Technology

emotion3D Announces Updated SSX2

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emotion3D is proud to announce the immediate availability of the second version of its award‐winning suite of plugins for Adobe After Effects.

Growing a Studio – Ken Ralston Talks VFX at Imageworks

Posted In | Magazines: VFXWorld | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects
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The five-time Oscar winning visual effects supervisor reflects on his career at Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Vizrt and never.no Announce Partnership

Posted In | News Categories: Broadcast Design, Business, Internet and Interactive, Technology | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Broadcast Design, Business, Internet and Interactive, Technology
never.no and Vizrt Inc. announce a partnership to bring a comprehensive suite of social media tools to the broadcast industry.

Luxion Releases KeyShot 3.3

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Luxion, is proud to release KeyShot 3.3 with new updates, UI enhancements, additional file support and a whole new way to view 3D models.

CINEMA 4D R14 Honored by CGW

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MAXON is pleased to announce CINEMA 4D R14 (R14) has been honored by the editorial team at Computer Graphics World (CGW) with the prestigious SIGGRAPH 2012 CGW Silver Edge Award.

Di-O-Matic Releases Voice-O-Matic 2

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Character animation software developer Di-O-Matic announces the launch of Voice-O-Matic v2 (Maya Edition).

Building Real-time Strategy Games for Mobile Devices

Posted In | Blog Categories: Interviews | Site Categories: Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology
Real-time strategy (RTS) games have had lasting appeal on PCs, and now the genre is moving to mobile devices. Needless to say, the shift from large displays to much smaller ones creates design challenges for RTS game makers.

Augmented Reality: Expanding the User Experience

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Augmented reality and mobile apps have met before, but some developers contend that the next encounters will produce an even more sophisticated class of technology.

Luxology Ships NPR Kit for modo

Posted In | News Categories: Art, Illustration, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Art, Illustration, Technology
Non-photorealistic rendering kit produces hand-drawn and traditional looks for architectural, fine art, and technical illustration projects.

Unearthing the truth about "Paranorman" with Chris Butler and Sam Fell

Posted In | Blog Categories: Reviews, Interviews, Commentary | Site Categories: Cartoons, CG, Films, Stop-Motion, Technology, Visual Effects, Writing
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Joe Strike dives beneath the rotting flesh of Laika's new film "Paranorman" and uncovers some surprising facts about Chris Butler and Sam Fell's 3D stop-motion zombie romp.

Star Wars 3D Episodes II & III Announced

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“Attack of the Clones” and “Revenge of the Sith” to be theatrically released in 3D back-to-back in September and October, 2013.

Autodesk Plans Layoffs amid Reorganization

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The Industry giant reveals plans to lay off 500 employees amid reorganization.

Kodak Introduces Asset Protection Film

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Kodak has developed an affordable, innovative color film specifically designed for asset protection

Genndy Tartakovsky Presents Exclusive Footage of Hotel Transylvania at VIEW Conference

Posted In | Blog Categories: VIEW Conference | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Events, Films, People, Technology, Visual Effects
The VIEW Conference is proud to announce that award winning director Genndy Tartakovsky (“Dexter’s Laboratory,” “Samurai Jack,” “Star Wars: Clone Wars”) will present and discuss his feature film debut, Sony Pictures Animation’s 3D monster comedy Hotel Transylvania, for the first time in Italy during the 2012 conference, October 16 to 19 in Turin, Italy.

ANIMUSIC 3 Starts Production

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Music and Sound, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Music and Sound, Technology
Animusic, a computer animation company with the singular focus of animating music, announced that production has started on ANIMUSIC 3.

Chaos Group Leverages NVIDIA for V-Ray RT

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Chaos Group’s Lon Grohs demonstrates interactive, physically-based rendering with NVIDIA Maximus next-generation technology based on NVIDIA Kepler.

Boinx Launches iStopMotion 3

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Mobile and Wireless, Stop-Motion, Technology | Geographic Region: All, Europe | Site Categories: Business, Mobile and Wireless, Stop-Motion, Technology
New Mac version allows users to create stunning HD stop-motion and time-lapse videos using the iPhone as a camera.

Allegorithmic Releases Substance Designer 3

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: CG, Games, Mobile and Wireless, Technology
Professional texturing platform for AAA and mobile game developers adds new batch tools and new 2D painting system.

Imagineer & Curious Turtle Announce mocha Training Course

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Ben Brownlee returns with “Fundamentals of mocha,” including over four hours of HD training videos ; 14 exercises from streaming series available free to all mocha users.

Which OS Should You Target?

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Wireless history is filled with plenty of examples, good and bad, including the webOS flash in the pan. Fast-changing fates make it challenging for developers to decide which OS to support. The research firm iGR has been tracking the mobile market for a dozen years, and I recently spoke with its vice president of wireless and mobile communications research about what developers need to consider.