Adobe FrameMaker (2015 release): XML made simple

July 3, 2015, 04:49 AM

http://blogs.adobe.com/contentcorner/2015/07/03/fm...

Yes, you read the heading correctly. XML is no longer a game that only pros can play, FrameMaker (2015 release) makes it easy for even novices to get their hands dirty in XML. But, how? Before FrameMaker (2015 release), to create and maintain an XML document, you had to know the underlying technicalities of XML. You had to know the XML structure, the inheritance model, and of course the tool to create an XML document. With FrameMaker (2015 release), you no longer have to know what’s u...

Best Picture

July 3, 2015, 04:49 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2015/07/best...

It is halftime for the 2015 Oscar race, but at this point only one movie released in the first six months of this year looks to make the list of Best Picture nominees. And no, with all apologies to Vin Diesel, it is not Furious 7. So with that in mind let me tell you that right now on July 1, Disney/Pixar’s Inside Out is leading the race for the Academy Awards. ...

AAA studio unveils FurryBall RT

July 3, 2015, 04:49 AM

http://www.cgchannel.com/2015/07/aaa-studio-unveil...

AAA studio has unveiled FurryBall RT, the next version of its GPU-based production renderer.

NVIDIA lance HairWorks 1.1

July 3, 2015, 04:48 AM

http://www.3dvf.com/actualite-13719-nvidia-lance-h...

NVIDIA launches the 1.1 version of NVIDIA Hairworks , a simulation system of hair / fur for game developers. The main improvements: - Support the creation, rendering and simulation of the assets with long hair - Pipeline grooming has been improved. It supports third party tools available in 3ds Max and Maya. Export is via the guide curves and a mesh growth, directly into the viewer Hairworks. What, according to NVIDIA, iterating quickly in a project. Recall that Hairworks manages self-shading an...

Episode 98: Inside Out - Is It Really for Kids?

July 3, 2015, 04:48 AM

http://www.rotoscopers.com/2015/07/03/episode-98-i...

The Rotoscopers review Pixar’s newest and most imaginative animated film Inside Out.

Cospective’s cineSync 3.6 Adds Shotgun Integrati

July 3, 2015, 04:48 AM

http://www.awn.com/news/cospective-s-cinesync-36-a...

Cospective and Shotgun join forces to offer VFX, animation and post studios a faster way of working with built-in Shotgun Review portal built directly into cineSync.

Ainslie Henderson’s ‘Stems’ Wins 2015 McLare

July 3, 2015, 04:48 AM

http://www.awn.com/news/ainslie-henderson-s-stems-...

McLaren Award for Best New British Animation presented by acclaimed stop-motion animator Barry Purves at the EIFF Awards Ceremony held on June 28.

Mac Pro Tower Reborn

July 2, 2015, 06:13 PM

http://www.onerivermedia.com/blog/?p=1572

After many months of research, Marco Solorio of OneRiver Media decides to finally upgrade the master edit suite’s Mac Pro tower with new hardware to aid in the ever growing need for more power. Is this silver cheese grader of old still worthy of such a task?

Editor Kevin Stitt Helps Bring Jurassic World to L

July 2, 2015, 06:13 PM

http://soundandpicture.com/2015/07/editor-kevin-st...

It’s doesn’t seem plausible that Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park consumed theaters over twenty years ago. Whenever we come across the film on television, it’s hard to change the channel. It just has this timeless essence to it, laced with unforgettable imagery – like when the water glass starts to ripple because of the threat of T-Rex. It’s iconic. Now, a new generation gets to experience the flesh-eating franchise with its fourth installment, Jurassic World, and the movie doesn’t...

Summer Blockbusters use Blackmagic

July 2, 2015, 06:12 PM

http://www.provideocoalition.com/summer-blockbuste...