Tag "Softimage"

Autodesk Debuts 2014 EC Suite

March 26, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Autodesk has announced the new features of its 2014 Entertainment Creation Suite, which comprises the latest editions of award-winning 3D animation, visual effects and creative tools Maya, 3ds Max, MotionBuilder, Mudbox, Softimage and SketchBook Designer. The toolset is available in three configurations to meet demands of variously sized teams, budgets [...]

Faceware Technologies Releases Retargeter 4.0

March 21, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Sherman Oaks, Calif-based Faceware Technologies has unveiled the new Retargeter 4.0, a major upgrade to its award-winning Faceware software. The new software’s key features, which include AutoSolve, Expression Sets, Tracking Visualization, Shared Pose Thumbnails and Batch Processing, focus on automating more of the facial motion capture process, as well as [...]

Autodesk Kicks Off ‘Gwen & Dave’ Animation Contest

February 19, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Autodesk is calling on artists/aspiring travel agents to design the ultimate animated getaway for Gwen and Dave–stars of the new short from Autodesk and Hatch Studios–for a chance to win great hardware and software prizes. Contest entries can be in the form of an imaginative short film and/or postcard created [...]

Autodesk 2013 Best of the Best Call for Submissions

January 14, 2013 by Mercedes Milligan No Comments divider image

Autodesk is seeking the latest and greatest creative talent to submit content for its 2013 Best of the Best Show Reel, which will premiere at NAB 2013 (April 8-11) in Las Vegas. The reel will showcase compelling digital media created with Autodesk technology and will be features at the company’s [...]

Luxology releases modo 601

February 29, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Luxology has announced the immediate availability of the latest release version of its 3D content creation, modo 601. The new release includes includes character animation, built-in dynamics, volumetric rendering, and enhanced retopology modeling tools along with a host of other new capabilities. modo is now a full pipeline solution for [...]

Kickstand Kickstarts Open-Source 3D Software Campaign

December 15, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Kickstand, creators of the StretchMesh plug-in for Autodesk Maya software, has launched a campaign to evolve StretchMesh Surface Deformation software into Open Source technology. Kickstand hopes to open the door for Maya artists to incorporate the surface deformation technology into their workflow by making this source code widely available to the 3D [...]

McManus to Run Canada’s NFB Animation Studio

July 6, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The National Film Board of Canada has named Roddy McManus as the new executive producer of its Oscar-winning English-language animation studio. McManus succeeds veteran animation producer David Verrall as head of the Montreal-based animation studio starting Aug. 8. McManus has been producing animation for the Canadian and international markets, in [...]

Autodesk Unveils 2012 Editions of Middleware, Entertainment, Post-production Applications

March 2, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Software maker Autodesk announced at the Game Developers Conference a number of new application releases, including Autodesk HumanIK 2012, a middleware application for character animation in games. The company’s middleware releases also include Beast 2012 for global illumination and Kynapse 2012 for artificial intelligence. The new releases are designed to [...]