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Autodesk Sponsors Visual Effects Award for Students
The call is out for fresh VFX sequences or short films by students for the upcoming 8th Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards. Both the VES and Autodesk are on board, with the enthusiastic blessing from none other than Steven Spielberg [...]
Posted in design, innovation, software Also tagged animation, Australia, Autodesk, Courteny Wise, Eric Roth, Film And TV, filmmaking technology, Los Angeles, New South Wales, Sandy Widyanata, Steven Spielberg, Stig Gruman, Sydney, visual effects 2 Comments
Autodesk Offers Wide Variety of Resources and Support for Education Community
The beginning of the new academic year is here and Autodesk, is expanding its support for students and educators as they return to campus. Autodesk has announced that it is increasing access to its 2010 offerings, valuable curricula and additional resources for student and teacher communities [...]
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‘Transformers,’ ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Terminator’ and ‘Harry Potter’: ILM Delivers Visual Effects Magic With Autodesk Software
Academy Award-winning visual effects house Industrial, Light & Magic (ILM) relied on Autodesk digital entertainment software to create thousands of visual effects shots for this summer's hottest movies, including "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," "Terminator Salvation" and "Star Trek." [...]
Posted in design, information technology, innovation, software Also tagged 3D modeling technology, 3D software, Academy Awards, animation, Animation software, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Autodesk, Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk Media & Entertainment, Avatar, Ben Snow, Creativity, digital filmmaking tools, Eddie Pasquarello, Film And TV, filmmaking technology, Inferno, James Cameron, Jeff White, Media & Entertainment, Paul Kavanagh, SABRE, Softimage, Star Trek, Stig Gruman, visual effects Leave a comment
Watch Tom Wujec’s “3 ways the brain creates meaning” talk at TED
Information designer Tom Wujec talks through three areas of the brain that help us understand words, images, feelings, connections. In this short talk from TEDU, he asks: How can we best engage our brains to help us better understand big ideas? [...]
Posted in design, software Also tagged Academy Awards, Autodesk, Computer graphics, Data Visualization, Film And TV, Graphic Visualization, Infographics, Information designer, Information graphics, Scientific modeling, Technology Development, TED conference, Tom Wujec, visualization, Visualization Technology 1 Comment
Autodesk Adds Significant New Benefits to Assistance Program
With more than 4,700 participants in the Autodesk Assistance Program and more than 5,400 product downloads to date, Autodesk is announcing significant additions to the program announced six weeks ago. The program was designed to help displaced workers in the architecture, engineering, design and manufacturing industries maintain and develop their 3D design technology skills and help improve their employability in a down economy [...]
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Autodesk Technology Helped Developers Create 2008’s Hottest Holiday Games
Autodesk technology played a part in the creation of many top holiday games that hit shelves in 2008, including Fallout 3, Far Cry 2, Rock Band 2, and more [...]
Oscar Winner for Best Visual Effects “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” Shaped with Autodesk Technology
For the 14th consecutive year, every film nominated for the Best Visual Effects Academy Award was shaped with Autodesk, Inc. digital filmmaking tools. Autodesk congratulates Matte World Digital for its Oscar-winning visual effects work on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. 'This year's Academy Award nominees continued to push digital imagery to new heights -- from intricate and complex computer-generated characters to pyrotechnical marvels to invisible effects so realistic they deceive the eye,' said Marc Petit, senior vice president, Autodesk Media & Entertainment [...]
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Autodesk to buy Softimage|XSI
Autodesk has signed a definitive agreement with Avid to acquire substantially all of the assets of Avid’s Softimage business unit for around US$35 million. This will mean that Autodesk will own three of the main 3D suites: 3ds Max, Maya and Softimage|XSI. Autodesk plans to acquire and continue developing the core Softimage|XSI suite, the Softimage|Face Robot facial animation software, the Softimage|Cat character animation plug-in for 3ds Max and the Softimage|Crosswalk 'interoperability solution' – which will be integrated with Autodesk's own sharing technology...
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Autodesk Maya Software Serves as Animation Platform for New Star Wars “The Clone Wars” Animated Feature Film and TV Series
Lucasfilm Ltd. and Lucasfilm Animation are using Autodesk® Maya® software to create the upcoming television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, just as they did to create the feature-length animated film that is now in theaters. Lucasfilm Chief Technology Officer Richard Kerris said, 'Star Wars: The Clone Wars brings an entirely new look and feel to Star Wars by moving it into animation. We wanted to use technology that would live up to the high standards of Lucasfilm, and selected Autodesk Maya as our animation platform for both the film and TV series...'
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Autodesk Software Core to Realization of James Cameron’s Creative Vision for “Avatar”