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Interactive instrument for generative music visualization,Clavilux 2000
Ida Walked Away
HDRi Sky Lighting Tutorial by Peter Guthrie
Rick Baker Talks ZBrush
After Effect Tutorial: Creating a Holographic Interface Effect
ARTRAGE STUDIO AND ARTRAGE STUDIO PRO RELEASED BY AMBIENT DESIGN
Dark Void PC Game and NVIDIA PhysX Technology
Interview Alessandro Cioffi – NINJA ASSASSIN VFX Supervisor
Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 ?

Interactive instrument for generative music visualization,Clavilux 2000

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 11:54 AM PST

The Clavilux 2000 is an interactive instrument for generative music visualization, which is able to generate a live visualization of any music played on a digital piano. The setting of the installation consists of three parts: A digital piano with 88 keys and midi output, a computer running a vvvv patch and a vertical projection above the keyboard.

For every note played on the keyboard a new visual element appears in form of a stripe, which follows in its dimensions, position and speed the way the particular key was stroke. Colours give the viewer and listener an impression of the harmonic relations: Each key has it's own color scheme and "wrong" notes stand out in contrasting colors.

All stripes stay and overlap each other in an additive way, so at the end a kind of pattern remains – a summary of the music – which will be always unique since the notes of the composition aswell as the interpretation of the piano player are influencing the outcome. Furthermore the piano player can switch between the standart 2d view and an additional 3d view of the visualization while playing.

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http://jonasheuer.de/index.php/clavilux-2000/

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Ida Walked Away

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 11:43 AM PST

A video clip carried out by the artist and illustrator Takafumi Tsuhiya alias Takcom, 2010 Video for the Portland band AU, from their new release Versions,title "Ida Walked Away".

Ida Walked Away from takcom™ on Vimeo.

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Related links:
http://www.takafumitsuchiya.com/
http://au-au-au.com/
http://www.myspace.com/peaofthesea
http://www.aagoo.com/

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HDRi Sky Lighting Tutorial by Peter Guthrie

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 02:32 AM PST

Peter Guthrie shows us a quick tutorial on how he uses the HDRi Skydomes as Sky Lighting

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Rick Baker Talks ZBrush

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:55 AM PST

6 time Oscar®-winning master of make-up effects. Maker of monsters, heroes, aliens and Klumps. Special fondness for werewolves, including An American Werewolf in London and The Wolfman
The Wolfman's Rick Baker talks about his work on the film and his easy transition from traditional to digital sculpting.

"It was like love at first sight. [ZBrush] was so much more like real-world sculpting but on a computer … I call it no fear sculpting and it freed me up design wise."

Here is an interview

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pixologic.com

After Effect Tutorial: Creating a Holographic Interface Effect

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:44 AM PST

Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the look of a holographic interface, using Red Giant Software's Holomatrix

Watch video tutorial HERE

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ARTRAGE STUDIO AND ARTRAGE STUDIO PRO RELEASED BY AMBIENT DESIGN

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:26 AM PST

New Digital Painting Products Provide Comprehensive Tools for Home, Education, Skilled Hobbyist and Professional Artist

Auckland, New Zealand, December 17, 2009 - Ambient Design has announced that they have released ArtRage Studio and ArtRage Studio Pro. These new products in the ArtRage family contain all the tools found in the entry level ArtRage product, plus dozens of added innovations for advanced users. ArtRage Studio Pro was created for artists who require a professional toolset while ArtRage Studio was designed for artists who don�t need the high-end features. Both products include an intuitive, scalable and customizable interface, a "Canvas Puck", which allows for easy navigation on the canvas, customizable keyboard shortcuts, an auto-smoothing inking pen, watercolors, flood fill, selections, a text tool that for live text editing on layers and the bitmap "Sticker Spray" brush. Hobbyist and professional artists, animators, illustrators, scrapbookers and manga and comic creators will appreciate the software�s power and its ability to allow for seamless, artistic expression.

Customers can choose the software that best fits their needs. ArtRage Studio Pro's more advanced features include: Real color blending, sophisticated color adjustment options, PhotoShop� filter support, a customizable Sticker Spray brush and an inking pen with opacity, blending and anti-alias control. 3D programs can also make use of ArtRage Studio Pro's exported channel maps to recreate the color, volume, gloss and reflectivity of paintings in their native renderers. ArtRage Studio and ArtRage Studio Pro support Windows� 7 touch screen capabilities. Watch a video of the Sticker Spray in action here: Sticker Spray Video.

