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2010-07-19T13:23:00.000-07:00

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Oloneo PhotoEngine
OptiTrack Demonstrates the Future of Virtual Filmmaking at SIGGRAPH 2010
Evermotion Archinteriors vol. 20
Fish Can Fly
MARI 1.0v1 is now available

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 09:27 AM PDT

Image-based relighting & full real-time High Dynamic Range (HDR) re-exposure
It is now a fast and easy process to modify lighting or to recover details in a deeply under- or overexposed picture. By merging multiple photos of the same scene, Oloneo PhotoEngine not only offers an almost unlimited control over exposure and lighting but also provides a new level of creativity in digital photography.

Main Features:

HDR ReLight
Take pictures then set up lightings later.
Star feature of Oloneo PhotoEngine, HDR ReLight is an image-based relighting tool using merged RAWs or JPEGs to control in real-time the settings of each individual light source after the photos are taken.

HDR ToneMap
96-bit per pixel, ultra-wide gamut, full resolution high dynamic re-exposure in real-time.
Deeply re-expose pictures in a fully real time, 32-bit per channel (96-bit per pixel), ultra-wide gamut and full resolution high dynamic re-exposure module without compromising details and color appearance.

HDR DeNoise
Noise and grain reduction tool with full detail preservation, no smoothing and no artifacts.

A powerful image noise and grain reduction tool using stacked RAWs or JPEGs.
* Full detail preservation.
* No smoothing.
* No artifacts, even with low-contrast and low-light photos.

RAW photo processing
A complete, high-end RAW and image processing module.
Oloneo PhotoEngine also comes with a complete RAW and image processing module with a wealth of innovative features.

Interface and other features
Simple, intuitive, responsive and productive environment.

PhotoEngine is easy to use, learn and master.

FULL FEATURES LIST

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OptiTrack Demonstrates the Future of Virtual Filmmaking at SIGGRAPH 2010

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 09:09 AM PDT

Showcases How to Produce an Affordable Virtual Production Workflow; Offers Hands-on Experience with a Virtual Camera System

Corvallis, Ore. - July 19, 2010 - With the massive success of computer-generated 3D films like "Avatar," real-time virtual production workflows are setting a new trend in Hollywood. At SIGGRAPH 2010, OptiTrack™, in conjunction with Autodesk, will provide attendees with a demonstration of how to create a cost-effective virtual production pipeline that will easily integrate into existing workflows. Live demonstrations featuring OptiTrack and Autodesk products will be available at the OptiTrack booth (#701) and Autodesk booth (#500), July 26 - 29, 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Featuring real-time data streamed between the OptiTrack and Autodesk booths, joint demonstrations will showcase how body motion capture (from OptiTrack ARENA™ software) and virtual camera work (from the OptiTrack Insight VCS) can be combined with Autodesk MotionBuilder, Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Face Robot to create a comprehensive computer generated film sequence. Demonstration attendees will also be able to:

See and use a productized version of the Insight VCS, a virtual camera system similar to the one used for the movie "Avatar"

Learn how to combine a motion capture solution with Autodesk software to create a production-quality pipeline

Understand how to integrate body, face and virtual camera animation with character and environment models to create a cohesive and compelling computer graphics (CG) film sequence in a short amount of time

"We've been working closely with Autodesk to demonstrate a powerful, yet simple virtual production workflow," said Jim Richardson, NaturalPoint® co-founder and lead engineer for the OptiTrack motion capture line. "This relationship has allowed us to create a pipeline that can be easily replicated with minimal investment. We are looking forward to demonstrating it next week; it should be impressive."

Pricing and Availability
The Insight VCS will ship in late summer 2010. Pricing for the camera rig ranges from $199 USD to $5,000 USD. Software plug-ins to MotionBuilder and Maya for OptiTrack systems are $1,000 USD. Universal plug-ins for other motion capture systems are $2,000 USD.

