SANTA MONICA, Calif., Aug 05, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) – –FacePro Founder Rod Stafford to Lead Audio Based Facial Animation Team at Image Metrics Image Metrics, Inc. (OTCBB: IMGX | PowerRating), a leading provider of facial animation technology for the entertainment industry, has acquired FacePro, a leading lip sync services and technology company. FacePro’s offering provides [...]
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DQE and Nickelodeon India Announce Their First Local Animation Production
August 5th, 2010 
admin DQE, a leading animation, gaming, live action entertainment production and distribution company, today announces that the Group has signed a co finance and production agreement with Nick India, India’s fastest growing kids channel and a part of Viacom 18 Media Pvt Ltd, to produce a local animated series for children. The series will begin with [...]
NVIDIA Parallel Nsight Delivers GPU Computing to Microsoft Visual Studio Developers
July 25th, 2010 admin Massively Parallel Programming Now Available on Leading Windows Development Platform In a move that cements its leadership position in development tools for GPU Computing, NVIDIA today announced the release of NVIDIA® Parallel Nsight™ software, the industry’s first development environment for GPU-accelerated applications that work with Microsoft Visual Studio. NVIDIA has also released CUDA™ Toolkit 3.1, [...]
Biren Ghose appointed Technicolor Country Head for India
July 19th, 2010 admin Bangalore: Technicolor has named Biren Ghose as Country Head for its operations in India. His new remit sees him retain his current role as General Manager of the recently re-branded Technicolor India. Technicolor is a global provider of production, postproduction, and distribution services to content creators, network service providers and broadcasters. The company also operates [...]
Prime Focus Launches New Datalab Department
July 12th, 2010 admin Prime Focus has launched a new Datalab department to process their client’s data assets for delivery within Prime Focus or to any other editing house globally. The department will bring together existing knowledge and equipment from across Prime Focus’ London facilities. The Datalab will be able to manage any type of data and will offer [...]
Rules Approved for 83rd Academy Awards®
July 11th, 2010 admin After years of uncertainty, AMPAS has decided that motion capture films are ineligible for the Best Animated Feature Film Award. Beverly Hills, CA (July 8, 2010) — The governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finalized the rules for the 83rd Academy Awards at its most recent meeting (June 22). The most [...]
DQE – Jungle Book Makes the Journey From Far East to Far West – Korea to Canada
July 9th, 2010 admin HYDERABAD, India, July 8, 2010 – DQE, the animation, gaming, live action entertainment production and distribution company, is pleased to announce the signing of two exclusive broadcast agreements with The Education Broadcasting System (EBS), the Korea based broadcasting company and Canada based Tele-Quebec, for “The Jungle Book”, DQE’s home grown 3D animated TV series. Under [...]
Image Metrics Acquires Character-FX, a Leading Avatar Creation Technology Provider for Video Games and Film
July 1st, 2010 admin SANTA MONICA, CA — June 30, 2010 — Image Metrics, Inc. (OTC BB: IMGX), the leading provider of facial animation technology for the entertainment industry, announced today that it has acquired avatar technology company Character-FX, founded by 3D animation pioneer John Riggs. Character-FX is an integrated facial rigging tool-set created by Riggs for Autodesk Maya [...]
Academy Invites 135 to Membership
June 29th, 2010 admin Beverly Hills, CA (June 25, 2010) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is extending invitations to join the organization to 135 artists and executives who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures. Those who accept the invitation will be the only additions in 2010 to the Academy’s roster of [...]
Anime Studio Pro 7 delivers cutting-edge tools to speed up production workflow and create stunning animations
June 11th, 2010 admin ALISO VIEJO, Calif., Jun 10, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Smith Micro Software, Inc. Productivity and Graphics Group today announced the availability of Anime Studio(R) Pro 7, the all-in-one tool for professionals and digital artists to create stunning 2D movies, cartoons and cutout animations. To speed up production workflow, Anime Studio Pro 7 provides a new, [...]