Gelato 2.1 Review: A Flavor for Everyone
Taylor Jessen chats with Bill Plympton about the making of and theatrical release of his genre-busting 1950s throwback feature, Hair High.
Category: Technology
Toon Boom Authorized Training Center Opens in South Africa
Toon Boom Animation Inc. has appointed Little Black Dot Studios (LBD) as the Toon Boom Authorized Training Center for the SADEC Region, headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa. Following an intensive training in Toon Boom premises and at Nelvana early 2007, Harry Ravelomanantsoa, founder/director/lead instructor at LBD, gained invaluable experience learning Toon Booms software solutions and working in a prestigious studio environment.
AJA Launches New Converters At NAB 2007
AJA Video announced two new converters -- the FS1 supporting virtually any video input or output in HD or SD and the GEN10, an SD/HD/AES sync generator for professional video post and broadcast environments.
MAXON Introduces New CINEMA 4D R10 Architecture Edition
MAXON Computer introduces the newest generation CINEMA 4D package for architectural visualizations. In addition to the seamless connectivity to Allplan, ArchiCAD and VectorWorks, the new Architecture Edition boasts such features as extensive object and material libraries and the new Virtual Walkthrough tool.
Intel Provides Details On New Products
Intel Corp. detailed more than 20 new products, technology innovations and industry initiatives -- many of them industry firsts -- aimed at making the World Wide Web, computers and consumer electronics devices much more responsive, friendlier and secure.
Next Limit Announces Maxwell Render 1.5
Next Limit Technologies announced the upcoming release of Maxwell Render 1.5. Next Limit Technologies announced the upcoming release of Maxwell Render 1.5. The release, scheduled for mid-May, will bring a great number of improvements, new features and enhancements for new and existing customers, including:
LightWave 9.2: The Rebirth of An Industry Favorite
Troublemaker Digital and The Orphanage tell Alain Bielik how they made Grindhouse rock with creative vfx for Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.
AJA Introduces Io HD for 10-Bit HD Editing
AJA Video announced Io HD, the next generation of AJA's popular Io series, delivering HD editing to the MacBook Pro and Mac Pro via its unique Firewire 800 (IEEE-1394b) interface. Io HD is the first device to natively support Apple's newly introduced ProRes 422 post-production format in hardware.
Major Upgrade to Final Cut Studio Introduces Color
At NAB in Las Vegas, Apple unveiled Final Cut Studio 2, a significant upgrade to the industry's leading video production suite that delivers new creative tools designed expressly for editors.
Adobe Ships Creative Suite 3
Adobe Systems Inc. announced the immediate availability of the highly-anticipated Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard editions and Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium and Standard editions. This release of brand-new, tightly integrated, design and development software unites the best of Adobe and former Macromedia product innovation to provide designers and developers worldwide with a broad spectrum of creative options.
Apple Introduces Final Cut Server
Apple today (April 15, 2007) introduced Final Cut Server, a new server application that works seamlessly with Final Cut Studio 2 to provide media asset management and workflow automation for post-production and broadcast professionals. A scalable server application that supports workgroups of any size, Final Cut Server includes a cross-platform client that enables content browsing, review and approval from within a studio or over the Internet. Final Cut Server automatically catalogs large collections of assets and enables searching across multiple volumes via an intuitive user interface.
fix8 Rolls Out AuditionsTV
fix8, which recently introduced User-Generated Reality, a new media category that all started with its free downloadable software combining video, animation and Instant Messaging, unveiled AuditionsTV, a platform for broadcasting high quality, realtime media to support interactive TV. Shanghai Media Group will offer interactive TV programming based on the fix8 platform for youth markets across Shanghai cable networks.
Toon Boom Releases Storyboard Pro
Toon Boom Animation Inc. has released Toon Boom Storyboard Pro, the only digital storyboarding software for films, documentaries, gaming, advertising and animation projects. Storyboard Pro is an entirely paperless system, enabling storyboard artists, directors and producers to save significant time and costs, as well as help preserve the Earth's natural resources.
In Technology, Technology | Headline News | Special Events: MIP-TV | Geographic Region: All, Asia, Europe
DAZ 3D Announces Free 3D Exporter for Adobe Photoshop CS3 Extended
DAZ 3D announced the release of a free U3D content exporter included as part of DAZ|Studio 1.5. Now Photoshop users of all experience levels can quickly combine 3D models into their existing Photoshop projects.
