Education

Giggle Garage Sdn Bhd unveils “BOING The Play Ranger”, a new 3D animation TV series during the Malaysia Networking Reception hosted by FINAS Malaysia in conjuction with MIPCOM 2012 in Cannes, France on the 8thSeptember 2012. BOING The Play Ranger is a co-production between Giggle Garage Sdn Bhd (Malaysia), CrazyBird Studio Inc (Korea) and Synergy Media Inc (Korea). Read More

BIG AIMS (Animation Infotainment and Media School), India’s most happening Animation and VFX filmmaking academy, World Skill India, an initiative of National Skills Development Corporation of India (NSDC) and FICCI have come together to organize regional and national level competition in ‘Graphic Design’ category. The winner of the National Competition will be eligible to represent India at the ‘World Skill Competition’ to be held in Liepzig, Germany from 2nd to 7th July’2013. Read More

NVIDIA today announced that it has recognized Chitkara University, Chandigarh as a CUDA Teaching Center (CTC), under the aegis of its Academic and University Programme, enabling the university to access cost-effective hardware to build state-of-the-art laboratories as well as the necessary technical support. As a CUDA Teaching Centre, the Chitkara University has received teaching kits, including textbooks, software licenses and NVIDIA CUDA architecture-enabled GPUs for teaching parallel computing and conducting lab sessions, as well as academic discounts for additional hardware, if required. Other benefits include exclusive events with key researchers and academics, a designated NVIDIA technical liaison, and access to specialized online training sessions. Read More

Digital Domain Media Group,the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts and the City of West Palm Beach announce the arrival of the inaugural classes of students to their pioneering public/private collaboration – an accredited four-year BFA degree program in Animation and Digital Arts. Student orientation begins August 22 in West Palm Beach, with classes starting August 27 in Tallahassee and West Palm Beach. Read More

BIG AIMS (Animation Infotainment & Media School), has entered into a strategic collaboration with Lovely Professional University (LPU) to introduce a degree program in Digital Animation Film Making & Digital Visual Effects Film Making in India, along with Diploma and Certificate Courses. The MoU was signed between Ashish S Kulkarni, Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Animation and Ashok Mittal, Chancellor, Lovely Professional University. Read More

Maya Digital Studios, the company that pioneered the art & technology of animation & visual effects in India in the 1990s, is now also focussing on the conversion of 2D content into Stereoscopic 3D. The studio is expanding its business … Read More

Toonz Academy, the Training Division of Toonz Animation Studio, recently conducted an ‘Animation & Visual Effects Seminar’ on the 29th May 2012 at Hotel Pankaj, Trivandrum. It was an interactive session with industry experts and a live demo on making of Animation Films. It also gave an idea on the career possibilities in this sector. Read More

Zee Institute of Creative Arts is presenting ZICA CREATIVE CAREER CARNIVAL from the 14th to 19th of May at all the centers across the country. The main objective of this carnival is to project “Creative Art” as the New Career Avenue and ZICA as the Destination Institute. Read More

“Get your 100 bad drawings out of the way before you can see your first good drawing” Students expect their first choice to be their best when creating anything in animation as they do not understand the meaning of this sentence.. There is a big learning curve and lot of subjects that are taught off the computer have a tangible impact on your creations. “If you cant communicate it on paper, chances are you wont be able to do it on a computer either.” I always have believed that any piece of art is 80% planning and 20% happy accidents. You just need to be trained enough to know when those happy accidents occur and how you can use them in your final work. Read More

Evolve announced a three-day, hands-on course to learn the Advanced Video Editing Techniques with Final Cut Pro X on 27th, 28th & 29th April 2012 plus 2 days practice on FCP X 30th April & 1st May 2012. The class … Read More