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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
	Autodesk drops price of Flare, its software-only Flame - 10/03/11 Autodesk has reduced the price of its Flare package (the software-only version of Flame) to £4k to “bring it in line with other compositing systems,” Stig-Erik Gruman, vp, Digital Entertainment Group, Autodesk, told Televisual at IBC. Gruman also said Flare is increasingly being used for 2d to 3d conversions, in combination with Autodesk's Maya, a process he described as “redimentionalisation” rather than conversion. He added that MPC recently bought 20 Flare seats, which are global licenses that can be moved around its different international offices. Autodesk also announced it has agreed a licensing deal with Disney to take its in-house procedura... 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
	Adobe Launches a Series of New Touch Apps - 10/03/11 To help launch its Adobe Creative Cloud solution, Adobe Systems has delivered a series of new touch enabled apps for tablet users.To help kick start its new Adobe Creative Cloud initiative, Adobe Systems announced a series of Adobe Touch Apps, a family of six, intuitive touch screen applications, designed for Android tablets and Apple iPad that enable users to explore ideas and present their creativity on touch devices.During an Oct. 3 keynote announcing the news, Adobe’ CTO Kevin Lynch, said the new Adobe Touch Apps were inspired by Adobe Creative Suite software, and they bring professional-level creativity to millions of tablet users. The apps address multiple areas of the creativ... 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
	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
	Adobe Announces Creative Suite 5.5, New System for Updates - 04/14/11 This week, Adobe announced the release of Creative Suite 5.5- their software collection for graphic design, video editing, web development, and so much more. It wasn't just the software that has gotten a face-lift, but the whole system surrounding it. Adobe also made clear that it plans to introduce new versions of Creative Suite every other year, or on a 24 month rotation, while also releasing "significant mid-cycle releases" in between to keep up with any changes. In addition, Adobe has revealed a subscription type plan for the software, allowing a month-by-month or yearly payment and usage plans. "Our design suites have helped publishers set the standard for what readers an... Read Full Story
	TheBest3D.com announces Project Dogwaffle PD Pro 5.1b - 12/29/10 Press Release - For Immediate ReleaseTitle: [PR-News] TheBest3D.com announces Project Dogwaffle PD Pro 5.1b Date: San Diego, CA - December 29, 2010TheBest3D.com has released a new version of Project Dogwaffle Professional, PD Pro 5.1b. "This is a maintenance release to improve the installation experience", said Dan Ritchie, author of Project Dogwaffle, "but I also wanted to make a few more tools available for fellow animators. This update and the prior 5.1 release pack a load of new features for quickly creating animations and cartoons, and it's fun to create new textures with the new symmetry modes!". *** What's... 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
	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
	iDough - 08/23/10 Unleash your imagination with iDough, the only 3D sculpting app for iPad! Not that long ago the ball of clay was taken from our fingertips and replaced by the binary clicks of the mouse. CrateSoft brings everything that CG has to offer in a very interactive platform. The tools included in iDough (push, pull, smooth, move, pinch, spread, flatten, and symmetry) allow for easy creation of 3D digital sculptors. iDough is as much of a step forward in technology as it is a step backward to a time when we used our hands to create. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/idough/id386752314http://cratesoft.com 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

	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	NCIS, CSI: NY, House, True Blood: Autodesk Software Fills the Air - 11/05/09 Post-production houses regularly turn to digital entertainment creation software from Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), to help bring movie-like visual effects into millions of homes in this season’s most-watched television programs. Highlights include a 3D video game universe in “House,” the evocative color finishing of “Mad Men” and the UEFA Europa League rebrand. Ascent Media, which provides creative and technical services through its worldwide network of media facilities, including Encore Hollywood, RIOT and Level 3, uses a combination of Autodesk Flame and Autodesk Inferno visual effects software, Autodesk Lustre color grading software, Autodesk Smoke edito... Read Full Story
