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Ruins Shatter Matter Plugin updated - Ruins 4.5

RUINS is a shatter plug-in for maya Very quickly and can be precision shatter.For more information visit http://www.nshatter.com/ruins3.0/ruins3.0.htmlRuins 4.5 can support OPENCLand PHYSX3.2.1 accelerated.... New UI and can use field to drived rigid body.what's new in ru...

	Ruins Shatter Matter Plugin updated - Ruins 4.5 - 09/25/12 RUINS is a shatter plug-in for maya Very quickly and can be precision shatter.For more information visit http://www.nshatter.com/ruins3.0/ruins3.0.htmlRuins 4.5 can support OPENCLand PHYSX3.2.1 accelerated.... New UI and can use field to drived rigid body.what's new in ruins 4,5 ?1 Support OpenCL, What's OpenCL ? OpenCL is the first open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors found in personal computers, servers and handheld/embedded devices. OpenCL (Open Computing Language) greatly improves speed and responsiveness for a wide spectrum of applications in numerous market categories from gaming and entertainment to scien... Read Full Story
	The Foundry and Luxology Join Forces - 09/25/12 Combined group will provide a new avenue for computer graphics production London, 25th September 2012 – Leading visual effects software developer, The Foundry, today announced its merger with Luxology. The two companies are a great fit in terms of technology and markets. The combined portfolio will open doors to new ways of working, providing artists and designers with increased creative choice. The Foundry with its stable of award-winning 2D and 3D VFX software, including industry standard compositor NUKE, sees Luxology’s complementary technology as a natural addition. Luxology’s innovative 3D modelling and rendering technology and its flagship product, modo, a... Read Full Story
	Animating Using the Kinect Point Cloud as Reference - 07/22/12 Using Kinect Point Clouds To Animate Figuresby Amid Amidi (Cartoon Brew)Brazilian artist Jomário Murta used multiple Microsoft Kinects to generate a sequence of point clouds (a set of points in 3D space) as reference for creating animation. The process is akin to motion capture, but not the same: This is something like animating over the videos. Just like we usually do as reference for timing and more complex movements. The difference is that I can animate three-dimensionally “inside” the video; the advantage instead of mocap is that the animation process is more free, where I can easily exaggerate the movements and play a lot with the poses without compromising my ... Read Full Story
	CRASH+SUES Posts LEVEL's Over-The-Top Comedic Spot for Medica - 07/18/12 These days it’s rare that employees are happy with the healthcare coverage provided by their company. But when a good-natured boss selects ‘My Plan’ from Medica for his staff, they’re so thrilled that they show their gratitude with an over-the-top party. That’s the scenario of ‘Thank You,’ a :30 spot created by LEVEL, the Minneapolis-based brand and advertising agency – and woven together into an outrageous comedic vignette by CRASH+SUES’ editorial and color correction team. The spot features a group of enthusiastic employees throwing a thank you party for the boss and presenting him with stacks of gifts - from a pyramid... Read Full Story
	Cinesite announces the winner of its 2012 Inspire Internship Programme - 07/13/12 Cinesite, one of the world’s leading digital visual effects houses, today announced that Firtina Ozbalikci, a second year computer science student from the University of Bath, is the winner of its 2012 Inspire Internship programme. Firtina is the winner of Inspire’s first technical effects internship which was launched this year to encourage skilled computer programmers to consider a career in the visual effects industry. Firtina was chosen from hundreds of applicants. “Firtina’s application showed a real determination to investigate graphics programming beyond what he’d been taught in his computer science course,” said Alexander Savenko, head ... Read Full Story
	SIGGRAPH ASIA 2012 STUDENT VOLUNTEERS WANTED - 06/08/12 Student Volunteers Dear prospective Student Volunteer, Good day to you. I hope this message finds you in the pink of health. On behalf of the conference organizers, I would like to extend my invitation to participate as a Student Volunteer in SIGGRAPH Asia, one of the most prestigious and renowned conferences in the world of Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques. Pioneered in 2008, the upcoming fifth edition of this conference will be held in November 2012, hosted alongside the rich splendor of beautiful Singapore. With a big audience arriving from all corners of the globe, SIGGRAPH Asia 2012 presents a remarkable platform for you to chance upon and interact with i... Read Full Story
