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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 ...

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Luxion adding animation to KeyShot

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Randall Newton

Forthcoming release of the real-time ray-tracing and illumination software takes a keyframe-free approach to creating animation from 3D digital data. ...

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Autodesk lands exclusive deal to distribute Disney “Tangled” technology

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Randall Newton

XGen combines power with ease of use for generating not only “fur, feathers, and foliage” but a wide variety of ...

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LightWave 10 supports 3Dconnexion 3D mice

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Randall Newton

One more reason to take the GraphicSpeak survey and win a SpacePilot Pro. NewTek has integrated 3Dconnexion 3D mouse support ...

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The LightWave team goes forward with a new plan

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Kathleen Maher

NewTek has decided to integrate new technology gradually rather than dump old for new. It is the same dilemma faced ...

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Using engineering 3D visualization to sell Navistar engines

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Randall Newton

RTT technology provides photorealistic still, animated, and cutaway views, saving Navistar thousands of dollars compared to transporting their massive diesel ...

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Siemens Industry online game seeks to make manufacturing cool again

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Randall Newton

Plantville uses game and social media technology to attract young people in the ‘talent war’ for the next generation of ...