	Ruins 4.0 - 10/30/09 Update to 4.0 : www.nshatter.com Ruins 3.5 update to Ruins 4.0: 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 ruins3.0 to ruins3.5: FREE 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 lightning. 4 Support windows, Linux, Mac OS. 5 If you pruchase Ruins3.5+slit1.0 , only need 399$, save100$.Ended December 24! Support System platform: Windows: Linux: Mac OS: RUINS is a shatter plug-in for maya , Very quickly and can be precision shatter.In maya,... Read Full Story
	Noviture releases extensive Maya model catalog for Protein structures - 10/08/09 Date: Oct 8, 2009 Noviture.com releases extensive Maya model catalog for Protein structures We are pleased to announce the release of Maya model catalog for over 55,000 Protein structures. We have been frequently requested by artists, animators and scientists for this resource and now we are pleased to share this with everyone. We have three types (Premium, Standard and Basic) of models available for each protein structure. Premium models are $9 each, where as the fully functional Standard and Basic models are free to download. We would like to invite you to visit our website at Noviture.com and search / browse our catalog, download models, take a peek at the render gallery, watch the... 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
	Whats new in mudbox 2010 videos - 08/20/09 Whats new in Mudbox 2010 videos 1 SDKhttp://www.pixelcg.com/blog/?p=4422- Filtershttp://www.pixelcg.com/blog/?p=4443- Stencilhttp://www.pixelcg.com/blog/?p=4464- Photoshop http://www.pixelcg.com/blog/?p=4485- Extraction http://www.pixelcg.com/blog/?p=4506- FBX http://www.pixelcg.com/blog/?p=4527- Wax & Dry Brushhttp://www.pixelcg.com/blog/?p=455 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
	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
	COMPANY X & DETOX CREATE LUSH ANIMATED VIDEO FOR NAT KING COLE - 04/15/09 Visually Compelling Teaser Is Part Of Launch For RE: GENERATIONS, Remix Album Of Nat King Cole Tracks New York, NY – (April 9, 2009) -- EMI Records recently tapped Company X to produce a promotional music video for RE: GENERATIONS, a remix album featuring modern interpretations of jazz legend Nat King Cole’s indelible work. Performing alongside Cole’s virtual croon, the album features a diverse cast of artists including daughter Natalie Cole, will.i.am, Bebel Gilberto, Stephen and Damien Marley, The Roots, and TV on the Radio, among others. Company X and its production arm, Detox, directed, edited and animated the video, which includes 2D stop-motion, 3D and After Effe... Read Full Story
	Okino ships SolidWorks 2009 for Animators - 02/10/09 Toronto, Canada - February 9, 2009 Coinciding with the SolidWorks World 2009 conference in Orlando Florida, Okino Computer Graphics announced today that its very popular SolidWorks CAD conversion system has been updated for SolidWorks 2009 and is now available to current customers still within their valid maintenance period. The conversion pipeline, a de facto industry standard for the last 12+ years, allows native SolidWorks BREP CAD assembly, part and presentation files (disk based, or from a live running copy of SolidWorks) to be converted to all major animation + authoring packages, 3D downstream file formats and VisSim programs. Okino is one of the longest standing SolidWorks soluti... Read Full Story
	Uberware releases Smedge 3 version 2.4 update 2-distributed task management system - 01/09/09 Uberware releases Smedge 3 version 2.4 update 2Los Angeles, CA. January 6, 2009. Uberware, makers of the Smedge distributed task managementsystem for render farm and server farm control, have announced the release of the latest update to thehighly successful Smedge 3 product line. Update 2 to version 2.4 of the Smedge 3 system includesdozens of new features, feature enhancements, and improvements in performance and reliability."We have been working closely with our customers and the artists and managers that use and administrate Smedge installations in order to give them the stable and easy to use product that Smedge has become the standard for in the entire render farm management ma... Read Full Story
	Escape Studios Launches First Online ZBrush Course - 12/12/08 Escape Studios, the number one source for developing a successful career in the CG industry, today announced the launch of its new online ZBrush Foundation course. Comprised of over 11 hours of HD video tutorial content created by industry experts, ZBrush Foundation enables artists of all levels to grasp the incredible power of Pixologics industry standard sculpting tool. Delivered through Escapes proprietary online learning system, ZBrush Foundation provides students with a comprehensive learning experience and the ability to ask questions of Escapes industry professional tutors, using the systems unique Q&A feature. For more information on Escapes ZBrush Foundation course, ... Read Full Story
