Coming to PNCA Thursday evening, Feb 27th, 2020, we bring you Job Mixer III! The entire Portland post-production and stop motion industry is taking time out for an evening of mixing it up under the same roof. Currently 17 companies/studios (and counting) will have tables on the main floor, with gracious beverage sponsors 2 Towns […]
Continue reading...Monday, June 17, 2019
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Fest Traveling Show stops through Portland! Next Friday night (6/21), catch the year’s best computer graphics, along with local firepower from Minimal Massive! SIGGRAPH is an organization dedicated to furthering the field of computer graphics and 3D animation, and each year at the national SIGGRAPH convention, a highlight is always the Animation […]
Continue reading...Friday, June 7, 2019
Join us this coming Friday evening, June 7, for a special $5 encore screening of LAIKA’s Missing Link at OMSI, followed by a unique presentation at The Toffee Club’s back room by LAIKA Lead Compositor Michael Cordova. He’ll share the LAIKA filmmaking process with us from a VFX Compositor’s viewpoint. Presented by Portland SIGGRAPH, […]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Fans of animation and short films take note – we have an absolutely LOADED program of shorts coming for our first Design Week Animated Shorts Showcase. This is shaping up to be a big night that we hope to repeat yearly. A screening of Mark Smith’s Two Balloons headlines, with behind the scenes presentation + […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 19, 2018
It’s been over a year (!) since our last job mixer, held as Grimm came to a close. Let’s do it up again as an equally large group finishes – this time out at LAIKA on their current production, Missing Link. This puts some serious top tier stop motion animation and CG/VFX artistic talent out […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 8, 2018
For your consideration – a NW documentary from Seattle based filmmaker Jeff Unay that explores the dramatic “real life Rocky” struggle of Seattle MMA fighter Joe Carman. A rare Portland screening brings this well reviewed and well traveled doco (which saw theatrical release after making the rounds at the Bend Film Fest among others) to […]
Continue reading...Saturday, February 24, 2018
VFX/PDX and OMSI are teaming to bring you a can’t miss night of Reel Science, taking us behind the scenes of Pixar’s Coco. Sponsored by SideFX, Pixar Animation Studios FX Supervisor Michael O’Brien and FX Lead Keith Klohn will be live in-person, navigating us through the challenges met during production. Pixar’s workflow and innovation will […]
Continue reading...Sunday, June 18, 2017
Part of VFX/PDX’s continuing workshop series aimed at keeping Portland up to date on the latest and greatest when it comes to post production, we bring you a special evening with Davinci Resolve 14. Dave Jahns (Joint) and Blackmagic Design bring you a hands-on look at what’s new with Davinci Resolve 14. Blackmagic continues to expand […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 14, 2017
As Grimm fades to black, it’s hard not to get a little nostalgic considering the massive contribution to our local VFX scene. But this also signals a call to action and the need to pull together quickly, to keep as many of the dozens of Ex-Grimm artists here and gainfully employed as possible. Local studios, […]
Continue reading...Tuesday, March 22, 2016
VFX/PDX + OMSI Present: Fon Davis – The Secret Models of Star Wars Presentation follows a screening of The Force Awakens – April 9th What better way to kick off our new Reverse Angle series, highlighting heroes working behind the lens, than a screening of Star Wars: The Force Awakens followed by long time model […]
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Monday, February 24, 2020
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