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MAXON Announces Immediate Availability of Release 12 of CINEMA 4D

New Version Extends Dynamics, Rendering, Scripting, Character Animation Capabilities and Company Introduces New Streamlined Product Offerings. Friedrichsdorf, Germany, September 1, 2010 - MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D software, today annou...

	MAXON Announces Immediate Availability of Release 12 of CINEMA 4D - 09/01/10 New Version Extends Dynamics, Rendering, Scripting, Character Animation Capabilities and Company Introduces New Streamlined Product Offerings. Friedrichsdorf, Germany, September 1, 2010 - MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D software, today announced the immediate availability of CINEMA 4D Release 12, the next generation of its highly-acclaimed professional 3D software application. The comprehensive CINEMA 4D Release 12 builds on more than two decades of 3D graphics development excellence and boasts dozens of new productivity enhancing features including improved rendering, enhanced dynamics, new deformers and superior character animation capabilities ... Read Full Story
	Royale Celebrates 3rd Anniversary - 08/24/10 Studio Stays On Top with Global Multimedia Work & Thriving Client Partnerships Motion design & production studio Royale is excited to celebrate its third anniversary this summer. Founded in Los Angeles in 2007 by Partners Brien Holman, Jayson Whitmore, and Jen Lucero, Royale has created world-class, original content for commercials, music videos, multimedia, and broadcast design, as well as graphics packages for live environments. The studio’s ongoing success is bolstered by its ability to listen and collaborate wholeheartedly, to bring a healthy dose of inspiration and humor, and to integrate artistry, design and production into its projects. To view Royale&rsquo... Read Full Story
	BIGSMACK Boosts Science Channel’s New Show 'Large Dangerous Rocket Ships' - 08/10/10 Nothing says ‘guy-fun’ like rocket science and the possibility of things blowing up. Those two elements are conveniently combined in Science Channel’s new show 'Large, Dangerous Rocket Ships.' Ahead of its July 5 premiere, BIGSMACK, the live action/design studio led by Creative Director Andy Hann, created promo spots (:30 and :60), and a comprehensive toolkit for Science Channel producers for use in future teasers, bumpers, promos and more.Part reality show, part competition, Large, Dangerous Rocket Ships centers on rocket enthusiasts from around the country who gather every year in Lucerne Valley, CA for the ultimate event in competitive rocketry. Contestants launch hom... Read Full Story
	The Core Unleashes Lego World Cup Fury - 08/02/10 The Core has created an original spec spot for Lego, which inspired by the high-octane energy of the World Cup. The studio recently won a Telly Award for its large-scale, outdoor branding work for Yahoo!, which appeared on the Walgreens building in New York’s Times Square. http://www.thecore.la/legoworldcup/ Lego was a project to show off The Core’s full range of capabilities as a creative production studio. Impressive modeling, well-executed animation and gorgeous renders set to an over-the-top audio score are perfectly in tune with the fun and excitement that was experienced during the World Cup. “We want our clients and potential clients to experience quality 3D c... Read Full Story
	SWAY Studio Creates Interactive, Online Films for Team Detroit & 2011 Ford Edge - 07/27/10 In anticipation of the launch of the 2011 Ford EDGE this fall, the agency creatives at Team Detroit called on the talent and proprietary Drive-A-Tron technology at SWAY for a series of computer-generated short films for the Ford Edge web site www.fordvehicles.com/edge.As with the launch of the all-new Ford Taurus in fall 2009, the SWAY team was brought into the creative process early. The creatives at Team Detroit called on SWAY during the conceptual phase to create storyboards and preview possible location concepts. SWAY worked closely with Team Detroit to design all of the environments and directed all the elegant, single camera moves. They also created the CG animations and... Read Full Story
	New off the shelf Bidirection Constraint - 07/26/10 Hello everybody, We have developed a bi-directional constraint for Maya and we will be at Siggraph to demo it, collect feedback and connect with people that may be interested in beta-testing it. Follow this link for a list of features and a few introductory videos. www.exotools.net Read Full Story
	5D Presents "Algorithmic Anthologies" Panel At FITC San Francisco - 07/23/10 5D \| The Future of Immersive Design, a global community of creative thinkers, presents the “Algorithmic Anthologies” panel at FITC San Francisco, a design & technology conference, on August 18th. Curated by Tali Krakowsky, Founder of Apologue, the panel will examine the impact of infinite digital data and processing power on narrative and design thinking, and the possibilities that lie ahead of us. “Algorithmic Anthologies”: In the 20th Century, libraries and ink were the primary expression of the imagination in the form of storytelling. Today ink has been replaced by the kinetic abilities of the digital, the sentence has been replaced with the algorithm, and... Read Full Story
	Production Leaders Partner for JWT Shanghai's Fantasy Westward Journey Campaign - 07/15/10 NEW YORK and SHANGHAI - (August 4, 2010) - World-class animation studio Nathan Love (www.NathanLove.com) is very proud to detail its collaborations with director Willis Wong, Lunar Films and Hopr in producing two broadcast/web spots for J. Walter Thompson Shanghai and their clients at NetEase. The innovative spots starring celebrity Jay Chou and promoting Fantasy Westward Journey, one of China's most popular online games, recently debuted in high-profile broadcast and cable outlets across China. The first spot brings Fantasy Westward Journey to life in the real-world, featuring Chou, sitting on the steps of the Shanghai Everbright Convention and Exhibition Center, playing... Read Full Story
	Artistic Image Scores A TELLY For TNT/LA Movie Club Package - 07/13/10 Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000149 EndHTML:0000007159 StartFragment:0000000199 EndFragment:0000007125 StartSelection:0000000199 EndSelection:0000007125 Atlanta: Artistic Image co-founder Ken Soons recently directed and edited two shoots containing packaging of more than 250 promos, bumps, opens and How-Did-They-Do-That segments for TNT Latin America’s new wrap around show, TNT Movie Club. The campaign, which was created for South America, recently garners a Bronze Award for ‘Entertainment’ at the 2010 Telly’s. "Each shoot contains an enormous amount of material, with packaging for 12 movies with 15 to 20 promos, bumps and informational features for each fil... Read Full Story
	The Field Signs Editor Barrett Heathcote - 07/13/10 Editing and graphic design company The Field (http://www.thefieldtv.com) is excited to announce that it has signed editor Barrett Heathcote for exclusive US representation. The signing marks the London-based editor’s official foray into the US market. “Barrett is an incredibly talented editor, who is also a powerful and accomplished sound designer,” says The Field founder/Executive Producer Michael Porte. “He represents the next gen editor with his vast knowledge of post, effects and audio, and experience in both advertising and indie film. He’s also an exceptionally positive and collaborative individual.”“I met with Michael at The Field’s n... Read Full Story
	Cinema4D: Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" Interactive Online Experience - 07/08/10 Using C4D, 3D Artist Brian Stark Turns Stephen King’s “The Dark Tower” Into an Interactive Online ExperienceBy Meleah MaynardGiven the western-themed look most commonly associated with Stephen King’s epic “The Dark Tower” series, 3D artist and interactive producer Brian Stark knew he was taking a chance when he suggested “blowing the dust off the brand and making it more reflective of the post-apocalyptic world” King’s characters inhabit. But Stark, a longtime fan of the author’s work and founder of New Jersey-based Metro DMA, was confident that this was the right way to go. He should know. In 2004 Stark worked with King on the c... Read Full Story
	TracyLocke's Green Label Art Campaign Unites P-Rod, Pendleton & Shilo - 06/30/10 NEW YORK and LA JOLLA, CA.-(June 30, 2010)-The filmmakers from U.S. creative production company Shilo (www.shilo.tv) are very proud to announce their role in producing an engaging new broadcast/web spot for Mountain Dew's new Green Label Art Shop Series campaign. This project was directed by Shilo's Evan Dennis, who worked in close collaboration with creative director David Hohman, art director Campbell Hooper and their colleagues from integrated marketing agency TracyLocke to create compelling content authentically supporting Mountain Dew's innovative campaign and the all-star talents assembled. The :30 broadcast/web spot promotes Mountain Dew's new signature product design ... Read Full Story

