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REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio Now Available

REALVIZ announced the availability of the REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio, which combines Stitcher 5.6, VTour 1.2 HDR and Photomatix Pro, and is the only software bundle available today for the creation of HDR environments for virtual reality, industrial design, vfx and videogame applications, starting from digital snapshots and panoramas.

Foundry Headline News

The Foundry Offers Nuke 4.7

Nuke, the Oscar-winning compositor, is now available to download in 4.7 v1, the first release developed by The Foundry in London since it was acquired from D2 Software.

This latest release includes full OFX plug-in support, Framecycler Professional 2007, an improved curve editor, an upgraded version of Primatte, a brand new optical flow engine and many bug fixes. Customers on maintenance will not need a new license key to run Nuke 4.7.

For more info, visit www.thefoundry.co.uk.

Autodesk Headline News

GenArts Releases Sapphire 4

GenArts Inc. announced the immediate availability of Sapphire Plug-ins version 4 for Autodesk compositing and editing systems.

Version 4 contains all of the visual effects and features that have established Sapphire Plug-ins as an indispensable part of the digital artist's toolkit, and introduces more than 45 innovative new effects, including: FilmDamage, FilmEffect, DeinterlaceAuto, ZDefocus, Cartoon, Light3D and TextureFlux. Many of the new plug-ins were designed to enhance the user's workflow.

Animation Headline News

Caligari trueSpace7.5 Now Supports COLLADA and BVH

Caligari Corp., the producer of award-winning 3D modeling, rendering and animation software, announced Service Pack 1 for trueSpace7.5 is now available for download from www.caligari.com. Version 7.51 offers numerous new features, such as support for COLLADA and BVH formats, in addition to fixes.

The highlights of trueSpace7.51 are:

Digital Headline News

Digital Anarchy Releases ToonIt!

Digital Anarchy, a leading provider of cost-effective visual effects software for Adobe and Apple products, announced the release of ToonIt! for Film/Video. ToonIt! 1.0 will reliably and easily create cartoon-like images from film and video footage, freeing artists from time consuming techniques such as hand painting and rotoscoping. The filters use advanced algorithms from Toonamation to create cartoon shading and lines in After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion and Premiere Pro.

Digital Headline News

Digital Domain Enhances Pipeline with endorphin

Digital Domain is integrating endorphin's award-winning 3D character animation software from NaturalMotion into its production pipeline. Digital Domain, the Academy Award-winning visual effects facility best known for its work on TITANIC, I, ROBOT and THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, selected endorphin for its ability to create complex and realistic character animation faster and easier than traditional keyframe or motion capture technology.

Headline News

MAXON Software Featured in Spider-Man 3 Effects Pipeline

MAXON's CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D software played an important role in the making of SPIDER-MAN. Sony Pictures Imageworks utilized the MAXON products for 3D texturing and digital matte environments.

Software Headline News

Autodesk Offers New Maya Personal Learning Edition

A new version of Autodesk.Maya Personal Learning Edition (PLE) software is now available for download in English and Japanese at www.autodesk.com/maya-trial. Based on Maya Complete 8.5 software, this Maya PLE provides free access to Maya 3D animation, modeling and rendering software for non-commercial use by students, industry professionals and others interested in learning the application.

Headline News

REALVIZ Stitcher Unlimited 5.6 Now Available

REALVIZ announced the immediate availability of version 5.6 of its award-winning software, Stitcher Unlimited. Now firmly established as one of the most powerful and widely recognized image stitching applications on the market, Stitcher enables the creation of high-quality panoramas and 360° virtual tours. Version 5.6 introduces Mac Universal compatibility, as well as HDR capabilities. A Japanese-language version is also scheduled for release later this spring, in addition to the existing English and French versions of the software.

Software Headline News

Vue 6 Personal Learning Edition Available

e-on software announced the immediate availability of a free Personal Learning Edition (PLE) of its flagship products, Vue 6 Infinite and Vue 6 xStream. Vue 6 Infinite and xStream are the industry-leading solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments for movie, broadcast and architecture.

The Vue 6 PLE is a fully functional version of Vue 6 Infinite/xStream. With the PLE, users can:* Create complete projects * Save their work and export to other applications* Render stills and animations without size/length limit

Painting Headline News

modo 301 Marks 'All Systems Grow' Release

Luxology announced modo 301, a major upgrade to its 3D content creation software for Mac OSX and Windows. A milestone on the modo roadmap, modo 301 is an "all systems grow" release that includes comprehensive improvements to modeling, painting and rendering and the addition of two new core capabilities: sculpting and item animation. Luxology plans to ship modo 301 during summer 2007.

Production Headline News

Softimage Launches Alienbrain 8

Softimage has released Alienbrain 8 software starting at $495 and offering accelerated and scalable solutions that meet the needs of growing global collaborative networks. Alienbrain is an asset management system that enables CG artists to visually track, control versions, manage and share any kind of digital document: from 3D game assets and models to complex visualization files.

Tools Headline News

Caligari Releases trueSpace7.5

Caligari Corp. announced that trueSpace7.5 is now available. Version 7.5 features a number of significant enhancements, including brand new character posing and animation tools, as well as new modeling, rendering and collaborative tools, all brought together in a more simplified environment.

Mobile Headline News

NVIDIA Unveils New Visual Computing Architecture for Notebooks

NVIDIA Corp. has introduced a breakthrough NVIDIA Quadro professional GPU architecture for notebook computers that enables entirely new graphics and visual computing capabilities for mobile professionals. The new line of mobile graphics solutions includes NVIDIA Quadro FX 1600M, Quadro FX 570M and Quadro FX 360M.

Mainframe Headline News

Mainframe In U.K. Integrates Qube!

London-based Mainframe has integrated Qube!, the leading render farm management software from PipelineFX, to manage its render work and speed up projects.

Mainframe is a creative production studio specializing in motion graphics and animation for ads, promos and branded creative content. Mainframe's client list in the U.K. includes Nickelodeon, BBC, MTV, Five, VH1, Radio 1, Radio 2, CNBC, Channel 4, More 4, Discovery, Animal Planet and Sony SCEE.

Headline News

Antics V2.5 Offers Enhanced Previs Capabilities

Antics Technologies announced the official release of Version 2.5 of its realtime, animated 3D visualization software. This builds on the success of Antics V2, which launched last October and allows anyone (including producers, directors, production designers, cinematographers, art directors and screenwriters) to bring their ideas to life quickly and cost effectively in the form of animated 3D previs. Antics V2.5 makes it even easier to produce compelling pitches, develop creative ideas, plan production efficiently and communicate unambiguously.

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