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Method Studios Welcomes Three Top Animation Artists
Method Studios has taken on three experienced animation 
artists to support their creative team. Two of them come
from Rhythm & Hues.
Animation Leads the March against Parasitic Infections
Scientists from Queensland Institute of Medical Research enlisted a 
colourful animation and some school children to help prevent the
spread of parasitic worms in China.
Toon Boom Storyboard Pro v4 Upgrades 3D & Timeline Tools
Storyboard Pro version 4 is now updated with a 64-bit core, an integrated 
3D workspace, and bitmap or vector drawing tools. An animation
storyboard artist explains.
Australia’s dirtgirl Earns Digital Emmy Nomination
Australia’s dirtgirlworld has been nominated for a 2013 International 
Digital Emmy Award in the Digital: Children and Young People category.
PipelineFX Qube! Rewires Render Pipeline at Qvisten Animation
Norway’s Qvisten Animation AS uses PipelineFX Qube! to customize file 
submission to their render farm. The artists can continue working on shots
while the software monitors their jobs.
Method Animates Girl Power for Kia’s Super Bowl TVC
SUPER BOWL 2013 Method Studios put their CG and animation teams 
to work on the perfect showroom robot, relying on precise rotomation
and realistic modelling and rendering.
NYC’s FIT Manages Animation Renders on PipelineFX Qube!
The Animation & Interactive Media students at the FIT in New York 
manage asset and animation rendering for thesis projects with
PipelineFX Qube! render farm software.
Brown Bag Films Builds 24/7 Post Workflow on Aspera Sync
Animation studio Brown Bag Films in Dublin is collaborating in real time 
on post production with its partner studios around the world using
Aspera Sync.
Toon Boom Storyboard Pro Puts Medicine in Motion
Medical animation companies are finding Toon Boom Stroyboard software 
is a fast accurate way to refine projects with clients, and even to produce
entire projects.
Animation Mentor Launches a New Online Studio School
Animation Mentor’s CEO Bobby Beck talks about working with studios to 
align the school’s animation and new VFX courses to fit within a professional
production pipeline.
MAXON Cinema 4D Leaps to After Effects for 3D Animations
Animator & 3D artist Thomas Zeug created and animated a stereo 3D 
film in MAXON Cinema 4D, rendering out to After Effects for compositing,
colour correction and effects.
BIG JUMP Creates 2D/3D Hybrid Animation Magic
BIG JUMP’s animators in Canada combine traditional and digital techniques 
on a Toon Boom pipeline to achieve a distinctive style, including ‘The Magic
Hockey Skates’ TV special.
FMX 2013 Stars Pixar Animation and Cloud Computing
FMX 2013 Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia 
gathers artists from Pixar, research on cloud computing and new animation
and FX trends from Canada, Austria and Turkey.
Hackett Animates High Adventure at the Maritime Museum
Hackett Films has created a tomboy character, Lucy, to introduce Sydney 
Maritime Museum’s three lively summer exhibitions for families in a
whirlwind new TVC.
OptiTrack Motive Customises Motion Capture Workflows
OptiTrack Motive software platform is designed to deliver clean motion 
data in customisable motion capture workflows for production studios
and research facilities.
Wacom Cintiq Helps Bring 2D Animation Career to Life
2D animator Gemma Reeks-Coad talks about creating her style with Photoshop, 
Flash and TVPaint on the Wacom Cintiq pen display, and her career at
Cackleberries Entertainment.