	The Core Unleashes Lego World Cup Fury - 08/02/10 The Core has created an original spec spot for Lego, which inspired by the high-octane energy of the World Cup. The studio recently won a Telly Award for its large-scale, outdoor branding work for Yahoo!, which appeared on the Walgreens building in New York’s Times Square. http://www.thecore.la/legoworldcup/ Lego was a project to show off The Core’s full range of capabilities as a creative production studio. Impressive modeling, well-executed animation and gorgeous renders set to an over-the-top audio score are perfectly in tune with the fun and excitement that was experienced during the World Cup. “We want our clients and potential clients to experience quality 3D c... Read Full Story
	New off the shelf Bidirection Constraint - 07/26/10 Hello everybody, We have developed a bi-directional constraint for Maya and we will be at Siggraph to demo it, collect feedback and connect with people that may be interested in beta-testing it. Follow this link for a list of features and a few introductory videos. www.exotools.net Read Full Story
	Houdini 11 Sneak Peek - 06/04/10 Kim Davidson introduces Houdini 11 with some exciting new demo videos showing key features. From dynamic fracturing to FLIP fluids to hardware rendering to shading and lighting improvements, there is a little bit for everyone.At the end of the article is a link to our SIGGRAPH launch event in Los Angeles. Be sure to register if you are interested in joining us as we celebrate the new version with the community.Check it out here:bit.ly/9uo0p6 Read Full Story
	Okino ships its 14th Yearly Release of PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max & Maya - 04/28/10 Toronto, Ontario – April 27th 2010 -- Okino Computer Graphics, a leading provider and pioneer of data translation solutions to the DCC/Animation and professional production markets, announced today that its long standing 3D DCC/Animation/Skinning and CAD/MCAD/Architectural conversion software PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max (for 3ds Max 2011 & 3ds Max Design 2011), and PolyTrans-for-Maya (for Maya 2011), are now fully qualified and shipping to customers. PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max and PolyTrans-for-Maya have provided the defacto conversion systems for 3ds Max and Maya, since their original software releases, that allows these programs to freely exchange 3D scene data with all key 3D software p... Read Full Story
	Custom Film Effects Helps Transport “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” From Page to Screen - 03/23/10 Animators Combine Traditional and CG Techniques to Give Movement to Iconic Drawings Custom Film Effects, a long-time provider of visual effects services for feature films, handled all of the visual effects and animation work for "Diary of a Wimpy Kid," a mostly live-action adaptation of the first book in Jeff Kinney's illustrated kids' novel series. 20th Century Fox released the film, which opened March 19th. Image Courtesy of Custom Film Effects and 20th Century Fox To create the movie's 200 visual effects and animation shots, CFE Visual Effects Supervisor Mark Dornfeld (also the company's founder) supervised on set in Vancouver, and brought the film's Animation Supervisor, Mike Mu... Read Full Story
	Stonetrip’s 3-D game engine will bring high-quality games to Android phones - 03/18/10 French company Stonetrip has announced today that it has created tools that will enable developers to create cool 3-D games and apps on Google Android phones. The ShiVa 3D engine for Android will be released in a couple of weeks. The engine is a software platform that lets 3-D games run on Android phones. It will compete with the Unity Technologies, whose Unity 3D game engine is used to make a lot of games that run on the iPhone, the web and other paltforms. Sophia-Antipolis, France-based Stonetrip licensed its technology to developer DVide, which ported the game Crusade of Destiny to the Android platform using its engine. The process took less than an hour. The company is work... Read Full Story
	Last Chance the movie is released - 03/04/10 Last Chance - the movie is now online. The film is a collaboration between composer Andrew McCluskey and artist SAmi Nikki. Last Chance is a timeless piece about the importance of hope in our current environment. Through a tale of evolving consciousness it shows the viewer a simple beacon of happier times. The story is told through a series of paintings computer animation that is softer than other contemporary styles. Instead of aiming for a more realistic look, a subtler but more vivid style has been chosen. The movie can be viewed at: Vimeo & Youtube The project features a production blog at : http://projectlastchance.com/ Read Full Story
	The Apple iPad release date is set to April 2010 - 01/27/10 Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, finally unveiled the Apple iPad during an event today. The name of the new tablet was revealed only a few days ago, and aims to separate itself from tablet computers such as Microsoft's new Slate PC category. Leaks have prepared us all for an "iPhone on steroids" and we recently estimated the release date to be April 2010. The "iPhone on steroids" has turned out to be a good description of the new Apple iPad, and the release date will indeed be April 2010. According to Steve Jobs, the reason for its existence is to beat both smartphones and laptops when it comes to the categories in bold throughout this story. Of course, with such a mission the... Read Full Story
	FUEL TV Commissions Royale For Adam Haynes Signature Series ID #24 - 01/13/10 Los Angeles, CA – (January 13, 2010) -- FUEL TV commissioned motion design and production studio Royale to collaborate with commercial and fine artist Adam Haynes to create the latest station ID for the network’s popular Signature Series. Royale&Haynes delivered ID #24 of the ongoing series, which is slated to culminate into one hundred unique installments. Created as a way for athletes&artists to inspire the action sports culture, FUEL TV’s Signature Series was itself inspired by the concept of signature series deck designs popular in skateboard culture. For ID #24, FUEL TV tasked Royale to animate illustrations by the Oregon-based artist Haynes, who is also renowned in the acti... Read Full Story
	Autodesk NAB 2010 Best of the Best Show Reel - 12/18/09 Call for Submissions In anticipation of NAB 2010, Autodesk has issued a call for submissions for the Autodesk 2010 Best of the Best Show Reel. The reel will be unveiled on the exhibition floor at NAB 2010 in Las Vegas, NV and will also be posted to both the Autodesk website and YouTube Channel. If you’re seeking exposure for your latest project work, don’t miss out on this opportunity to broadcast your talent, and fill out a submission form today! Any film, commercial, broadcast, music video and episodic projects created with qualifying Autodesk software are eligible for entry. For additional details about the submission process and to view... Read Full Story
	Pixelux releases DMM plug-in for Autodesk Maya 2010 (physics simulation) - 12/08/09 Pixelux Entertainment is pleased to announce it's new DMM plug-in release for Autodesk Maya 2010 with an important new feature: « autocage ». This tool automatically builds a cage around any 3D mesh which can then be used with the DMM simulator. No more manual process required, the ability to use any complex 3D mesh, the possibility to change the resolution in one click: physics simulation has never been this easy! Try it out now for free at http://www.pixelux.ch. (30 days trial period). To allow everyone to try this important new feature, we have reset the trial period. Existing users can download this version for an extra free 30 days. About Pixelux Entertainment: The... Read Full Story
	Autodesk Tools Help Destroy the Universe in Roland Emmerich’s Movie “2012” - 12/03/09 Hundreds of Visual Effects Artists Use Autodesk Software to Help Create Disaster Movie of Spectacular Proportions Roland Emmerich films are synonymous with superlative visual effects - "The Day After Tomorrow," "Independence Day" and now "2012." Hundreds of artists created close to 1,500 visual effects shots using digital entertainment creation software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to help create the majority of spectacular effects in "2012." ©2009, Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, 2012, image courtesy of Uncharted TerritoryThe Maya civilization left humanity its calendar, with an end date of 2012. This date is significant to many cultures... Read Full Story

