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Apple Offers Free Vision Pro “Immersive Video” Workshops
Yes, Apple is inviting filmmakers to free immersive video workshops, just RSVP before they run out of “consultation slots.”
PhysX Goes Open: Fluid Dynamics Unleashed
NVIDIA’s PhysX Flow, the powerful GPU-accelerated fluid simulation engine, is now fully open source—free and feature-packed for VFX pros.
16.03.25: DESIGN FOR FILM: Bridging Art, Costume & VFX @ HFF Munich
The symposium Design for Film at HFF München explores the intersection of Art and Costume Departments with VFX, tackling workflows, communication, and education.
YouTube on 35 mm
Our favourite stand-up mathematician, Matt Parker, goes through film aspects, rations and some of the common types of stock used. For all you young whippersnappers out there: Watch this, it's history that's still in effect today (hehehehe), and for all of us who are getting nostalgic: did you remember to take your ibuprofen today?
Fritzi & Sophie
The cinema film of the story was produced in classic 2D. For the series, we opted for the "third dimension". This presented us with new challenges, but also opened up completely new doors. Blender was our main tool.
War of the Worlds in Unreal Engine
Chris Farkouh built a War of the Worlds film project with Unreal Engine, Maya, Marmoset Toolbag and Substance 3D Painter.
Night falls with the Ursa Mini Pro 12K!
As announced in the issue, here are the scenes from the BMD UMP 12K - at night. So if you want to know how good you are as a documentary filmmaker, you can download 5GB of video data free of charge here.
Bomper Studio | Workshop report
"Honey, do you want to animate my music video?" And other romantic stories with Cinema 4D.
ITFS 2021 Streams Animation Programme and Awards Live
The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film streamed family and adult animation programmes, interviews and an awards presentation from 4–9 May 2021.
RISE Rebuilds Hobbs & Shaw Chase
RISE replaced London backgrounds, vehicles and Idris Elba with CG elements for the motorcycle chase in Hobbs & Shaw.
MPC Breaks Down 1917’s Invisible VFX
MPC reveals how invisible visual effects helped sustain the apparent single-take structure of Sam Mendes' 1917.
Palette Mapper Visualises Film Colour
The free Palette Mapper plug-in turns an After Effects sequence into a frame-by-frame vertical colour-map visualisation.
Sony Previewed FX9 2.0 and Venice 6.0
Sony’s 2020 roadmap added 16-bit RAW and 4K 60p to FX9, while Venice 6.0 expanded HFR, looks, frame lines and metadata.
Panasonic Withdrew from IBC 2020
Panasonic withdrew from IBC 2020 and moved broadcast and ProAV training to an online Technology Experience Zone.
Premiere Pro “Productions” Released
Adobe releases the new “Productions” feature and gives all Premiere and After Effects users access to Team Projects.
Blackmagic Design: New announcements in the livestream
And for those who have nothing else to do tomorrow, 03 April: Blackmagic Design will be presenting new camera and live production innovations at around 7pm.
ARRI ALEXA 65: New 2020 Showreel
In its new 2020 reel, ARRI Rental shows the productions in which the 6K 65mm camera was recentely used!
Productions: New Premiere Pro Project Type
New team workflow in Premiere Pro: Adobe announces “Productions”, a new feature for larger projects and teamwork!
G-Casper: In Call Sheet Paradise?
Free, open-source management tool with automated call sheets, cast and crew lists and more!
Cinec Award 2018
The Cinec Awards 2018 have been presented: nine winners received their awards at the ceremony in Munich.
“The ultimate demo reel guide”
Archive notice: This article was originally published on September 5, 2018. Links and embedded videos are preserved as…
Free LUT Library for VariCam and EVA1 Cine Cameras
Panasonic has released some useful things here.
“Ingenium”: Creating Big Cinema with Limited Means – Part 2
How do you master the post-production of an independent mystery thriller that was shot over several years with a total of eleven different camera models without blowing the already small budget?
“Ingenium”: Creating Big Cinema with Limited Means – Part 1
Over five years, director Steffen Hacker worked on an independent mystery thriller and had to solve a series of tricky post-production tasks.
