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On these two days, professionals meet decision-makers from the fields of software, film and television, architecture, design, 2-D and 3-D visualization as well as from research, business and science. The event focuses on trends and developments in digital media productions. Preparations for the new networking event for the German-speaking digital-creation industry are already in full swing. Many renowned experts have already been confirmed as speakers for the workshop programme.
Highlights in the workshop programme
The presentations, hands-on workshops and panel discussions at the digital creation days illuminate developments in the specialist fields of animation, virtual reality, Visual Fx applications, computer graphics, still, computer games, architecture, postproduction as well as 2-D and 3-D visualization. Alongside technical solutions, industry specialists also discuss such questions with a practical orientation: How do I establish a 3-D company? What must be considered when working with freelancers? What is good public relations? After each presentation, the speakers are available for in-depth discussions. Current and controversial topics are also discussed daily in a panel discussion. The approximately 40 workshops are divided into the following sections: Creative Business, Games, Computer Graphics, Animation and Compositing, Broadcast, Film and TV, Industrial Design, Architecture.
Among other things, the following workshops have already been confirmed:
Broadcast, Film and TV section:
“Broadcast goes IT and the consequences”
Ernst Feiler of Grundy UFA examines the current transformation in film and television production. Increasingly, producers rely on file-based workflows instead of classic video- and film-based workflows.
Every day, an audience of millions allows itself to be entertained and inspired by Grundy UFA’s successful series. No other television producer employs more writers, more directors, more camera people, in short: more creative potential in front of and behind the camera. Specializing in the Daily Soap, Telenovela and Weekly Drama formats, Grundy UFA occupies a leading position in the field of industrial series production in Europe.
Computer Graphics, Animation and Compositing section:
“Massive – Character Behaviour for Film and TV“
Robert Mayer of weltenbauer presents the character animation software Massive, with the help of which computer-generated film figures (characters) can be brought to life by specialists (artists). Massive is used in many major blockbuster productions and realizes “an old dream of every artist” (Robert Mayer): The characters no longer have to be painstakingly animated –
they move almost by themselves.
The weltenbauer team (www.weltenbauer.com) specializes in the world of 3-D graphics and animation, visual effects and renderings. weltenbauer offers consulting, professional tools, software and hardware for 3D and Visual FX applications.
Industrial Design section:
“Photorealistic product visualization in the automotive-industry“
In her presentation, Andrea Gunschera of RTT AG takes a look behind the scenes of the automotive industry. She examines the extent to which automotive manufacturers can save time and money by using computer-generated images and film sequences (computer generated images – CGI). Photorealistic image material is generated from the vehicles’ 3D construction data. As a result, expenditure in prototype construction, for example, can be reduced. Andrea Gunschera demonstrates how such a production works and also draws a comparison with traditional photography.
RTT AG (www.rtt.ag) is one of the world’s leading providers of 3D- visualization technologies and services for industrial applications in the automotive, aviation and consumer-goods industries.
Broadcast, Film and TV section:
“The future of diversification – Requirements for modern content management systems in broadcasting”
Gert Zimmermann of filmtoolsConsult presents innovative content management solutions using various current application examples. Alongside the resulting workflows, new business models that are made possible for the first time through the use of the new technology are also presented.
filmtoolsConsult (www.filmtoolsConsult.de) stands for media manage-ment consulting around the topics of strategic orientation, workflow management and technical marketing. In addition, filmtoolsConsult has participated in international specialist congresses in recent years and organized industry meeting points for innovative media technologies.
The digital creation days are supported by their main sponsors Avid Technology GmbH, Softimage and Qoobee GmbH.