	Okino ships its 14th Yearly Release of PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max & Maya - 04/28/10 Toronto, Ontario – April 27th 2010 -- Okino Computer Graphics, a leading provider and pioneer of data translation solutions to the DCC/Animation and professional production markets, announced today that its long standing 3D DCC/Animation/Skinning and CAD/MCAD/Architectural conversion software PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max (for 3ds Max 2011 & 3ds Max Design 2011), and PolyTrans-for-Maya (for Maya 2011), are now fully qualified and shipping to customers. PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max and PolyTrans-for-Maya have provided the defacto conversion systems for 3ds Max and Maya, since their original software releases, that allows these programs to freely exchange 3D scene data with all key 3D software p... Read Full Story
	Stonetrip’s 3-D game engine will bring high-quality games to Android phones - 03/18/10 French company Stonetrip has announced today that it has created tools that will enable developers to create cool 3-D games and apps on Google Android phones. The ShiVa 3D engine for Android will be released in a couple of weeks. The engine is a software platform that lets 3-D games run on Android phones. It will compete with the Unity Technologies, whose Unity 3D game engine is used to make a lot of games that run on the iPhone, the web and other paltforms. Sophia-Antipolis, France-based Stonetrip licensed its technology to developer DVide, which ported the game Crusade of Destiny to the Android platform using its engine. The process took less than an hour. The company is work... Read Full Story
	The Apple iPad release date is set to April 2010 - 01/27/10 Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, finally unveiled the Apple iPad during an event today. The name of the new tablet was revealed only a few days ago, and aims to separate itself from tablet computers such as Microsoft's new Slate PC category. Leaks have prepared us all for an "iPhone on steroids" and we recently estimated the release date to be April 2010. The "iPhone on steroids" has turned out to be a good description of the new Apple iPad, and the release date will indeed be April 2010. According to Steve Jobs, the reason for its existence is to beat both smartphones and laptops when it comes to the categories in bold throughout this story. Of course, with such a mission the... Read Full Story
	FUEL TV Commissions Royale For Adam Haynes Signature Series ID #24 - 01/13/10 Los Angeles, CA – (January 13, 2010) -- FUEL TV commissioned motion design and production studio Royale to collaborate with commercial and fine artist Adam Haynes to create the latest station ID for the network’s popular Signature Series. Royale&Haynes delivered ID #24 of the ongoing series, which is slated to culminate into one hundred unique installments. Created as a way for athletes&artists to inspire the action sports culture, FUEL TV’s Signature Series was itself inspired by the concept of signature series deck designs popular in skateboard culture. For ID #24, FUEL TV tasked Royale to animate illustrations by the Oregon-based artist Haynes, who is also renowned in the acti... Read Full Story
	Royale & RC Design Federation Create Space Oddity with David Bowie Installation - 12/03/09 Design Collaboration for "Rock ‘n’ Platinum Showcase" Intersects Motion&Spatial DesignLos Angeles, CA – (December 3, 2009) – Motion design&production house Royale and Designer Rogerio Carvalheiro, Principal of RC Design Federation, recently joined forces to create a David Bowie-inspired multi-media installation for “Rock ‘n’ Platinum: A Designer Showcase That Interprets Music Through Design.” The showcase was commissioned to introduce Lofts @ Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles -- the latest mixed-use development by eco-real-estate developers REthink. The development and its event pay tribute to the loft’s historic namesake and grounds where countless music icons including David Bowie, Fr... Read Full Story
	Mrs.K Delivers Passion & Beauty In Global Football Campaign for Al Jazeera Sport - 10/20/09 Arvada, CO&Minneapolis, MN - (October 20, 2009) - Football's ability to inspire and unite is a reoccurring theme in a new campaign created by Mrs. K for Al Jazeera Sport. The visually striking project fuses film and motion design, to speak to the passion of the global community of European professional football fans. Following a worldwide search, Al Jazeera selected Colorado-based Mrs. K for an extensive campaign to brand and promote the network's new broadcast of the UEFA Champions League (the playoffs and Superbowl of European soccer). The campaign includes three promos and seven show packages airing throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The team - lead by Senior Creative Direc... Read Full Story
	Team Detroit/Wunderman Turns to Speedshape for 2010 Ford Mustang Customizer - 10/12/09 Detroit, MI&Venice, CA – (October 12, 2009) – At the helm of creating a “community” customizer for the 2010 Ford Mustang, Team Detroit/Wunderman turned to 3D integrated digital production studio Speedshape to generate the interactive site’s digital assets. With an array of pristine 3D renderings generated by Speedshape, the community customizer engages potential customers by inviting them to customize the all-new Mustang to their liking. The luminous experience was integral to engaging browsers and Mustang enthusiast alike, as the community customizer yielded record user-engagement on the Yahoo! Homepage and Ford websites, respectively, as well as social media platforms such as Twitter an... Read Full Story
	Royale Helms Exotic Music Video for Apl.de.Ap’s “Take Me to the Philippines” - 10/12/09 Unique Music Video Aims to Promote Tourism in the Philippines MTV Asia tapped Los Angeles-based motion design&production studio Royale to create the music video for “Take Me to the Philippines,” the latest effort by hip-hop artist Apl.de.Ap of The Black Eyed Peas. Created in conjunction with the Philippine Department of Tourism, the video visually underscores Apl’s lyric homage to his homeland -- a salient inspiration of the internationally acclaimed artist’s repertoire – and serves as a unique medium as part of a greater campaign to promote tourism in the Philippines. Royale Creative Directors/Partners Brien Holman and Jayson Whitmore helmed the video, with a dynamic mix of live-act... Read Full Story
	motion504 Invents ‘Kinetic Type’ for AICP Minnesota Show Reception Sponsor Reel - 10/01/09 Minneapolis, MN -- (October 1, 2009) -- Minneapolis broadcast design&animation studio motion504 recently completed the reception sponsor reel for the Minneapolis screening of the AICP Show: The Art&Technique of the American Commercial, which takes place tonight at the Guthrie Theater. The inventive title sequence created by motion504 introduces each reception sponsor through a cinematic narrative that imagines the craft of “moving type” via mechanical gadgets that look as if they were built a century ago. Led by Creative Directors Scott Wenner and Amy Schmitt, motion504 helmed the entire project, start to finish: concepting and storyboarding; direction of the live-action shoot; 2D&... Read Full Story
	Letter from Will McCullough : CreativeCrash.com Launches - 08/25/09 Hello All, We are in the process of making a major switch to our sites. Highend3d.com and Fxshare are going to merge and become www.creativecrash.com . CreativeCrash is an entirely new platform that has many new focus areas. While Highend3d/Fxshare were mostly known as download sites in the past, and the new platform extends the download capabilities greatly; each file now has forums, feature requests, bugs, image viewer, tags, and more. However, when you log into CreativeCrash you will be at your dashboard. Your dashboard is now a focal point of the site, which combines social and business networking into one location. Much like facebo... Read Full Story
	Digital-Tutors Launches Education with New Online Learning Library and Full-featured Educational Platform - 08/10/09 Digital-Tutors Redefines Education with New Online Learning Library and Full-featured Educational Platform Combining award-winning training with an easy-to-navigate interactive system, Digital-Tutors unveils anytime, anywhere access to over 7,000 lessons and 50 new courses for emerging digital artists around the world. Oklahoma City, OK August 4, 2009 Digital-Tutors, a leader and innovator in video-based training for students, professionals, educators, and hobbyists in the computer graphics industry, today launched a new online learning library of over 7,000 in-depth training lessons and 50 all-new courses for Maya, Houdini, 3ds Max, Mudbox, Softimage,... Read Full Story
	NTROPIC GETS ITS SMOKEY ON WITH NEW "BONFIRE" PSA - 07/21/09 Los Angeles & San Francisco -- (July 20th, 2009) --Summer is camping season and a high-risk time for wildfires, nine out of 10 of which are caused by human carelessness. With wildfire prevention in mind, DraftFCB tapped Director Jason Zada of Tool of North America and visual effects company Ntropic to create a new PSA called "Bonfire" on behalf of the Ad Council, the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters.For "Bonfire," Ntropic was presented with the challenge of redesigning Smokey Bear to add greater CG realism to the classic icon of wildfire prevention in an intensive 4-week production cycle. Ntropic's animation acumen produced a full... Read Full Story