Weekend Reading
Andrew Allen chats a little about how you can actually get the most out of your short film... and why you should not throw in the towel too early.
Cinec 2018
The trade fair for moving images invites you to the beautiful city of Munich from 22.9. to 24.9.!
Disney Gets Generous
Anyone who has always been interested in the creation processes at Disney can now take a closer look at some of the production assets. They have been released for research and education purposes and can be downloaded free of charge from the Disney page.
Entrance of the Brothers: Kyno 1.5 & Kyno Premium
Kyno 1.5 includes not only many updates and features. This time, the pleasant organiser also brings along its big brother: Kyno Premium. This is intended primarily for the special needs of large customers.
Hamburg Animation Conference
The Hamburg Chamber of Commerce is once again inviting people to its beautiful city this year!
Berlinale Retrospective – Doggy Style and Music of the Future
The Berlinale may have been over for a while, but some things remained memorable. Such as the talks on Bow Wow and Blade Runner. Both moderated by Andrew Amondson.
Master 3D Animation for Film & Games
The ifs internationale filmschule köln and the Cologne Game Lab at TH Köln are offering a new part-time Master's program in 3D Animation for Film & Games from autumn 2018.
Iloura VFX Breakdown: Jumanji
New breakdown for “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle”: Australian studio Iloura presents its VFX work for the film.
New HDR grading monitor from EIZO
At the IBC in Amsterdam, EIZO presented its ColorEdge PROMINENCE CG3145 HDR monitor for the first time - everyone is talking about HDR. Not least because many 4K televisions are already being sold with an HDR label and HDR is therefore a buzzword for end users.
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 VFX Breakdown
Archive notice: This article was originally published on December 5, 2017. Links and embedded videos are preserved as…
GoPro VR: Fusion 360° Camera Is Here
GoPro launches the new VR camera: Under the name “Fusion”, the new 360° action cam is now available for pre-order.
King Arthur: VFX Breakdown by Framestore
Fresh breakdown from Framestore: In this VFX breakdown, the studio shows its work on scenes from "King Arthur: Legend of the Sword"!
1833 to 2017: The Evolution of Animation
Something for nostalgists and history lovers: the evolution of animation with excerpts from various films from 1833 to 2017!
Lenses: Explained in 18 Minutes
From categories through focal length and shutter to cleaning: in this 18-minute video, you get an overview of everything you need to know about lenses for photography and film.
Teaser for “Inside Out”
Disney and Pixar show the first excerpts from the new animated feature.
VFX for O2 Campaign
The first “social biopic” from O2 tells the story of a disastrous honeymoon. Incidentally, a crucial scene comes from Arri.
Blackmagic Cintel Film Scanner
Blackmagic presented the Cintel Film real-time film scanner at NAB.
Would You Like a Little Grain?
visionColor offers 35 mm Kodak Vision 3 5213 film grain at 1080 and 23.976 fps as a free download.
Fancy a Weekend Scholarship?
Five places for a workshop weekend in Munich, with all costs covered. Three days are devoted to advertising and film.
New Film & Sound Degree Programme
Dortmund University of Applied Sciences plans to establish a new bachelor's degree programme for the 2013/14 winter semester.
Making-of the CG Stratos Project
Before Felix Baumgartner jumped, Munich studio Aixsponza, in cooperation with Munich film production company Peter Clausen Film, visualised the jump on behalf of Red Bull.
All Good Things Come in Fours
The Foundry is not sparing with presentations either and shows in four showreels the films in which Nuke, Mari, Ocula, and Katana were used.
RED Releases Firmware 3.3 for Scarlet and EPIC
New firmware 3.3 is now available for the RED Scarlet and EPIC cameras, bringing new features in addition to fixed sources of errors.
Learning from the Best: Gnomon School of Visual Effects
Anyone who wants to learn from the best in the 3D computer graphics industry can apply or enroll at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood, California. Students, graduates, and industry professionals have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge. Whether full-time on site in courses lasting up to three years or through ten-week online courses, production experience in feature films/video games is passed on and culminates in a project that is assessed.