	Okino and AGI Announce New 3D Conversion Pipeline for STK - 10/17/08 AGI announces Okino Computer Graphics as an Affiliated Product Partner and a new Secondary 3D Conversion Pipeline into AGIs STK Software Toronto, Ontario October 17th, 2008 After 10 years of collaborative activity, AGI Affiliated Product Partner Okino Computer Graphics announced today that a secondary, complementary data conversion pipeline in Okinos PolyTrans\|CAD (using the COLLADA format) gives STK users the ability to evaluate the new COLLADA model import (beta) capability of AGIs STK software. For over ten years Okino has been a primary provider of cost effective and robust 3D data translation software to STK users around the globe. Okinos P... Read Full Story
	Okino Ships New Version of Polytrans - 07/24/08 Okino Ships New Version of PolyTrans for Adobe Director Xtra Plug-in System Newly Updated Plug-in System Allows Okino's PolyTrans to Re-purpose All Major 3D CAD, DCC and VisSim File Formats into Adobe Director 3D Digital Assets. Toronto, Ontario July 24th, 2008 Okino Computer Graphics announced today that it is now shipping its updated PolyTrans for Adobe Director plug-in system, compatible with the new Adobe Director version 11 software. PolyTrans for Adobe Director is a native Xtra plug-in for Director (versions 8.5 through 11) which allows all supported Okino 3D import converters to be accessed directly from within the Director user interfac... Read Full Story
	Okino Ships Certified Autodesk Inventor 2009 CAD Conversion System for 3ds Max v2009, Maya v2008, Lightwave v9, Cinema-4D v10.5, XSI v6 & Others - 04/04/08 Toronto, Ontario April 4th 2008 -- Okino Computer Graphics, a leading provider and pioneer of data translation solutions to the DCC/Animation and enterprise Fortune 1000 markets, announced today that its currently shipping software products have received the "Autodesk Inventor 2009 Certification". Okino has been a registered Autodesk developer since 1995 and has been shipping this completely robust and error free Autodesk Inventor conversion pipeline since Inventor v5. Certification by Autodesk, as per the "Inventor Certified Applications Program" validates the overall completeness and robustness of the Okino Inventor importer solution again. The cert... Read Full Story
	Pixologic releases 30 day Trial version of ZBrush 3.1 - 11/16/07 Los Angeles, Calif. November 15, 2007. - Pixologic, Inc. announced today it is offering a 30 day trial version of its flagship and Award-Winning digital sculpting and painting application, ZBrush3.1. Created by artists for artists, ZBrush is designed to address the most ambitious and creative needs of todays digital content creators. ZBrush3.1 delivers powerful sculpting and texture painting tools for film studios, Next-Gen games, and design visualization for artist worldwide. Pixologic's 30 day trial version of ZBrush 3.1 is a full-featured version offering the industry-standard sculpting and painting tools that professional digital artists rely on for ... Read Full Story
	Sequencemaster announce Sequencemaster V2 upgrade - 11/06/07 November 5th 2007, London - Sequencemaster is pleased to announce Sequencemaster V2 upgrade for PC General performance improvements including improved memory use, ListView format now with continuous listing of unpadded sequences and easier access to render features. This upgrade is Free to existing Sequencemaster users. Steamline your digital studio Sequencemaster : Sequential Image browser, image utilities and production tools Sequencemaster is easy to implement, intuitive to use and makes a great integrated production base for digital studios, all in one simple utility. Studio based and USB portable Sequencem... 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
	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
	Pixar Releases RenderMan Studio 2.0 and RenderMan for Maya 3.0 - 05/13/09 Pixar Releases RenderMan Studio 2.0 and RenderMan for Maya 3.0 Showcasing major increases in speed and productivityEMERYVILLE, CA - (May 8th 2009) Pixar Animation Studios today released version 2.0 of RenderMan Studio and version 3.0 of RenderMan for Maya. Built on the common foundation of Pixar's core rendering technology, both releases feature substantial performance enhancements for production rendering, including faster multi-threading, optimized ray tracing, and other enhancements that will dramatically impact most scenes. New levels of customization will allow studios the ability to develop their own unique pipelines, and both releases provide full Maya 2009 compatibi... Read Full Story