	Stonetrip’s 3-D game engine will bring high-quality games to Android phones - 03/18/10 French company Stonetrip has announced today that it has created tools that will enable developers to create cool 3-D games and apps on Google Android phones. The ShiVa 3D engine for Android will be released in a couple of weeks. The engine is a software platform that lets 3-D games run on Android phones. It will compete with the Unity Technologies, whose Unity 3D game engine is used to make a lot of games that run on the iPhone, the web and other paltforms. Sophia-Antipolis, France-based Stonetrip licensed its technology to developer DVide, which ported the game Crusade of Destiny to the Android platform using its engine. The process took less than an hour. The company is work... Read Full Story
	FUEL TV Commissions Royale For Adam Haynes Signature Series ID #24 - 01/13/10 Los Angeles, CA – (January 13, 2010) -- FUEL TV commissioned motion design and production studio Royale to collaborate with commercial and fine artist Adam Haynes to create the latest station ID for the network’s popular Signature Series. Royale&Haynes delivered ID #24 of the ongoing series, which is slated to culminate into one hundred unique installments. Created as a way for athletes&artists to inspire the action sports culture, FUEL TV’s Signature Series was itself inspired by the concept of signature series deck designs popular in skateboard culture. For ID #24, FUEL TV tasked Royale to animate illustrations by the Oregon-based artist Haynes, who is also renowned in the acti... Read Full Story
	Royale & RC Design Federation Create Space Oddity with David Bowie Installation - 12/03/09 Design Collaboration for "Rock ‘n’ Platinum Showcase" Intersects Motion&Spatial DesignLos Angeles, CA – (December 3, 2009) – Motion design&production house Royale and Designer Rogerio Carvalheiro, Principal of RC Design Federation, recently joined forces to create a David Bowie-inspired multi-media installation for “Rock ‘n’ Platinum: A Designer Showcase That Interprets Music Through Design.” The showcase was commissioned to introduce Lofts @ Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles -- the latest mixed-use development by eco-real-estate developers REthink. The development and its event pay tribute to the loft’s historic namesake and grounds where countless music icons including David Bowie, Fr... Read Full Story
	Mrs.K Delivers Passion & Beauty In Global Football Campaign for Al Jazeera Sport - 10/20/09 Arvada, CO&Minneapolis, MN - (October 20, 2009) - Football's ability to inspire and unite is a reoccurring theme in a new campaign created by Mrs. K for Al Jazeera Sport. The visually striking project fuses film and motion design, to speak to the passion of the global community of European professional football fans. Following a worldwide search, Al Jazeera selected Colorado-based Mrs. K for an extensive campaign to brand and promote the network's new broadcast of the UEFA Champions League (the playoffs and Superbowl of European soccer). The campaign includes three promos and seven show packages airing throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The team - lead by Senior Creative Direc... Read Full Story
	Team Detroit/Wunderman Turns to Speedshape for 2010 Ford Mustang Customizer - 10/12/09 Detroit, MI&Venice, CA – (October 12, 2009) – At the helm of creating a “community” customizer for the 2010 Ford Mustang, Team Detroit/Wunderman turned to 3D integrated digital production studio Speedshape to generate the interactive site’s digital assets. With an array of pristine 3D renderings generated by Speedshape, the community customizer engages potential customers by inviting them to customize the all-new Mustang to their liking. The luminous experience was integral to engaging browsers and Mustang enthusiast alike, as the community customizer yielded record user-engagement on the Yahoo! Homepage and Ford websites, respectively, as well as social media platforms such as Twitter an... Read Full Story
	Royale Helms Exotic Music Video for Apl.de.Ap’s “Take Me to the Philippines” - 10/12/09 Unique Music Video Aims to Promote Tourism in the Philippines MTV Asia tapped Los Angeles-based motion design&production studio Royale to create the music video for “Take Me to the Philippines,” the latest effort by hip-hop artist Apl.de.Ap of The Black Eyed Peas. Created in conjunction with the Philippine Department of Tourism, the video visually underscores Apl’s lyric homage to his homeland -- a salient inspiration of the internationally acclaimed artist’s repertoire – and serves as a unique medium as part of a greater campaign to promote tourism in the Philippines. Royale Creative Directors/Partners Brien Holman and Jayson Whitmore helmed the video, with a dynamic mix of live-act... Read Full Story
	motion504 Invents ‘Kinetic Type’ for AICP Minnesota Show Reception Sponsor Reel - 10/01/09 Minneapolis, MN -- (October 1, 2009) -- Minneapolis broadcast design&animation studio motion504 recently completed the reception sponsor reel for the Minneapolis screening of the AICP Show: The Art&Technique of the American Commercial, which takes place tonight at the Guthrie Theater. The inventive title sequence created by motion504 introduces each reception sponsor through a cinematic narrative that imagines the craft of “moving type” via mechanical gadgets that look as if they were built a century ago. Led by Creative Directors Scott Wenner and Amy Schmitt, motion504 helmed the entire project, start to finish: concepting and storyboarding; direction of the live-action shoot; 2D&... Read Full Story
	Letter from Will McCullough : CreativeCrash.com Launches - 08/25/09 Hello All, We are in the process of making a major switch to our sites. Highend3d.com and Fxshare are going to merge and become www.creativecrash.com . CreativeCrash is an entirely new platform that has many new focus areas. While Highend3d/Fxshare were mostly known as download sites in the past, and the new platform extends the download capabilities greatly; each file now has forums, feature requests, bugs, image viewer, tags, and more. However, when you log into CreativeCrash you will be at your dashboard. Your dashboard is now a focal point of the site, which combines social and business networking into one location. Much like facebo... Read Full Story
	Last Chance - animated short Trailer - 08/20/09 Last Chance, the trailer is now online. The film is a collaboration between composer Andrew McCluskey and artist SAmi Nikki. Last Chance is a timeless piece about the importance of hope in our current environment. Through a tale of evolving consciousness it shows the viewer a simple beacon of happier times. The story is told through a series of paintings computer animation that is softer than other contemporary styles. Instead of aiming for a more realistic look, a subtler but more vivid style has been chosen. You can follow the project at http://projectlastchance.com The HD trailer can be viewed at: http://www.vimeo.com/6135828Enjoy! Read Full Story
	Pixar Announces unlimited threading, RenderMan - 08/04/09 Pixar Announces unlimited threading,RenderMan Pro Server 15.0 and Tractor1.0Highlights include unlimited threading for all RenderMan ProductsEMERYVILLE, CA (July 30th, 2009) Pixar Animation Studios made three major product announcements to users of the studios Academy Award winning RenderMan software and to every artist and studio creating cinematic quality imagery. The first announcement is unlimited threading across all RenderMan Products, the second is the upcoming release of RenderMan Pro Server 15.0, and the third is Tractor 1.0, Pixars new render management solution engineered for computing networks of unprecedented scale.Unlimited threading will enable studios and artists to ... Read Full Story
	NTROPIC GETS ITS SMOKEY ON WITH NEW "BONFIRE" PSA - 07/21/09 Los Angeles & San Francisco -- (July 20th, 2009) --Summer is camping season and a high-risk time for wildfires, nine out of 10 of which are caused by human carelessness. With wildfire prevention in mind, DraftFCB tapped Director Jason Zada of Tool of North America and visual effects company Ntropic to create a new PSA called "Bonfire" on behalf of the Ad Council, the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters.For "Bonfire," Ntropic was presented with the challenge of redesigning Smokey Bear to add greater CG realism to the classic icon of wildfire prevention in an intensive 4-week production cycle. Ntropic's animation acumen produced a full... Read Full Story
	Award-Winning Director Marc Forster Teams With Cut + Run Editor James Nelson On New Swiss Air Film - 07/02/09 Flying – or modern day travel via air – evokes a variety of images but certainly rarely as beautiful or sublime as what unfolds in the new Swiss Air film directed by Marc Forster (“Quantum of Solace,” “Finding Neverland,” “Monster’s Ball”). To help orchestrate and unite the myriad of elements involved, Forster turned to Cut + Run Editor Jay Nelson who worked hand-in-hand with the director and the effects production company MK12 on the project. Nelson, who has significant experience working with voice over, was charged with cutting the project and recording Marc’s voice over for the script penned by the director. “We ... Read Full Story

