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There’s an Oscar winner in this list

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GfxS staff

Siggraph announces the winners of the 2012 Computer Animation Festival. It won’t be the first time a Siggraph winner goes ...

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The parallel universe is growing in the NAB world

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Kathleen Maher

CUDA, OpenCL, and OpenGL all come into play as professional graphics applications learn to play nice with multiple CPUs and ...

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Autodesk Labs Factory.Modz() brings gameware physics to factory layout.

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Randall Newton

When customers wanted simple simulation and animation in Factory Design Suite, Autodesk raided the Media and Entertainment cookie jar for ...

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Luxion launches annual KeyShot 3D rendering and animation competition

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Randall Newton

The theme is “Style and Class,” based on rendering or animating a classic wristwatch. Luxion has started its annual 3D ...

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Kinect hack wizards vie for TechStars fame

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Randall Newton

Eleven start-ups are now using Microsoft office space and a $20,000 grant to take their amazing Kinect-based projects to the ...

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KeyShot update adds real-time environment editing

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Randall Newton

Luxion has also added a new metallic paint material, material templates, network rendering, and more. Hot on the heels of ...

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Adding a pipeline improves LMU visual effects lab workflow

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Randall Newton

Loyola Marymount students now create animations in a professional rendering workflow; their creative output has doubled.  The mantra at any ...

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New browser-based animation service enters free public beta

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Randall Newton

WebAnimate offers free production-level tools for mocap rework and animation retargeting. Referring to their new browser-based product as “animation on ...

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Study: Rich storytelling as important online as for TV, movies, or games

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Randall Newton

Forrester Research study shows leading advertisers are seeking out agencies with media design capabilities. Firms with rich digital media capabilities can ...

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Blender keeps churning out free top-quality 3D modeling and animation

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Kathleen Maher

The lines were long and the buzz was good around the Blender booth at Siggraph 2011. Blender has come a ...