EIAS v6.6.1 UB Port Is Shipping
EI Technology Group (EITG), developer and publisher of innovative 3D software products, has released of version 6.6.1 of the Universal Binary version of the Electric Image Animation System (EIAS). The update is now available for immediate download on the EITG website. EIAS 6.6.1 takes advantage of the advancements in the new generation of Intel based Macintosh computers developed by Apple. This optimized update provides astonishing speed and performance improvements over previous EIAS versions on both PowerPC and Intel based Macintosh systems.
Digital Anarchy Previews New Cartooning Filter Set at NAB 2007
Digital Anarchy will showcase several products at the NAB 2007 from April 16-19, at the Las Vegas Convention Center (booth # SL3827-E in the Plug-in Pavilion). These highlights include the preview of a new cartooning filter suite and the unveiling of a speed-driven creative plug-in set.
Vicon Offers New F-Series MoCap Cameras with Higher Speed Sensors
Vicon announced the debut of its new MX-F40 and MX-F20 cameras. The new cameras include the world's first camera sensors designed specifically for motion capture. The new shuttered Vicon Vegas sensors enable performance data to be captured at higher speeds than ever before.
Avid Launches Worldwide Academic Partner Program
Avid Technology Inc. has launched of the Avid Academic Partner (AAP) program, a worldwide initiative designed to assist colleges and universities in preparing students for successful careers in the media industry. The AAP program delivers affordable, integrated Avid product offerings and courseware (including Softimage) as well as the ability to achieve Avid-Certified Campus status.
In Technology, Visual Effects, Technology, Visual Effects | Headline News | Geographic Region: All, Europe
'Poser 7 Revealed': Use the Basic Editing Tools
For our next excerpt from Kelly L. Murdock's Poser 7 Revealed, the section lays out the use of the program's basic editing tools.
Intel Delivers Its Fastest Enthusiast Quad-Core Processor
Intel Corp. advanced its enthusiast-level quad-core processor family with the introduction of the Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX6800, the company's 12th quad-core processor offering. Running at 2.93 GHz -- the fastest native clock speed yet reached with the Intel Core microarchitecture for the quad-core desktop -- this addition to Intel's innovative processor family sets new standards for desktop PC performance. The Intel Core 2 Extreme processor QX6800 is ideal for those gamers, digital design professionals and enthusiasts.
T-Splines Introduces Next-Gen Surface Modeling to Rhino
T-Splines Inc. announced the beta release of T-Splines for Rhino 4, giving designers the flexibility of subdivision surfaces with the precision of NURBS. The beta product is available as a free download for a limited time at the website.
e frontier Announces Poser 7 Exporter
e frontier will offer for download, a free exporter for Poser 7 that will allow Poser 3D content to be imported into the 3D layer of the new Photoshop CS3 Extended software.
e frontier also announced that they will offer complimentary 3D content that can be used with Photoshop CS3 Extended such as figures, props and packaging templates. This content has no additional software requirements and is ready to use with Photoshop CS3 Extended.
The Poser exporter and free content downloads are available at: www.e-frontier.com/go/CS3.
Autodesk VFX Systems Attract More Than 100 New Post Facilities
During the past six months, more than 100 additional post-production facilities around the globe have adopted Autodesk Inc.'s film and television solutions running on the Linux operating system. The Autodesk Linux-based systems provide digital artists and editors with increased speed and interactivity.
HP Puts on Its Game Face
HP outlined its strategy at a press conference to capitalize on the rapid growth in online, mobile and PC gaming and demonstrated some of the company's advanced technologies applicable for the gaming industry.
Intelligent Gadgets & Tiger Technology Partner on Remote VFX Review
Intelligent Gadgets and Tiger Technology have joined forces to provide the visual effects design community with an innovative, efficient solution for collaborating remotely on effects-laden video projects. Leveraging Tiger Technology's stoneGate virtual file management system for visual effects artists with syncVUE, a Skype-based collaborative video review and approval tool, this joint initiative enables Autodesk Inferno, Flame, Flint, Fire and Smoke artists to collaborate remotely and in realtime on synched media files stored on Autodesk Stone systems.
