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Welcome to “the Radar,” our event calendar.  Now we’re cookin’ with technology!  The functionality is in place below to view the upcoming VFX & Animation events – or better yet, you can try the subscription system (still in beta!) and automatically have listings added to your personal calendar.  Subscription links:
Google (gmail) calendar
Outlook calendar
Apple Calendar/iCal
Other Calendar
(Note: it’s best to have your calendar open when clicking these links)

Submit new or missing event listings (or any errors) to J Bills.

Apr
26
Wed
Hinge + 3DV Open House @ Hinge Digital/3DV
Apr 26 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Hinge invites you to visit our studio during DWP 2017!

If you can dream it, we can do it! Based in Portland, Oregon, award-winning Hinge is truly the best of both worlds: a high-end production and animation studio, and a turnkey creative agency. We specialize in bringing unique stories to life through characters, live action, animation and post-production visual effects. In close collaboration with agency and client partners, we deliver innovative projects for broadcast commercials, digital, experiential, out of home, print and AR/VR.

Our studio features client-friendly facilities, including an AR/VR stage, onsite storage server, render farm, artist workstations with Maya, Nuke & Adobe CC, and an Edit Offline/Onlining Color Suite. Our experienced full time staff easily scales up, pulling from a talented pool of local freelance artists.

We’d love to have you visit our DWP Open House. Come meet our team, tour the studio, and have a drink or two. We look forward to seeing you there!

Want to learn more about 3D printing, Virtual Reality or digital drawing tools? Our 3DV open house will have live demonstrations of the latest technologies including formlabs Form 2 3D printer, Vive VR powered by Autodesk’s content creation tools and Wacom’s latest digital art tools: MobileStudio Pro & Cintiq 27HD & 22HD.

Wacom will be offering a Bamboo Spark Smartpad as a door prize for a lucky attendee

3DV will co-host drinks and snacks with our neighbor Hinge Digital.

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PixelPool Open House @ PixelPool
Apr 26 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Experience the future of design visualization! Join us at our downtown studio for food, drinks and see the most innovative design visualization projects for retail, product and brand including virtual reality. PixelPool is a 3D interactive and design visualization company that brings concepts and ideas to life.

Wed, April 26, 4-7pm

PixelPool
621 SW Alder St, Ste 300
Portland, Oregon 97205

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Apr
27
Thu
Refuge Visual FX Open House @ Refuge Visual FX
Apr 27 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

If you’re going to visit anyone in North Portland on April 27th, make your final stop Refuge. Come by for a gander at the 408 ft tall Gothic towers of the St. Johns Bridge and stay for the whiskey tasting.

We Build Character.
Refuge is an animation studio that specializes in characters and creatures. We make designing characters and creatures as much fun as it sounds. We use tools of science to make pieces of art. If we’re not showing the world something new, we haven’t done our job.

Sockeye Open House @ Sockeye
Apr 27 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Join Sockeye for an open house from 4-7 at the third floor of the Leftbank building. There will be printmaking, photo booths, food and beverage. We will have a live band, nosh and drinks for all!

Apr
28
Fri
9iFX Open House @ 9iFX
Apr 28 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

9iFX is a visual effects and post production studio located in Portland’s SE waterfront, specializing in high-end VFX and motion graphics for top-tier brands, digital video campaigns, event visuals, VR, film, TV and internal corporate videos. Our services include everything from creative and design to production and post-production or any combination therein.

9iFX works directly with both brands and creative agencies. We’ve collaborated with a number of creative teams around the Portland area and beyond, working on a variety of projects for big name brands like Puma, ESPN, Mountain Dew, The Syfy Channel, Adidas, and Nike to name a few. Whether you need high-end motion graphics, 3D animation, digital environment creation, or “fix-it-in-post” repairs, we can help.

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