as executive producer and head of TVCs. Hofflich’s appointment is seen as a major coup for [...]

Reliance MediaWorks begins training small army of artists for 3D surge
Special Effects, 21 May 2010

Cannes, France - Reliance MediaWorks, part of the Reliance ADA group, is training more than 2,700 artists to meet the rise in demand for 3D films following the huge success of James Cameron's "Avatar" and other films, Reuters reports. Reliance, part of the conglomerate owned by [...]

Digital Magic looks to DVS' Clipster for processing Shanghai Expo footages
Special Effects, 12 May 2010

Hanover, Germany - DI specialist Digital Magic recently announced it expanded its 4K DI pipeline by integrating a second DVS Clipster into their workflow. Digital Magic is implementing Clipster as a DCI mastering station for processing footage in real-time at the Shanghai Expo for [...]

Telco TV to drive video server markets
Special Effects, 1 April 2010

After a slow start, telco TV is now growing quickly as it is in the rest of the industrialised world. As the latecomer to the television distribution game, telco TV has the advantage of employing the most current technology and the least legacy infrastructure. This, in part, explains [...]

I.E. Effects delivers next-generation immersive entertainment stereoscopic 3D for OCT Shanghai’s Happy Valley
Special Effects, 26 February 2010

California - I.E. Effects delivered 3D reality for ‘Traveling in the Storm’, an immersive entertainment experience developed by Falcon’s Treehouse for OCT Shanghai’s Happy Valley. In this innovative ride, participants assume the role of storm chasers. Traveling in an Amphibious [...]

Smoke 2010 now on Mac Snow Leopard
Special Effects, 1 January 2010

Autodesk release of Smoke 2010 for Mac OS X editorial finishing solution combines editing, color correction and compositing into one application designed to run on the Mac. Smoke can perform on Final Cut Pro edit system, import FCP timelines via XML, and reference the original FCP [...]

Creating the end of the world in post
Special Effects, 1 January 2010

Director Roland Emmerich’s epic 2012 has been critically acclaimed for its striking realism, intricate storyline, and cutting-edge visual effects. The film’s storyline revolves around the apocalyptic Mayan prediction that civilisation will end on 21 December 2012. As the Earth’s [...]

Australian film industry looks forward to growth
Special Effects, 1 January 2010

When the acclaimed Australian movie Samson & Delilah won the top honour of Best Feature Film at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA), it was a signal that good things were around the corner for Australia made film. Adding to the quotient, Australia also took the honours for Best [...]

Creating a delicious destruction pipeline
Special Effects, 1 January 2010

When it comes to creating disaster movies for the big screen, Sony Pictures Imageworks has a wealth of experience to draw from. In Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, this experience is put to the test as rockets, thunderstorms and earthquakes are replaced with flying hamburgers, [...]

Opening Pandora’s Box breakthrough technology in the making of Avatar
Special Effects, 1 January 2010

James Cameron’s Avatar achieves several milestones in filmmaking technology. Cameron wrote his first treatment for the movie in 1995 with the intention of pushing the boundaries of what was possible with cinematic digital effects. In his view, making Avatar would require blending [...]