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- OpenGL 4 drivers with 8 new extensions
- Imagineer's Mocha Version 2 preview
- Autodesk Announces 2011 Versions of Flame, Flare, Smoke and Lustre
- lynda.com's Adobe CS5 Tutorials and Training
- Gears of War 3: The Trailer
- ImageFX Workshops 50 Uses for a Dead Dragon
- Autodesk CAT video tutorials
- Mudbox tutorial - Sculpting Hard Surface Forms
| OpenGL 4 drivers with 8 new extensions Posted: 14 Apr 2010 09:16 AM PDT
 Today NVIDIA announced the immediate availability of OpenGL 4 drivers for Linux as well as OpenGL 4 WHQL-certified drivers for Windows. Additionally, support for eight new extensions is provided:
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| Imagineer's Mocha Version 2 preview Posted: 13 Apr 2010 09:54 PM PDT
 In this article, CreativeCOW leader Brendan Coots takes a look at Imagineer's Mocha Version 2, a standalone 2D tracking and rotoscoping tool. Read on to see what impressions Brendan's experience with this powerful and innovative tool yielded. READ HERE Related links: library.creativecow.net  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Autodesk Announces 2011 Versions of Flame, Flare, Smoke and Lustre Posted: 13 Apr 2010 09:48 PM PDT
 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At NAB 2010 — Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) announced the 2011 releases of its creative finishing products for visual effects, editorial finishing and color grading: Autodesk Flame, Autodesk Flare, Autodesk Flint, Autodesk Smoke and Autodesk Lustre. The 2011 releases offer new creative tools, improved interoperability and introduce an end-to-end stereoscopic 3D (S3D) finishing workflow for TV and film. Autodesk creative finishing products helped create stunning content for films ("Avatar," "The Hurt Locker," "Inglourious Basterds" and "Shutter Island"), popular TV shows ("CSI NY," "NCIS," "Mad Men" and "Big Love") and many commercials (E*Trade Super Bowl campaign, Snickers "Game," "The Beatles: Rock Band" video game trailer and "American Idol" music videos). "Film and TV production is a highly competitive, high-stakes game, whether competing for viewers or tackling new technology challenges such as stereoscopic 3D," said Stig Gruman, Autodesk vice president, digital entertainment. "The 2011 releases of our creative finishing products are designed to help customers stand out from the crowd, helping them create the kind of unique content that turns heads. 3D is core to what we do at Autodesk, so being a leader in end-to-end stereo workflow capabilities is a natural extension for us." Demand for S3D in TV and film is on the rise with ESPN, Sky, Discovery and other TV networks launching stereo programming this year, including this year's Masters Tournament. Seventy percent of the gross for "Avatar" came from S3D screens, and Hollywood is expected to release at least 20 stereoscopic films this year. Autodesk will showcase the 2011 releases of Autodesk Smoke for Mac OS X, Flame, Flare and Lustre software products at booth SL2020 during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in Las Vegas, April 12–15, 2010. Customer presentations and product demonstrations will be streamed live from Autodesk's booth to Virtual NAB on the AREA -- Autodesk's digital entertainment community. Stereoscopic 3D Workflow The 2011 releases of Flame, Flare, Smoke and Lustre offer stereoscopic 3D finishing capabilities, augmenting the stereo computer graphics (CG) capabilities of Autodesk Maya 2011 software while providing familiar and proven creative workflows for visual effects, editorial finishing and grading. The new stereoscopic capabilities are designed to help implement S3D finishing with minimal disruption to existing creative workflows. Key new features:
Customers Praise Stereoscopic Workflow "The Flame stereoscopic workflow and toolset are so powerful and intuitive. I finally have all the tools I need to help deliver stereo shots easily." — Ara Khanikian, Senior Flame Artist, Rodeo FX (Canada) "Stereoscopic compositing was hard to do, until now." — Ivar Beer, Head of Digital Production, CinePostproduction (Germany) "That's really what's impressive… it's like the stereoscopic functions were always there. It's hard to imagine the release without stereoscopic workflow. I don't need to learn any new software or techniques or a new language. I already speak the language." — David Klinkowize, Designer and Editor, Creative Group (United States) "Having stereoscopic functionality in Flame means that our team of artists do not have to learn a completely new system. That's a huge bonus for us, both from a workflow point of view and a financial perspective. The 3D functions in Flame work in a very similar and familiar way so setting up complex projects is fairly easy." — Jonathan Hancock, 2D VFX Manager, BSkyB Creative (United States) Autodesk Smoke 2011 Launched in December 2009, Autodesk Smoke for Mac OS X is rapidly gaining ground in Mac-based creative workflows by offering, for the first time on that platform, an all-in-one editorial finishing solution. With integrated tools for editorial, conform, color correction, keying, tracking, paint, rotoscoping, compositing and 3D visual effects, Smoke is designed to help reduce the need for editors to work with multiple applications to deliver higher-quality finished content. Smoke is also available as a turnkey solution for the Linux operating system. New Smoke 2011 features:
Autodesk Flame 2011 The new 2011 releases of Flame and Flare add new creative tools and help further integrate advanced 3D capabilities at the core of their premier visual effects, design and finishing toolset:
Autodesk Lustre 2011 Autodesk Lustre features S3D capabilities that enable advanced creative look development by helping give colorists control over color and lighting effects in both stereoscopic and standard grading workflows.
