Crossing Creative Boundaries: Blackmagic Design’s Fusion 8.2 beta available free for Linux (Industry Press Release)

Posted by on Aug 3, 2016 in Featured, Industry, Press Releases | 0 comments

Blackmagic Design today announced that Fusion visual effects software is now available on the Linux platform. Linux is extremely popular in the world’s leading visual effects production companies and this new Linux release is a major announcement for the visual effects industry.

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Step Out of The Background: Reallusion Announces 2016 3D Character Design Contest (Contest Announcement)

Posted by on Aug 1, 2016 in Contests, Featured, Industry, News, News about Contests | 0 comments

Reallusion and Polycount announce the 2016 Game Character Design Contest aimed at all 3D artists, animators and game developers. Participants can enter any animatable, humanoid character to compete against some of the best artists within the 3D animation community. Prizes include the chance to win a share of $4,000 cash along with great 3D hardware, software and content prizes. Leading industry sponsors include PolyCount, Allegorithmic, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, Marmoset, HTC Vive and Noitom motion capture.

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The Force Is Strong With This One: First Time Writer/Director, Jamie Buckner, Tells What He Learned From The Masters (Article/Interview)

Posted by on Jul 29, 2016 in Articles, Featured, Industry, Interviews, MicroFilmmaking | 0 comments

Jamie Buckner, writer/director of Split, set to be released through Gravitas Ventures on August 2 digitally on iTunes, Amazon, and VUDU, has had the opportunity to work with a film fan’s wet dream of who’s who in Hollywood, from Stephen Spielberg (The BFG, Bridge of Spies) and Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street, Hugo) to Cameron Crowe (Roadies, Aloha) and Nora Ephron (Julie & Juila, You've Got Mail). Jamie answers a few questions about lessons learned from these titans of the silver screen and how he applied them to making his first feature.

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Introducing Red Giant PluralEyes 4.1: Free Update to World’s Best Audio/Video Syncing Tool (Industry Press Release)

Posted by on Jul 27, 2016 in Featured, Industry, News, Press Releases | 0 comments

Red Giant today announced an update to its popular audio/video syncing plugin PluralEyes, the fastest, most accurate audio/video sync tool on the market and a key component of the popular Red Giant Shooter Suite. Version 4.1 of PluralEyes includes a number of new features designed for filmmakers and content producers where they need it the most. This update is free to current PluralEyes users.

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