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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 5.02 - MAY 2000
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TechnologyColorfront Releases Color*star. India-based company Colorfront has announced the release of their high-end colour correction tool color*star. color*star is the industry's first plug-in for digital film grading, advanced selective colour correction and creative look-creation running on Discreet's high-end visual effects and editing systems. The plug-in currently runs on inferno*, flame*, flint*, effect* on O2, fire* and smoke* systems from Discreet. Colorfront has recognized the convergence of film, HDTV and video to the 1080p/24 Universal Mastering solution and have standardized color*star's workflow in this format. color*star will be demonstrated at NAB at the Discreet booth and Colorfront is offering a 25% discount to customers who choose to purchase before April 30, 2000. Boris FX Launches Boris Graffiti. Boris FX, the producer of high-end compositing and effects technology launched a new titling plug-in called Boris Graffiti. Based on the powerful text animation engine found in Boris RED, Boris Graffiti allows editors to create complex 2D and 3D animated titles within their already familiar non-linear editing system. Supplied as a plug-in for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid, Canopus, DPS Velocity and Video Action, Discreet edit*, FAST 601, FAST VMS, Incite, Insync: Speed Razor, Media 100/iFinish, Panasonic DV Edit, Sony ES-3, Ulead Media Studio Pro and United Media On-Line Express, the feature-rich Boris Graffiti provides high-end title solutions at a low cost. Less than $500 to be exact. REALVIZ Announces ReTimer 2.0. REALVIZ has announced a new application, ReTimer 2.0, that can be used to change the speed or length of any motion sequence in post-production. ReTimer utilizes a revolutionary method for creating highly accurate new frames between frames that were actually shot, and can also be used to subtract frames to shorten a sequence realistically. ReTimer automatically creates any number of new frames through an accurate warping technique developed by INRIA, the renowned French Research Lab that is a technology partner to REALVIZ. Through this process, new frames can be created, previewed and edited instantly and in real-time-users can also optimize the quality of a new image sequence before ReTimer creates it. Using ReTimer, high-quality fast and slow motion sequences can be easily produced. Maya 3's Universal Rendering Policy. Alias|Wavefront announced that the fifth major release of their Maya next-generation animation software will feature a universal rendering policy that enables Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited to "float" the Maya Batch Renderer across any number of machines. This new announcement furthers Alias|Wavefront's aim at synergy between all of Maya's tools throughout the production and post-production process.and Alias|Wavefront's earlier announcement that Maya 3 will feature a new Trax compositing system further backs up this position. The new universal rendering policy we will see in Maya 3 is just one of the many new features Alias|Wavefront are pumping into the product. Due for release this summer (at SIGGRAPH 2000, no doubt), Maya 3 should make a lot of animators, game designers, and post-production professionals very happy by letting them create more work for fewer dollars. Maxon Release Cinema 4D XL 6. At NAB, MAXON released the new version of their flagship 3D animation software, Cinema 4D XL. Version 6 features masses of new features and improvements, ranging from a new non-linear construction history, to particle effects and motion sequencing. The new version also takes advantage of Intel's Pentium III and Motorola's G4 processors which makes workflow much faster than in previous versions. The new software is shipping now and upgrades cost $495 US for registered users. Discreet Announces Combustion*. Discreet, the producers of high-end 3D and 2D computer graphics tools launched their new unified paint, animation and 3D visual effects system: combustion*. The Macintosh and Windows NT-based system offers a single, unified paint, animation and 3D-compositing environment for visual effects creation. combustion* features Academy Award-winning technology from inferno* and an extremely fast caching architecture for igniting the desktops and creative imaginations of digital visual effects artists world wide. Due for release this summer, combustion is a powerful new tool that will benefit all digital artists, including those already using Discreet products as the new system can be completely integrated with inferno*, flame*, flint*, fire* and smoke* systems, as well as desktop integration with 3D Studio MAX and edit*. |
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