Platinum Sponsor

Maxon (A Nemetschek Company)

Maxon Computer is a leading developer of 3D software for the creative industries, best known for its flagship 3D modeling, painting, rendering, and animation software, Cinema 4D. Today, users across the world rely on Cinema 4D to create cutting-edge 3D motion graphics, architectural and product visualizations, video game graphics, illustrations and much more.

Maxon’s client list includes ABC, Blizzard Entertainment, BMW, Sky, CNN, Fox, ITV Creative, MPC (Moving Picture Company), NBC, NFL Network, VDO, Sony Pictures Imageworks, The Walt Disney Company, Turner Broadcasting, Vitra, and many more.

Close relationships to hardware manufacturers like Intel and Apple guarantee optimized products that follow the pulse of technology closely. There has been a major feature-packed release of Cinema 4D almost every year since its creation. Despite this rapid development speed, stability remains excellent for the product. Maxon’s experienced and enthusiastic programming team is still headed by Cinema 4D’s original programmers, who ensure that all new features stay true to their aims from day one of power, speed, stability and ease of use.

Platinum Sponsor

Nvidia

NVIDIA’S INVENTION OF THE GPU in 1999 sparked the growth of the PC gaming market, redefined modern computer graphics, and revolutionized parallel computing. More recently, GPU deep learning ignited modern AI — the next era of computing — with the GPU acting as the brain of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can perceive and understand the world.

Platinum Sponsor

Dell

For 30 years, Dell has played a critical role in transforming the computing industry, making advanced technology more accessible and affordable to people and organizations around the globe. Simply put, we give our customers the power to do more. We have held true to this guiding principle since our founding. Our entrepreneurial spirit drives us to challenge the status quo to find new ways to make IT work better. Today, our strongest-ever product and services portfolio and capabilities address the full range of technology requirements – all to deliver comprehensive solutions with best value, ease of use and flexibility.

Platinum Sponsor

Adobe

Only Adobe gives everyone — from emerging artists to global brands — everything they need to design and deliver great experiences.

Gold Sponsor

Perception

Perception is a cutting edge design lab pioneering the visionary process of Science Fiction Thinking to architect the future. We divide our time equally between the parallel worlds of science-fiction—working with trailblazing filmmakers, and science-fact—collaborating with the world’s most innovative technology brands.

Gold Sponsor

KitBash3d

We believe more and more human interactions are happening through technology. Whether it’s playing an immersive video game, enjoying a vfx driven film, or connecting with friends on social media, we believe the best digital interactions happen within fantastical worlds.

Our goal is to enable and inspire you, the creators of these virtual worlds, to build the most amazing spectacles your creativity can dream up.

Gold Sponsor

Unreal Engine

Uncompromised quality, proven results.

Unreal Engine is a complete suite of creation tools designed to meet ambitious artistic visions while being flexible enough to ensure success for teams of all sizes. As an established, industry-leading engine, Unreal delivers powerful, proven performance that you can trust.

Bronze Sponsor

Pixel Plow

During our search for a good render farm service, we began taking a critical look at how other farms operated. We quickly discovered several ways to increase accessibility, affordability, and security in every aspect of your render farm experience. Pixel Plow is the continuation of our effort to provide this experience in a simple, competitive package. With thousands of clients in over 90 countries around the world, Pixel Plow is quickly becoming a dominant force in the cloud rendering industry.

Bronze Sponsor

Greyscalegorilla

We’re passionate about Motion Design. Greyscalegorilla is a company founded in and for the motion design community. We believe in creating tools and content that help motion designers at every level. We want to make learning more accessible and effective by creating easy-to-follow tutorials and training that show you way more than just what buttons to push. We also work to develop tools to streamline your creative workflow and to help remove tedious and repetitive tasks so you can spend more time creating great work.

Bronze Sponsor

Insydium

INSYDIUM LTD is fanatical about product development and has the desire to keep on cultivating and improving our products, making them market leaders, always keeping customers foremost in our mind. Our growing team is an essential part of the success of our company; we employ passionate, creative, motivated individuals without them, we would not have achieved as much as we have today.

Bronze Sponsor

Video Copilot

Video Copilot is a collaborative resource for training, design tools and artists. Our goal is to show you what is possible and how effects can be created so that you can apply these techniques on your own creative adventures. We strive to develop distinctive and innovative tools that improve the quality and speed of your production while offering freedom and flexibility.

Bronze Sponsor

Linkedin Learning

LinkedIn began in co-founder Reid Hoffman’s living room in 2002 and was officially launched on May 5, 2003.

Jeff Weiner is the CEO of the company, and management includes experienced executives from companies such as Yahoo!, Google, Microsoft, TiVo, PayPal and Electronic Arts.

LinkedIn leads a diversified business with revenues from membership subscriptions, advertising sales and recruitment solutions. In December 2016, Microsoft completed its acquisition of LinkedIn, bringing together the world’s leading professional cloud and the world’s leading professional network.

Bronze Sponsor

Mograph.com

We’re building a community of motion graphics designers that are ready to learn, teach, and perfect their craft together. We’re eager to learn, help others, and promote a message of positivity. Through live shows, podcasts, classes and tutorials starting April 2019, we aim to cultivate a space for artists to learn and grow within the creative community.