Archive Dec 2006 |
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Disney Studios ends 2006 with $3.26 billion in box office. | Sun Microsystems released Looking Glass, a 3D desktop interface that provides an OS-neutral version of some of the elements found in OS X and Microsoft's newly-released Vista OS. | New Year's Eve in New York's Times Square is getting a 3D treatment, with 30,000 pairs of 3-D glasses being distributed to watch stereoscopic fireworks! |
31 Dec, 2006 | 31 Dec, 2006 | 30 Dec, 2006 |
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Corel has completed the acquisition of InterVideo and Ulead. | VMWare releases a public free beta of Fusion for MacOSX, a virtualization software that allows you to run a wide variety of operating systems, including Windows, on OS X without rebooting. | SIGGRAPH 2007 announces a new program, Intellectual Property (IP) Marketplace, with the goal of simplifying matching parties for buying and selling computer graphics IP. |
29 Dec, 2006 | 28 Dec, 2006 | 27 Dec, 2006 |
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Variety selects the biggest Hollywood flops of 2006, and DreamWorks / Aardman's Flushed Away is the only animation to make the list! | Bert Monroy demonstrates in the online video show, Pixel Perfect, the use of vector art in the creation of his 1.7GB digital painting, Damen. | An interview with painter , who worked on movies like Lord of the Rings and Memoirs of a Geisha. |
26 Dec, 2006 | 25 Dec, 2006 | 25 Dec, 2006 |
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3 video interviews with key Blur Studios figures on XSI and Blur's upcoming ''A Gentlemen?s Duel''. | A look inside Photoshop CS3, from a VFX point of view. | Are you ready for Windows Vista? CNET can analyze your computer online for free in just seconds. |
24 Dec, 2006 | 24 Dec, 2006 | 23 Dec, 2006 |
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The Making of ''The Last Ride'', by 15-year-old Patrik Duda. | DAVID, a free software for 3D scanning of objects that requires no more than an average consumer webcam and a laser pointer. | The Mill is openning a studio in Los Angeles, thus according to them, they become the first studio to operate in three global locations. |
23 Dec, 2006 | 22 Dec, 2006 | 22 Dec, 2006 |
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Adobe posts Beta 2 of Soundbooth for Windows and Intel-Macs. | CGArena release an ezine with some tutorials and galleries, free to download. | CGArena interviews freelance CG artist Rod Seffen. |
21 Dec, 2006 | 21 Dec, 2006 | 21 Dec, 2006 |
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ExtremeTech looks back at PC graphics in 2006, and what to expect in 2007. | HotHardware reviews the Geforce 8800 GTX. | Jim Hill reports that director Chris Sanders, working on Walt Disney's CGI ''American Dog'' has been forced off the project, and that Disney is returning to traditional animation! |
20 Dec, 2006 | 20 Dec, 2006 | 19 Dec, 2006 |
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Voice-O-Matic helps sync Christopher Coolumbus, a 70 minutes length CG feature film from Dibulitoon Studio. | Softimage XSI 6: video demonstrations of the new features. | Seven films were announced to be shortlisted for 2007's VFX Oscar. The films include Casino Royale, Eragon and Night at the Museum |
19 Dec, 2006 | 19 Dec, 2006 | 18 Dec, 2006 |
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ILM opens a site to showcase the effects of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. | A video walkthrough on MacBreak on modeling in Google SketchUp and how to export 3D models to Google Earth. | Adobe Photoshop CS3 Beta - available only as a free download for Mac-owners of Photoshop CS2. |
18 Dec, 2006 | 16 Dec, 2006 | 15 Dec, 2006 |
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Vray Elite have a host of cool tutorials for all you Vray users. Making of The Old Shack is their latest one. | Autodesk lays off 30 of its employees at Montreal. Read on. | Microsoft releases XNA Game Studio Express, aimed at helping students and hobbyists build games for Windows and the Xbox 360. |
14 Dec, 2006 | 13 Dec, 2006 | 13 Dec, 2006 |
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AppleInsider claims that Adobe is considering releasing a public beta of Creative Suite 3.0 as early as this month. | An interview with Maas Digital about Roving Mars, a 40-minute documentary featuring 12-minutes of animation. | Newtek releases a trial version of Lightwave 9 for Mac OSX, and 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. |
12 Dec, 2006 | 11 Dec, 2006 | 10 Dec, 2006 |
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Bungie talks to Ed Ulbrich, the president of Digital Domain?s commercial division, on the creation of the Halo 3 commercial. | Pixar's Cars grabs 3 Grammy nominations. | ''The Structure of Man'', watch for free 178 video tutorials on drawing the human body, by Riven Phoenix. |
09 Dec, 2006 | 08 Dec, 2006 | 07 Dec, 2006 |
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SIGGRAPH has started accepting applications for 2007 Student Volunteers. | A ''Wounded Ork'' tutorial, by Dorian Bushi. | Digital Tutors release RealFlow4 Training. The new training provides interactive guide to learning fluid and dynamic simulation in RealFlow4 |
07 Dec, 2006 | 07 Dec, 2006 | 07 Dec, 2006 |
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Win one of 8 PS3s and Wiis in submitting an artwork related to breast cancer awareness, in a contest coinciding with AnimeFF, a fully funded non-profit anime convention. | Next Limit Technologies have just announced the releases of updated and hugely improved plug-ins for Maya, 3dsMax and Cinema4D | Dibulitoon rely on Voice-O-Matic for CG feature film |
06 Dec, 2006 | 06 Dec, 2006 | 05 Dec, 2006 |
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XSI Base.com have posted up a new interview that they have done with character animator Simon Pickard on the process of creating Happy Feet at Animal Logic
| Joblo.com visits the ILM and takes a look at the production of the Dead Man's Chest. | Microsoft has announced an integrated suite of tools for designers, as well as a new preview of the company's 'Flash killer' technology. |
05 Dec, 2006 | 05 Dec, 2006 | 05 Dec, 2006 |
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VRay Elite have just posted up a new tutorial which is a guide to creating cool looking neon lights. | Karen Raugust of VFXWorld discovers how developers are investing in 3D mobile gaming, and positioning for success once consumer demand takes off. | Creating a radio in 3ds max, a tutorial. |
04 Dec, 2006 | 02 Dec, 2006 | 02 Dec, 2006 |
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Win 3ds Max plug-ins worth over $2,500 in this 3D World/Di-O-Matic contest. |
01 Dec, 2006 |