	Charged Studios Helps UPS Launch New Era With Stop Motion/Live-Action Spot - 02/10/12 New York: Ogilvy/NY looked to Charged Studios and director Adam Pierce to usher in a new age of package delivery for UPS. Using a hybrid of live-action and stop-motion animation, the campaign promotes UPS’s new My Choice service, which provides customers with package information electronically, turning their old paper notices into a “dinosaur”…literally. The spot opens with a breeze from a kitchen window scattering a stack of UPS Info Notices on the counter top into the air. Magically, they transform…landing as a mini origami T-Rex. As the paper dinosaur explores his new world, contemporary gadgets and devices rain down on him. The ... Read Full Story
	Wild(child) Editorial Welcomes Award-Winning Editor Diego Panich To Its NY Staff - 01/24/12 New York: The recent wave of lauds from US ad media and Facebook viewers for Volkswagen’s ‘Duel,’ and Norte Beer’s ‘Photoblocker’– two spots with original points of view and clever, unconventional approaches to storytelling – attest to the universal appeal of the fresh artistic sensibility that Diego Panich brings to the commercial arena. Cut by Diego Panich, one of Argentina’s premiere editors, the spots showcase a breathe of talent long recognized by Wild(child) Editorial, the New York company that forged a relationship with Panich and has been representing him in the US since 2009. Yvette Pineyro, who founded her company as a ... Read Full Story
	Cinesite opens its 2012 Inspire Internship Program for entries - 01/11/12 London, UK, January 11, 2012 – Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, today announced that it’s now accepting applications for its highly successful annual internship program, Inspire. Now in its third year, a new technical effects strand has been added to Inspire, which specifically targets graduates with an interest in computer programming or technical effects. Antony Hunt, managing director, added the new placement to encourage a new-generation of skilled programmers to consider the VFX industry as a viable option for their skills, and to help budding effects artists demonstrate their technical ability. Cinesite’s visual effect... Read Full Story
	3D Short Film - Devils, Angels & Dating - Released! - 01/04/12 After 5 Years of Development, 3 Years of Online Production by a Global Online Team, 2 Years of Animation, with a $0 budget. Devils, Angels & Dating is completed and released online. Creator Michael Cawood has been working on this film since 2006, and has been working with a online team from around the world. Be sure to watch the film and spread the message, you can also go behind the scenes and view the development process of the film. To watch the film go to: http://devilsangelsanddating.com/ Read Full Story
	Cinesite launches its 2012 Inspire Internship Program - 10/19/11 Cinesite launches its 2012 Inspire Internship Program New technical effects placement added to develop the next-generation of VFX programmers London, UK, October 19, 2011 – Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, today opened pre-registration for its highly successful annual internship program, Inspire. New to this year’s initiative is a separate technical effects strand, which specifically targets graduates with an interest in computer programming or technical effects – in direct response to what Cinesite sees as a distinct lack of skilled programmers coming into the VFX industry. “We’ve had great success ov... Read Full Story
	CRASH+SUES Colorist SUE Color Corrects 'Missoni for Target' - 10/04/11 Minneapolis: Peterson Milla Hooks/Minneapolis (PMH) capped a colorful history of commercial work for Target with a grand finale, a vibrant and engagingly stylish spot, "Missoni," announcing the launch of the Missoni for Target line. SUE at CRASH+SUES once again brought her artistry and technical expertise to creating the color-driven imagery that has been the signature of PMH’s highly successful campaign for the national retailer. Budget-conscience fashion-istas responded to the :30 spot’s message in record numbers, buying out all of the limited-time designer Target collection in less than two days, and crashing the retailer’s new website. The PMH’s ... Read Full Story

