Tag: Houdini
DI4D Receives £900k Growth Investment
Scotland-based animation and VFX studio DI4D has secured £900,000 (about $1.1 million USD) in investment funds from Percipient Capital and its shareholders, which will...
Authentic Mayhem
VFX crews set the ground rules for the firefights, weapons and supervillain antics for Warner Bros.’ most-recent DC Comics adaptation, Suicide Squad.
Suicide Squad from...
Marza Movie Pipeline Pushes Unity Beyond the Gaming Sphere
With each animated blockbuster release, the boundaries of what is possible in computer graphics is pushed by technical and artistic inches. But behind every...
Autodesk Acquires Arnold Developer Solid Angle
Amid the broadcasting tech buzz emanating from the NAB Show in Las Vegas, software giant Autodesk announces it has acquired Solid Angle -- the...
SIGGRAPH: Pixar Presents RenderMan Art & Science Fair
Pixar will present unprecedented insights into the development of RenderMan’s advanced RIS technology at SIGGRAPH 2015 in Los Angeles this month, and to drive...
VR Comes to V-Ray
Chaos Group has announced V-Ray 3.2 for 3ds Max -- the latest version is compatible with 3ds Max 2016 and for the first time...
Bait Restructures in New Cardiff Facility
Cardiff-based Bait Studio has restructured and invested in a new facility, bringing its visual effects and motion graphics, animation and interactive divisions together on...
Cartoon Forum Wraps Up 25th Edition
Cartoon Forum celebrated a successful 25th edition of the important European toon event, which presented 84 new projects to the local industry and enjoyed...
SIGGRAPH News Bytes: Dynamixyz, Solid Angle, Lightworks
+ Dynamixyz is celebrating its fourth anniversary at SIGGRAPH with the release of a new version of Performer Suite markerless facial performance capture solution....
June 2014 Tech Reviews
Chaos V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max
There is no way that I'm going to be able to fit all the features in V-Ray 3.0. Is...
April/May 2014 Tech Reviews
ToonBoom's Animate Pro 3.0
ToonBoom has definitely carved a niche for itself in the animation world, from the production-level Harmony products down to the tools...
February 2014 Tech Reviews
Best of the Year
Our brilliant tech critic picks 12 of his favorite releases of the past year:
Lagoa. This web-based 3D system with a progressive,...
Delivering Digital Dystopia in 4K
Vfx supe Peter Muyzers details the labor-intensive process of creating the realistic worlds of Elysium for director Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi thriller.
In 2009, South African...
ILM and Sony Picture Imageworks Release Alembic 1.5
Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) have released their jointly developed, open sourse project Alembic 1.5. The new tool facilitates...
Shotgun Pipeline Kit Released at Siggraph
Shotgun Software today released the Shotgun Pipeline Toolkit at the SIGGRAPH event in Anaheim, CA. The kit provides studios with a set of out-of-the-box...
Side Effects Software Introduces Houdini Engine
Toronto’s Side Effects Software has unveiled its Houdini Engine, which allows for deep integration of Houdini technology into a wide variety of Digital Content Creation...
DWA Releases OpenVDB 1
DreamWorks Animation is seeking to redefine volumetric storage and processing with the release of a new open source framework developed by studio engineers for...
The Top 12 Tech Tools of 2012
Our in-the-know visual effects expert and critic picks his favorite releases of the year (in no particular order!):
Digital Molecular Matter. Physical simulation system found...
Framestore and Rattling Stick Deliver ‘Skyfall’ Credits
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the James Bond film franchise, long-time collaborators Daniel Kleinman and Framestore teamed up for the fifth time to deliver...
Will Weekend Auds Warm to New ‘Ice Age’ Movie?
The fourth installment of the Ice Age franchise introduces several new characters as well as meticulously rendered visuals to draw fans back into theaters.
Who...
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