	Stonetrip’s 3-D game engine will bring high-quality games to Android phones - 03/18/10 French company Stonetrip has announced today that it has created tools that will enable developers to create cool 3-D games and apps on Google Android phones. The ShiVa 3D engine for Android will be released in a couple of weeks. The engine is a software platform that lets 3-D games run on Android phones. It will compete with the Unity Technologies, whose Unity 3D game engine is used to make a lot of games that run on the iPhone, the web and other paltforms. Sophia-Antipolis, France-based Stonetrip licensed its technology to developer DVide, which ported the game Crusade of Destiny to the Android platform using its engine. The process took less than an hour. The company is work... Read Full Story
	The Apple iPad release date is set to April 2010 - 01/27/10 Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, finally unveiled the Apple iPad during an event today. The name of the new tablet was revealed only a few days ago, and aims to separate itself from tablet computers such as Microsoft's new Slate PC category. Leaks have prepared us all for an "iPhone on steroids" and we recently estimated the release date to be April 2010. The "iPhone on steroids" has turned out to be a good description of the new Apple iPad, and the release date will indeed be April 2010. According to Steve Jobs, the reason for its existence is to beat both smartphones and laptops when it comes to the categories in bold throughout this story. Of course, with such a mission the... Read Full Story
	FUEL TV Commissions Royale For Adam Haynes Signature Series ID #24 - 01/13/10 Los Angeles, CA – (January 13, 2010) -- FUEL TV commissioned motion design and production studio Royale to collaborate with commercial and fine artist Adam Haynes to create the latest station ID for the network’s popular Signature Series. Royale&Haynes delivered ID #24 of the ongoing series, which is slated to culminate into one hundred unique installments. Created as a way for athletes&artists to inspire the action sports culture, FUEL TV’s Signature Series was itself inspired by the concept of signature series deck designs popular in skateboard culture. For ID #24, FUEL TV tasked Royale to animate illustrations by the Oregon-based artist Haynes, who is also renowned in the acti... Read Full Story
	Royale & RC Design Federation Create Space Oddity with David Bowie Installation - 12/03/09 Design Collaboration for "Rock ‘n’ Platinum Showcase" Intersects Motion&Spatial DesignLos Angeles, CA – (December 3, 2009) – Motion design&production house Royale and Designer Rogerio Carvalheiro, Principal of RC Design Federation, recently joined forces to create a David Bowie-inspired multi-media installation for “Rock ‘n’ Platinum: A Designer Showcase That Interprets Music Through Design.” The showcase was commissioned to introduce Lofts @ Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles -- the latest mixed-use development by eco-real-estate developers REthink. The development and its event pay tribute to the loft’s historic namesake and grounds where countless music icons including David Bowie, Fr... Read Full Story
	Mrs.K Delivers Passion & Beauty In Global Football Campaign for Al Jazeera Sport - 10/20/09 Arvada, CO&Minneapolis, MN - (October 20, 2009) - Football's ability to inspire and unite is a reoccurring theme in a new campaign created by Mrs. K for Al Jazeera Sport. The visually striking project fuses film and motion design, to speak to the passion of the global community of European professional football fans. Following a worldwide search, Al Jazeera selected Colorado-based Mrs. K for an extensive campaign to brand and promote the network's new broadcast of the UEFA Champions League (the playoffs and Superbowl of European soccer). The campaign includes three promos and seven show packages airing throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The team - lead by Senior Creative Direc... Read Full Story
	Team Detroit/Wunderman Turns to Speedshape for 2010 Ford Mustang Customizer - 10/12/09 Detroit, MI&Venice, CA – (October 12, 2009) – At the helm of creating a “community” customizer for the 2010 Ford Mustang, Team Detroit/Wunderman turned to 3D integrated digital production studio Speedshape to generate the interactive site’s digital assets. With an array of pristine 3D renderings generated by Speedshape, the community customizer engages potential customers by inviting them to customize the all-new Mustang to their liking. The luminous experience was integral to engaging browsers and Mustang enthusiast alike, as the community customizer yielded record user-engagement on the Yahoo! Homepage and Ford websites, respectively, as well as social media platforms such as Twitter an... Read Full Story
	Royale Helms Exotic Music Video for Apl.de.Ap’s “Take Me to the Philippines” - 10/12/09 Unique Music Video Aims to Promote Tourism in the Philippines MTV Asia tapped Los Angeles-based motion design&production studio Royale to create the music video for “Take Me to the Philippines,” the latest effort by hip-hop artist Apl.de.Ap of The Black Eyed Peas. Created in conjunction with the Philippine Department of Tourism, the video visually underscores Apl’s lyric homage to his homeland -- a salient inspiration of the internationally acclaimed artist’s repertoire – and serves as a unique medium as part of a greater campaign to promote tourism in the Philippines. Royale Creative Directors/Partners Brien Holman and Jayson Whitmore helmed the video, with a dynamic mix of live-act... Read Full Story
	motion504 Invents ‘Kinetic Type’ for AICP Minnesota Show Reception Sponsor Reel - 10/01/09 Minneapolis, MN -- (October 1, 2009) -- Minneapolis broadcast design&animation studio motion504 recently completed the reception sponsor reel for the Minneapolis screening of the AICP Show: The Art&Technique of the American Commercial, which takes place tonight at the Guthrie Theater. The inventive title sequence created by motion504 introduces each reception sponsor through a cinematic narrative that imagines the craft of “moving type” via mechanical gadgets that look as if they were built a century ago. Led by Creative Directors Scott Wenner and Amy Schmitt, motion504 helmed the entire project, start to finish: concepting and storyboarding; direction of the live-action shoot; 2D&... Read Full Story
	JefeCheck 1.4 released! - 09/09/09 Startup software developer JefeCorp introduced JefeCheck v1.4, a powerful high resolution image player and review system, designed to run on any of the three major platforms on commodity hardware.After being used in several productions, JefeCheck has proven to be an incredible tool for sequence playback on artist workstations, client computers and screening rooms. JefeCheck works with almost any image format in low or high resolution, playing up to 4K image sequences at 24 frames per second on consumer hardware. Available for Windows XP, Mac OSX and Linux, JefeCheck is positioned as a link between artists, clients, producers and directors with an easy to use interface and a powerful OpenG... Read Full Story
	Letter from Will McCullough : CreativeCrash.com Launches - 08/25/09 Hello All, We are in the process of making a major switch to our sites. Highend3d.com and Fxshare are going to merge and become www.creativecrash.com . CreativeCrash is an entirely new platform that has many new focus areas. While Highend3d/Fxshare were mostly known as download sites in the past, and the new platform extends the download capabilities greatly; each file now has forums, feature requests, bugs, image viewer, tags, and more. However, when you log into CreativeCrash you will be at your dashboard. Your dashboard is now a focal point of the site, which combines social and business networking into one location. Much like facebo... Read Full Story
	Worms The Teaser is online. - 07/27/09 Worms, the Teaser is now online. Worms is the newest project of ANIMAKING, a feature stop-motion animation made for all ages, focusing on children spectators.ANIMAKING, the largest stop-motion animation studio in Brazil today, and has invited GLAZ ENTRETENIMENTO to produce the movie in a partnership mode. GLOBO FILMES and FOX FILMS joined the project afterwards. The film is also a co-production between Brazil and Canada, as the Canadians WIZZ FILMS and MOKKO STUDIO are in charge of it s post-production.Worms The Movie is the first full feature stop-motion animation movie produced in Latin America, and will be released in 2010.Access the blog from the movie to read more new ... Read Full Story
	NTROPIC GETS ITS SMOKEY ON WITH NEW "BONFIRE" PSA - 07/21/09 Los Angeles & San Francisco -- (July 20th, 2009) --Summer is camping season and a high-risk time for wildfires, nine out of 10 of which are caused by human carelessness. With wildfire prevention in mind, DraftFCB tapped Director Jason Zada of Tool of North America and visual effects company Ntropic to create a new PSA called "Bonfire" on behalf of the Ad Council, the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters.For "Bonfire," Ntropic was presented with the challenge of redesigning Smokey Bear to add greater CG realism to the classic icon of wildfire prevention in an intensive 4-week production cycle. Ntropic's animation acumen produced a full... Read Full Story

