MAXON Announces Availability of Cinema 4D Release 18
Company to showcase powerful new features like Voronoi Fracturing, Interactive Knife Tools and Substance Engine connectivity at IBC 2016 in Amsterdam.
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Academy Investigating 12 Scientific and Technical Areas for 2016 Oscars
Scientific and technical investigations include high-resolution digital motion picture cameras, motion control software, production ray-tracing & rendering technologies, real-time vector-based drawing tools, and animatronics.
In 3D, Awards, CG, Films, Technology, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: Academy Awards | Geographic Region: North America
Qube! Powers Award-Winning Medical Animation
Patients worldwide rely on Nucleus Medical Media's detailed, accurate animations created with the help of PipelineFX's intelligent render farm manager.
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Brickyard VFX Goes Off the Charts for Volkswagen Tiguan
Boutique VFX and animation studio taps Autodesk Maya and GPU-accelerated biased renderer Redshift to complete previs, design and animation for the new Volkswagen spot, ‘Graph.’
Blackmagic Announces Fusion 8.2 for Linux
New free update brings Blackmagic Design’s visual effects and motion graphics software to Mac OS X, Windows and Linux platforms, allowing artists to run different platforms for the same job.
In 2D, 3D, CG, Motion Graphics, Technology, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Geographic Region: North America
Autodesk Unveils Arnold Integration for Maya 2017
Maya 2017 features integrated rendering with Arnold and new motion graphics tools; new MAXtoA plugin allows 3ds Max users to take advantage of Arnold's powerful, production proven rendering capabilities.
In 3D, CG, Event, Motion Graphics, Technology, Visual Effects | Headline News, VFXWorld | Special Events: SIGGRAPH | Geographic Region: North America
RADEON Pro SSG Announced at 2016 SIGGRAPH
AMD Radeon Pro SSG Set to Transform Workstation PC Architecture, and to Shatter Real-Time Visual Computing Barriers.
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AMD Open Sources Professional GPU-Optimized Photorealistic Renderer
AMD Radeon Technologies Group deepens its commitment to open source; formally launches Radeon ProRender.
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Silverdraft Demon Sets VR and Flame on Fire at SIGGRAPH 2016
Demon supercomputers deliver collaborative shared-volume VR with Autodesk VRED and Immersive Design Studios’ Canvas visualization software, real-time ray-tracing with display frame rates up to 90fps, and the industry’s fasted Flame.
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NVIDIA Turbocharges mental ray Workflows
Available now as a free beta to Autodesk Maya users, mental ray for Maya brings final frame rendering directly to the Maya viewport.
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NVIDIA Extends VRWorks 360 Video SDK
Capture, stitch, and stream VR content in real-time with VRWorks 360 Video SDK.
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NVIDIA Announces New VR and Ray-Tracing Tools for Developers
NVIDIA SDK brings together all the essential elements for creating GPU-accelerated applications, with access to almost 100 different libraries and APIs as well debugging and profiling tools for Android, Windows and Linux.
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NVIDIA Demonstrates the Power of Pascal at SIGGRAPH 2016
NVIDIA’s latest GPU architecture boosts ray-tracing and rendering performance and allows artists to manipulate complex designs up to twice as fast as before; VRWorks 360 Video SDK supports real-time 4K workflows.
In 3D, CG, Technology, AR/VR/XR, Visual Effects | ANIMATIONWorld, Headline News, VFXWorld | Blogs: Animated Travels | Special Events: SIGGRAPH | Geographic Region: North America
Thinkbox Software Introduces Third-Party Metered Licensing at SIGGRAPH 2016
Thinkbox’s e-commerce portal now offering on-demand, per-minute licensing for additional third-party applications.
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MAXON Announces Cinema 4D Release 18
Powerful, flexible new features to leading 3D application elevate motion graphics, VFX and visualization workflows.
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NVIDIA VR Helps Power ILMxLAB’s Rendering Pipeline
ILMxLAB artists employ HP Z Workstations equipped with NVIDIA Quadro professional GPUs for the new Star Wars VR experience, ‘Trials on Tatooine.’
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Isotropix Launches Clarisse 3.0
New release of high-end 2D & 3D rendering software features expanded VFX toolset along with new licensing and rental options aimed at small-to-mid-size studios.
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Pixar Animation Studios Releases RenderMan 21
New release includes the same shaders and lighting tools used for lighting and look development on Pixar’s ‘Finding Dory’ and ‘Piper.’
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PipelineFX Introduces Metered Licensing to Qube!
Per-minute billing supports burst rendering requirements in the Cloud and in-house; currently in use at DHX Media and LAIKA advertising arm HouseSpecial.
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Chaos Group Launches V-Ray for MODO
Production-proven tools for lighting, shading and rendering now available to MODO community.
Rendicity Launches Mac OS X Support
Middleware solutions for more secure and faster rendering allow Apple users to enjoy the benefits of on-demand 3D rendering in the Cloud.
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Adam Valdez Talks ‘The Jungle Book’
MPC VFX supervisor describes the studio’s innovative efforts handling 1200 shots alongside Rob Legato on Disney and Jon Favreau’s blockbuster family adventure hit.
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8 Tips for Scaling Rendering to the Cloud
PipelineFX co-founder and CEO Richard Lewis shares tips and tricks for scaling rendering workloads into the Cloud, including understanding data traffic patterns, matching hardware, and syncing data.
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Axis Appoints Jon Neill as Head of Lighting, Rendering & Compositing
Industry veteran has held senior roles at MPC and Cinesite, working on projects such as ‘Jungle Book,’ ‘Skyfall’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.’
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Chaos Group Labs Releases Free GPU Rendering Guide
New GPU rendering guide from the makers of V-Ray answers common hardware questions and explores myths, trends and the future of rendering technology.
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