The streamlined version of Maya will be for sale as a perpetual license or by monthly rental. Today, Autodesk releases Maya LT, a subset of the popular 3D modeling and animation software. Maya LT is aimed at the indie and mobile game development community, and continues Autodesk’s plan to bring more affordable tools to the media and entertainment industry. When Autodesk … [Read more...] about Autodesk introduces Maya LT for indie and mobile game developers
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Autodesk expands Media and Entertainment Suites for 2013
Multi-product workflows and extreme 3D detail drive this year’s updates. By Kathleen Maher The entertainment industry is fundamentally changing. It has been for a long time but it’s become more obvious with several huge industry shifts in the game, movie, and TV industries. The content is changing and the way content is made is changing. Autodesk’s Carl Bass says that … [Read more...] about Autodesk expands Media and Entertainment Suites for 2013
Khronos struggles with keeping Collada relevant
The standards group responsible for the graphics exchange standard realizes content exchange is a huge challenge and that so far Collada implementations are falling short on. Commentary by Kathleen Maher. By Kathleen Maher The Khronos Group has published an open letter to the content creation community about its Collada exchange format. You can read all about it (at … [Read more...] about Khronos struggles with keeping Collada relevant
Facial Studio adds photomatching to build custom 3D heads from photos
Di-o-matic puts advanced controls in users hands; a slimmed down version of the software is also available. The newest release of Facial Studio for Windows from Di-o-matic features a new photomatching tool, which makes it possible to build a 3D head using front and side view photos. Once the front and side photos have been analyzed, more than 500 parameters may be tweaked … [Read more...] about Facial Studio adds photomatching to build custom 3D heads from photos
Film industry partners tackle data exchange; introduce Alembic 1.0
Film industry partners Lucasfilm and Sony Imageworks have teamed up to create a compact exchange format called Alembic. The effort was announced last year and version 1.0 made its debut at Siggraph 2011. The developers say performance has exceeded their goals thanks to data de-duplication. Last year Lucasfilm and Imageworks announced the creation of Alembic, their … [Read more...] about Film industry partners tackle data exchange; introduce Alembic 1.0
The LightWave team goes forward with a new plan
NewTek has decided to integrate new technology gradually rather than dump old for new. It is the same dilemma faced by most software companies with older but popular products. By Kathleen Maher NewTek’s VP of 3D development Rob Powers has been doing the rounds visiting customers, the press and analysts to talk about the latest version of LightWave and the product’s roadmap … [Read more...] about The LightWave team goes forward with a new plan
Autodesk unveils Skyline for the DCC pipeline
Developers wanted more than a technology preview when Autodesk gave a demo of its new DCC middleware; they wanted the product. As we have observed before, we think it makes sense for middleware to be more integrated with DCC content creation tools. (See “DCC software developers surf on shifting sand”) And Autodesk is headed in that direction. But how is all this going to work … [Read more...] about Autodesk unveils Skyline for the DCC pipeline