	COMPANY X & DETOX CREATE LUSH ANIMATED VIDEO FOR NAT KING COLE - 04/15/09 Visually Compelling Teaser Is Part Of Launch For RE: GENERATIONS, Remix Album Of Nat King Cole Tracks New York, NY – (April 9, 2009) -- EMI Records recently tapped Company X to produce a promotional music video for RE: GENERATIONS, a remix album featuring modern interpretations of jazz legend Nat King Cole’s indelible work. Performing alongside Cole’s virtual croon, the album features a diverse cast of artists including daughter Natalie Cole, will.i.am, Bebel Gilberto, Stephen and Damien Marley, The Roots, and TV on the Radio, among others. Company X and its production arm, Detox, directed, edited and animated the video, which includes 2D stop-motion, 3D and After Effe... Read Full Story
	TD-College Releases New Houdini Course! - 03/30/09 BURBANK, CALIFORNIA (March 23rd 2009): TD-College Releases New Houdini Course!TD-College (TDC), the premier online school for technical directors, is proud to announce the release of a new course Procedural Effects with Houdini. Since its inception, Side Effects' Houdini has been regarded as a tool that can handle nearly any effect thrown at it due to it's procedural work flow. Nonetheless, that power seems to be out of reach for most CG artists due to Houdini's steep learning curve. "Procedural Effects with Houdini will provide our students the opportunity to learn one of the most powerful cg software applications, and learn how it is used in real production scenarios... Read Full Story
	Okino Ships new Solid Edge CAD pipeline for animators - 03/04/09 Toronto, Canada March 4th, 2009 Okino Computer Graphics announced today that it is now shipping its newly rewritten Solid Edge CAD conversion system, compatible with the ground breaking Solid Edge Synchronous Technology modeling software which is taking the CAD world by storm in 2008 and 2009. The conversion pipeline allows native Solid Edge assembly, part, weldment and sheet metal files to be converted to all major animation + authoring packages, 3D downstream file formats and VisSim programs. Okino is one of the longest standing Solid Edge solution partner developers, providing excellent and well refined 3D data translation solutions for Solid Edge users and independent users of Solid... Read Full Story
	Okino ships SolidWorks 2009 for Animators - 02/10/09 Toronto, Canada - February 9, 2009 Coinciding with the SolidWorks World 2009 conference in Orlando Florida, Okino Computer Graphics announced today that its very popular SolidWorks CAD conversion system has been updated for SolidWorks 2009 and is now available to current customers still within their valid maintenance period. The conversion pipeline, a de facto industry standard for the last 12+ years, allows native SolidWorks BREP CAD assembly, part and presentation files (disk based, or from a live running copy of SolidWorks) to be converted to all major animation + authoring packages, 3D downstream file formats and VisSim programs. Okino is one of the longest standing SolidWorks soluti... Read Full Story
	Uberware releases Smedge 3 version 2.4 update 2-distributed task management system - 01/09/09 Uberware releases Smedge 3 version 2.4 update 2Los Angeles, CA. January 6, 2009. Uberware, makers of the Smedge distributed task managementsystem for render farm and server farm control, have announced the release of the latest update to thehighly successful Smedge 3 product line. Update 2 to version 2.4 of the Smedge 3 system includesdozens of new features, feature enhancements, and improvements in performance and reliability."We have been working closely with our customers and the artists and managers that use and administrate Smedge installations in order to give them the stable and easy to use product that Smedge has become the standard for in the entire render farm management ma... Read Full Story
	Okino and AGI Announce New 3D Conversion Pipeline for STK - 10/17/08 AGI announces Okino Computer Graphics as an Affiliated Product Partner and a new Secondary 3D Conversion Pipeline into AGIs STK Software Toronto, Ontario October 17th, 2008 After 10 years of collaborative activity, AGI Affiliated Product Partner Okino Computer Graphics announced today that a secondary, complementary data conversion pipeline in Okinos PolyTrans\|CAD (using the COLLADA format) gives STK users the ability to evaluate the new COLLADA model import (beta) capability of AGIs STK software. For over ten years Okino has been a primary provider of cost effective and robust 3D data translation software to STK users around the globe. Okinos P... Read Full Story
