Metropolis
We were glad to be commissioned for character and prop scanning for Metropolis.Sadly, this production was canned on our first day of scanning. Never mind – onwards and upwards!
VentureBeat
We were quoted in VetureBeat’s article on AI (mentioned about mid way in article)… As Hollywood strikes, battle over AI and 3D scanning has been decades in the making Carl Franzen@carlfranzen August 23, 2023 9:59 AM Hollywood has been largely shut down for more than 100 days now, after the union representing screenwriters, the Writers …
Ausfilm News
THE AVATAR FACTORY WINS ACS BOB MILLAR AWARD FOR TECHNICAL INNOVATION AND INTRODUCES PROP-SCANNING TO ITS SERVICES The Avatar Factory, provider of cutting-edge scanning and photogrammetry services, was honoured at the annual award night of the Australian Cinematographers Society (ACS) in Sydney, where they received the esteemed ‘Bob Millar Award for Technical and Innovation Achievement. This …
Track Scanner Addition for Props
Our first ‘work in progress’ using our new Track Scanner.A hand-held laser scanner to capture props from the size with extended volume from a coin to a car to an aircraft and miniature sets. A particularly difficult subject with lots of tight spaces, nooks, and crannies.Scanned @ 1mm resolution. The result is a 40M point …
National ACS Award
Mark Ruff receives the Australian Cinematographers Society Bob Miller Award for Technical and Innovation Achievement Award 2023. The ACS commented …“The wholistic workflow from scanning to data management within the purpose-built truck is an impressive feat of engineering and it is even more impressive that Mark has built this as a small family business not …
B & A Fashion Article
by MARK Ruffon Posted on30/09/2022 VFX INSIGHT0 With 3D scanning, a new kind of fashion shoot emerges By befores & aftersPosted onSeptember 30, 2022 How Avatar Factory collaborated with photographer Justin Ridler for this unique Vogue China shoot. When photographer and image-maker Justin Ridler was looking to feature Australian model Astrid Holler in 3D for a Vogue China …
U.S. Exec visit.
by MARK Ruffon Posted on15/08/2022 We were honoured to be put in touch with an executive vise president for VFX from the US. This very quick demo and walk through allowed us to show what we can do. Stage 6 at DSM – a very large studio that dwarfed our truck and generator:)
Vogue Fashion Shoot – Melbourne Studios
by MARK Ruffon Posted on09/06/2022 Testimonial … Hi Mark, I hope this finds you and your family well The Vogue job is finally wrapped and about to release – it was an incredible experience all around and has been received by the global team from Vogue very positively.We’re so thrilled that Avatar Factory was able to work with us on …
ELVIS
by MARK Ruffon Posted on23/06/2022 AUSSIE VISUAL EFFECTS SCANNING THE ROCK ‘N’ ROLL ICON WITH AVATAR FACTORY AVATAR FACTORY WERE THE SOLE PROVIDER OF ALL CYBER SCANNING SERVICES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ELVIS. THE AVATAR FACTORY TEAM SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ALL PRODUCTION SCANNING REQUIREMENTS, WHICH INCLUDED SCANNING OF TALENT, MAIN CAST, EXTRAS, PROPS AND EVEN SOME ANIMALS! On busy days …
Ausfilm LA
by MARK Ruffon Posted on14/06/2022 Chloe, our daughter and producer, spent a week in LA meeting with major studio representatives with the support of Ausfilm. Well done Chloe!