Autodesk, Inc. today
announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kynogon SA,
the privately held maker of Kynapse artificial intelligence middleware.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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Autodesk, Inc. today
announced reduced pricing for Autodesk Maya Unlimited 3D modeling,
animation, and rendering software - the tool of choice for designers and
artists working in film, television and games. ... »
Design and motion graphics agency Nth Degree has named distinguished brand and design consultant Bob English to its team as Executive Creative Director.... »
As recently announced, Hollywood’s long and bitter writers’ strike ended as the governing boards of the unions representing 12,000 movie and television writers unanimously approved a three year deal with production companies. The strike, which began in November 2007, lasted five months and cost the entertainment industry an estimated $500 million. ... »
Eyetronics, an international provider of high resolution scanning services and animation-ready 3D models for feature films, television, commercials and computer games, announced that it has entered into an agreement with Xsens to represent their Moven MoCap (motion capture) system. Under the terms of the agreement, Eyetronics will provide MoCap services via Moven and will also make the system available for purchase.... »
OC3 Entertainment and Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., today announced a new FaceFX audio lip-syncing plug-in technology for Softimage product offerings. The FaceFX plug-in software will establish a bidirectional pipeline with SOFTIMAGE|XSI software—enabling next generation game developers and 3D animation artists to create realistic talking characters with more precise facial expressions and lip-synchronization.... »
Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology, Inc., today announced availability of the fully integrated production renderer, 3Delight (DNA Research), for SOFTIMAGE XSI professional 3D modeling, animation, character creation and rendering software. The 3Delight plug-in brings the quality and speed of the 3Delight render engine, as well as the power and flexibility of RenderMan® rendering standards and practices as established by Pixar® to the SOFTIMAGE|XSI user base. ... »
DVEO, the broadcast division of CMI, announced today that they will introduce their new low latency MPEG-4 HD or SD encoder/decoder system at the Hollywood Post Alliance Technical Retreat for post production professionals. The retreat will be held in Rancho Mirage, California, from February 20 to February 22. ... »
Side Effects Software, an industry leader in 3D Animation software is pleased to announce the release of Houdini 9.1, which for the first time will include access to the new FBX importer. This addition gives studios a clear choice for interoperability with other 3D applications making it easier than ever to leverage Houdini within an existing pipeline. ... »
The VES Awards were given out last night
during the Visual Effects Society’s (VES) sixth annual gala event at the Kodak
Theatre Grand Ballroom in Hollywood. The sold-out event attracted more than a
thousand visual effects and animation artists, dozens of nominees and members
of the film, television, commercial and video game industries. During the
evening, filmmaker Steven Spielberg received the VES Lifetime Achievement
Award in recognition of his contribution to the art and science of visual effects.
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Digital Ordnance has announced plans to debut the 3D version of the company’s industry standard Frame Thrower™ review and approval system at the HPA Technical Conference in Rancho Bernardo CA February 20th to 22nd 2008. ... »
Matrox Video Products Group today announced that Matrox MXO release 2.1.1 is now available as a free download from the Matrox website to all registered users. MXO v2.1.1 offers support for the latest generation of the MacBook Pro with NVIDIA graphics.
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BOND, the creative editorial/visual effects design boutique launched in 2006 by editor Jeff Beckerman, has added editor Claudia Reda-Walker to its staff.... »
Mammoth HD's new MHD/RED Library opens with footage shot on the RED Digital Cinema - RED ONE Digital Camera. The RED ONE captures images in 4K, 3K and 2K resolutions with frame rates from 1-75 frames per second depending on the resolution selected. This completely digital acquisition pipeline produces beautiful, clean images that can be used in every production from Feature and Indie films, advertising/commercials and marketing to HD broadcast and HD digital signage/display. The down-converted images to all the HD and SD formats are fantastic as they are over-sampled from the original files.... »
