Frantic Films to Debut New Software Solutions at SIGGRAPH
Latest versions of Flood, Deadline, Krakatoa and More Showcased Throughout Conference
The software division of award-winning visual
effects studio Frantic Films will be demonstrating an array of new software
products at SIGGRAPH 2007. Along with a new version of Deadline, the
company's popular render farm solution, Frantic Films will unveil several
new developments at Booth #1720 throughout the conference, August 7-9, at
the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif.
Frantic Films will be introducing commercial versions of several highly
anticipated new technologies at SIGGRAPH, and will showcase the latest
developments in its current software suite. These tools provide
production-proven solutions designed for visual effects and animation
professionals, and include:
- Flood and Flood: Surf: Flood is a simulation software suite that creates realistic water, foam, oil, rubber and lava. Flood: Surf lets users create photo real ocean surfaces
- Krakatoa: High-volume point-based particle renderer, manipulation and management toolkit available as a plug-in for Autodesk 3ds Max
- Deadline: Render farm management system that provides a hassle-free method to both administer and expedite projects on render farms of all sizes
- Amaretto: 3ds Max interface for NVIDIA's Gelato renderer that gives VFX professionals complete interoperability between the two programs
Come by the Frantic Films booth at SIGGRAPH for additional product
announcements at the conference.
"All of Frantic Films software tools have been developed out of necessity-to fill the need of complex production challenges we encountered on major VFX films like Superman Returns, as well as current productions for Walden Media," said Chris Bond, president & creative director, Frantic Films. "These tools have been put to the ultimate test-required to perform and deliver under tight timelines, not only here at Frantic-but also at several prominent effects, animation and gaming facilities around the world."
"The development team at Frantic Films is exemplary, they also provide incredibly fast and efficient support. We have been using Deadline to run a render farm of over 160 computers, and we are able to output thousands of images per month with no worries. I can rest assured that everything renders smoothly with Deadline," said Sylvain Berger, Technical Director of Alpha Vision, a 2-year customer of Frantic Films Deadline software.
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"All of Frantic Films software tools have been developed out of necessity-to fill the need of complex production challenges we encountered on major VFX films like Superman Returns, as well as current productions for Walden Media," said Chris Bond, president & creative director, Frantic Films. "These tools have been put to the ultimate test-required to perform and deliver under tight timelines, not only here at Frantic-but also at several prominent effects, animation and gaming facilities around the world."
"The development team at Frantic Films is exemplary, they also provide incredibly fast and efficient support. We have been using Deadline to run a render farm of over 160 computers, and we are able to output thousands of images per month with no worries. I can rest assured that everything renders smoothly with Deadline," said Sylvain Berger, Technical Director of Alpha Vision, a 2-year customer of Frantic Films Deadline software.
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