Archive Jun 2007 |
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| Producer of 300 discusses the film adaptation of World of Warcraft. | ComingSoon made a visit to the set of Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix, and has a 7-part report.- | HotHardware looks into the performance of the new ATI Radeon HD 2600 and 2400. | 30 Jun, 2007 | 29 Jun, 2007 | 29 Jun, 2007 |
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| NASA is looking for how it could be more ''hip'', and one of the solutions could be 3D games, says NASA. | //Adapt 2007 announces Phil Tippett of Tippett Studio to Keynote at the //Adapt 2007 Conference in Montreal. Read more in their latest press release.
| Disney is reportedly to scrap direct-to-DVD sequels. Talk about John Lasseter and Steve Jobs' influence. | 29 Jun, 2007 | 29 Jun, 2007 | 28 Jun, 2007 |
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| Legendary Films is investing $1 billion in a portfolio of films co-produced by Warner Brothers Pictures. | Adam Savage of The MythBusters argues that after 25 years, Blade Runner F/X's is still unsurpassed. | Cartoon Network and Hasbro join forces to create a ''Transformers Animated'' series, which will premiere in 2008 | 28 Jun, 2007 | 28 Jun, 2007 | 27 Jun, 2007 |
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| A demonstration of a digital skin grafting technique using Eyeon ''Fusion''. | Pixar releases RenderMan Studio 1.0 and RenderMan for Maya 2.0. | A behind the scenes video of the pre-rendered cinematic Blur Studios created for The Transformers game. | 27 Jun, 2007 | 27 Jun, 2007 | 26 Jun, 2007 |
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| Nintendo now became one of the largest 10 companies in Japan in market value, outgrowing Sony. | Realviz announces HDR Imaging Studio, a software collection for the creation of HDR environments for virtual reality, special effects and video games. | A video tutorial -- modeling the Fat Monster Gordo, by Rodrigo Banzato. | 25 Jun, 2007 | 25 Jun, 2007 | 25 Jun, 2007 |
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| Besides Youtube's newly launched online video editor, there are already other similar services. This is a review of 8 of them. | Review roundup of the new Santa Rosa-based Apple MacBook Pro. | The Making Of a ''Bruttus 4Z'', by Joao Milando. | 24 Jun, 2007 | 24 Jun, 2007 | 23 Jun, 2007 |
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| An interview with Weta Digital on the creation of the ''Silver Surfer'' character in the new Fantastic Four. | Microsoft is porting the Surface multi-touch technology to laptops. Check the video. | the Gnomon Workshop have just released their latest DVD, Introduction to ZBrush 3:Tools and Workflow with Meats Meier | 22 Jun, 2007 | 22 Jun, 2007 | 22 Jun, 2007 |
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| First look at ''Terra'', a full-length animated feature Snoot Entertainment. The premise is exciting, it is an alien invasion, but not the usual way around: the invadors are the humans! | Rise of Canadian VFX: VFXWorld talks to Canadian vfx professionals about why their companies work for A-list productions such as 300, Superman Returns, and Fantastic Four 2. | The Making of ''The Art Nouveau Room'', by Crtomir Just. | 21 Jun, 2007 | 21 Jun, 2007 | 21 Jun, 2007 |
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| Vue 6 xStream for Softimage|XSI is out, and so is version 6.10 of all releases. | Brad Bird is reportedly still up for a second Incredibles, | MSN Money writes on how several US companies are companies to develop localized animated features in India. | 20 Jun, 2007 | 20 Jun, 2007 | 20 Jun, 2007 |
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| The123D announces its latest model collection - The Restaurant Kit - The Restaurant Kit is a versatile collection of 40 high quality models to add richness & detail to your restaurant, bar and caf? visualisation projects. | Ken Kutaragi, the father of the PlayStation, steps down from being the chairman from Sony Computer Entertainment's chairman and group chief executive. | Aardman Animation reveals a new slate of projects. | 20 Jun, 2007 | 19 Jun, 2007 | 19 Jun, 2007 |
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| First works of Lucasfilm Singapore studio to be out in summer releases | Marvel is going to make, and finance, movies of its characters, on its own, with budgets up to $165 million, backed by $525 million of financing. | Legendary Pictures announces it is creating a film adaptation of the Diablo video game. | 19 Jun, 2007 | 18 Jun, 2007 | 18 Jun, 2007 |
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| Realflow summer contest July 1st - August 15th. Join now and win a full Realflow4 license sponsored by Next Limit Technologies. | Youtube launches Remixer, an online video editing tool powered by Adobe technology. Simple, easy to use, and to the point. | An article that looks into the presence of Squash and Stretch animation in Apple computer software. | 18 Jun, 2007 | 17 Jun, 2007 | 17 Jun, 2007 |
