Archive May 2008 |
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| | | Jeffrey Katzenberg selected Annie Award winner artist Nicolas Marlet to alone create all characters for the upcoming ''Kung Fu Panda'' movie. Variety interviews him - discuss here. |
31 May, 2008 | 31 May, 2008 | 29 May, 2008 |
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FXGuide digs into the visual effects of Speed Racer done by Digital Domain, Sony, Rising Sun Pictures and BUF - discuss here. | Microsoft showcases multi-touch technology to be part of Windows 7, the next version of Windows that will supposedly be released in 2010 - discuss here. | A tutorial on painting a Little Panda Girl in Photoshop - discuss here. |
28 May, 2008 | 28 May, 2008 | 28 May, 2008 |
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Eat3d just release more great training material; ''Unreal VFX - Material Transitions''. | The New York Times profiles Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of such classic characters as Donkey Kong and Mario, and likens him to Walt Disney. | Popular Mechanics looks a motion capture method created by Image Metrics that needs no face or body markers - discuss here.
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27 May, 2008 | 26 May, 2008 | 24 May, 2008 |
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The next Photoshop to get a huge performance boost with GPU and physics acceleration, according to TG Daily - discuss here.
| Revolver Introduces FreeSpin3D- the First Commercial Solution Enabling the Import of 3D Models and Development of Real-time 3D Graphics in Adobe Flash - disucss here! | Blender starts shipping the DVD of their second open-source short film, Big Buck Bunny DVD - discuss here. |
24 May, 2008 | 23 May, 2008 | 22 May, 2008 |
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Blender 2.46 has been released with new features including hair and fur, and cloth simulation. Tip by Sam Sandoval - discuss here.
| Shilo and The Burma Arts Board Debuts Worldwide to Drive Aid and Awareness for Burma Crisis. - discuss here. | Kyle Newman is the director, editor, producer and writer of the upcoming film ''Fanboys.'' Take a look at his ''ultimate video editing'' setup - discuss here. |
20 May, 2008 | 20 May, 2008 | 19 May, 2008 |
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A video tutorial on creating weight maps in XSI - discuss here. | An interview with character designer Peter DeS?ve, who worked on films such as Ice Age and Finding Nemo - discuss here. | Rotten Tomatoes writes a tribute to George Lucas for his years in filmmaking in occasion of his 64th birthday.
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18 May, 2008 | 17 May, 2008 | 16 May, 2008 |
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'Intuitive Animation with Robert Kuczera' is the latest DVD release from Gnomon Workshop | Revolver releases the beta of FreeSpin3D, a solution for real-time rendering of 3D models in Adobe Flash. -Discuss here- | |
16 May, 2008 | 15 May, 2008 | 14 May, 2008 |
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DAZ 3D releases Mimic Pro for Carrara, giving Carrara users the ability to easily create and edit facial animation sequences. | cebas releases finalRender, finalToon, finalShaders SP2 for 3ds Max 2009. | Di-O-Matic announces the immediate release of
Morph-O-Matic v2. |
13 May, 2008 | 13 May, 2008 | 12 May, 2008 |
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eat3d.com's aim is ''to have the highest of quality training videos geared toward 3D Artists'' their initial titles aimed at next gen game art look very promising. | An interview with Ghibli background artist Oga Kazuo. | Tech ARP writes in how you can ''convert'' your GeForce card to a comparable Quadro card for no cost, using a software solution. |
12 May, 2008 | 11 May, 2008 | 11 May, 2008 |
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SIGGRAPH announces nominees for the annual Computer Animation Festival award. | An interview with Assassin?s Creed design artist, Thierry Doizon. | The Gnomon Workshop releases a 2-volume series on Dave Dorman?s Illustration Techniques. |
09 May, 2008 | 09 May, 2008 | 07 May, 2008 |
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Autodesk announced it has completed the acquisition of REALVIZ, developer of image-based content creation software. | June 14th & 15th will be The Gnomon Workshop's seventh workshop weekend, with participating artists who worked on such projects as Hellboy 2, The Matrix and Beowulf. | Animation director Brad Bird talks about Fostering Innovation, and sums it up in 9 points. |
07 May, 2008 | 07 May, 2008 | 06 May, 2008 |
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VR Mag digs deep into Speed Racer, with interviews with key vfx people like John Gaeta, Virtual Reality panoramas, and many behind the scenes videos. | Rockstar Games' Dan Houser talks on Grand Theft Auto IV and how Rockstar digitally ''degentrified'' New York. | A behind the scenes look at Iron Man with Visual Effect Art Director Aaron McBride. |
05 May, 2008 | 04 May, 2008 | 03 May, 2008 |
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DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg says that the conversion of theaters to 3D is very disappointing, and at a very slow pace. | DAZ 3D? announces Hexagon 2, with enhanced UV-mapping and freehand brush modeling. | CGChannel interviews Sebastien Larroude (a.k.a Rainart) from SteamBot Studios in Montreal. Talking about his DVD with Gnomon and his experience in the gamming field. |
01 May, 2008 | 01 May, 2008 | 01 May, 2008 |
