Technology

Adobe Releases Creative Cloud Update

jwolfe — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:58:30 -0700

Adobe releases an update to Creative Cloud which includes new desktop applications and sophisticated cross-device collaboration and publishing capabilities.

SIGGRAPH 2013 Unveils Final Production Session Lineup

jwolfe — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:05:13 -0700

SIGGRAPH 2013 releases the final lineup of 15 Production Sessions to be featured at this year’s conference.

COLLIDER Event Ends Inaugural Run

jwolfe — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:29:33 -0700

The just-concluded COLLIDER Digital Production Conference wraps up its inaugural three-day run in midtown Manhattan this week, including the VFX Town Hall event held on Monday, June 10.

N3V Games Taps iPi Soft for Dead 2

jwolfe — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:34:52 -0700

N3V Games utilizes iPi Motion Capture for N3V's highly-anticipated game title Dead On Arrival 2.

5D Institute Announces July Symposium

jwolfe — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 14:21:54 -0700

5D Institute announces a satellite symposium at the annual ASSC 17 meeting in San Diego this July.

Luxion Unveils KeyShot 4.1 with Toon Shading

jwolfe — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:03:51 -0700

Focused caustics, procedural textures and toon shading are just a few of the new features coming to KeyShot 4.1.

The Foundry Announces MARI for Mac

jwolfe — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 16:40:30 -0700

Computer graphics and visual effects software developer The Foundry announces that MARI will be coming to the Mac later this year.

PipelineFX Releases Qube! 6.5

jwolfe — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:00:00 -0700

Biggest expansion to reporting and performance capabilities yet; detailed cost tracking for VFX studios working across multiple shows and clients.

Shotgun Promotes Matt Daw to CTO

jwolfe — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:32:42 -0700

Shotgun Software promotes Matt Daw to Chief Technical Officer.

NVIDIA Boosts Star Trek Pipeline for Pixomondo

jwolfe — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:29:19 -0700

Pixomondo utilizes NVIDIA’s Quadro K4000 to boost their Star Trek Into Darkness pipeline.

Toon Boom Launches What I Like about Harmony Competition

jwolfe — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:54:32 -0700

Toon Boom Animation announces the launch of the “What I Like About Harmony” contest, open to Harmony users around the world.

DigitalFilm Tree Taps TerraBlock for ABC Series

jwolfe — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:41:06 -0700

DigitalFilm Tree taps Facilis TerraBlock to facilitate the workflow on the ABC series Mistresses and Perception.

Amazon Unveils New Storyteller Tool

jwolfe — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:52:44 -0700

Free online tool enables writers and filmmakers to quickly and easily turn their scripts into storyboards.

So You Want to Be in Pictures: Creating the Comic Director App

goingmobile — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 12:19:17 -0700

We spoke with Avery Sawyer, a software engineer who recently worked developing Comic Director, a free Microsoft Windows 8 UI Touch app that helps users create interactive comics.

Inside Ron Frankel’s Wonderful Virtual World of Feature Film Visualization

dsarto — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 14:57:44 -0700

The veteran creative director and founder of Proof Inc. shares his insights on previs, postvis, pitchvis and the growing importance of visualization across the entire filmmaking process.

Imagineer & Curious Turtle Launch Advanced Training Series

jwolfe — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 11:03:09 -0700

Imagineer and Curious Turtle launch their latest training course, “Master mocha Volume 1; Production Effects with mocha and After Effects.”

Thinkbox Launches Deadline 6.0

jwolfe — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:56:02 -0700

Thinkbox launches the latest version of their render farm management solution, Deadline 6.0.

Pixar’s RenderMan Celebrates 25 Years

ewashington — Wed, 05 Jun 2013 10:46:05 -0700

Pixar celebrates the 25th anniversary of its pioneering computer graphics software, RenderMan.

Going Post Apocalyptic with After Earth

dsarto — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 17:10:58 -0700

CG creatures dominate the latest sci-fi adventure directed by M Night Shyamalan and starring Will and Jaden Smith.

Spiral Graphics Releases Genetica 4.0

jwolfe — Wed, 29 May 2013 12:01:24 -0700

Spiral Graphics releases the latest version of their seamless texture, animation, and HDRI environment map editor, Genetica 4.0.