	Ruins Shatter Matter Plugin updated - Ruins 4.5 - 09/25/12 RUINS is a shatter plug-in for maya Very quickly and can be precision shatter.For more information visit http://www.nshatter.com/ruins3.0/ruins3.0.htmlRuins 4.5 can support OPENCLand PHYSX3.2.1 accelerated.... New UI and can use field to drived rigid body.what's new in ruins 4,5 ?1 Support OpenCL, What's OpenCL ? OpenCL is the first open, royalty-free standard for cross-platform, parallel programming of modern processors found in personal computers, servers and handheld/embedded devices. OpenCL (Open Computing Language) greatly improves speed and responsiveness for a wide spectrum of applications in numerous market categories from gaming and entertainment to scien... Read Full Story
	Animating Using the Kinect Point Cloud as Reference - 07/22/12 Using Kinect Point Clouds To Animate Figuresby Amid Amidi (Cartoon Brew)Brazilian artist Jomário Murta used multiple Microsoft Kinects to generate a sequence of point clouds (a set of points in 3D space) as reference for creating animation. The process is akin to motion capture, but not the same: This is something like animating over the videos. Just like we usually do as reference for timing and more complex movements. The difference is that I can animate three-dimensionally “inside” the video; the advantage instead of mocap is that the animation process is more free, where I can easily exaggerate the movements and play a lot with the poses without compromising my ... Read Full Story
	3D Short Film - Devils, Angels & Dating - Released! - 01/04/12 After 5 Years of Development, 3 Years of Online Production by a Global Online Team, 2 Years of Animation, with a $0 budget. Devils, Angels & Dating is completed and released online. Creator Michael Cawood has been working on this film since 2006, and has been working with a online team from around the world. Be sure to watch the film and spread the message, you can also go behind the scenes and view the development process of the film. To watch the film go to: http://devilsangelsanddating.com/ Read Full Story
	NY MAYA USERS GROUP MEETING OCT 11th - 10/03/11 http://nymayausersgroup.blogspot.com/2011/10/next-meeting-tuesday-october-11th.html NEXT MEETING TUESDAY OCTOBER 11th !!!! Sorry about the late notice, but come one come all, and tell your Friends.Come to check out some new maya features, some behind the scenes from Nathan Love, and meet up with Other Maya artists in the NY area. ( ps. the more of you show up this time, the larger budget we get for next!!)MEETING 7:30 to 10:00 OCTOBER 11thNYC OCEANALee Fraser of Autodesk will show off new stuff for Maya, including some SAP toolsandNathan Love will be showing some behind the scenes from some of their awesome projects.... if you aren't already familiar with Nathan Love's incredible ... Read Full Story
	Real or Render Challenge: Can you tell? - 08/10/11 Fantastic Photo-realistic 3# Photo-realistic 3D. It's a tough nut to crack, and a technical challenge that really tests the wit, skill and smarts of the 3D artist. New Zealand's (Auckland) Media Design School has a world-class 3D programme that features photo-realistic 3D, in particular a still-life project in which students have five weeks to compose and art direct a professional still life photograph, and then recreate it using Autodesk Maya (and ZBrush or Mudbox) to look as close to the original photograph as possible. Students are pitched into the challenge soon after starting the Advanced 3D Productions graduate course with the project giving them a taste of what they will experi... Read Full Story
	NYC MAYA USERS GROUP MEETING - 03/18/11 http://nymayausersgroup.blogspot.com/ USERS GROUP MEETING COMING UP. MARCH 30th NYC Maya Users Group Meeting March 30th 7:00 - 9:00 Come on out and meet some of your fellow Maya Users and see some of the latest developments coming out of Autodesk, and what our local artists are creating with it.I know it's been awhile and most of us are too busy to even get out of the office, so We'll make this as fun as possible. Steve Strong of Oceana has graciously offered up space for the event over at Oceana, as well as food and drinks. There is also talk of giving out a few door prizes. ( no confirmation yet) So I hope you all can make it out and enjoy the night.With the upcoming releas... Read Full Story
