Technology

Shade 3D for Unity Now Free

Posted In | News Categories: Mobile and Wireless, Technology | Geographic Region: Asia | Site Categories: 3D, Mobile and Wireless, Technology
e frontier's “Shade 3D for Unity” software will be free and available through the Mac App Store November 2012

Trollbäck Launches Step Stop Motion & Timelapse App

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Mobile and Wireless, Stop-Motion, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Mobile and Wireless, Stop-Motion, Technology
Creative studio Trollbäck + Company introduces its latest app, Step, the ultimate stop motion and timelapse camera.

Thinkbox Software Launches Cinelab

Thinkbox Software launches Cinelab, a new video-editing app for Windows 8 devices.

e-on Software Unveils Vue 11

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e-on software announced the formal unveiling of its upcoming Vue 11 product line - scheduled for release November, 2012.

Aspera Opens Singapore Office

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Aspera announces the opening of an Asian regional office in Singapore.

NVIDIA Unveils Cloud-Based GPU

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NVIDIA VGX K2 enables designers to work anywhere, on any device, while accessing the performance of a workstation.

3Net Launches In-House Production Arm

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Technology, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Technology, Television
3D cable channel 3Net launches an in-house production company to make original 3D content.

Toon Boom Wins Primetime Engineering Emmy for Storyboard Pro

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The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences grants a 2012 Primetime Engineering Emmy to Storyboard Pro, Toon Boom’s flagship storyboarding software.

Pixar Releases New RenderMan Software

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Pixar Animation Studios simultaneously released RenderMan Pro Server 17.0 and RenderMan Studio 4.0.

Valve Launches Software Titles via Steam

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Valve announced the first Software titles have launched via Steam, marking a major expansion to the platform known as a leading destination for PC and Mac games.

Academy to Screen 3D Uproar In Heaven

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As part of the China Onscreen Biennial (COB) program, the Academy will present the west coast 3D premiere of the Chinese animated classic, “The Monkey King: Uproar In Heaven.”

Colorworks Checks into Hotel Transylvania

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Films, Technology
DI facility teams with Sony Pictures Imageworks to ready 3D animated feature for theatrical release.

Toon Boom Teams with Bento Box

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Cartoons, Technology, Television | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Business, Cartoons, Technology, Television
Toon Boom Animation and Bento Box Entertainment (BBE) combine their expertise to develop an exclusive and state-of-the-art digital animation production pipeline uniquely designed for Bento Box’s production on prime-time animated television series.

Free Student Edition of CINEMA 4D Now Available

Posted In | News Categories: Education and Training, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Education and Training, Technology
MAXON announced worldwide availability of a free, fully functional, Student Edition of CINEMA 4D R14.

SIGGRAPH Asia Unveils 2012 Computer Animation Fest Preview

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, Places, Short Films, Technology | Geographic Region: Asia | Event: SIGGRAPH | Site Categories: CG, Events, Places, Short Films, Technology
SIGGRAPH Asia releases a preview for the 2012 Computer Animation Festival.

Red Giant Ships Blazingly Fast New Version of PluralEyes

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Audio/video syncing software delivers 20x speed increase and new timeline-based interface for edit-ready footage.

VES and BSA Team Up to Fight Piracy

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The Visual Effects Society partners with the Business Software Alliance on a joint program to promote a self-certification software license compliance program.

The Foundry and Luxology Join Forces

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Combined group will provide a new avenue for computer graphics production.

Fabric Engine Speeds Workflows

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects
The recently-launched Creation Platform framework from Fabric Engine shows off its server-side rendering capabilities.

BostonFIG Announces Showcase Games

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Games, Places, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Events, Games, Places, Technology
The Boston Festival of Indie Games announces 36 game entries selected for festival exhibition.