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Pixar makes new friends

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Kathleen Maher

Updates and partnerships give the Renderman line a boost. Pixar is a regular at Siggraph. The show is a good ...

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Caustic brings interactive ray tracing to Maya

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Randall Newton

Caustic Visualizer allows high fidelity views at the earliest project stages. A Rhino version already exists and a 3ds Max ...

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New extensions for Maya and 3ds Max automate workflow

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Randall Newton

The new features are available to users on active subscription contracts. Autodesk says it will soon release new extensions for ...

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RevUp Render gives cloud backbone to V-Ray users

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Randall Newton

On-demand cloud rendering service takes advantage of distributed rendering in V-Ray 2.0 software. Users can control and monitor rendering from ...

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Nvidia preaches the GPU compute gospel at NAB

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Kathleen Maher

More than 40 vendors had Nvidia GPU technology in their booths. OpenCL is out there, but CUDA is doing well. ...

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Autodesk expands Media and Entertainment Suites for 2013

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Kathleen Maher

Multi-product workflows and extreme 3D detail drive this year’s updates. By Kathleen Maher The entertainment industry is fundamentally changing. It ...

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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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CoreCG introduces a pipeline between Mental Ray and Maya

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Randall Newton

MentalCore expedites the back-and-forth process of content creation and rendering. Several studios field-tested the product prior to release. When computer ...

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Software tools unfold the strange world of Bunraku

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Randall Newton

CG studio Origami Digital turns to LightWave, Maya, and Eyeon Fusion to bring director Guy Moshe’s vision to the big ...

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Santa rides a Norelco again

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Randall Newton

Re:think Studio re-creates classic TV ad in Modo. People of a certain age can likely recall the Norelco electric razor ...