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Let the AI Games Begin! Headline News

Adobe Releases New Firefly Generative AI Models and Web App

Now deeply integrated into creative workflows across Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Express and Adobe Experience Cloud, Firefly’s foundational generative AI models can be used to create stunning content safe for commercial use.   

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NVIDIA Reveals New Resources to Accelerate OpenUSD Adoption

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 12:08pm

Newly announced Omniverse Cloud APIs include ChatUSD, Run USD, DeepSearch and USD-GDN Publisher, giving developers more power to seamlessly implement and deploy OpenUSD pipelines and apps.

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NVIDIA Rolls Out Major Updates to NVIDIA Omniverse

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, August 8, 2023 at 11:12am

Today at SIGGRAPH 2023, the tech giant revealed the newest improvements and additions to its foundation platform and services for developers to optimize and enhance 3D pipelines with the OpenUSD framework and generative AI.

Do It in the Cloud Headline News

CoreWeave Completes Conductor Cloud-Based Rendering Service Integration

Customers can now access expansive compute resources including NVIDIA RTX A5000-A6000 graphic cards for VFX, animation, and motion graphics workloads; check out the demo at SIGGRAPH 2023, running August 6-10 in LA.

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Pixar, Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, and NVIDIA Launch Alliance for OpenUSD

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at 7:00am

The tech giants and Linux Foundation affiliate JDF join forces to create new AOUSD initiative to nurture global USD collaboration and support developers in building products and services for an ever-widening range of large-scale 3D projects across new industries and applications.

Recognizing the Best Aspiring M&E Designers Headline News

13th Annual Rookie Award Winners Revealed

The annual international competition garnered 5,517 entries from aspiring design and media entertainment artists; a panel of more than 150 judges and industry professionals selected winners based on criteria including creative, technical, and presentation skills as well as complexity and raw talent.

Professional Animation Tools Even Beginners Can Master ANIMATIONWorld

New Image Sequence and GIF Animation Import for Cartoon Animator 5.1

Nathan Smith, Director of Studio Ghibletz, shares how to use the new vector character launcher to create props in Photoshop and Illustrator so you can then add GIF animations to your latest cartoon. 

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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Talks ‘Generative AI’ at Cannes Lions Festival

By Dan Sarto | Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 11:16am

The tech giant’s CEO and WPP CEO Mark Read discussed AI's ‘Supercharge’ impact on creative industries, noting new tools augment artists’ creative process and don’t replace it.

Innovations in 3D Design Headline News

WPP and NVIDIA to Build Generative AI-Enabled Content Engine for Digital Advertising

By Dan Sarto | Monday, May 29, 2023 at 1:00am

New creative development engine connects 3D design and generative AI tools to produce high-quality content faster and more efficiently while preserving the quality, accuracy, and fidelity of client brand identities, products, and logos.

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NVIDIA and Adobe Partner on New Generative AI Tools

By Dan Sarto | Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 1:00pm

The tech companies will co-develop generative AI models with a focus on deep integration into Creative Cloud applications like Photoshop, Premiere Pro, and After Effects, as well as the NVIDIA Picasso cloud service, for content creators, designers, and marketers.

Calling All Digital Artists Headline News

The Rookie Awards 2023 Competition Now Open

The 13th annual global contest for aspiring creative media and entertainment artists is accepting entries now through June 1.

People Headline News

Framestore Pictures Adds Directors Rich Lee and Jennifer Stafford

Company to represent both filmmakers in North America and the UK; Lee’s recent credits include multi-award-winning project ‘The Hiring Chain,’ while Stafford’s include Emmy Award-winning short ‘One Shot.’

Innovations in Virtual Production and VFX VFXWorld

James Knight Talks the Exploding World of Digital Filmmaking Technology

The veteran visual effects and performance-capture expert, and current M&E director at AMD, talks about exciting, seismic changes taking place in visual effects and virtual production.

Sci-Tech Awards Headline News

8 Scientific and Technical Achievements to be Honored at Academy Sci-Tech Awards

19 individuals to be awarded at upcoming February 24, 2023 ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures; Iain Neil will receive the Gordon E. Sawyer Award for extraordinary technological contributions.

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Maxon Announces Integration of Redshift in ZBrush

Key updates for Maxon One line expand Forger capabilities with modeling toolset, including subdivision surfaces and symmetry; performance upgrades in Red Giant Trapcode’s improve particle simulation creation in Adobe After Effects.

It’s Unreal Headline News

Gnomon’s Real-Time Short ‘The Voice in the Hollow’ Shows Power of Unreal Engine

The 10-minute animated African horror fable by instructors Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma - known as Half M.T. Studios - employed hand-drawn and cutting-edge 3D techniques, with tools like ZBrush and Maya for characters and Substance Painter for texturing, and was rendered exclusively in the game engine.

The Metaverse Awaits Headline News

NVIDIA Omniverse Beta Release Now Available

Major updates to core reference apps and tools offer increased speed, accessibility, and flexibility for collaborative workflows, making it easier for developers, creators, and novices to build metaverse applications.

animated shorts Headline News

Indie Artist Turns Napkin Doodles into ‘ArtSquad’ Shorts with NVIDIA Omniverse 3D Tools

By Dan Sarto | Friday, November 4, 2022 at 4:17pm

London-based Rafi Nizam used Omniverse Create XR and content-creation apps from Adobe, Autodesk, and Epic Games to create his fun new animated show.

Destination Torino! Headline News

VIEW Conference 2022 Reveals In-Person Recruitment Fair

Representatives from industry-leading companies such as ILM, Framestore, Trixter, Rotomaker, Technicolor Creative Studios and Escape Studios will be on-hand to review portfolios and meet potential hires; event runs October 16-21 in Torino, Italy.

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Wacom Launches the Cintiq Pro 27 Pen Display

Developed in concert with the art and design community, the new display boasts performance improvements, standard multi-touch, faster refresh rates, vivid and accurate color, and added customizable options.

Destination Torino! Headline News

Robert Zemeckis Joins VIEW 2022 Lineup

Italy’s premiere animation event adds the famed director to its packed program of industry speakers, including ILM’s Rob Bredow, Paramount’s Ramsey Naito, and Sony Pictures Animation’s Kristine Belson; the event runs October 16-21 in Torino, Italy.

Destination Torino! Headline News

VIEW Conference 2022 Reveals More Speakers

Paramount’s Ramsey Naito, Sony Pictures Animation’s Kristine Belson, and Cartoon Saloon co-founder Nora Twomey lead the ever-expanding speaker line-up at the 23rd edition of Italy’s premiere animation, VFX, games, and computer graphics conference coming October 16-21; more speaker announcements are coming soon!

The Evil Does Not Sleep…It Waits Headline News

Adobe Shares ‘The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power’ Exclusive Clip

Teaming up with Prime Video, the creative tech giant launches fan art campaign ahead of next month’s epic series release; free customizable Adobe Express and Adobe Photoshop templates and a limited-edition TikTok lens allow users to remix and digitally share artwork.

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