Canon 1DC DSLR 4K in Use
Hurlbut Visuals used Canon's 1DC DSLR 4K to produce a short film called "The Ticket", and feedback regarding its use was very positive. Directed by Po Chan, who is also the screewriter, the result was an equally well-received and, above all, high-quality love story.
After Effects Gets Dark Energy
As of today, Cinnafilm offers a Dark Energy plug-in for After Effects. Its core functionality is, on the one hand, restoration of footage and, on the other, optimization of existing high-end footage.
Canon Announces DSLR with 4K
The EOS-1D C is a DSLR designed for the film industry. It records 4K video at 4096 by 2160 pixels in 4:2:2/8-bit. Price and availability have not yet been determined. The NAB news has therefore begun!
Disney’s Documentary “Waking Sleeping Beauty” in Berlin
The Film Art & Animation department at the Games Academy is bringing the award-winning documentary about the
rise of Walt Disney Studios to the capital on January 27.
HP Z800 Workstation on the Red Carpet
On the occasion of the Hollywood premiere of "Puss in Boots", an HP Z800 Workstaton was actually led across the red carpet.
The History of CG Characters
To start the weekend, here is another special video treat: the history of CG/FX characters from the beginnings to Today.
Powerflasher Brings the First Interactive Film in the Outernet to the iPhone
“The Witness – The first movie in the outernet” is the first interactive film in the outernet. It is a real-life game played with the help of an iPhone app.
Rango Makes Itself Heard
The new animated blockbuster “Rango” from Gore Verbinski, director of “Pirates of the Caribbean”, gathers momentum, and the LA Times has now even released the title song.
Shoes Danced Through
It is hard to sit still during this film: DP is giving away three Blu-rays of the successful stereoscopic dance film “StreetDance 3D”.
Automated Slimming Treatment in Film
At SIGGRAPH Asia, the Max Planck Institute is presenting the next stage of automated video editing: new algorithms and a body-shape library allow human proportions to be changed – at the touch of a button, characters in the film become thinner, taller and gain muscles like Hercules.
13th AnimationMeeting Goes Stereo 3D
A concentrated dose of 3D expertise awaits visitors at the next AnimationMeeting as part of FILMFEST MÜNCHEN. Hollywood-ready animated films and design work “Made in Bavaria” will be presented. The organisers are MedienCampus Bayern in cooperation with filmtoolsConsult.
Masterclass at the MUNICH INTERNATIONAL short film festival
A special highlight of the MUNICH INTERNATIONAL short film festival is the masterclass at the weekend: this year the festival has been able to win Christopher Vogler as a speaker. Vogler is one of the most important screenwriters and teachers in Hollywood. The masterclass bears the same title as his recognised standard work: "The Writer's Journey". The seminar offers the unique opportunity to experience the renowned screenwriter and script developer in person. In his seminar, Christopher Vogler provides insights into the art of screenwriting. He will demonstrate techniques on how to develop the structure of the plot and the characters. Christopher Vogler has been significantly involved in many major international productions such as KÖNIG DER LÖWEN, THE WRESTLER, P.S. YOUR CAT IS DEAD! and TILL EULENSPIEGEL.
The event will take place on Saturday and Sunday (19 and 20 June 2010 from 9:30 am to 6:30 pm) at the Gloria Palast. Registration at the early bird price of 150 euros is now possible online at www.muc-intl.de, where you will also find a detailed description of the seminar.
Cinema Advertising in S3D
lucie_p and ARRI Commercial produce an innovative 3D cinema commercial for Opel.
26th International Short Film Festival Hamburg
The International Short Film Festival Hamburg is one of the world's most important and successful short-film festivals for the industry and public. From June 1 to 7, around 300 excellent short films from around the world will be shown in the various competitions (International Competition, NoBudget, German Competition, Hamburg Short Film Night and Flotter Dreier) and special programmes (country focus Thailand, Searching and Finding: The Meaning of Life, Thunder & Roar: The Motor Programme, Dirty Diaries and others).
Alongside short films in cinemas, the festival offers other exciting events such as two open-air screenings on a parking deck, a tour through the St. Georg district with mobile projectors, various workshops and seminars for filmmakers, and the legendary party nights in the festival club.
