Digic Pictures

Digic Pictures is a Hungarian 3D animation studio based in Budapest, at Graphisoft Park, specializing in the production of 3d animated game cinematics CGI . Digic also provides motion capture services at its own studio, Digic Motion.

Digic Pictures

Type	3D animation studio
Genre	Game cinematics, VFX productions
Predecessor	Games Unlimited (2001–2003)
Successor	Digic Pictures
Founded	2002 (2002)
Founder	Andrew G. Vajna, Rabb Sándor Alex
Headquarters	Budapest, Hungary
Products	Game cinematics, VFX, Commercials
Services	production of 3D animated intro movies & trailers for computer games
Number of employees	250+
Divisions	www.digicpictures.com/about/digic-motion/about-digic-motion/
Website	www.digicpictures.com

Profile

Digic Pictures is a computer animation film studio which produces full 3D animated shorts and visual effects, in association with video games, feature films or commercial advertisements. Digic's productions have earned the studio global recognition with game trailers and intro movies which were screened at Siggraph CAF Electronic Theater, or awarded with Siggraph's prizes.^[1] In June 2011 Digic's Assassin's Creed: Revelations trailer became the most viewed video on top gamer community portals.^[2] and won Video Game Awards' Best Trailer of E3. Digic also provides motion capture services at its own motion capture studio, Digic Motion.

History

The history of Digic Pictures goes back to December 2001, when the first members of the later animation company have joined the video game developer company called Black Hole Entertainment. Digic Pictures, as the cinematic department of Black Hole, produced animation sequences for RTS games developed by Black Hole. Back in 2002 Digic produced five high quality full 3D cinematics -Intro, Outro, Human, Beast, Fallen- for the EA game called Armies of Exigo that was completed by the beginning of 2003, and was the first Hungarian project ever to make it to the selection of Electronic Theater, one of the most prestigious selection of the 2003 Siggraph Festival / Conference, that introduces the world's leading computer animation projects. Spurred on by Hungarian-born Hollywood producer and co-owner, Andrew G. Vajna, the studio got involved in the production of 60 VFX scenes of the American blockbuster Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and impressed "even the most prestigious professional forums bringing a good name of ... the world of the developing professional Hungarian computer animation".^[3] Since 2006, Digic Pictures has turned from feature films to major video game developers, and kept on producing animated shorts for gamer audiences, including intros, outros, trailers and teasers for Warhammer, Darksiders, Assassin's Creed, and Mass Effect episodes. The Assassin’s Creed Unity trailer has been introduced at E3 in 2004 and has won the Best Trailer/Opener prize at Animago 2014. In November 2014 Digic made a Cinematic Trailer for the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare game published by Activision Publishing. In 2015 the Assassin’s Creed Unity : Dead Kings, and the Assassin’s Creed Syndicate Cinematic Trailer were released. In 2016, Digic made the Destiny: The Taken King CG Cinematics, the Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV – Battle Scene, and also the Final Fantasy XV – Omen Trailer.

Digic Motion

Digic Pictures has its own motion capture studio, Digic Motion. Based in Budapest, Digic Motion's capturing equipment consists of 16 mocap cameras of 16 megapixel VICON T160 capturing up to 2000 frames per second.

Digic Photoscan

Digic Photoscan is the 3D scanning facility owned and operated by Digic Pictures, where 3D scans are produced for the film-, television-, and game industries, as well as for scientific use.

Credits

Spread out on 2200 square meters and located at Graphisoft Park, Budapest, Hungary, the studio has a team of more than 150 artists. Their latest cast officially published is of February 21, 2012.

Publisher clients include Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, THQ, Sony Europe, 2K Games,Namco Bandai, Capcom, Sega, Funcom, KONAMI

Game developer clients include Bioware, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Toronto, Activision, Firaxis, Vigil Games, Obsidian, Gearbox Software, Bizarre Creations, Ninja Theory, Mercury Steam

Game cinematics

VFX & Commercials

References

1. ↑ Siggraph's awards and programs at http://www.siggraph.org/programs/awards
2. ↑ Gametrailers at http://www.gametrailers.com/video/best-trailer-best-of-e3/716602
3. ↑ As per Alias Systems Corporation at http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?linkID=14271593&id=6870577&siteID=123112
4. ↑ http://www.siggraph.org/asia2009/for_media/releases/SAPressRelease4_CAF.pdf
5. ↑ http://www.festivalfocus.org/news.php?uid=584
6. ↑ http://www.siggraph.org/s2010/for_media/siggraph_2010_news_releases_release_10
7. ↑ http://www.siggraph.org/asia2010/search/node/digic%20pictures
8. ↑ http://www.animago.com/en/hall-of-fame/2010/awarded-entries-2010/
9. ↑ http://www.animago.com/en/hall-of-fame/

External links

• Official website