Technology

Autodesk Demonstrates Flame 20th Anniversary Edition at IBC

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At the International Broadcasting Convention 2012 Autodesk, Inc., will demonstrate the powerful new Flame 20th Anniversary Edition software.

Pixel Farm Releases PFDepth

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Technology | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: 2D, 3D, Events, Technology
The Pixel Farm Ltd announced the immediate availability of PFDepth: a new, fully integrated toolset for total scene reconstruction, 2D-to-3D conversion and depth map creation.

Infographic Shows Computing Power Behind Big-Budget Films

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Technology Company Brocade creates computer processing infographic.

The Foundry Announces HIERO 1.5 & HIEROPLAYER

Posted In | News Categories: Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: Technology, Visual Effects
Visual effects software developer The Foundry announces its latest version of HIERO.

CelAction2D Drives Cartoon Forum Shows

Posted In | News Categories: Cartoons, Stop-Motion, Technology | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: Cartoon Forum | Site Categories: 2D, 3D, Cartoons, Stop-Motion, Technology
CelAction announces that seven pitches made using CelAction2D animation software will be at this year’s Cartoon Forum.

Autodesk Showcases Smoke 2013 at IBC

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Professional editors thrilled by extended Smoke software free trial and opportunity to contribute to development process.

The Foundry Announces Nuke 7.0

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Visual effects software developer The Foundry announces NUKE 7.0.

Weathering a Perfect Storm for Finding Nemo 3D

Posted In | Magazines: AnimationWorld | Site Categories: 3D, CG, Films, Technology
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Pixar transforms a blockbuster classic to 3-D.

Computer Workstation Self-Destructs in Protest Over Use on Carrie Remake

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Education and Training, Films, Kind of the News, Technology | Geographic Region: All | Site Categories: CG, Education and Training, Films, Technology
A fully configured HP Z820 workstation tragically self-destructed Wednesday by short circuiting and bursting into flames in a desperate act of protest against being forced to work on a remake of the film Carrie.

SMPTE Announces Honors & Awards

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Achievements in acquisition, audio, digital cinema, special effects to be honored.

Origami Digital Creates DR0NE with LightWave 11

Posted In | News Categories: Internet and Interactive, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: 3D, Internet and Interactive, Technology
Origami Digital delivers feature film-level visual effects for new web series with Virtual Studio Tools in LightWave 11 3D modeling and animation software.

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

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Technology
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

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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.