For more information on products and pricing, please contact the company's headquarters in Corvallis, Ore. at 1-888-865-5535, or visitwww.optitrack.com.

About OptiTrack
OptiTrack™ is the leading brand of affordable, high-quality motion capture technology. The OptiTrack product line includes: the Insight VCS; ARENA™, Expression™ and Tracking Tools™ motion capture software; and OptiTrack high-speed motion tracking cameras. Used by facilities worldwide in a variety of markets ranging from film and games to sports training and biomechanics, OptiTrack customers include Halon Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Microsoft Game Studios, Method Studios, Lockheed Martin, NASA, John Deer, and other top studios and developers around the world.

OptiTrack is owned by NaturalPoint®, one of the leading companies specializing in optical tracking technology. For more information, visit www.optitrack.com.

About NaturalPoint
Based in Corvallis, Ore., NaturalPoint® is the creator and manufacturer of the OptiTrack™, TrackIR™ and SmartNAV™ family of brands. NaturalPoint specializes in providing innovative control solutions through optical tracking technology, and has developed tracking systems for computers, video games, military simulators and unique display systems. For more information visit NaturalPoint.com.

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NaturalPoint®, TrackIR™, OptiTrack™ and SmartNav™ are registered trademarks of NaturalPoint. All products or brand names mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

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Evermotion Archinteriors vol. 20

Posted: 19 Jul 2010 06:07 AM PDT

Evermotion has just launched Archinteriors vol. 20
Take a look at this 11 fully textured scenes with professional shaders and lighting ready to render from Archinteriors vol. 20.
All scenes are prepared for vray with 3dsmax 2008.
Car model included.
Recommended system specification: Intel Core Duo with 4GB of RAM, and 64bit system.

Formats:
max
psd
*.max - V-Ray 1.5
-
or higher - with textures and shaders
*. max 2008
-
or higher
Total collection size: 0.86 GB in 11 files

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Fish Can Fly

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 08:05 PM PDT

by: Nykolai Aleksander

MARI 1.0v1 is now available

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 07:50 PM PDT

>>> More Mari recorded

16 July 2010 today Foundry announced that the first release of MARI available for purchase.

MARI is a creative texture-painting tool that can handle extreme projects. MARI was developed at Weta Digital to handle the massively complex, highly detailed look development work demanded of the texture department by projects such as District 9, The Lovely Bones, and Avatar.

MARI has a creative toolset which puts many stand-alone 2D paint systems to shame, allowing artists to concentrate on painting. The user interface is responsive and fluid. You can paint directly on to models and view the results immediately. Save time and take texturing way beyond what was previously possible.

MARI's unrivalled ability to deal with colossal textures in vast numbers allows their development in intense detail

Speed

Save time and money by seeing the results of your work immediately. Cut down on revisions. Wave goodbye to the paint, render, review, rinse, repeat cycle of old. Load all the textures for a model into MARI simultaneously and remove the need to split up models.

Paint

A creative painting toolset second to none, focused on the artists' needs. With a paintbrush engine finessed under intense production pressure, MARI releases artists from arbitrary restraints and allows them to work naturally with the model.

Context

In VFX work, context is everything. What the model will look like in motion, from multiple angles and against the background plate, is critical. MARI lets the artists see the model in context and paint on it right there.

Animation

Textures channels need to change over time. Whether it is a blushing maiden or scratched and dented armour, animating textures are a crucial part of what makes a model appear real. MARI lets you animate and paint your texture channels frame by frame.

Workflow

Efficient Integration into a complex workflow turns a great product into a powerhouse. MARI has an open and extensible approach to UI, geometry, cameras and shading, and runs on Linux. It supports colour management, light and texture change, while import and export happen in the background.

User Interface

A clear and intuitive user interface allows artists to focus on what is important. User-configurable tool shelves allow them to organise their workspace efficiently, and a customisable real-time 3D shader lets them see what they're doing.

