Check out huge list of entertainment media, 2D / 3D Animation and VFX resources.
Media and Entertainment sector is booming day by day with continuous technology developments. Apart from evolution in giant companies, various new startups and entrepreneurs are blooming successfully. To keep tab on such improvements, various resources are emerged which are also getting popular year by year. These events acts as a great PR activity for participants.
Check out the following list. Apart from Animation and VFX resources, they also give platform to comics, gaming, Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR) and other related technologies. It is mixed bag of events, awards, networks, festivals, associations, groups, seminars and more.
A3K – Association Of Animation Artistes Kenya
ABCA – The Burkinabe Association of Animated Cinema (Association Burkinabè du Cinéma d’Animation)
ABAI – Association of Bangalore Animation Industry (Animation, Visual Effects, Games and Comics)
ACM SIGGRAPH – Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer GRAPHics and Interactive Techniques
ACAS – Association for Chinese Animation Studies
ACPI – The Animation Council of the Philippines Inc.
AEAF – Animation & Effects Awards Festivals
AEF – Animation Educators Forum (from ASIFA Hollywood)
AAN – African Animation Network
AJA – The Association of Japanese Animations
AVCGI – Association of Animation, VFX Comics Gaming Industry
AMPAS – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars)
ASAF – The Association of Czech Animation Film
ASIFA – The International Animated Film Association
AWN – Animation World Network
BAFTA – British Academy of Film and Television Arts
CAA – China Academy of Art
CAD – Canadian Animation Directory
CASO – Computer Animation Studios of Ontario
CAN – Cincinnati Animation Network
DigiBC – The Interactive & Digital Media Industry Association of British Columbia
effects MTL – effects MTL, Montreal, Quebec
GDC – Game Developers Conference
FICCI – Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry
HKFA – The Hong Kong Film Awards
IAD – International Animation Day
IMAGE – Innovation in Animation, Multimedia, Gaming and Entertainment (‘IMAGE tower’ is the building which hosts incubation centre Knowledge City, near Mind Space junction, Telangana)
JAniCA – Japanese Animation Creators Association
KAVGC – Karnataka Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics
LAA – Latvian Animation Association
MEAI – Media & Entertainment Association of India
NAB Show – National Association of Broadcasters
OFX – The Open Effects Association
QAN – Quebec Animation Network
QFTC – The Quebec Film and Television Council
SAS – The Society for Animation Studies
SMPTE – Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers
TACGA – Thailand Animation & Computer Graphics Association
TAG – The Animation Guild
TAN – The Animation Network
TASI – The Animation Society of India
TVAGA – Telangana VFX, Animaton & Gaming Association
TTAN – Trinidad and Tobago Animation Network
VEC – Vancouver Economic Commission
VAN – Vancouver Animation Network
VES – Visual Effects Society
VFXAI – VFX Association Ireland
VIEW Conference – International event on Computer Graphics, Interactive Techniques, Digital Cinema, 2D/3D Animation, VR and AR, Gaming and VFX
Given below are some of the common acronym / full form of Animation and Visual Effects industry.
CG – Computer Graphics
CGI – Computer Generated Imagery
DI – Digital Intermediate
DFX – Digital Effects
SFX – Special Effects
IMAX – Image MAXium
MoCap – Motion Capture
VR – Virtual Reality
AR – Augmented Reality
MR – Mixed Reality
XR – Cross Reality
AVCG – Animation, Visual Effects, Comics and Gaming
NTSC – National Television System Committee
PAL – Phase Alternating Line
SECAM – Système en Couleur à Mémoire (Sequential Colour With Memory)
LIDAR – LIght Detection And Ranging
LUT – Look Up Table
PBR – Physically Based Rendering
CPU – Central Processing Unit
GPU – Graphics Processing Unit
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