Framestore was the sole provider of digital visual effects for Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, delivering over 200 shots to the movie. [...]
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 Opening today, the Assimilate Store offers Assimilate software, third-party software, third-party hardware accessories and Assimilate merchandise. [...] Continue reading Assimilate opens online ‘trading post’ Congratulations to Double Negative which has won the award for Special Visual Effects in this year’s BAFTA awards for its work on Inception. The prize followed a clutch of awards for the film at the annual Visual Effects Society awards, which also saw MPC and Framestore win gongs. [...] Continue reading DNEg scoops VFX Bafta  ticktockrobot has created a campaign for specialist bed retailer Dreams, featuring warm, friendly 3D animation as well as an accompanying micro site. [...] Continue reading Sweet Dreams Rushes MGFX Studio was tasked with creating animated map graphics for “Giuliani’s 9/11” – a film by Dangerous Films about the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. [...] Continue reading Mapping a tragedy  Spinifex Group has collaborated with Director Han Lixun and other creatives involved with the Beijing Olympics, to create a cinematic multimedia spectacle for China’s Yan City [...] Continue reading Historic wonder  Creative production studio Motion Theory has released a cinematic fully animated project to help US retailer Target launch new grocery departments in many stores [...] Continue reading Tiny crew, big target  Brickyard VFX has just completed work on the new “Yahoo! Lip Sync” campaign, featuring Maya and flame work and on-set VFX supervision duties [...] Continue reading Escape from reality |   
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Recently I reviewed the new version of the venerable DTP software and set out some key tips for using it in a Masterclass feature for Macworld [...]
In this feature, commissioned by Macworld, I track the last ten years of Mac OS X. It ends with a preview of Mac OS X 7- Codenamed Lion, which is due this summer. [...]
What is the secret of convincing portraiture, whether done digitally or in traditional media or a mixture of the two? Find out in this feature [...]