This year, the original developers of Lustre received a Scientific and Engineering Academy Award for design and development of the Lustre technology. First used on the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy, Lustre helped usher in a new era of digital intermediates for color grading and look development. Product Availability Autodesk anticipates that the 2011 releases of Flame, Flare, Flint, Inferno, Lustre, Smoke for Mac OS X and Smoke Advanced will be available later this month. For features and benefits, visit the Flame, Flare, Flint, Inferno, Lustre, Smoke for Mac OS X and Smoke (for Linux) product centers. Autodesk, Inc., is a world leader in 2D and 3D design, engineering and entertainment software for the manufacturing, building and construction, and media and entertainment markets. Since its introduction of AutoCAD software in 1982, Autodesk continues to develop the broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art software to help customers experience their ideas digitally before they are built. Fortune 100 companies -- as well as the last 15 Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects -- use Autodesk software tools to design, visualize and simulate their ideas to save time and money, enhance quality and foster innovation for competitive advantage. For additional information about Autodesk, visit www.autodesk.com. Related links: fxguide.com news.autodesk.com  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| lynda.com's Adobe CS5 Tutorials and Training Posted: 13 Apr 2010 09:25 PM PDT
 lynda.com, the award-winning online training provider of computer skills education for consumers, businesses and schools, announces the release of 12 courses covering the products in the Adobe Creative Suite released. Course topics include 10 percent of the tutorials in each of these courses are free to non-members. lynda.com now has over 24 hours of Adobe CS5 training available, with more being released in the coming weeks. The CS5 courses augment the already over 340 Adobe Creative Suite courses in the lynda.com Online Training Library®, from early CS versions, CS2, CS3, and CS4 titles. On April 30, lynda.com will be releasing over 75 hours of additional CS5 training. "We have worked tirelessly to complete this training in tandem with Adobe's release dates," said Lynda Weinman, co-founder of lynda.com. "Our goal is to help Adobe CS5 users to get up to speed on all the applications in this collection of top Adobe products, and to help others with making upgrading decisions. Our course selection underscores our commitment to providing high-quality video training content for a wide range of Creative Suite users, no matter what version, including those wanting to learn on the go with our free iPhone App." "Adobe Creative Suite 5 brings an impressive array of features to the table designed to help creative minds and business professionals bring their ideas to life," said Lea Hickman, senior director, design and web segment at Adobe. "lynda.com online training shows our customers just how many new elements are available in CS5 that covers 64-bit performance, integration with Adobe Flash Catalyst, importing RED r3d Files, and the Mercury Playback Engine." lynda.com New Features titles explore the latest basic to advanced tools and techniques within the CS5 version of each Adobe Creative Suite product. Topics include exploring the interface and tools, explaining each key feature, and describing the software's capabilities and significant improvements over previous versions. Adobe CS5 Essential Training titles delve deeper into these features using example projects to demonstrate techniques, improve workflow, and much more. To view the free segments of all the Adobe Creative Suite training tutorials, please visit lynda.com Adobe CS5 Tutorials and Training.
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| Posted: 13 Apr 2010 09:21 PM PDT
 The third installment of Epic Games' hulking-dudes-fight-aliens shooter is coming — but not until April 2011 — so whet your appetite with this downer of a tease. Related links: io9.com  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ImageFX Workshops 50 Uses for a Dead Dragon Posted: 13 Apr 2010 09:14 PM PDT
 Jonny Duddle shows you how to paint the Dead Dragon. Download and read the Free IFX workshops Download ! Related links: imaginefx.com  | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Mudbox tutorial - Sculpting Hard Surface Forms Posted: 13 Apr 2010 08:03 PM PDT
 Mudbox co-creator Dave Cardwell demonstrates a freestyle workflow for sculpting a hardsurface robot concept design. Dave discusses the primary brushes used, as well as the benefit of using shaders to evaluate surface quality. Related links: youtube.com  This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
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