What does 'mari' mean?

MARI comes from the Swahili Maridadi meaning both 'beautiful' and also carrying connotations of 'usefulness'.

Feature:

Painting

Fully customisable brush engine
'Paint through' and 'clone from' between layers and textures (including 'clone from' on-surface)
'Slurp' brush for smearing and dragging texture
Paint canvas transform, grid warp and free-form 'pin' warp
Blur and sharpen, including on-surface, multiple UV patches simultaneously
Advanced 'healing' brush for seam removal and duplication of texture detail

Environment

Filters with real-time preview and Photoshop©-style layer blending modes such as burn, dodge, hard-light etc.
Advanced channel masking engine, including mask painting, surface falloff, masking one channel to another, and by depth
Supports customisable real-time 3D shader preview (e.g. specular highlights, displacement preview via bump mapping, ambient occlusion, layer blending modes, colour correction and more
Customisable tool 'shelves' for brushes, colours, reference images, sharable between artist and projects
Floating point, 16 bit or 8 bit channels
All painting and shading tools are available in 3D projection paint mode and 'flat' UV paint mode
Background plates for reference

Models

obj model format support
Multiple objects, versions (e.g. high res or in key character poses), instances, with or without baked animation
Interactively handles very large 3D model data sets, scaling to over 1 million polygons for a single topology or mesh
Supports large textures up to 32K x 32K pixels
Handles thousands of textures per model, over many channels
Seamlessly supports hundreds of UV texture patches
Handles animated geometry and animated textures
Isolate, select, mask and hide geometry per patch and face
Customisable lighting and rendering modes
Massive geometry and texture data sets not limited by the amount of RAM

Workflow

Linux
High quality turntable rendering
Flatten and round-trip projected textures for modifying externally (for example in NUKE or Adobe© Photoshop©)
Open and extensible approach to UI, geometry, camera, shading, and supporting light and texture exchange
Import and export as background tasks, allowing the artist to continue painting
Embedded web browser for help, documentation and access to reference image library
Fully featured and open playtime colour management system
Filters with real time preview and fully featured colour correction

System Requirements

Recommended System Requirements

quad-core processor
Linux 64-bit operating system (Fedora 12 or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4)
250GB disk space available for caching and temporary files (or a minimum of 50GB if you're working on a small project)
4GB RAM
display with 1680 x 1050 pixel resolution
an NVIDIA graphics card with at least 1GB of RAM and OpenGL 3.0 support (see Recommended Graphics Cards below).

Recommended Graphics Cards

NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800/PCI/SSE2
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800/PCI/SSE2
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800M/PCI/SSE2
NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800/PCI/SSE2
NVIDIA Quadro FX 5800/PCI/SSE2

They are currently working on a windows build which will be available later this year.

Check the PDF | Check the website

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2010-07-19T11:35:00.000-07:00

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2010-07-18T13:13:00.000-07:00

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Daniel Dociu Concept Art Masterclass
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Daniel Dociu Concept Art Masterclass

Posted: 18 Jul 2010 05:11 AM PDT

Futurepoly announced that the Daniel Dociu Concept Art Masterclass has had a recent schedule change. It is now a three-day course being held on August 4th, 5th and 6th from 6:00-9:00 PM (doors will open at 5 PM for open lab). In addition, it is now being offered at a great price of $495!

During this special event, Daniel will provide a glimpse into his artistic process through lectures and in-class demonstrations. This is a great opportunity to receive in-class feedback from a true digital arts master. Reserve your spot today while they are still available. Please email info@futurepoly.com with registration requests or inquiries.

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2010-07-17T13:17:00.001-07:00

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3D Stereoscopic Realtime Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Lightroom 3 Video Workshop
volumeBreaker Service Pack 3
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3D Stereoscopic Realtime Editing in Adobe Premiere Pro

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 09:06 AM PDT

In this 7 part series, Dave Helmly walks you through a complete 3D Stereo workflow with Premiere Pro CS5.

