Image Metrics and IMPD Productions Partner to Expand Animation Service Offering
27 September 2011 - 10:30PM
Business Wire
Image Metrics, Inc. (OTCBB: IMGX), a leading provider of facial
animation technology, and IMPD Productions, Inc., formerly part of
Image Metrics but now a wholly-owned independent animation
production company, announced today their partnership to serve
clients with state-of-the-art production technology and services.
Through this unique collaboration, IMPD will provide more extensive
animation services to Image Metrics’ clients.
“As a valued partner, IMPD Productions allows our rapidly
growing client base to access a broader spectrum of
production-related services,” said Robert Gehorsam, CEO of Image
Metrics. “IMPD enables us to focus on our core strengths:
developing and delivering our cutting-edge technology and products
to expand the way animators and consumers express themselves across
the complete spectrum of digital media.”
Image Metrics, the creator of the revolutionary CG facial
animation software, FACEWARE™, will focus on developing a range of
3D animation software products for both professional and consumer
internet markets. IMPD is a full service animation production
company with unique expertise in FACEWARE and all aspects of
character animation. As an Image Metrics Certified Partner, IMPD
can now work closely with Image Metrics customers that require
additional full-service animation offerings. Their service
offerings include:
- Character Animation (facial and
body)
- Motion Capture Clean Up
- Modeling
- Rigging
- Texturing
- Lighting
- Full Editorial Services
“From our Santa Monica facility we are capable of serving
clients and projects of all sizes, with a flexible pipeline
methodology that allows us to scale our resources while maintaining
high quality control,” said Andrew Egiziano, executive producer of
IMPD. “Additionally, we employ a highly collaborative workflow and
approval process that ensures our clients are involved at every
stage of production.”
IMPD is owned and operated by Egiziano, a former director of
production at Image Metrics who has an extensive career in
animation, having worked on and delivered projects for Disney,
Sony, Paramount and Warner Bros. Additionally, the IMPD staff has
vast experience and background in film, AAA video games, TV
commercials and specialized CG projects. Key staff members include
Director of Animation Ido Gondelman, Producer Jake Fenske and
Associate Producer Kay Arutyunyan. Their high-profile roster of
animation projects can be viewed at www.impdproductions.com.
Image Metrics and IMPD will continue to work with their
international partners to offer their software and services to
clients worldwide.
About IMPD Productions, Inc.
IMPD Productions, Inc. provides complete production solutions
for the film, television, interactive entertainment and commercial
markets, and through its highly visible production services. Over
the past decade, the IMPD team of artists and production leaders
have established themselves as the go-to leader in the TV, film,
AAA gaming and Web content industries with clients such as
Paramount, Warner Bros., Sony, Activision-Blizzard, Rockstar,
Microsoft, 2K Sports, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Sega, Crytek,
Motion Theory, Fuzzy Door Ent, Believe Ent, Spring Hill Prods and
Moving Picture Company. IMPD is headquartered in Santa Monica,
Calif. For more information, please visit
www.impdproductions.com.
About Image Metrics, Inc.
Founded in 2000, Image Metrics (OTCBB: IMGX) is revolutionizing
3D character animation through award-winning technologies such as
Faceware™ and PortableYou™. The company provides complete solutions
for the film, television, interactive entertainment and commercial
markets, and its new PortableYou platform enables online consumers
to produce highly personalized immersive experiences in digital
media through the instant creation of customizable 3D avatars.
Image Metrics is the go-to leader for facial animation technology
with a client roster that includes such industry-leading companies
as Activision-Blizzard, Rockstar, Microsoft, 2K Sports, Electronic
Arts, Ubisoft, Sega, Sony, Bethesda, Double Negative, Motion Theory
and Moving Picture Company. Image Metrics is headquartered in Santa
Monica, Calif., with its R&D center located in Manchester, UK.
For more information, please visit www.Image-Metrics.com.
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