New brushes, AI features, performance improvement, and Sidecar support. Painter Essentials 8, the latest addition to Corel’s Painter family, has arrived. Painter Essentials is essentially a slimmed-down version of Corel’s high-end painting tool Painter for digital artists which sells for $429 on the Corel site. The Painter Essentials tool is $49.99. Slimming down … [Read more...] about Painter Essentials 8 gets updated features from parent product Painter 2021
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Pushing processors to the limit: Siemens NX incorporates new design paradigms, ease of use, and plenty of AI
Ongoing development work from synchronous to convergent expands Siemens’ concept of model-based definition. Siemens has achieved some milestones with their latest release of NX. The company has gone to a continuous release in which changes are rolled out regularly. The company expects a cadence of every 6 months or so. The company is taking more advantage of AI/ML with every … [Read more...] about Pushing processors to the limit: Siemens NX incorporates new design paradigms, ease of use, and plenty of AI
Siemens releases Simcenter 3D 2021
Siemens Digital Industries Software has released latest update of its Simcenter 3D software, a fully-integrated CAE solution for complex, multidisciplinary product performance engineering. Simcenter 3D 2021.1 focuses on strengths like multidiscipline integration, faster CAE processes, ties to the digital thread, openness and scalability. A new auralization … [Read more...] about Siemens releases Simcenter 3D 2021
Digital Domain previews realistic realtime autonomous digital human ‘Douglas’
Oscar-winning VFX studio Digital Domain has shared its under development project creating new dimension in human-to-machine interactions. Its realistic realtime autonomous digital human ‘Douglas’ can make easy and natural conversations. Digital Domain says that Douglas can have uncanny facial realism and it can also replicate anyone's voice with only 30 minutes of audio and/or … [Read more...] about Digital Domain previews realistic realtime autonomous digital human ‘Douglas’
Autodesk acquires Spacemaker: cloud-based AI to empower architects
Autodesk University 2020 concluded last week as a virtual event. There was no hustle-bustle of crowd that would usually gather at Las Vegas during this time of the year. Although AU took place virtually, the event was equally incredible. A global AU community attended the general session and industry keynotes, live leadership panels, more than 750 on-demand classes, and 350+ … [Read more...] about Autodesk acquires Spacemaker: cloud-based AI to empower architects
Microsoft brings out new AI powered tool for detecting deepfake media
By Jaydeep Bhattacharjee On September 1, 2020, Microsoft launched a new AI-powered tool targeted at spotting deepfakes for analyzing videos and still photos with the help of a manipulation score which is generated by the tool. Named as Video Authenticator, it generates “a percentage chance, or confidence score,” which, says Microsoft, indicates if the media or photograph has … [Read more...] about Microsoft brings out new AI powered tool for detecting deepfake media
DeepFaceDrawing AI turns a sketch into realistic human face image
A technical paper submitted at Siggraph 2020 offers promising results. Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the City University of Hong Kong have developed a deep learning-based solution for sketch-to-image translation. The team presented their technical paper (requires login) at Siggraph 2020 that concluded recently. They demonstrated a system that uses rough … [Read more...] about DeepFaceDrawing AI turns a sketch into realistic human face image
CorelDraw Technical Suite 2020 fills out product line
Corel adds professional tools for technical documentation with broad support. Technical Suite is the last of CorelDraw’s rolling introduction, which includes CorelDraw Essentials 2020 for creative consumers, occasional users, CorelDraw Standard 2020 for office, CorelDraw Graphics Suite for professionals, and now CorelDraw Technical Suite for technical documentation. … [Read more...] about CorelDraw Technical Suite 2020 fills out product line
Another job lost to robots
Ishiguro Robot Erica cast in sci-fi movie b. Erica, a robot created by Japanese roboticists Hiroshi Ishiguro and Kohei Ogawa is going to be in a movie. The movie, b, is now in development and written by Special Effects Supervisor Eric Pham, actor Tarek Zohdy, and Sam Khoze, who is listed in IMDB as producer and robot enthusiast. Erica is one in a long line of robots … [Read more...] about Another job lost to robots
Siemens builds on its digital platform
Defines the digital twin. Last year, the Siemens design and manufacture subcompany that was known as Siemens PLM signaled a major turning point in its ongoing transformation within the larger Siemens megacompany. It changed its name to Siemens Digital Industries Software, which at least freed the company from the albatross of the unpopular term PLM and also integrated the … [Read more...] about Siemens builds on its digital platform