Part 1: The Gear

Part 2: The Glasses & Installation

Part 3: Importing Footage & Using the Cineform Plug-In

Part 4: Editing 3D footage in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5

Part 5: Editing 3D footage in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5

Part 6: Editing 3D footage in Adobe Premiere Pro CS5

Part 7: Editing 3D footage on a Mac (Cineform beta)

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Adobe Lightroom 3 Video Workshop

Posted: 17 Jul 2010 12:32 AM PDT

George Jardine has just launched 15 Tutorials on the Lightroom Library Workflow and Digital Photo Library Management

This set of 15 all-new video tutorials gives you over 4-1/2 hours of the very best online education available. It covers the Adobe Lightroom Library and your digital photo library management from top to bottom. We start from the ground up, and guide any serious photographer—professional or passionate amateur—through the process of building an easy-to-use, but incredibly effective digital photo library. Then we dive deeper, tutorial-by-tutorial, through nearly every Lightroom Library feature, gently leading you to a solid and complete understanding of the entire professional workflow. Watch this online series anytime, day or night, and you will find thousands of tips and techniques that help you master your photo library and the new Lightroom 3 workflow. The complete series is only $29.95. The video titles are:

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volumeBreaker Service Pack 3

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 11:05 PM PDT

it's Destruction for everyone !

Victoria, BC Canada - July 16, 2010

Today, cebas VISUAL TECHNOLOGY Inc., the makers of finalRender and thinkingParticles, announced a new release of volumeBreaker™ Service Pack 3, a 3ds Max and Max Design plug-in, which was specifically designed to meet the needs for Roland Emmerich's 200 million dollar motion picture, "2012."

Image copyright by Electric Art, depicting a scene created with volumeBreaker

cebas VISUAL TECHNOLOGY Inc. continues to enhance their movie production tool set. With their latest release of volumeBreaker SP3, the most advanced CG demolition workhorse becomes even better!

Service Pack 3

This latest release includes all of the enhancements found in previous Service Packs. Installing the latest service pack, SP3, will replace all previous installs. With the release of Service Pack 3, overall product stability is greatly enhanced. Previous problematic geometry with defective triangles and open edges, found in SP2, are now more easily managed and will not cause system hangs.

This latest enhancement introduced in volumeBreaker SP3 is a big step forward, allowing the user to easier create more life-like demolition effects.

How to get Service Pack 3

volumeBreaker SP3 is offered as a free download to every registered customer. Current users of volumeBreaker should Login to my.cebas.com and obtain the latest SP3 Service Pack from their "View Product Registrations," my.cebas.com Account menu. Registered users will automatically see all of their available download options.

If customers are not currently registered on www.cebas.com, or do not see their SP3 download, they may contact us through the Contact menu located on the cebas Home page and supply their relevant data (serial numbers).

Receive your own full copy right now - download it directly from this webpage and check-out our online store.

Supported Platforms:

3ds Max and Max Design 2011 32-bit and 64-bit
3ds Max and Max Design 2010 32-bit and 64-bit
3ds Max and Max Design 2009 32-bit and 64-bit
3ds Max and Max Design 2008 32-bit and 64-bit

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thinkingParticles R4 SP1 is now Available

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Victoria, BC - July 16, 2010

cebas Visual Technology Inc developer of thinkingParticles R4, announces the release of thinking Particles R4 Service Pack SP1, now ready for Download, at my.cebas.com.
thinkingParticles™ R4 is the next generation rule based particle system for 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design, offering unparalleled power to the user. In its latest incarnation, thinkingParticles R4 SP1 redefines Fluid, Rigid Body and Particle F/X simulation in a whole new way.

Whats New in thinkingParticles R4 SP1

This new Service Pack (SP1) improves overall program stability and enhances workflow and physics simulations in several areas. Continuous beta testing and user feedback have made this release possible and ensures that this release will perform much better than any previous release (SP1) of thinkingParticles R4.

