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Prime Focus, the global visual entertainment services group, today announced a significant capital investment and expansion of its global stereoscopic 3D (S3D) pipeline.
Finishing touches are underway at the company’s new 65,000 square foot world headquarters in Mumbai, which will house seven S3D theatres and over 600 artist seats, along with a complete slate of visual effects, post and production services.
At its Hollywood studio, efforts will be re-focused ...
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Prime Focus has launched a digital production services department in London to service the growing demand from clients within the genre. The new department will offer digital live action production for virals, interactive web films and web banners as well as digital outdoor services, storyboarding and animatics. Other services will include creating 3D cinematics, motion graphics and test films for research, iPhone app development, augmented reality and experiential media ...
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Global visual entertainment services group Prime Focus has named veteran technologist Daniel Rosen as international chief technology officer.
Based in Hollywood and reporting to Prime Focus’ global CEO Namit Malhotra, Rosen will oversee technical operations for all Prime Focus’ North American locations, and together with his counterparts in the UK and India, will further integrate the company’s studios around the world.
Recognised as an industry expert in digital imaging, ...
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Prime Focus, one of the world’s largest visual entertainment services groups, has introduced View-D, its proprietary process for the conversion of 2D to 3D stereoscopic images in the UK. The View-D offering has been implemented into Prime Focus’ 3D stereoscopic pipeline in Prime Focus’ London facilities, and will be available to film as well as broadcast and commercials clients to help supply content for 3D TV.
Following the international ...
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Prime Focus has created around 40 minutes of original visual effects for the highly-anticipated BBC factual project, Wonders of the Solar System. The five-part series, which is presented by Professor Brian Cox, uses the latest scientific imagery and CGI to show how the laws of nature have carved natural wonders across the Solar System. Among some of these wonders are fountains of ice that erupt thousands of kilometres into space, ...
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Prime Focus was delighted to work with The Brooklyn Brothers agency as they turned London’s iconic Marble Arch into the Gates of Hell to promote the new series of thrilling paranormal drama, Supernatural, which airs tonight at 9pm on Living TV.
A 3D version of the white marble monument was created by Adam Seeley, senior vfx animator at Prime Focus, and then projected onto the actual landmark - situated at ...
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Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures announced today that the upcoming feature film “Clash of the Titans” will be released in
3D worldwide on April 2, 2010. The film will simultaneously be released in 2D.
In making the announcement, Dan Fellman, President, Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures, said, “We are experienced and have been successful in the conversion of 2D to 3D going back to such hits ...
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Prime Focus Software, the R&D and software development arm of Prime Focus, today announced the release of Deadline 4.0, the company’s easy-to-use administration and rendering toolkit for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX-based render farms. This new version includes improved Mac OSX support, enhanced scalability and stability, in addition to an abundance of key new features.
The release of Deadline 4.0 follows many months of intensive beta testing. Beta tester and ...
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Prime Focus has completed over 90 VFX shots for the BBC's new 5 x 60m HD series How Earth Made Us. The programme explores how geology, geography and climate have influenced and continue to shape human history. Each episode examines a different force, including the effects of deep earth, wind, fire and water. The series concludes with a look at how the human race has become a geological force in ...
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Prime Focus Software, the R&D
arm of Prime Focus VFX, is actively recruiting visual effects facilities to
participate in the Beta Testing program for Deadline 4.0. The
soon-to-be-released version of the company's hassle-free administration and
rendering toolkit for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX-based render farms
features a host of new upgrades, which beta testers will have the
opportunity to experience first-hand.
Deadline provides render farms of all sizes a world of flexibility and a
wide-range of management options. ...
