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  • MachStudio Pro
    January 5, 2010 | 3:59 pm

    MachStudio Pro is a virtual 3D real-time studio environment that allows you to add lighting, cameras, materials, compositing and finishing capabilities in a non-linear workflow. [...]

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  • Poser 8
    September 4, 2009 | 10:28 am

    Poser offers a quick way to create and digitally shape humans, animals and entire scenes in 3D for use in creative applications such as Photoshop, or as the basis for an animatic for films [...]

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  • Review: Sketchup Pro 7
    April 29, 2009 | 4:34 pm

    My review of Sketchup Pro 7, the 3D sketching software from Google has been posted by Digital Arts [...]

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Tiny crew, big target

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Creative production studio Motion Theory has released a cinematic fully animated project to help US retailer Target launch new grocery departments in many stores [...]

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20 Years of 3ds Max

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Twenty years ago, 3ds Max – then known as 3D Studio DOS – was launched. The Autodesk celebrations start with a microsite… [...]

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Escape from reality

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Brickyard VFX has just completed work on the new “Yahoo! Lip Sync” campaign, featuring Maya and flame work and on-set VFX supervision duties [...]

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Fight of fantasy

Animation studio Nathan Love has collaborated on two innovative spots promoting Fantasy Westward Journey, one of China’s most popular online games [...]

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Flash Player 10.1 goes mobile

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Adobe has announced the release of Flash Player 10.1 to its mobile platform partner, the first release that brings the full Web across desktops and devices. [...]

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Creature Clash

Cinesite has completed over 170 visual effects shots on the new Warner Bros film, Clash of the Titans, including a battle involving giant arachnid creatures called scorpiochs. [...]

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E-On Vue 8

My review for E-On Software Vue 8 has been posted on Digital Arts [...]

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E-on releases Vue 8.4

Free update to digital nature software adds a host of new features and performance improvements [...]

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AutoDesSys provides free upgrade to bonzai3d v 2.0

AutoDesSys provides free upgrade to version 2.0 for existing bonzai3d users [...]

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Pix Mix makes 3D flix

Pix Mix has created what is believed to be one of the first live action Stereo3D commercials in Europe. The spot, produced for Lactogal to promote its Mimosa dairy brand, was finished using a Stereo3D-equipped Quantel Pablo. [...]

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Free Luxology modo training from Pixel Corps

Luxology, the creator of modo, is running a free bi-weekly podcast on the 3D modeling and rendering software, created by Pixel Corps, a worldwide guild of content creators. [...]

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Bonfire Labs, Phoenix Editorial and design firm IDEO have mixed 3D, animation, live-action, hand drawing and rotoscoping in a welcome video for the Living Climate Change site For the short, in which IDEO CEO Tim Brown asks what role design can play in tackling climate change, Phoenix/Bonfire handled everything from conceptualization, live-action production, animation, vfx, editorial and sound design. ...

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bonzai3d

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Digital Arts has published my review of bonzai 3d, originally published in Macworld, on its site. [...]

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