The 12th Mo&Friese Children's Short Film Festival takes place at the same time.
“The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D” at the 1st Munich Surf Festival
The premiere of the world's first 3D surf film, “The Ultimate Wave Tahiti 3D,” takes place at Forum Kino on June 4, 2010.
Highlights of the Munich International Short Film Festival
This year once again, during cinema week from June 17 to 23 at the Gloria Palast on Stachus, the MUNICH INTERNATIONAL short film festival provides the perfect prelude to the “big” Munich Film Festival that follows from June 25.
A Diverse Range of Films Around the Clock
As part of the current online reader survey for issue 3, Digital Production is giving away three three-month LOVEFiLM subscriptions, each including the new film encyclopaedia.
Win “Water and Soap”
In the current reader survey for issue 3, DP is giving away three DVDs of the award-winning documentary “Water and Soap.”
26th Hamburg International Short Film Festival
From June 1 to 7, around 300 short films from all over the world will be shown in the various competitions and special programmes.
Hamburg International Short Film Festival
From June 1 to 7, numerous excellent short films will once again be shown.
KUK Film Produces 3D Production for BBC
The first 3D pilot film by the BBC Natural History Unit was made together with the 3D experts at KUK Filmproduktion GmbH, Munich. The exterior and studio recordings took place in Bristol, while 3D postproduction was carried out at KUK Film in Munich. The film has now been presented for the first time at NAB in Las Vegas.
FFF Bayern Funds Games about Stunde Null and Bernd das Brot
The Games Allocation Committee has decided: with a total of EUR 197,000, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern is funding five different computer games, from a historical adventure set in post-war Germany and a serious game with a multicultural learning approach to the first game featuring the cult character Bernd das Brot.
Disney’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND Continues Its Triumphant Run in Cinemas
For the third time in a row, Tim Burton's 3D wonder took the top spot in the German cinema charts
Constantin Film Enters the Race with Nine Nominations
The German Film Awards 2010 will be presented in Berlin on April 23. The nominations have now been announced. WICKIE UND DIE STARKEN MÄNNER, DIE PÄPSTIN and VORSTADTKROKODILE, three audience favourites from 2009, have been nominated for the coveted film awards.
13th International Commercial Film Festival spotlight
Commercial films as a full evening programme – is that possible? Since 1998, spotlight, the largest commercial-film festival in the German-speaking world, has demonstrated just how well it works. Its thirteenth edition takes place at Mannheim's Rosengarten for the first time on March 5, 2010. On the competition reel: a best-of selection from the current commercial-film year.
By dividing the festival into the spotlight main competition and spotlight STUDENTS competition, it covers both professional spots already broadcast in film and television and the so-called ‘spec spots’ – student works normally never seen outside film schools. A stimulating comparison that often makes professional advertising agencies look rather old... Alongside classic spots, the competition also features new forms of advertising for use on the internet or mobile phones. With enormously clever ‘virals’, small video clips for distribution online, this particularly innovative category ranked very highly with the expert jury and the public last year.
Information & tickets: www.spotlight-festival.de
Date: Friday, March 5, 2010
Start: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Mannheim, CC Rosengarten (Mozartsaal)
Enter and Win!
DIGITAL PRODUCTION is giving away 3 × 2 free tickets to the spotlight Festival. Follow the link below to register. The deadline for entries is February 22, 2010.
Good luck!
Sensational US opening for Shutter Island
Master director Martin Scorsese has every reason to celebrate: His new film SHUTTER ISLAND opened in US cinemas last weekend and, with box-office takings of 40.2 million dollars, gave him the best theatrical opening of his long career.
Spider-Man in 3D in summer
From July 3, 2012, Spider-Man will swing into cinemas worldwide in 3D, announced Jeff Blake, Chairman of Sony Pictures Worldwide Marketing & Distribution.
Landshut Short Film Festival - new entry record
Around 700 films from Germany, Austria and Switzerland were entered for the preselection of the 11th Landshut Short Film Festival, a new record.
Berlinale Keynotes: Discussion on the Future of Cinema with Star Architect Norman Foster
At the 60th anniversary of the Berlinale, a high-profile discussion event will address the future of cinema.
