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Pixar director creates animation rigging master course

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Randall Newton

Luxology commissioned the 26 hours of keyword-searchable video as the first installment in a new professional training series. Luxology has ...

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Synopsys acquires Extreme DA to improve multicore IC design

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Randall Newton

The acquisition was as much for the talent as for the IP. Synopsys has acquired Extreme DA, a privately held ...

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Quadro Virtual Graphics Technology is another evolutionary step in server-based rendering

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GfxS staff

Nvidia’s Project Monterey may open the door to double duty for graphics workstations. By Alex Herrera Over the years, the ...

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Rand Worldwide says fiscal 2011 ended with “excellent” results

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Randall Newton

Because of its 2010 merger with Avatech Solutions and the juggling of its fiscal calendar, comparions with prior periods are ...

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DisplayMate shootout prefers passive 3D glasses

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Jon Peddie

Video testing experts weigh in on active versus passive display. The end result is more than the sum of technical ...

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Lattice releases XVL viewer for iPad

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Randall Newton

The ultra-lightweight 3D format is popular with some of the world’s largest manufacturers. Files are uploaded to iPad via iTunes. ...

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Substance Designer update offers vector paint

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Randall Newton

The new version of Allegorithmic’s texture and material processing software introduces Mac OSX and Lite versions. Allegorithmic is now shipping ...

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Jon Hirschtick leaves Dassault Systemes SolidWorks

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Randall Newton

The founder of SolidWorks announced the news in an email to employees. His resignation is effective immediately.  SolidWorks founder Jon ...

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Shotgun updates animation and game production management system

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Randall Newton

The web-based product sports a completely rewritten global navigation system, replacing text with imagery. There are also new integration with ...

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CadFaster extends speedy 3D CAD viewing to iPad

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Randall Newton

The key to its speed and collaboration capabilities is the proprietary compression it first applies to models. The speedy 3D ...