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Weta sign deals with Amazon Web services to create cloud-based VFX workflows

Weta sign deals with Amazon Web services to create cloud-based VFX workflows

Weta Digital, the New Zealand-based vfx titan, has signed a multi-year deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to create a new cloud-based setup for its v...

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Chinese authorities want the country to produce more sci-fi films and more VFX

Chinese authorities want the country to produce more sci-fi films and more VFX

China's sci-fi film sector - and vfx industry - have received the official seal of approval. The case for more science fiction in the country is made ...

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Leading Previs Studio Third Floor opens first office in China

Leading Previs Studio Third Floor opens first office in China

The Third Floor (TTF), a vfx heavyweight that specializes in pre-visualization (previs), has opened a new outpost in Beijing - its first in China.The ...

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Chapter 15 VFX huge Technicolor file among restructuring, blaming the coronavirus

Chapter 15 VFX huge Technicolor file among restructuring, blaming the coronavirus

Belts are tightening at Technicolor SA, the beleaguered conglomerate that houses an array of vfx subsidiaries. The company has filed for Chapter 15 in...

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Due to the effects of the coronavirus, Technicolor shut down the Mill Film brand and renamed the studio Mr.it's merged with x.

Due to the effects of the coronavirus, Technicolor shut down the Mill Film brand and renamed the studio Mr.it's merged with x.

The French conglomerate Technicolor, which owns a number of vfx studios, is merging two of those - Mill Film and Mr. X - under the name Mr. X. The mer...

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Quarantine Chronicle: How the animators of the upcoming "Tom and Jerry" feature are connected

Quarantine Chronicle: How the animators of the upcoming "Tom and Jerry" feature are connected

For the latest entry in our series, which looks at the coronavirus crisis from the standpoint of individuals in the industry, we speak to Arslan Elver...

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