	Dallas Animation Conference - Industry Giants June 12th & 13th - 06/06/10 DALLAS/FORT WORTH – A Bunch of Short Guys, in association with The Guildhall at SMU and the Texas Film Commission, are proud to present to you with the golden opportunity of this year’s Industry Giants 2010: Creative Alchemy, the Visual Effects, Animation and Game Forum. The two day conference features Weta Digital 3D Special Effects Supervisor, Guy Williams, with a presentation “The making of the film Avatar and Creating the World and Characters of Pandora”, along with many other presentations from creative professionals around the world. The ninth annual event takes place Saturday, June 12 and Sunday, June 13, 2010 at the Hughes-Trigg Student Center of ... Read Full Story
	Okino ships its 14th Yearly Release of PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max & Maya - 04/28/10 Toronto, Ontario – April 27th 2010 -- Okino Computer Graphics, a leading provider and pioneer of data translation solutions to the DCC/Animation and professional production markets, announced today that its long standing 3D DCC/Animation/Skinning and CAD/MCAD/Architectural conversion software PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max (for 3ds Max 2011 & 3ds Max Design 2011), and PolyTrans-for-Maya (for Maya 2011), are now fully qualified and shipping to customers. PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max and PolyTrans-for-Maya have provided the defacto conversion systems for 3ds Max and Maya, since their original software releases, that allows these programs to freely exchange 3D scene data with all key 3D software p... Read Full Story
	Stonetrip’s 3-D game engine will bring high-quality games to Android phones - 03/18/10 French company Stonetrip has announced today that it has created tools that will enable developers to create cool 3-D games and apps on Google Android phones. The ShiVa 3D engine for Android will be released in a couple of weeks. The engine is a software platform that lets 3-D games run on Android phones. It will compete with the Unity Technologies, whose Unity 3D game engine is used to make a lot of games that run on the iPhone, the web and other paltforms. Sophia-Antipolis, France-based Stonetrip licensed its technology to developer DVide, which ported the game Crusade of Destiny to the Android platform using its engine. The process took less than an hour. The company is work... Read Full Story
	The Apple iPad release date is set to April 2010 - 01/27/10 Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, finally unveiled the Apple iPad during an event today. The name of the new tablet was revealed only a few days ago, and aims to separate itself from tablet computers such as Microsoft's new Slate PC category. Leaks have prepared us all for an "iPhone on steroids" and we recently estimated the release date to be April 2010. The "iPhone on steroids" has turned out to be a good description of the new Apple iPad, and the release date will indeed be April 2010. According to Steve Jobs, the reason for its existence is to beat both smartphones and laptops when it comes to the categories in bold throughout this story. Of course, with such a mission the... Read Full Story
	FUEL TV Commissions Royale For Adam Haynes Signature Series ID #24 - 01/13/10 Los Angeles, CA – (January 13, 2010) -- FUEL TV commissioned motion design and production studio Royale to collaborate with commercial and fine artist Adam Haynes to create the latest station ID for the network’s popular Signature Series. Royale&Haynes delivered ID #24 of the ongoing series, which is slated to culminate into one hundred unique installments. Created as a way for athletes&artists to inspire the action sports culture, FUEL TV’s Signature Series was itself inspired by the concept of signature series deck designs popular in skateboard culture. For ID #24, FUEL TV tasked Royale to animate illustrations by the Oregon-based artist Haynes, who is also renowned in the acti... Read Full Story
	Autodesk NAB 2010 Best of the Best Show Reel - 12/18/09 Call for Submissions In anticipation of NAB 2010, Autodesk has issued a call for submissions for the Autodesk 2010 Best of the Best Show Reel. The reel will be unveiled on the exhibition floor at NAB 2010 in Las Vegas, NV and will also be posted to both the Autodesk website and YouTube Channel. If you’re seeking exposure for your latest project work, don’t miss out on this opportunity to broadcast your talent, and fill out a submission form today! Any film, commercial, broadcast, music video and episodic projects created with qualifying Autodesk software are eligible for entry. For additional details about the submission process and to view... Read Full Story
	Autodesk Tools Help Destroy the Universe in Roland Emmerich’s Movie “2012” - 12/03/09 Hundreds of Visual Effects Artists Use Autodesk Software to Help Create Disaster Movie of Spectacular Proportions Roland Emmerich films are synonymous with superlative visual effects - "The Day After Tomorrow," "Independence Day" and now "2012." Hundreds of artists created close to 1,500 visual effects shots using digital entertainment creation software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) to help create the majority of spectacular effects in "2012." ©2009, Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, 2012, image courtesy of Uncharted TerritoryThe Maya civilization left humanity its calendar, with an end date of 2012. This date is significant to many cultures... Read Full Story
	Royale & RC Design Federation Create Space Oddity with David Bowie Installation - 12/03/09 Design Collaboration for "Rock ‘n’ Platinum Showcase" Intersects Motion&Spatial DesignLos Angeles, CA – (December 3, 2009) – Motion design&production house Royale and Designer Rogerio Carvalheiro, Principal of RC Design Federation, recently joined forces to create a David Bowie-inspired multi-media installation for “Rock ‘n’ Platinum: A Designer Showcase That Interprets Music Through Design.” The showcase was commissioned to introduce Lofts @ Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles -- the latest mixed-use development by eco-real-estate developers REthink. The development and its event pay tribute to the loft’s historic namesake and grounds where countless music icons including David Bowie, Fr... Read Full Story
	Entertainment Companies Streamline Motion Capture Workflow with Vicon Blade - 12/02/09 Software System Simplifies Capture&Processing of Motion Capture Data for 3D AnimationVicon, an Academy Award®-winning developer of motion capture products, today announced that growing numbers of entertainment companies have adopted its Blade motion caption processing software system in recent months. The company is seeing momentum for Blade grow as studios worldwide look to streamline their performance capture pipelines to create 3D animation for games, movies, advertising, and other media. Designed to work with Vicon’s real-time motion capture systems, Blade provides a single, unified toolset that supports the demands of full performance capture, on-set visualiz... Read Full Story
	Weareflink Adopts Prime Focus Software’s Krakatoa on CCTV ‘Ink’ - 12/02/09 High-Volume Particle Renderer Helps Animate Paint Brush Strokes for Ambitious TVC via Chinese Advertising Agency MMIA Motion design studio weareflink opened its doors in Hamburg, Germany in spring 2009. The company’s founders, Executive Producer Andreas Lampe and Director/Motion Designer Niko Tziopanos, bring an impressive design pedigree to the fledgling shop, with a reel that showcases an ability to blend live-action and CG, and a unique specialty animating liquid ink. Through its Paris-based production company Troublemakers.tv, which represents weareflink for the French market, weareflink caught the eye of Chinese ad agency MMIA, which was lo... Read Full Story
	Autodesk 2010 Games Reel Call for Submissions - 12/01/09 Looking for a chance to shine the spotlight on your latest games projects? Look no further! Autodesk has issued a call for submissions for its 2010 Games Reel. Providing the perfect avenue to flaunt your work, the reel will be showcased at GDC from March 11-13, in San Francisco, CA. Additionally, it will be streamed live on the AREA and featured on Autodesk's website. If you've worked on any recent video game cinematics, trailers, in-game sequences and/or animations created with 3ds Max, HumanIK, Kynapse, Maya, MotionBuilder, Mudbox and/or Softimage, submit your work today! The deadline for imagery submissions is January 15, 2010 and for video submi... Read Full Story
	Autodesk Hosts Eleventh 3December Global Celebration - 11/19/09 Company Partners with Dell, Intel and Wacom to Provide Opportunity for 3D Artists Worldwide to Connect Autodesk, Inc., will host its annual 3December event to celebrate 3D computer graphics, and the artists who create them. Running from December 1–10, the event will include live and virtual activities that connect thousands of 3D artists from around the world. Attendees will be able to share their work, learn from top digital entertainment professionals, and network with other artists. This year’s 3December is cosponsored by Dell Precision, the exclusive technology partner for the event, as well as Wacom and Intel. 3December OnlineFrom December 1–10, 3D... Read Full Story

