Tag: Autodesk Maya
‘Room on the Broom’: A Perfect Halloween Treat!
The team behind the two Gruffalo specials delivers another family gem, the charming CG-animated special Room on the Broom.
They say it's pointless to argue...
Shotgun Pipeline Kit Released at Siggraph
Shotgun Software today released the Shotgun Pipeline Toolkit at the SIGGRAPH event in Anaheim, CA. The kit provides studios with a set of out-of-the-box...
SIGGRAPH News Bytes
+ Faceware Technologies, purveyor of markerless 3D facial motion-capture solutions, announced a new realtime product called Faceware Live which can capture a live actor's...
Side Effects Software Introduces Houdini Engine
Toronto’s Side Effects Software has unveiled its Houdini Engine, which allows for deep integration of Houdini technology into a wide variety of Digital Content Creation...
Illuminating Shorts
Our reporter zeroes in four toons that represent the rich diversity of talent spotlighted at the Annecy Festival this year.
Anyone looking for a panorama...
Faceware Technologies Releases Retargeter 4.0
Sherman Oaks, Calif-based Faceware Technologies has unveiled the new Retargeter 4.0, a major upgrade to its award-winning Faceware software. The new software’s key features,...
A Zany Return to Area 51
Director Cal Brunker stresses strong visuals and iconic imagery in the new, sci-fi comedy movie Escape from Planet Earth.
If luck happens when preparation meets...
Autodesk Announces Details of 3December Festival
Autodesk will kick off 3December, an annual celebration of 3D computer graphics and the artists who create them December 3rd-7th, 2012, with support from...
Animation Mentor to Offer Lighting Workshop
Online animation and vfx school Animation Mentor has announced the launch of its new workshop designed specifically for animators interested in using light from...
Di-O-Matic releases Voice-O-Matic v2 for Maya
Montreal-based animation software developer Di-O-Matic has released its new Voice-O-Matic v2 (Maya Edition). According to the company, once integrated with Autodesk Maya, Voice-O-Matic only...
The Bugs Are Back!
Director Shinji Aramaki and exec producer Casper Van Dien take us back to the world of Verhoeven’s classic with the new CG-animated movie Starship...
RevUp Render Introduces V-Ray 2.0
Cloud computing technology innovator RevUp Render has announced a new version of its cloud rendering service supporting V-Ray 2.0 rendering software from the Chaos...
Animation Block Party Spotlight: Part 3
Animation Block Party (www.animationblock.com) is the premier animation festival of the East Coast. In this interview series, the founder of ABP, Casey Safron will...
And the Winner is Snipple Animation!
We are thrilled to announce that the fantastic team at Snipple Animation has won our 25th Anniversary Issue ad contest. Their colorful ad generated the...
Kickstand Kickstarts Open-Source 3D Software Campaign
Kickstand, creators of the StretchMesh plug-in for Autodesk Maya software, has launched a campaign to evolve StretchMesh Surface Deformation software into Open Source technology. Kickstand hopes...
NewTek Releases LightWave 11
San Antonio-based 3D animation and video product creator NewTek released LightWave 11, the new version of its Emmy-winning 3D modeling, animation and rendering software....
Wild, Wild Life: Creating the VFX of ‘Zookeeper’
They say that love conquers all, and in the latest CG-laced live-action effort from Sony Imageworks, love conquers the very laws of the animal...
Animated People: Mike Disa, Director of ‘Hoodwinked Too!’
A native of Chicago, Mike Disa brings an extensive resume to the task of co-writing and directing Hoodwinked Too!: Hood vs. Evil.
Starting out in...
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