Matt Fox-Wilson, Ambient Design's creative director said, "As we were adding features, we realized that one product with a large set of features wouldn�t suit many of our users so we decided instead to create a second product aimed more at the mid-level artist. ArtRage Studio is perfect for that group of users. It's not a "lite" version, but a version tailored specifically to their needs."

Both products include the intuitive, realistic behavior of the ArtRage toolset, such as sophisticated brushes, numerous stencils, blending of artistic media on the canvas, and easy-to-use, customizable color pallets. Users have many choices of paper varieties and paper grains and paint and drawing mediums such as oils, pencils, crayons, airbrush, chalk and markers. ArtRage provides Photoshop compatible transparent layers that can be used for advanced compositions and allows photos and images to be easily recreated as paintings.

ArtRage Studio Pro beta tester, Hans Deconinck said, "Everyone will love this software. Watercolor painters, oil and acrylic painters and the comic book and manga artists too."

Pricing and Availability: ArtRage Studio can be purchased for $40.00 (USD) and ArtRage Studio Pro for $80.00 from the ArtRage web site: www.ArtRage.com. ArtRage 2.5 Full Edition is available for $20.00 and will be upgraded in the future. Some users of ArtRage 2.x are eligible for "Switch To Studio" discounts when purchasing one of the new products.

ArtRage supports popular pen tablets from companies such as Wacom� and Adesso� that allow the artist to draw and paint with a pressure sensitive stylus. New camera based touch screens like the HP TouchSmart allow the user to finger paint or use traditional paintbrushes for a unique digital painting simulation experience. Watch a Touch Screen demo video here: Touch Screen/ArtRage Demo.

For a complete list of new features in ArtRage Studio and Studio Pro, please see: Features.

A PDF comparison chart for all three ArtRage product offerings can be found here: Comparison Chart.

A trial version of ArtRage Studio Pro can be download here: Artrage Studio Pro Demo.

For more information, or to purchase or to view the galleries, forums and tutorials, please visit the ArtRage home page: www.ArtRage.com

System Requirements:
Windows XP, Vista, or Windows 7
Mac OSX 10.4 or later with 1GHz processor (Intel/AMD or PPC G4/G5)
1024 x 768 screen size, 512MB Memory, 100MB disk free.
Languages: English, French, German, Dutch interface. English manual.

About Ambient Design Ltd.

Ambient Design is a New Zealand based software development company specializing in the design and development of creative applications and interfaces. The company was founded on a strong graphical basis after Andy Bearsley and Matt Fox-Wilson left MetaCreations Corp. in January 2000 and has grown to encompass a wide range of technologies.

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artrage.com

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Dark Void PC Game and NVIDIA PhysX Technology

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 01:16 AM PST

From Nvidia Channel Nvidia has just posted 2 new videos features NVIDIA PhysX technology in the PC game Dark Void

The videos show various enhanced effects when using weapons, the grenade and the jetpack. NVIDIA PhysX technology has been fully integrated into the dangerous and exciting world of Dark Void to bring you a more realistic and physics based experience in the Void. In fact, Dark Void has the distinction of being the first game to use dynamic, accurate smoke effects and smoke trails for the games innovative jetpack, UFOs, and spaceships, all of which will be hardware-accelerated by GeForce GPUs when played on compatible PCs.

Dark Void PC Game Comparison Video Featuring NVIDIA PhysX Technology

Dark Void PC Game Technology Trailer Featuring NVIDIA PhysX Technology

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Interview Alessandro Cioffi – NINJA ASSASSIN VFX Supervisor

Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:51 AM PST

Alessandro Cioffi talks about his work on NINJA ASSASSIN and how Trixter has managed this ambitious project.

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Autodesk 3ds Max 2011 ?

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 11:44 PM PST

Autodesk releases videos feature and improvements in future 3ds Max and 3ds Max Design . It could be 3d smax 2011 3ds Max Design 2011

Introducing "caddies" for soft selection (and other modeling functions)