	Artistic Image Creates A Design-Driven Graphic Package For The 2011 Oscars - 03/09/11 Atlanta: Artistic Image, which garnered top honors at the Telly Awards for the design-driven Oscar packages they produced for TNT-LA in 2009 and 2010, recently completed three graphic packages for The 83rd Annual Academy Awards. AI tapped into its full roster of high-end services - from production to 3D modeling, animation, editing, compositing and color correction – to execute their complex concept, which took three-months to complete. The Atlanta-based company’s collaborative team of multi-disciplined talent was tasked with the challenge of bringing a first-person, 3D feel to this year’s campaign, while still maintaining the classic ‘Oscar look’ that has... Read Full Story
	Prime Focus Contributes Spectacular Visual Effects to TRON: Legacy - 01/18/11 Prime Focus Contributes Spectacular Visual Effects to TRON: Legacy Vancouver, BC, Canada, January 18, 2010—Global visual entertainment services group Prime Focus has contributed more than 120 visual effects shots to the much-anticipated Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures stereoscopic release TRON: Legacy. The film, which is directed by Joseph Kosinski and stars Jeff Bridges, Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde, hit theaters on December 17, 2010. TRON: Legacy tells the story of Sam Flynn (Hedlund), a rebellious 27-year-old haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Bridges); a man once known as the world's leading video game developer. Wh... Read Full Story
	Interactive 3d Camera for Maya - 12/25/10 The Interactive 3D Camera for Maya is a student project created by Kai-Sen Chan at the New York University Tisch Asia School of the Arts, Animation and Digital Arts Program. Kai-Sen's goal was to simulate a handheld camera in Maya and to experience it at the same time by simply holding the screen. A combination of computer vision and sensor based tracking was used to develop the solution. contact: ksc300@nyu.edu Read Full Story
	nshatter releases Ruins 3.5 maya plugin - 12/04/10 RUINS is a shatter plug-in for maya , Very quickly and can be precision shatter.In maya, solid shatter It is very difficult to solve, moreover is very slowly, So nshatter developed a new plug-in ruins;Ruins 3.5 can support CUDA and Bullet engine. New UI and can use field to drived rigid body. what's news in Ruins 3.5?# 1 Add the wind field.# 2 Add the goal( magnet ) field.# 3 Add the Curve field.# 4 Support rigid body can follow the movement of parent objects.# 5 Rigid Body and gravity and bounding attribute.# 6 Use Bullet engine.Ruins Slit 1.0:# 1 Ruins_Slit can simulate the effect of ground crack.# 2 Ruins_Slit can simulate the growth of blood vessels.# 3 Ruins_Slit can simulate lightni... Read Full Story
	Cinesite brings vfx magic to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 - 11/24/10 Cinesite brings visual effects magic to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 London, UK, November 24, 2010 – Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, has completed visual effects for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1, including Lord Voldemort’s snake-like nose, the ghost of Dumbledore, and a Patronus doe. The seventh installment in the Harry Potter film series, which was released over the weekend, follows Harry Potter on a quest to find and destroy the Horcruxes, Lord Voldemort’s secret to immortality. Cinesite’s 2D supervisor Andy Robinson and 3D supervisor Holger Voss worked under the direction of senior vis... Read Full Story
	PAUL 3D film trailer - 10/18/10 First trailer of "PAUL", the last Nick Frost and Simon Pegg's comedie who also made Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.VFX house: Double negative.Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, having already skewered the zombie horror and buddy cop genres with Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz, are teaming up once again to create Paul, a knock-about comedy about extraterrestrial encounters.Seth Rogen provides the voice of Paul, the diminutive alien whom comic book nerds Graeme and Clive (Pegg and Frost) encounter near infamous UFO hotspot, Area 51. Superbad director Greg Mottola’s the helmer, and Juno’s Jason Bateman plays the Special Agent on Paul’s trail.The script’s been penned by Peg... 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
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	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

