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| 05|12|2008 |
Press ReleaseDi-O-Matic, a leading developer of character animation software, is proud to release today the new edition of the award-winning Morph-O-Matic.
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| 05|08|2008 |
Press ReleaseAutodesk, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of REALVIZ S.A., the privately held developer of image-based content creation software. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.... »
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| 05|08|2008 |
By Barbara RobertsonA major tenet of the production was keeping things real—from the suit to the cameras. By the end of post-production, however, animators at ILM were helping to design shots, including tweaking the camera. “Production drove the bus,” says Academy Award-winning VFX supervisor John Nelson, “but everybody was involved. Jon [Favreau] and I both believe the best idea is going to win, wherever it comes from.”... »
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| 05|08|2008 |
By Bryant FrazerIn one key scene, actress Emma Bell gives a terrific performance in a two-minute close-up. The only problem with the shot? No tears. Guava, which was already looking to expand into feature-film work, said it would see what it could do about that.... »
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| 05|07|2008 |
Matt ArmstrongThe new cineSync Pro beta has been released today, with some options for larger brush sizes in the drawing tools, brush size shortcuts ( larger is ], smaller is [ ), a fix for some reported colour "clipping" issues to ensure accurate colour representation on calibrated systems and other general speed and performance improvements.... »
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| 05|05|2008 |
Press ReleaseDAZ 3D, a leading developer of professional quality 3D models and software, today announced the immediate availability of DAZ Hexagon 2.5, the newest version of its popular 3D polygonal and subdivision modeling software. ... »
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| 05|01|2008 |
Press ReleaseBOXX Technologies Inc., an innovator in high-performance computing systems for visual effects (VFX) and design professionals, today released a Special Edition 3DBOXX workstation that delivers unmatched dual- processor workstation performance by maximizing the power of two Intel Core 2 Extreme processors. Benchmarks computed by BOXX Labs indicate 23.2 percent more performance on Cinebench 10 for the Special Edition compared to the world-record setting 3DBOXX 8400SE.* ... »
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| 05|01|2008 |
Michael KoegelBrand New School is carbon neutral; they pay a voluntary tax to offset their carbon footprint. Bottled water has been banished from their offices, which, by the way, run on wind power; an option that’s available to most businesses and residences.... »
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| 05|01|2008 |
When doing any kind of scientific or reality-based animation, it’s important to do a lot of R&D up front. We spent about two months preparing for this project before it went into production, developing techniques, pipelines, models and textures that would give us consistent "looks" during compositing.... »
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| 04|30|2008 |
Matt ArmstrongFor the Discovery series Human Body: Pushing the Limits, which examines the intricate processes of the human body under a variety of ordinary and extreme conditions, Rushes in London created all the CG and VFX to allow the project to transition seamlessly between live action actors and realistic versions of the actors’ bodies, sans skin, as well as pushing into the muscle, veins and cells of the body. ... »
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| 04|28|2008 |
Matt ArmstrongFrench filmmaker Pierre Michel has been able to achieve a rare thing in the commercial arena: the ability to create whatever he wants without the client even seeing it until it is finished. He did it on the opening for a French film festival last year and he’s been able to do it again on the sensuous commercial for the world-renowned jewelry store Loris Paris. Seeing his striking visuals and enigmatic style it is easy to see why clients are willing to give him carte blanche.... »
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| 04|24|2008 |
Matt ArmstrongThis video demos the first part of company's new VFX architecture mogul, mogul review. Watch how mogul review allows users to track and analyze virtually every element in a project as well as provide feedback to the appropriate artists within a facility. ... »
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| 04|24|2008 |
Peter PlantecDon’t go because it’s all in English, or for the wonderful presentations, or even the mind boggling array of master classes and other learning opportunities. Don’t go for the massive industry recruitment events. Don’t even go for the wild, sponsored, hair-come-down parties (well maybe for the parties) Go because solid American talent is in high demand. ... »
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| 04|21|2008 |
Press ReleaseDi-O-Matic, a leading developer of character animation software, is proud to release today the new version of Facial Studio (3ds max edition).... »
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| 04|21|2008 |
James MathersJames Mathers, cinematographer and president of the Digital Cinema Society, talks with Michael Coleman, product manager for Adobe After Effects, about Adobe's Cinima DNG initiative to create and open standard for RAW digital cinema files. ... »
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