	Pixar Releases RenderMan Pro Server 14.0 - 09/17/08 Pixar Releases RenderMan Pro Server 14.0 Includes New Interactive Rendering technology EMERYVILLE, CA (September 17th, 2008) Pixar Animation Studios today released version 14.0 of its Academy Award winning RenderMan Pro Server software. Significant performance enhancements include accelerated ray-tracing, faster processing of large polygon datasets, optimized hair performance, faster AOVs, and enhanced threading scalability. New core features facilitating the development of custom tools include a re-rendering mode for accelerated interactive shading and lighting, a new SDK for easy linking, a Python binding for simplified integration, user-def... Read Full Story
	Pixar Celebrates 20 Years of RenderMan at SIGGRAPH 2008 - 08/12/08 Pixar Celebrates 20 Years of RenderMan at SIGGRAPH 2008 Announcing RenderMan Pro Server 14.0 EMERYVILLE, CA - (August 11th, 2008) Pixar Animation Studios today announced full details of the latest version of its Academy Award winning RenderMan Pro Server software to mark the occasion of RenderMan's 20th anniversary. RenderMan Pro Server 14.0 introduces significant performance enhancements including accelerated ray-tracing, faster processing of large polygon datasets, optimized hair performance, faster AOV's, and enhanced threading scalability. New core features that facilitate the development of custom to... Read Full Story
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	Sequencemaster announce Sequencemaster V2 upgrade - 11/06/07 November 5th 2007, London - Sequencemaster is pleased to announce Sequencemaster V2 upgrade for PC General performance improvements including improved memory use, ListView format now with continuous listing of unpadded sequences and easier access to render features. This upgrade is Free to existing Sequencemaster users. Steamline your digital studio Sequencemaster : Sequential Image browser, image utilities and production tools Sequencemaster is easy to implement, intuitive to use and makes a great integrated production base for digital studios, all in one simple utility. Studio based and USB portable Sequencem... Read Full Story
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	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
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	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-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
	Autodesk Softimage Free Mod Tool 7.5 is Now Available - 04/26/09 Autodesk Softimage Mod Tool 7.5 is now shipping. The software is a free version of Softimage for noncommercial game creation and is designed for anyone seeking a powerful 3D application to make and mod games. Please visit the link below for more details:www.autodesk.com/modtool Read Full Story
	COMPANY X & DETOX CREATE LUSH ANIMATED VIDEO FOR NAT KING COLE - 04/15/09 Visually Compelling Teaser Is Part Of Launch For RE: GENERATIONS, Remix Album Of Nat King Cole Tracks New York, NY – (April 9, 2009) -- EMI Records recently tapped Company X to produce a promotional music video for RE: GENERATIONS, a remix album featuring modern interpretations of jazz legend Nat King Cole’s indelible work. Performing alongside Cole’s virtual croon, the album features a diverse cast of artists including daughter Natalie Cole, will.i.am, Bebel Gilberto, Stephen and Damien Marley, The Roots, and TV on the Radio, among others. Company X and its production arm, Detox, directed, edited and animated the video, which includes 2D stop-motion, 3D and After Effe... Read Full Story
	TD-College Releases New Houdini Course! - 03/30/09 BURBANK, CALIFORNIA (March 23rd 2009): TD-College Releases New Houdini Course!TD-College (TDC), the premier online school for technical directors, is proud to announce the release of a new course Procedural Effects with Houdini. Since its inception, Side Effects' Houdini has been regarded as a tool that can handle nearly any effect thrown at it due to it's procedural work flow. Nonetheless, that power seems to be out of reach for most CG artists due to Houdini's steep learning curve. "Procedural Effects with Houdini will provide our students the opportunity to learn one of the most powerful cg software applications, and learn how it is used in real production scenarios... Read Full Story
	Animator's Stopwatch for iPhone/iTouch now available. - 03/16/09 It displays time sequences as:Film FootageFilm FramesNTSC FramesPAL FramesorSeconds.All entries are displayed as the running frame count as well as the intevals between entries.Time is registered by tapping the screen or giving it a sharp shake. It's on the iTunes app store. Search for "animation timer". More info at: www.fibble.net/animtimer.html. Read Full Story