	Okino ships its 14th Yearly Release of PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max & Maya - 04/28/10 Toronto, Ontario – April 27th 2010 -- Okino Computer Graphics, a leading provider and pioneer of data translation solutions to the DCC/Animation and professional production markets, announced today that its long standing 3D DCC/Animation/Skinning and CAD/MCAD/Architectural conversion software PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max (for 3ds Max 2011 & 3ds Max Design 2011), and PolyTrans-for-Maya (for Maya 2011), are now fully qualified and shipping to customers. PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max and PolyTrans-for-Maya have provided the defacto conversion systems for 3ds Max and Maya, since their original software releases, that allows these programs to freely exchange 3D scene data with all key 3D software p... Read Full Story
	The Apple iPad release date is set to April 2010 - 01/27/10 Apple's CEO, Steve Jobs, finally unveiled the Apple iPad during an event today. The name of the new tablet was revealed only a few days ago, and aims to separate itself from tablet computers such as Microsoft's new Slate PC category. Leaks have prepared us all for an "iPhone on steroids" and we recently estimated the release date to be April 2010. The "iPhone on steroids" has turned out to be a good description of the new Apple iPad, and the release date will indeed be April 2010. According to Steve Jobs, the reason for its existence is to beat both smartphones and laptops when it comes to the categories in bold throughout this story. Of course, with such a mission the... Read Full Story
	FUEL TV Commissions Royale For Adam Haynes Signature Series ID #24 - 01/13/10 Los Angeles, CA – (January 13, 2010) -- FUEL TV commissioned motion design and production studio Royale to collaborate with commercial and fine artist Adam Haynes to create the latest station ID for the network’s popular Signature Series. Royale&Haynes delivered ID #24 of the ongoing series, which is slated to culminate into one hundred unique installments. Created as a way for athletes&artists to inspire the action sports culture, FUEL TV’s Signature Series was itself inspired by the concept of signature series deck designs popular in skateboard culture. For ID #24, FUEL TV tasked Royale to animate illustrations by the Oregon-based artist Haynes, who is also renowned in the acti... Read Full Story
	Royale & RC Design Federation Create Space Oddity with David Bowie Installation - 12/03/09 Design Collaboration for "Rock ‘n’ Platinum Showcase" Intersects Motion&Spatial DesignLos Angeles, CA – (December 3, 2009) – Motion design&production house Royale and Designer Rogerio Carvalheiro, Principal of RC Design Federation, recently joined forces to create a David Bowie-inspired multi-media installation for “Rock ‘n’ Platinum: A Designer Showcase That Interprets Music Through Design.” The showcase was commissioned to introduce Lofts @ Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles -- the latest mixed-use development by eco-real-estate developers REthink. The development and its event pay tribute to the loft’s historic namesake and grounds where countless music icons including David Bowie, Fr... Read Full Story
	Mrs.K Delivers Passion & Beauty In Global Football Campaign for Al Jazeera Sport - 10/20/09 Arvada, CO&Minneapolis, MN - (October 20, 2009) - Football's ability to inspire and unite is a reoccurring theme in a new campaign created by Mrs. K for Al Jazeera Sport. The visually striking project fuses film and motion design, to speak to the passion of the global community of European professional football fans. Following a worldwide search, Al Jazeera selected Colorado-based Mrs. K for an extensive campaign to brand and promote the network's new broadcast of the UEFA Champions League (the playoffs and Superbowl of European soccer). The campaign includes three promos and seven show packages airing throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The team - lead by Senior Creative Direc... Read Full Story
	Team Detroit/Wunderman Turns to Speedshape for 2010 Ford Mustang Customizer - 10/12/09 Detroit, MI&Venice, CA – (October 12, 2009) – At the helm of creating a “community” customizer for the 2010 Ford Mustang, Team Detroit/Wunderman turned to 3D integrated digital production studio Speedshape to generate the interactive site’s digital assets. With an array of pristine 3D renderings generated by Speedshape, the community customizer engages potential customers by inviting them to customize the all-new Mustang to their liking. The luminous experience was integral to engaging browsers and Mustang enthusiast alike, as the community customizer yielded record user-engagement on the Yahoo! Homepage and Ford websites, respectively, as well as social media platforms such as Twitter an... Read Full Story
	Royale Helms Exotic Music Video for Apl.de.Ap’s “Take Me to the Philippines” - 10/12/09 Unique Music Video Aims to Promote Tourism in the Philippines MTV Asia tapped Los Angeles-based motion design&production studio Royale to create the music video for “Take Me to the Philippines,” the latest effort by hip-hop artist Apl.de.Ap of The Black Eyed Peas. Created in conjunction with the Philippine Department of Tourism, the video visually underscores Apl’s lyric homage to his homeland -- a salient inspiration of the internationally acclaimed artist’s repertoire – and serves as a unique medium as part of a greater campaign to promote tourism in the Philippines. Royale Creative Directors/Partners Brien Holman and Jayson Whitmore helmed the video, with a dynamic mix of live-act... Read Full Story
	motion504 Invents ‘Kinetic Type’ for AICP Minnesota Show Reception Sponsor Reel - 10/01/09 Minneapolis, MN -- (October 1, 2009) -- Minneapolis broadcast design&animation studio motion504 recently completed the reception sponsor reel for the Minneapolis screening of the AICP Show: The Art&Technique of the American Commercial, which takes place tonight at the Guthrie Theater. The inventive title sequence created by motion504 introduces each reception sponsor through a cinematic narrative that imagines the craft of “moving type” via mechanical gadgets that look as if they were built a century ago. Led by Creative Directors Scott Wenner and Amy Schmitt, motion504 helmed the entire project, start to finish: concepting and storyboarding; direction of the live-action shoot; 2D&... Read Full Story
	Letter from Will McCullough : CreativeCrash.com Launches - 08/25/09 Hello All, We are in the process of making a major switch to our sites. Highend3d.com and Fxshare are going to merge and become www.creativecrash.com . CreativeCrash is an entirely new platform that has many new focus areas. While Highend3d/Fxshare were mostly known as download sites in the past, and the new platform extends the download capabilities greatly; each file now has forums, feature requests, bugs, image viewer, tags, and more. However, when you log into CreativeCrash you will be at your dashboard. Your dashboard is now a focal point of the site, which combines social and business networking into one location. Much like facebo... Read Full Story
	Shane Acker, Director from the Upcoming Feature Film "9" Joins Gnomon Staff - 08/20/09 Shane Acker, Director from the Upcoming Feature Film "9" Joins Gnomon Staff Famed Director and Artist, Acker Joins Gnomon School of Visual Effects as Newest "Artist in Residence." HOLLYWOOD, CA August 12, 2009 The Gnomon School of Visual Effects is proud to announce the addition of Shane Acker, who is joining the staff as the newest Resident Artist. Mr. Acker is widely known for his Academy Award nomination in 2006 (in the Best Animated Short Film category) for writing, directing and animating the 11-minute short film 9. 9 garnered Acker critical acclaim around the globe, screening at over a dozen film festivals and picking up several awards along the wa... Read Full Story
	Digital-Tutors Launches Education with New Online Learning Library and Full-featured Educational Platform - 08/10/09 Digital-Tutors Redefines Education with New Online Learning Library and Full-featured Educational Platform Combining award-winning training with an easy-to-navigate interactive system, Digital-Tutors unveils anytime, anywhere access to over 7,000 lessons and 50 new courses for emerging digital artists around the world. Oklahoma City, OK August 4, 2009 Digital-Tutors, a leader and innovator in video-based training for students, professionals, educators, and hobbyists in the computer graphics industry, today launched a new online learning library of over 7,000 in-depth training lessons and 50 all-new courses for Maya, Houdini, 3ds Max, Mudbox, Softimage,... Read Full Story
	NTROPIC GETS ITS SMOKEY ON WITH NEW "BONFIRE" PSA - 07/21/09 Los Angeles & San Francisco -- (July 20th, 2009) --Summer is camping season and a high-risk time for wildfires, nine out of 10 of which are caused by human carelessness. With wildfire prevention in mind, DraftFCB tapped Director Jason Zada of Tool of North America and visual effects company Ntropic to create a new PSA called "Bonfire" on behalf of the Ad Council, the U.S. Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters.For "Bonfire," Ntropic was presented with the challenge of redesigning Smokey Bear to add greater CG realism to the classic icon of wildfire prevention in an intensive 4-week production cycle. Ntropic's animation acumen produced a full... Read Full Story

