Tag "Rob Powers"

LightWave 3D Offers Real-Time Virtual Production Tools

August 14, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

NewTek’s LightWave 3D Group announced today it is making virtual production available to everyone with LightWave 11.5’s Virtual Studio Tools, which offer real-time performance capture for virtual cameras, character puppeteering, and virtual lighting tools. Demonstrated for the first time at SIGGRAPH last week, actors used five individual Sony Playstation 3 [...]

Rob Powers Promoted to LightWave 3D Group President

August 1, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

NewTek announced today the creation of the LightWave 3D Group, a division of NewTek, Inc., based in Burbank, Calif. The new division will focus on delivering visualization and 3D products for a range of industries—from architecture, computer-aided design and product development to advertising, game development and feature films. NewTek also [...]

Annecy to Focus on Irish Animation

March 8, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The organizers of this year’s edition of the Annecy International Animation Festival (June 4-9) have announced that there will be a special focus on Irish animation at the event this year. Among the many shorts and TV highlights are The Depository by Andrew Kavanagh, Butterfly by Glenn Marshall, The Polish [...]