News Round-Up: Monday 9 Jan, 2012

Here's my take on last week's news and announcements. Among the items I picked up, there's the call for submissions for SIGGRAPH. if you are planning to submit your work, you'd better hurry, as the deadline is tomorrow.

Free tutorial: How to create holograms
from 3D Artist Magazine
Holograms can be simulated by any number of methods with varying levels of difficulty, but deadlines often demand a quick and easy system. While each 3D program has its individual quirks, this technique can be easily adapted to most workflows.

Create an energetic fire and water scene in Blender
from 3D World Magazine
Andrew Price shows you how to simulate real-world flame and fluid effects.

Exclude objects from reflection and refraction in V-Ray
from 3D World Magazine
James Cutler shows you how to take control of your light settings in the popular render engine.

Academy Announces 8 Sci-Tech Awardees
from Animation World Magazine
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced that eight scientific and technical achievements represented by 28 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards presentation to be held February 11 at the Beverly Wilshire.

SIGGRAPH Art Submissions Deadline: Jan. 10
from Animation World Magazine
Attention artists and students: If you were planning on submitting your work for the 39th SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, set to take place in Los Angeles August 5 -9, it’s time to act as the deadline for submissions is January 10.

Gallery Nucleus Celebrates Work of Ronald Searle
from Animation World Magazine
In what turns out to be quite a serendipitous event, Alhambra, Calif-based Gallery Nucleus is offering an exhibition featuring the work of world-renowned cartoonist and illustrator Ronald Searle, who passed away on Dec. 30 at the age of 91.

Academy Trims VFX List to 10
from Animation World Magazine
The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 films that remain in the running for nominations in the Visual Effects category at the 84th Oscars this year.

Tippett FX Group Takes a Bite Out of The Bakery
from Animation World Magazine
Tippett Studio has chosen French-based 3D CG company Bakery Relight software for its FX group production pipeline.

Industrial Light & Magic Invest in KATANA 1.0
from CG Record
The Foundry announced that Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), a Lucasfilm Company, has purchased a site licence and are already employing KATANA on upcoming productions.

Digital Domain Media Receives Additional $11 Million in Economic Incentives
from CG Talk
"Digital Domain Media Group, Inc. (NYSE: DDMG - News), a leading digital production company focused on visual effects, original content animation and major studio co-productions, today announced that it has been approved for an additional $11 million of transferable tax credits by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.

The Write Way: Cursive in Classrooms Up for Debate
from Education Week
Schools are struggling to find a balance between teaching communications and teaching handwriting, possibly leaving cursive behind.