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Last Chance - animated short Trailer - 08/20/09

Pixar Announces unlimited threading, RenderMan - 08/04/09

NTROPIC GETS ITS SMOKEY ON WITH NEW "BONFIRE" PSA - 07/21/09

Award-Winning Director Marc Forster Teams With Cut + Run Editor James Nelson On New Swiss Air Film - 07/02/09

Stonetrip’s 3-D game engine will bring high-quality games to Android phones - 03/18/10

The Apple iPad release date is set to April 2010 - 01/27/10

FUEL TV Commissions Royale For Adam Haynes Signature Series ID #24 - 01/13/10

Royale & RC Design Federation Create Space Oddity with David Bowie Installation - 12/03/09

Mrs.K Delivers Passion & Beauty In Global Football Campaign for Al Jazeera Sport - 10/20/09

Team Detroit/Wunderman Turns to Speedshape for 2010 Ford Mustang Customizer - 10/12/09

Royale Helms Exotic Music Video for Apl.de.Ap’s “Take Me to the Philippines” - 10/12/09

motion504 Invents ‘Kinetic Type’ for AICP Minnesota Show Reception Sponsor Reel - 10/01/09

JefeCheck 1.4 released! - 09/09/09

Letter from Will McCullough : CreativeCrash.com Launches - 08/25/09

Worms The Teaser is online. - 07/27/09

NTROPIC GETS ITS SMOKEY ON WITH NEW "BONFIRE" PSA - 07/21/09

Dallas Animation Conference - Industry Giants June 12th & 13th - 06/06/10

Okino ships its 14th Yearly Release of PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max & Maya - 04/28/10

Stonetrip’s 3-D game engine will bring high-quality games to Android phones - 03/18/10

The Apple iPad release date is set to April 2010 - 01/27/10

FUEL TV Commissions Royale For Adam Haynes Signature Series ID #24 - 01/13/10

Autodesk NAB 2010 Best of the Best Show Reel - 12/18/09

Autodesk Tools Help Destroy the Universe in Roland Emmerich’s Movie “2012” - 12/03/09

Royale & RC Design Federation Create Space Oddity with David Bowie Installation - 12/03/09

Entertainment Companies Streamline Motion Capture Workflow with Vicon Blade - 12/02/09

Weareflink Adopts Prime Focus Software’s Krakatoa on CCTV ‘Ink’ - 12/02/09

Autodesk 2010 Games Reel Call for Submissions - 12/01/09

Autodesk Hosts Eleventh 3December Global Celebration - 11/19/09

Okino ships its 14th Yearly Release of PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max & Maya - 04/28/10

The Apple iPad release date is set to April 2010 - 01/27/10