Camera Accessories: OConnor Presents a New Product Series
OConnor, a Vitec Group brand, presents a new product series: it was developed to meet today's demanding camera-operation requirements and offers various camera accessories.
Sundance Film Festival
The festival takes place annually in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the world's most important platform for independent American and international productions. Many independent filmmakers owe their breakthrough to the festival, including Kevin Smith, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, James Wan, Marc Forster and Jim Jarmusch. The festival also brought several films into the public eye, including Saw, The Blair Witch Project, El Mariachi, Clerks, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Napoleon Dynamite, American Splendor, Super Size Me, Donnie Darko and, most recently, Little Miss Sunshine.
Main Prize for “Der Grosse Kater”
At the Bavarian Film Awards ceremony on Friday, January 15, the Producer Award, worth €100,000, went to the production team of the film DER GROSSE KATER, Dietmar Güntsche and Wolfgang Behr (Neue Bioskop Film).
Constantin Film to Bring a New 3D Vicky Film to Cinemas in 2011
Christian Becker and Rat Pack Filmproduktion are producing the first German-language live-action 3D film with Constantin Film, directed by Christian Ditter.
2010 Preview—FFF Announces New Application Dates
Record submissions, digital worlds and strong emerging talent bring changes to FilmFernsehFonds Bayern’s funding dates.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy on Blu-ray for the First Time
The original theatrical versions of all three films, each with a digital copy, will be released by Warner Home Video Germany on April 9, 2010.
Almost 23 Million Viewers for FFF-Funded Films
Shortly before the end of the cinema year, Bavarian film and television funding looks back on an exceptionally successful 2009, with nine FFF-funded releases exceeding one million admissions.
Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF)
The 6th Dubai International Film Festival takes place from 9 to 16 December.
Angelina Jolie Is Evelyn SALT
Angelina Jolie returns to the big screen in the spy thriller SALT as CIA agent Evelyn Salt, who herself falls into the intelligence service’s clutches.
ohmrolle 2009 fall collection
The next Ohmrolle will take place at CINECITTA' Nuremberg, Gewerbemuseumsplatz 3. Admission is from 19:00, start from 19:30.
Bavaria Decides on Games Funding
In a milestone for Bavarian media funding, the first games-funding committee approved five projects totalling EUR 240,000 under FFF Managing Director Prof. Dr Klaus Schaefer.
DP Gives Away “The Bone Man”
For THE BONE MAN, the latest adventure of perhaps the world’s most laconic private detective, DP is giving away a package including the DVD, film book and Wolf Haas Live CD.
animago AWARD & CONFERENCE: Presentation by HFF “Konrad Wolf”
Anyone considering a degree course can use October 30 to learn about the renowned university.
HFF Upheaval Films Screen Again in Weimar
The student upheaval films from HFF “Konrad Wolf” Potsdam-Babelsberg take Weimar’s Film Festival within the Arts Festival twenty years into the past.
FFF Funds Leander Haußmann’s Hotel Lux
FilmFernsehFonds Bayern’s awards committee selected 21 film projects for total funding of €2.12 million.
animago CONFERENCE: 3D Compositing Environments
Florian Gellinger of rise FX provides information on this subject.
animago CONFERENCE: Animated Clown
Alexander Pohl, a student at the Konrad Wolf University of Film and Television (HFF), explains why The Clown inspires animation.
DISTRICT 9 Wins the “Fresh Blood Award”
Yesterday evening, Fantasy Filmfest announced DISTRICT 9 as the winner of the "Fresh Blood Award" for emerging directors.
The UP Hot-Air Balloon Comes to Germany!
For the cinema release of Disney-Pixar's tenth animated hit UP, its spectacular hot-air balloon tours Germany from September 5, 2009.
Intelligent City Maps and Training Systems for Doctors Seek Investors
Thirty-four research results and market-ready visualization and simulation solutions will be presented at the Heidelberg Innovation Forum.
Michael Jackson’s “This Is It” in Cinemas from October 29
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Music Entertainment bring Michael Jackson's “This Is It” to cinemas worldwide.