Technology

Iron Man 3 to See 4DX Release in Japan

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Films, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Asia | Site Categories: Business, Films, Technology, Visual Effects
The film will be shown with "fourth dimension" effects, including tilting seats, blowing wind and fog and odor effects, via technology that is expected to come to the U.S. later this year.

New Disney Infinity Trailer Released

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Films, Games, Internet and Interactive, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Films, Games, Internet and Interactive, Technology
Disney releases a new "Toy Box" trailer for “Disney Infinity,” coming to the Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS, PS Vita, and PC on August 18.

Production Pipeline Expo Launches

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Events, People, Places, Technology, Visual Effects
Designed to serve as a full blown visual effects and animation event -- complete with expert panels, presentations, educational sessions, and speakers -- the Production Pipeline Expo is a two-day event to be held May 3 and 4 at the Barker Hanger in the Santa Monica Airport.

DreamWorks Animation Releases OpenVDB 1

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects
DreamWorks Animation releases Open VDB 1, open source framework developed by DWA engineers for sparse volume data.

emotion3D Announces SSX3 for Nuke

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects
emotion3D announces the release of stereoscopic plugins, The Stereoscopic Suite X3, for The Foundry’s Nuke.

Toon Boom Goes Manga with Japan's HeARTBIT

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Places, Technology | Geographic Region: Asia, North America | Site Categories: Business, CG, Places, Technology
Toon Boom Animation announces the use of Toon Boom Storyboard Pro and Harmony by Japanese animation studio HeARTBIT Digital Creation for its upcoming production, “Francesca.”

PGA Honors Digital V.I.P.s

The Producers Guild of America honors nine Innovators, Visionaries and Producers (V.I.P.) who have made significant contributions to the advancement of digital entertainment and storytelling in the past year.

Golaem Releases Crowd Character Pack

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Site Categories: CG, Technology, Visual Effects
Golaem Crowd speeds up stadium & concert creation with free ready-to-use characters and motions.

Mirada Builds Interactive Installation for Nike

Posted In | News Categories: Art, Business, Music and Sound, People, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Site Categories: Art, Business, Music and Sound, People, Technology
Miranda teams up with Blast Radius Toronto and Nike Canada to create an interactive installation at Sport Chek’s flagship store in Toronto’s Eaton Centre.

Adobe MAX Unveils Speakers, Lineup

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New focus for event explores the ideas, inspirations and technologies that push the boundaries of creative thinking.

The Foundry Launches Hiero & Hieroplayer 1.7

Posted In | News Categories: CG, Events, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Event: NAB | Site Categories: CG, Events, Technology, Visual Effects
The Foundry announces the release of the latest versions of HIERO and HIEROPLAYER, the company's family of shot management, conform and review tools, at the 2013 NAB Show.

Facilis Boosts End-to-End Creative Workflows

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Events, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Event: NAB | Site Categories: Business, Events, Technology
Facilis announces the compatibility of TerraBlock shared storage and SyncBlock archiving solutions with popular tools from Cinedeck, Empress and axle Video.

Pretend Unveils Pseudo at NAB 2013

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Events, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Event: NAB | Site Categories: Business, Events, Technology
Pretend announces previews their latest software, Pseudo, and demonstrations of Stereoid v1.1 at NAB 2013.

Boris FX Showcases New VFX Browser

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Events, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: North America | Event: NAB | Site Categories: Business, Events, Technology, Visual Effects
Boris FX unveils their new VFX browser, BCC Effects Library Browser.

The Foundry Consolidates at NAB 2013

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The Foundry announces Assist for NUKEX, MODO 701 and MARI 2 releases, new HIERO 1.7 editing capabilities, and ftrack partnership.

LightWave 11.5 Adds After Effects Interchange Tool

Posted In | News Categories: Business, CG, Events, Motion Graphics, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Event: NAB | Site Categories: 3D, Business, CG, Events, Motion Graphics, Technology
LightWave demonstrates LightWave 11.5 3D modeling and animation software, including the new Adobe After Effects Interchange feature, at NAB 2013.

Red Giant Unveils BulletProof at NAB 2013

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Events, Technology | Geographic Region: North America | Event: NAB | Site Categories: Business, Events, Technology
Red Giant unveils their new video editing software BulletProof at NAB 2013.

Imagineer and CoreMelt Partner at NAB 2013

Posted In | News Categories: Business, Events, Technology, Visual Effects | Geographic Region: Europe | Event: NAB | Site Categories: Business, Events, Technology, Visual Effects
Imagineer Systems and CoreMelt announce a new Final Cut plug-in, SliceX, at NAB 2013.

Editors Embrace Autodesk Smoke Software

Posted In | News Categories: Events, Technology | Geographic Region: All | Event: NAB | Site Categories: Events, Technology
The Smoke community continues to grow after Autodesk launched a redesign of their professional video editing software, Autodesk Smoke.

Fusion-io to Integrate ioFX Into HP Z Workstations

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Fusion-io announces a collaboration with HP to integrate ioFX into HP Z workstations.