Archive Feb 2005 |
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| El Portal del 3D y la Animaci?n have just published another interview, in this case with Alan Barillaro, Animation Supervisor in Pixar. This interview is published in Spanish and English languages | Brad Bird recieved an Oscar for Pixar. In his acceptance speach, he attributed 'life' as the reason for a successful animation. Meanwhile, Spider-Man 2 has the best visual effects, and Ryan is the best animated short. | Making of Ghetto, a tutorial by S?ndor Tar. | 28 Feb, 2005 | 28 Feb, 2005 | 27 Feb, 2005 |
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| RenderNode has interviewed Steve Odgen, founder of AnimWatch. | Inozon, world's first 3D search engine. | GFX TM have some really handy photoshop 'short-cut keys' printable cards! | 26 Feb, 2005 | 26 Feb, 2005 | 25 Feb, 2005 |
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| BOXX Delivers New 4300 Value Workstations for Digital Media Creation. Direct link to new press release | Discreet announces 3ds max 7.5 for its subscription members. Tip by Dookie 3000. | Poser 6. | 25 Feb, 2005 | 24 Feb, 2005 | 24 Feb, 2005 |
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| A tutorial on creating realistic pool ball in 3dsmax. | Gnomon Workshop releases eight new DVDs by top name designers whose work has contributed to scores of films including Star Wars EP1-3, AI, Minority Report, Constantine and many more. | A tutorial on creating Volume Effects in VRay. | 24 Feb, 2005 | 24 Feb, 2005 | 23 Feb, 2005 |
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| CG Underground interviews 'Seung Ho Henrik Holmberg,' a digital painter who has worked on such films as Star Wars Episode III and Shrek 2. | Network rendering optimizations, sound scrubbing, faster atmosphere simulation, new cloud simulations and models and more in the Carrara 4.1 update. | The 14-year-old animation magazine, FPS, has returned. And better yet, for free, and ready for your download. (scroll to the bottom of the page) | 23 Feb, 2005 | 23 Feb, 2005 | 22 Feb, 2005 |
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| 3dyanimacion.com have just published another interview, in this case with Lucas Ives, Technical Director in Pixar. This interview is published in Spanish and English languages. | A 'Digital Haircuts' tutorial by Emelia's Derek Flood. | 3dm3.com posted new video tutorial for 3ds max7. That this is not a tutorial to teach highest rendering adjustments with MR..its only a startup scene setup for beginners for rendering car scenes.
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| Alias has announced that MAYA has been a major help in the production of the animated feature, Valiant. | A look into the Oscar-nominated Ryan, an animation film created by director Chris Landreth and Seneca students. | AnimationMentor.com; the online animation school by current Pixar employees, has opened its doors. | 18 Feb, 2005 | 18 Feb, 2005 | 17 Feb, 2005 |
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| Over 50 new features in free CINEMA 4D Release 9.1 udpate. | An article about the renderer improvements in MAYA 6.5. | Wacom updates its 17 LCD Pen Display to a better 21'' one; the Cintiq 21UX. | 17 Feb, 2005 | 17 Feb, 2005 | 15 Feb, 2005 |
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| The Making of Maciej Drabik's Angel. | An interview with Darius Fisher of of Digital Neural Axis on his company's work on The Aviator. | From Pixels to Perfection: StarWars.com profiles VFX Supervisor Roger Guyett. | 15 Feb, 2005 | 15 Feb, 2005 | 14 Feb, 2005 |
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| 'The Day After Tomorrow' won a BAFTA for Achievement in Special Visual Effects; kicking Potter, Daggers, Spidey and an Aviator. Vfx was done by ILM, Digital Domain, The Orphanage et al. | Version 2.1 of the MAC OS X renderer, Cheetah 3D, has been released. | Apple unviels a new line of PowerBooks with G4 processors. | 13 Feb, 2005 | 13 Feb, 2005 | 12 Feb, 2005 |
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| CGUnderground interviews artist Romain C?te. Check his website for some inspiring work. | Digital-Tutors Announces Fundamentals of Maya: Polygon and Sub-D Modeling Training and Teratology Monster Challenge
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| Alias releases Bonus Tools for Maya 6.5. | 2d3 have begun shipping boujou three, their automated camera calibration and tracking system. | NEWS ALERT - BOXX to Offer Discreet combustion 4 Software on High-Performance Workstations. This is a direct link to pdf press release. | 09 Feb, 2005 | 09 Feb, 2005 | 09 Feb, 2005 |
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| Discreet announces Combustion 4. | A polygon-texturing tutorial for Maya 5.0. | Wired profiles the 10 visual effects wizards who rule Hollywood. | 08 Feb, 2005 | 08 Feb, 2005 | 07 Feb, 2005 |
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| CGFocus reviews Toon Boom Studio 2.5. | If the cash is afforded, such product could relieve a lot. mok3 has created a Photoshop Clone Brush that automatically corrects the prespective and lighting. | A 6-page indepth review of the new DVD covering the early works of the stop-motion legend Ray Harryhausen. | 06 Feb, 2005 | 05 Feb, 2005 | 04 Feb, 2005 |
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| The Gnomon Workshop has released seven new DVDs that cover high-end techniques using Maya, Pixologic Zbrush and Realviz Stitcher and ImageModeler. | Maya 6.5 joins the family. | BOXX Unveils GoBOXX 2200 High-Performance
PCI-Express Mobile Workstation Based on New NVIDIA Quadro FX Go 1400 GPU | 04 Feb, 2005 | 02 Feb, 2005 | 02 Feb, 2005 |
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| ImageWorks and New Deal Studios show off their work on The Aviator in a mini-site. | The Incredibles has swept the Annie Awards, taking home 10 top-honors, while Lorenzo won for the animated short. Will the Oscars end like this? | 02 Feb, 2005 | 01 Feb, 2005 |
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