	Autodesk releases cloud-based capabilities for designers - 10/03/11 Subscription customers gain exclusive access to design optimisation, visualisation and collaboration in the cloud 3D design, engineering and entertainment software company Autodesk has launched Autodesk Cloud, a collection of more than a dozen Web-based capabilities, products and services. The new offering would enable customers to extend their desktops with greater mobility, new viewing and sharing capabilities, and more computing power, said the company. In addition, Autodesk Subscription customers will now have exclusive access to cloud-based rendering and design optimisation, and enhanced collaboration capabilities, said Autodesk. The company added that Autodesk Subscri... Read Full Story
	New benchmarks for 3ds Max 2011 performance - 07/18/11 SPECapc releases new 3ds Max 2011 benchmarkTwo separate versions, plus huge city scene, serve diverse user needs GAINESVILLE, Va., July, 2011 – SPEC’s Application Performance Characterization (SPECapc) group has released two versions of a new benchmark for performance evaluation of systems running Autodesk 3ds Max 2011. The professional version of SPECapc for 3ds Max 2011, available for $495 on the SPEC website, contains 58 tests for comprehensive measurement of modeling, interactive graphics, CPU and GPU performance. It includes a 32-million-polygon city scene that is modeled, rendered and displayed in real time, testing the limits of high-end workst... Read Full Story
	Top Kiwi 3D Shorts Featured at SIGGRAPH - 07/11/11 New Zealand's Media Design School's clever and witty little CGI short films are making waves globally winning a healthy swag of awards at a selection of festivals worldwide over the past twelve months. Capping off wins in the Aspen Shortfest (US), Honolulu Film Awards, Talking Pictures (US) and finalist’s selection in the Visual Effects Society Awards Best Student Project category, is the recent announcement of representation at the prestigious SIGGRAPH conference in Vancouver 7-11 August this year. Now in its 38th year, the SIGGRAPH conference is the premier international event on computer graphics and interactive techniques, and this year will draw over 25,000 professionals from f... Read Full Story
	Okino Computer Graphics ships its 15th Release of PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max & Maya - 04/27/11 Okino Computer Graphics ships its 15th Yearly Release of PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max & PolyTrans-for-Maya 2012 for CAD, DCC, Skinning, Animation & Architectural File Format Conversions Toronto, Ontario – April 28th 2011 -- 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 2012 & 3ds Max Design 2012), and PolyTrans-for-Maya (for Maya 2012), are now fully qualified and shipping to customers. This is a general notice to those Okino customers w... Read Full Story
	Artistic Image Creates Living Art For A Busy World In A High Def Live-Action - 04/06/11 Atlanta, April 6th: It’s the little moments in a day that make up a grand life, but when you stop to think about it, a day is made up of 86,400 moments – and that’s a lot of living to do. Coca-Cola needed a spot that conveyed the message that in this hectic world, illy brand coffee-flavoured energy drink is a great way to get a boost. Artistic Image (AI), the hybrid design, VFX, production and editorial company, took that ‘on the go’ idea and ran with it, creating the a captivating concept and taking it to completion to deliver a commercial with a fast-paced, urban contemporary feel tailored to the product’s target market.Initially, AI was called ... Read Full Story
	Power Creative: Company Reboot - 09/30/10 One of the things you’ll see when you visit our website, is that we’re continually evolving to meet emerging marketing needs with departments like Digital Marketing and CGI (3D). Now, we’re even better positioned to deliver the right answers to your challenges, while providing the same personable service you’ve come to know. This new update reflects our evolution and we invite you to visit the site and explore!Our CGI reel is also updated, so check it out and let us know what you think. We hope it'll surprise you to see we're in Louisville, KY.http://www.powercreative.com/rebootnow 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
	Digital Domain Brings Samsung’s 3D TV to Life in Stereoscopic 3D Ad Campaign - 04/06/10 -- Leverages The Company’s High-End Proprietary S3D Pipeline Developed on Major Motion Pictures and Applies it to Commercial Production -- Digital production studio Digital Domain was tapped by Leo Burnett to bring the wondrous world of the Samsung 3D LED TV to life in a new stereoscopic 3D (S3D) advertising campaign for cinema and point-of-purchase, with 2D versions of the spots airing on TV. Digital Domain provided on-set S3D VFX supervision, working closely with directing duo TWiN of production company Rabbit and DP Mauro Fiore. The ads, part of Samsung’s “Dedicated to Wonder” marketing campaign and the first 3D cinema spots ever created for a consumer ... 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

	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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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

Autodesk releases cloud-based capabilities for designers - 10/03/11

New benchmarks for 3ds Max 2011 performance - 07/18/11

Top Kiwi 3D Shorts Featured at SIGGRAPH - 07/11/11

Okino Computer Graphics ships its 15th Release of PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max & Maya - 04/27/11

Artistic Image Creates Living Art For A Busy World In A High Def Live-Action - 04/06/11

Power Creative: Company Reboot - 09/30/10

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

Digital Domain Brings Samsung’s 3D TV to Life in Stereoscopic 3D Ad Campaign - 04/06/10

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

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