	Okino Ships new Solid Edge CAD pipeline for animators - 03/04/09 Toronto, Canada March 4th, 2009 Okino Computer Graphics announced today that it is now shipping its newly rewritten Solid Edge CAD conversion system, compatible with the ground breaking Solid Edge Synchronous Technology modeling software which is taking the CAD world by storm in 2008 and 2009. The conversion pipeline allows native Solid Edge assembly, part, weldment and sheet metal files to be converted to all major animation + authoring packages, 3D downstream file formats and VisSim programs. Okino is one of the longest standing Solid Edge solution partner developers, providing excellent and well refined 3D data translation solutions for Solid Edge users and independent users of Solid... Read Full Story
	2009 RED STICK International Animation Festival - 03/03/09 2009 RED STICK International Animation FestivalThe Red Stick Animation Festival is an exciting community event that converges the world of technology, art, entertainment and exploration Artists draw and paint with computers, and scientists convey their complex theories in color and motion. The 2009 Red Stick International Animation Festival highlights this convergence celebrating art, motion, and exploration in downtown Baton Rouge April 22-25, 2009. The movement toward convergence highlights not only the new set of technical skills that artists employ, but likewise the artistic vision that scientists are embracing. The worlds of the artist and scientist are folding in on one anot... Read Full Story
	Okino ships SolidWorks 2009 for Animators - 02/10/09 Toronto, Canada - February 9, 2009 Coinciding with the SolidWorks World 2009 conference in Orlando Florida, Okino Computer Graphics announced today that its very popular SolidWorks CAD conversion system has been updated for SolidWorks 2009 and is now available to current customers still within their valid maintenance period. The conversion pipeline, a de facto industry standard for the last 12+ years, allows native SolidWorks BREP CAD assembly, part and presentation files (disk based, or from a live running copy of SolidWorks) to be converted to all major animation + authoring packages, 3D downstream file formats and VisSim programs. Okino is one of the longest standing SolidWorks soluti... Read Full Story
	Call for entries: V-Ray Artist Spotlight - 02/04/09 We are looking for V-Ray artists around the world that would like to send us their V-Ray image renderings for possible inclusion in our galleries and Artist Spotlight. Participation is free and provides the following benefits: #1: Your own spotlight page with up to 8 featured images. #2: You are featured on our main page on VRay.com. #3: You are featured in our V-Ray newsletter. Would you like to be featured in our artist spotlight? If so, please see our requirements page at the following: http://www.vray.com/artist_spotlight/requirements.shtml Sincerely,Scott ... Read Full Story
	Uberware releases Smedge 3 version 2.4 update 2-distributed task management system - 01/09/09 Uberware releases Smedge 3 version 2.4 update 2Los Angeles, CA. January 6, 2009. Uberware, makers of the Smedge distributed task managementsystem for render farm and server farm control, have announced the release of the latest update to thehighly successful Smedge 3 product line. Update 2 to version 2.4 of the Smedge 3 system includesdozens of new features, feature enhancements, and improvements in performance and reliability."We have been working closely with our customers and the artists and managers that use and administrate Smedge installations in order to give them the stable and easy to use product that Smedge has become the standard for in the entire render farm management ma... Read Full Story
	Animators Are Some of the Happiest Workers in America, Survey Finds - 10/17/08 Animators Are Some of the Happiest Workers in America, Survey Finds Third-party survey commissioned by AnimationMentor.com reveals career trends in the animation industry Emeryville, CA October 16, 2008 AnimationMentor.com (Animation Mentor), the leading online character animation school created by animators for animators, today unveils key findings from an animation industry survey that shows a vibrant and healthy workforce with a bright future. Animation Mentor commissioned independent research firm Knowledge Wave International to conduct the survey to gain insight into an insiders view on industry trends, job titles, job satisfaction and salari... Read Full Story

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