3DA Interview With dan abrams

3DA Interview With dan abrams

- Everybody can not say that they have started being employed at the world of the VFX before finishing their studies, and that have been working in projects like 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Spider-Man' and 'Spider-Man 2' or 'Aviator'. Dan Abrams is one of these few artists who can do it.Between his last projects we can find some of the movies with better visual effects of all times, like 'The Two Towers', 'Spider-Man 2', with the one that .............................Read More!
(Source: 3DA)

What's up with futuristic 'Loonatics' ??

What's up with futuristic 'Loonatics,' Doc?
By Gary Levin, USA TODAY

- Howls of protest are surrounding Warner Bros.' plans to bulk up Bugs, Daffy, Taz and other legendary Looney Tunes characters as a team of futuristic fighting superheroes for .............................................More!
(Source: USAToday)

NEW PLUGIN CONNECTS BODYPAINT 3D WITH SOFTIMAGEXSI ***

NEW PLUGIN CONNECTS BODYPAINT 3D WITH SOFTIMAGEXSI
MAXON Computer, March 9, 2005

- MAXON is pleased to announce the immediate availability of a new plug-in that connects its renowned 3D painting program, BodyPaint 3D to SOFTIMAGEXSI. Now the unique 3D painting features of MAXON's Hollywood-proven tool are available to all users of the latest generation of SOFTIMAGEXSI. Character animators, game developers and motion .............................................................Read More!
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DOSCH Textures: Construction XT !

DOSCH Textures: Construction XT

- Dosch Textures: Construction XT expands significantly on DT: Construction Materials by offering over 100 additional high resolution, seamless tileable textures which can be applied to......................................................More!
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Maxwell Render Alpha 1.1.22 released

Maxwell Render Alpha 1.1.22 released
March 10, 2005

- We are happy to announce the new version 1.1.22. Note that the Linux and Mac versions will be uploaded in a few days.
New features: · Motion blur of camera ( movement, rotation, fstop and focal length ) · Motion blur of objects ( controlled by shutter ) · Clipmap support · Region bitmap render · Fog (volumetric render)..............................................Read More!
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CAADRIA 2005 -10th International Conference***

10th International Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Architectural Design Research April 28-30, 2005. New Delhi, India

- An association to foster Computer Aided Architectural Design in Asia (CAADRIA) was founded in 1996 with a conference at The University of Hong Kong that was organized with significant support from Japan. The association took root and has flourished with annual conferences in nine different countries all around Asia. The conference in 2005 will be held at New Delhi and marks the tenth year of meetings............... The 10th CAADRIA will also take a glance at a decade of CAAD research in Asia, and study the approaches that have come about across nations as they teach, demonstrate potentials .......................................Read More!
(CAADRIA2005 Official website)

NYPL Digital Gallery;Launchs**

NYPL Digital Gallery;Launchs with 275,000 images !!

-NYPL Digital Gallery provides access to over 275,000 images digitized from primary sources and printed rarities in the collections of The New York Public Library, including illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, illustrated books, printed ephemera, and more.,.......................................................................More!
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