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24 02, 2009

Autodesk Softimage 7.5

By |2016-01-12T21:10:38+02:00February 24th, 2009|animation, CGI, Softimage XSI|0 Comments

The first official Autodesk Softimage version is here and its 7.5. Key New Features in Autodesk Softimage 7.5 UV Unfolding Technology: Softimage now features UV unfolding technology that enables artists to unwrap polygon models with just a few clicks. This technology works well on complex organic models, which would be difficult to unwrap manually. Softimage 7.5 also provides UV editing tools that help artists quickly create and edit UV maps. mental ray 3.7+: Version 3.7+ of the mental ray renderer is now integrated into Softimage 7.5. Highlights include improvements to binary space partitioning for faster render times, multiple final gathering refinement passes and new motion-based displacement. These enhancements help users create high-fidelity images faster than ever before. Multithreaded Syflex Cloth Simulator: The production-proven cloth simulator in Softimage is now multithreaded, enabling artists to use the cores on their machine to iterate faster. Scene Compatibility with Version 7.0: Scenes saved in [...]

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9 11, 2008

Animex 2009

By |2016-01-12T21:10:51+02:00November 9th, 2008|animation, events|0 Comments

Animex, Middlesbrough’s international celebration of animation, is organised by the University of Teesside's principal lecturer Chris Williams and is in its tenth year. More about Animex The Animex International Festival of Animation & Computer Games takes place every year in Middlesbrough in the North East of England. Animex seeks to educate, entertain and inspire at every level from school children right through to the highest level of professional practitioner. Using a unique blend of talks, presentations, workshops, exhibitions, screenings and awards Animex brings the world of animation and computer games to audiences from any background. In an ethos of collaboration and sharing we aim to make our event one that can be enjoyed by anybody, from anywhere regardless of background and prior knowledge. We hope that you will find something in our programme that you can be part of and, if you have any ideas as to how we can [...]

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25 10, 2008

mixed feelings, Autodesk acquires Softimage.

By |2016-01-12T21:10:51+02:00October 25th, 2008|animation, CGI, Softimage XSI, technology|2 Comments

It has been officially confirmed that Autodesk signed agreement with Avid Technology to Acquire Softimage. http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/item?id=12022457&siteID=123112 Users' feelings are mixed for the future of the Softimage product line. In general the most important questions are: Are they to kill Softimage? Till now Autodesk acquired all major 3D packages. What about competition ? What are the pros and cons of such an acquisition? Some say no, Softimage is not to be killed, and this in a way is probable. Autodesk never killed any of its previous aquisitions, including Maya, Mudbox, Descreete Logic products etc. They still develop these products but evidently the "innovation curve" have changed. It is a truism that we havent seen any major additions to Maya since Autodesk aquired it. We hope this will change in the near feature. In general, the pros and cons that most users identified in various forum discussions are: Pros & Cons Autodesk, [...]

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8 01, 2008

Bingo The Clown-O, Yes you ARE Bingo!

By |2016-01-12T21:11:30+02:00January 8th, 2008|animation, art, philosophy|0 Comments

(1998, Chris Landreth) Ideal ego and the ego ideal. The image you assume and the symbolic point which give you a place and supplies the point from which you are looked at. A nice example of the interaction of the Lacanian "three registers of human reality": the imaginary, the symbolic and the real. Bingo is based on a short play, Disregard This Play, by Chicago's Neo-Futurist Theater Company. The story is a little ditty of existentialist hell in which the central character, Dave, is told he is a clown. At first he denies, then he argues, then he dispairs, and ultimately, he concedes.

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3 12, 2007

animations that ‘ll make you ponder…

By |2016-01-12T21:11:43+02:00December 3rd, 2007|animation, cinema|0 Comments

Balance (Christoph Lauenstein and Wolfgang Lauenstein, 1990) The monk and the fish (Michael Dudok) Mt. Head (Koji Yamamura - Atama-Yama, 2002) Ryan (Chris.Landreth, 2004) Part 1: Part 2: Quest (Tyron Montgomery & Thomas Stellmach, 1996) Birthday Boy The old man and the sea (Aleksandr Petrov, 1999)

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