Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Spiral Graphics Inc. has released a royalty-free collection of 127 high quality seamless floor and wall textures. As well as standard JPEG previews, the collection is available in the specialized Genetica procedural texture format, which includes embedded effect maps for use with bump and specular channels, among others. [more]
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Luxology, LLC today announced the immediate availability of modo 201, its innovative 3D modeling, painting and rendering software built on the ultra clean modo code base. modo 201 combines significant modeling advancements with cutting-edge 3D painting and rendering technologies in a modern workflow customized to enhance productivity for 3D artists working in game development, film visual effects, video production, graphic arts and design visualization. modo 201 is available for immediate download from Luxology at modo3d.com or can be purchased from selected resellers.
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Tuesday, May 23, 2006
The Vatican wouldn't allow filming inside of of Paris' most ancient chruches. A nice article on how Shepperton Studios created a virtual church for the film "The Da Vinci Code".
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BOXX® Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance workstations and render nodes for visual effects (VFX) professionals, today announced the new 3DBOXX™ 8300 Performance Series Workstation. The 3DBOXX 8300 is a high-performance personal workstation which leverages the power of the new Dual-Core Intel® Xeon® 5100 Series processors running in conjunction with the new Intel 5000X chipset. [more]
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Friday, May 19, 2006
NaturalMotion Ltd., the developers of breakthrough 3D animation technology based on Dynamic Motion Synthesis (DMS), today announced that its award-winning endorphin software was used by Giant Killer Robots to create several character animation sequences for "Poseidon," a Warner Bros. [more]
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Wednesday, May 10, 2006
BOXX® Technologies Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance workstations and render nodes, today announced that Lee Roderick, freelance compositor, completed the majority of visual effects elements produced for “HOOT” using the 3DBOXX 7300 (now 7400) Series Workstation. The system’s superior speed, performance and optimization when running Autodesk®’s Combustion® were key components that enabled Roderick and his team to produce more than 130 shots within the film’s deadline and budget. [more]
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