Autodesk, Inc. has acquired Illuminate Labs, a privately held maker of lighting technology for video game development. Illuminate Labs’ Beast middleware solution and Turtle plug-in forAutodesk Maya software enable faster iteration on a game’s creative intent, and more realistic in-game lighting. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We welcome Illuminate Labs customers and employees to [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 1, 2010
With help from technology created by Autodesk, Inc. , previsualization has become an integral part of modern moviemaking. For Paramount Pictures’ and Marvel Entertainment’s summer blockbuster “Iron Man 2,” Los Angeles-based previsualization studio The Third Floor used the 3D animation software Autodesk Maya and Autodesk MotionBuilder software to help create a highly detailed previsualization [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 25, 2010
Autodesk Helps Remedy Ent. Create Thrilling Mystery of Alan Wake 3D art creation and animation software from Autodesk, Inc. played an integral role in Remedy Entertainment’s production of their recently released video game, “Alan Wake.” Compelling storytelling and atmosphere are the cornerstones of the “psychological action thriller” game. Autodesk 3ds Max, Autodesk MotionBuilder and Autodesk Mudbox [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, March 10, 2010
On the eve of GDC in San Francisco, Autodesk Media & Entertainment announced its latest digital software for 3D animation in a virtual press conference hosted by Maurice Patel, entertainment industry manager, and Rob Hoffmann, senior product marketing manager. The lineup includes: Maya 2011, which boasts a new user interface based on Nokia Qt, a completely redesigned [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 23, 2009
Autodesk, Inc. has announced that the 3D animation studio DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. and Sony Pictures Imageworks are integrating Autodesk Mudbox software into their Linux-based production pipelines. Autodesk Consulting’s custom development team worked collaboratively with teams at Imageworks and DreamWorks to port the digital sculpting and texture painting software to the Linux platform. Mudbox for [...]
Continue reading...Friday, November 13, 2009
For the first time, a 3D animation series is part of the “Sesame Street” television program. The program’s 40th anniversary season debuted today, including computer-generated (CG) segments delivered by SpeakeasyFX and made with Autodesk Softimage software from Autodesk, Inc. (ADSK: NASDAQ). The series features a digital version of the favorite Muppet fairy-in-training, Abby Cadabby. “Sesame [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 19, 2009
Expanding its technical leadership within the character animation space, Mixamo Inc. today announced support for Autodesk 3ds Max software biped system control rigs, significantly streamlining animation workflow for 3D animation artists and game developers. Previously relying only on traditional motion-capture and keyframing processes to animate biped characters, 3ds Max users are now able to obtain access [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Autodesk, Inc. today announced that one of India’s leading 3D animation studios– BIG Animation, a Reliance ADAG Company — used Autodesk Maya software to animate the magical worlds of the new “Little Krishna” animated series. The company relied on the Autodesk Smoke and Autodesk Flame systems for finishing and final output of the 13-episode [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 15, 2009
The lovable movie cartoon character Shrek crossed over to live Broadway musicals lasst fall in Shrek the Musical. But who said 3D animation special effects have no place in live-action stage plays? Autodesk and its Motionbuilder software have been tasked to depict the Magic Mirror sequence of the musical on-stage. In the old days the producers [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 26, 2009
Used for influential video games such as Fallout 3 and Gears of War 2, the 3D animation software 3ds Max from Autodesk announced its 2010 upgrade during this year’s Game Developers Conference. 3ds MAX 2010 provides a render-quality viewport display and at least 100 new Graphite modeling tools. It also offers new capabilities that help [...]
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