No new or additional features have been added to this Service Pack. Existing functionality has been enhanced, either by fixing smaller workflow issues or adding new methods, in order to calculate effects faster under certain situations.

Some of the main changes in this Service Pack affect fixes to the volumeBreaker module within thinkingParticles as well as enhanced 3ds Max 2011 compatibility.

A demo-version of this Service Pack 1 release of thinkingParticles R4 has also been posted and updated on www.cebas.com. Users registered with the www.cebas.com web portal may download the demo here:

How to Get this Release

thinkingParticles R4 SP1 is offered as a free download to every registered customer. Current users of thinkingParticles should Login to my.cebas.com and obtain the latest SP1 Service Pack from their "View Product Registrations" Account menu. Registered users will automatically see all of their available download options.

If customers are not currently registered on www.cebas.com, or do not see their SP1 download, they may contact us through the Contact menu located on the cebas Home page and supply their relevant data (serial numbers).

Receive your own full copy right now - download it directly from this webpage and check-out our online store.

Supported Platforms:

3ds Max and Max Design 2011 32-bit and 64-bit
3ds Max and Max Design 2010 32-bit and 64-bit
3ds Max and Max Design 2009 32-bit and 64-bit
3ds Max and Max Design 2008 32-bit and 64-bit

About cebas Visual Technology

Developing and offering market-leading 3D effects software and 3D Laser Scanning services for 22 years, cebas Visual Technology Inc., has gained extraordinary technological prowess and extensive knowledge of the 3D and VFX industries. Providing unique software solutions and a top team of Programmers and Artists from around the world, makes cebas an innovative modern company that attracts Artistic talent as well as large companies to purchase software, develop custom coding and build high performance production teams.

cebas software is used every day in award winning movie productions, digitally produced games and architectural design presentations, enabling their global customers to achieve complex visual effects that are both photo-realistic and compelling. Movies like "Lost in Space," "Final Destination," "Blade Trinity," "Spiderman 3" and most recently, "2012" and "Alice and Wonderland," all utilize cebas software to drive prominent CG 3D effects.

For 15 years in a row, cebas has represented itself as a leading 3D software house at the SIGGRAPH convention which is held every year in the USA. Being a part of the world's largest 3D software event and community has been critical to the worldwide success of their software, VFX production expertise and special effects scenes.

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Low-Res Character Production - Constructing A Character For Next-Gen Games
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Low-Res Character Production - Constructing A Character For Next-Gen Games

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 07:06 AM PDT

In this DVD instructor Adam Schuman walks you through the entire process of constructing a low resolution character worthy of any "next-generation" game. Follow him as he shows you his techniques in exporting the high-res model from ZBrush, reconstructing the low-res meshes, creating the UV's for all of the meshes, baking out all of the maps (3ds Max and xNormal), creating all of the textures, using real-time viewport shaders, and rendering out the final for your portfolio.

This DVD is geared to improve your workflow by helping you understand what is expected of professionals in the field today.

More Info and a Video Sample Here: http://eat3d.com/character_lowres

About the Instructor:
Adam Schuman has been in the video game industry since graduating from the Art Institute of Dallas in 2002. He has always been passionate about high quality character creation and regularly competes in Dominance War and other character creation contests. Adam has worked at such studios as TKO, KingsIsle, Stalker Entertainment, Midway Games, and is currently a Senior Character Artist at Vigil Games.

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Di-O-Matic announced Maskarad is now available

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 06:56 AM PDT

Di-O-Matic uncovers Next-Generation 3D Facial Animation solution
Montréal, Canada, July 14th

, 2010 – Di-O-Matic, Inc., a leading developer of 3D character

animation software and plug-in tools today announced Maskarad, a new ground-breaking

automatic markerless facial performance motion capture software. The Maskarad v1 software

is expected to begin shipping in fall 2010 for US 1499$.