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| Advanced illumination techniques in 3ds max, a tutorial. | An interview with Nick Walker, DreamWorks Animation's Head of Layout, on Shrek the Third. | In his Masters thesis, Tommy Lothian creates a system in which he uses his body, suspended in air, as a 3D-game controller. | 17 Jun, 2007 | 15 Jun, 2007 | 15 Jun, 2007 |
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| XSIBase interviews Vancouver Film School graduate Julianna Kolakis. | Disney & Yash Raj Films have entered into a collaboration to produce culturally relevant CG films for Indian audiences. | Warner Bros. puts AOL marketing exec Lisa Judson as head of its Animation unit. | 14 Jun, 2007 | 14 Jun, 2007 | 13 Jun, 2007 |
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| Mobile Modeller have just release an interview with CG Artist Wyatt Turner on the making of his Mamba Concept Car
| ''Monsters, Inc.'' director Pete Docter is helming Pixar's next film, Up, set for 2009. | ''How Adobe's Photoshop Was Born'', an article by Tom Hormby. | 13 Jun, 2007 | 12 Jun, 2007 | 12 Jun, 2007 |
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| Apple fully unveils the next Mac OS X - Leopard. Follow for a demonstration of the features. | The Blender Foundation is starting a new open source short film project, called ''Peach'', after the success of ''Orange''. | In ''Why Pixar is Better?'', Time magazine writes about Pixar's next films, including Wall-E and Toy Story 3. | 11 Jun, 2007 | 11 Jun, 2007 | 11 Jun, 2007 |
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| Parallels 3.0 for Mac has been released, allowing you to run 3D-accelerated Windows applications and games on your Mac. | Film & Video magazine writes on the visual effects of Spider-Man 3. | Growing Flowers in Maya -- a tutorial create on growing flowers from surface by using Maya Visor. | 10 Jun, 2007 | 10 Jun, 2007 | 10 Jun, 2007 |
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| Groboto, an ''easy-to-use'', 3D modelling and animation software for Windows and Mac OS X. | Newtek profiles the visual effects work done on 24, the tv series, using Lightwave. | A video interview with Brad Bird and others from Pixar on the making of Ratatouille. | 09 Jun, 2007 | 08 Jun, 2007 | 08 Jun, 2007 |
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| Sphere VFX is a highend international training company specialising in: 3D CGI, Digital Compositing and Visual Effects have just launch thier first eyeon Fusion training DVD - 'In-Depth 3D'. | Microsoft releases a demo of a new product dubbed ''Photosynth'', based on a technology they devised to build 3D models from photographs, photographs that are not necessarily professionally shot. An impressive video demonstration of the software. | Walt Disney and Stan Lee sign an exclusive, multiyear agreement. | 08 Jun, 2007 | 07 Jun, 2007 | 07 Jun, 2007 |
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| VFXWorld speaks with Russian visual effects supervisor Vladimir Leschinski about Day Watch and the state of his country's industry. | Digital-Tutors Announces Photoshop CS3 Training. | The Making of ''Fury of Serenity'', by Henry Pashkov. | 07 Jun, 2007 | 06 Jun, 2007 | 06 Jun, 2007 |
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| Making of DAWN, The Dinotaur, by Sri Ram Chandra. | Apple updates the MacBook Pro line with the new Santa Rosa architecture. backlit displays, and GeForce 8600M GT video cards . | ''If you use 3ds max, here is the top 10 reasons to try XSI today,'' a video demonstration by Softimage. | 06 Jun, 2007 | 05 Jun, 2007 | 05 Jun, 2007 |
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| An interview with ILM?s Roger Guyett On The Effects of Pirates 3. | nPower Software releases Power SolidWorksToMax, read the full press release here. | An interview with artist Patrick Beaulieu. | 05 Jun, 2007 | 05 Jun, 2007 | 04 Jun, 2007 |
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| Read all the latest news about Adapt 2007 in their new press release | For all you Starcraft fans out there, Blizzard have posted up a new insider interview, into the making of for Starcraft II. Thanks for the tip Freespace | Intel's roadmap for laptops is quad-core processors, for more power on the go. | 04 Jun, 2007 | 04 Jun, 2007 | 03 Jun, 2007 |
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| Using 3D Layers in ZBrush 3, a video tutorial. | The Making of Bobby Bubble, by Patrick Beaulieu. | Parallels 3.0 adds 3D support to the Mac version of their virtualization product. | 03 Jun, 2007 | 02 Jun, 2007 | 02 Jun, 2007 |
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| BBC opens its archive to the public -- from ''the freshest HD content to feature-quality productions to historic film rarities, it's all here. Dive in.'' | Coming Soon reports on their visit to the set of Pirates of the Caribbean 3 at ILM. | RTSquare, the GPU-based rendering plugin gets updated to 64-bit support for 3ds max 9. | 01 Jun, 2007 | 01 Jun, 2007 | 01 Jun, 2007 |
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