With Maskarad, 3D artists only need a simple video file featuring an actor performance to

create lifelike facial animations. Maskarad automatically locate and track facial expressions and

mouth movements. Before Maskarad, realistic 3D facial animation was limited to only a few

high-end projects. This was due to the expensive motion capture hardware and laborious post-

processing involved either directly or through outsourcing.

"I've tested and used a lot of 3rd party software in my years of production on some of the best

games of all-time like Bungie's Halo3, Ubisoft's Spinter Cell and Prince of Persia to name a few"

revealed Jonathan Abenhaim, senior freelance character animator. He continues: "My hat goes

off to the team over at Di-O-Matic for nailing it with Maskarad!.....It's insanely simple, it output

results in a fraction of the time it used to take me to produce facial animations."

No messy or cumbersome face markers setup, no time-consuming post-processing and no

expensive dedicated hardware is required. Maskarad quickly output facial animation data ready

to be used in your favorite 3d applications including 3ds max, Maya, Softimage and

MotionBuilder.

Maskarad is a markerless motion capture technology that literally puts motion capture on the

animator's desktop. You can shoot a video right at your workplace using a webcam or

inexpensive digital camera and have it converted to 3D facial animation data in minutes.

For a full list of all the features planned for Maskarad and video-demo of Maskarad, please visit

the product information page at: http://www.di-o-matic.com/products/Software/Maskarad/

Pricing and Availability

Maskarad is currently in development and is expected to begin shipping in fall 2010. Pricing is

US 1499$ for a full commercial version (protected with ALPServer, Di-O-Matic licensing system

with floating license options), and comes with one year support. For all pricing and support

services visit: http://www.di-o-matic.com/products/

About Di-O-Matic, Inc.

Established in Montréal in 2000, Di-O-Matic, Inc. develops high-end character animation

software and plug-in applications for professional 3D animation artists and production studios

all over the world. With globally renowned customers including: Activision, Boeing, Blur

Studios, Capcom, Disney, RockStar Games, SEGA and Ubisoft, Di-O-Matic software has been

used to enhance and animate CG characters like: Batman, Garfield Spider-Man, SpongeBob

SquarePants, Mickey Mouse and many more. www.di-o-matic.com

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ASUS P55 Gets Front Panel USB 3.0 Supports

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 06:27 AM PDT

Although many motherboards are capable of USB 3.0 port，undoubtedly it is not enough to satisfy our guys appetite，and ASUS is spicing up Front Panel USB 3.0 by the upcoming P55.

P55 is codenamed P7P55/USB3, a motherboard which boasts a front panel USB 3.0 will gives users greater convenience; And one NEC USB 3.0 chip to support the two USB 3.0 headers, which ensures that there is no reduction in data transfer speed for each individual port.

Specs as follows:

-four Dual-channels DDR3 memory slots
-two PCLe x 16 slots
-two PCLe x 1 slots
-two PCI slots
-six SATA 3Gbps connectors
-8-channel HD audio outputs
-an integrated Gigabit-Ethernet card

P55 will be available pretty soon and sells for not more than $150.

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Grinderman II Trailer by John Hillcoat

Posted: 16 Jul 2010 06:30 AM PDT

Grinderman – a side project of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – are due to release their second album in September and John Hillcoat has directed a rather excellent (and scarey) trailer for it. The full promo will follow later. This is the first thing Hillcoat has done since directing the much acclaimed movie [...]

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It's summertime, and Toby Stretch has been doing his thing once again, among the stunning vistas of the Appalachians. Like in his previous work this extraordinary artist tells a visually fantastic tale by animating his own puppet creations from series of individual photographs. And in Crystal Fighters' In The Summer his hero character goes into [...]

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Who out there doesn’t just love a full shiny Thursday?

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Nothing like sexy comic turned real is there?

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Amazing what you find under the sea isn’t it?