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Mirja Fürst

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Redakteurin der Digital Production
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Learn Filmmaking from Werner Herzog

Werner Herzog is the jack-of-all-trades among German directors, who even mastered shoots with Klaus Kinski. Anyone who wants to learn filmmaking from him can buy this extensive online course with six hours of video material.
Mirja Fürst
12.12.2016
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Sneak Peek – DP 02 : 17

New year—more focus topics: in issue 02:17, we take a closer look at the current hype topics AR & VR and explain what lies behind them and where the technology journey can go. Our second focus will make the hearts of Mograph artists beat faster.
Mirja Fürst
04.12.2016
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“The Magnificent Seven”: Breakdowns by Zero

Audiences are tired of remakes: despite its star-studded cast, the 2016 version of the cult film "The Magnificent Seven" was unable to attract all that many viewers to cinemas. But, as always, worth seeing: the VFX effects for such an imposing Western spectacle.
Mirja Fürst
28.11.2016
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Changing the Picture 2016

On November 17 and 18, the Changing the Picture Technology Conference took place for the 4th time at Studio Babelsberg in Potsdam. Here is an overview of the event's content.
Mirja Fürst
22.11.2016
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Now Available from Nvidia: Mental Ray for Maya

The rendering solution's plug-in has been integrated into the Autodesk tool Maya for many years. Mental Ray can now be obtained directly from developer Nvidia, and the Maya plug-in for rendering single-frame productions will additionally be released for free shortly.
Mirja Fürst
18.11.2016
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A Trampoline for Animals

Hiding does’nt help—the first Advent is rapidly approaching. Full-CG animals are popular performers in Christmas advertising spots, making this a busy time for MPC’s advertising department. "Buster The Boxer" for John Lewis is one of the spots currently produced by MPC.
Mirja Fürst
15.11.2016
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Bonus Tools for Maya

The Bonus Tools for Maya 2017 are now ready to download. The new version was updated with several additional features, and the installer is also compatible with older Maya versions (2014–2016.5).
Mirja Fürst
14.11.2016
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Premiere Add-on for VR Editing

Editing 360-degree material naturally no longer has much to do with editing in the classic frame, where you can deliberately guide the viewer’s gaze through cuts. At the MAX conference, Adobe presented CloverVR, which is intended to make editing in virtual space easier.
Mirja Fürst
09.11.2016
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Get a Motion Graphics Book for Free

The "Motion Graphics Design Academy – The Basics" book by author Timo Fecher is in the final stages of publication. Anyone who wants to receive the 200-page ebook for free can register in advance on the Crossfeyer homepage.
Mirja Fürst
09.11.2016
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Coming to Terms with the “Bear” Past

We already had a making-of about Pascal Floerks’ sensational short film "Bear" in DP in 2014; this year, the short film went online after an enormously successful festival tour. Here is an excerpt showing how the project came about.
Mirja Fürst
07.11.2016
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The New ITFS Trailer!

Advance planning is called for: from May 2 to 7 next year, the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film will take place again. Here is the official trailer—the making-of will appear soon in one of the upcoming DP issues.
Mirja Fürst
04.11.2016
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animago Pictures 2016: CONFERENCE

The two-day conference programme at animago was packed with presentations by Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Digital Domain, Pixar, Disney Animation Studios, and many more speakers. Here are a few impressions from the talks.
Mirja Fürst
04.11.2016
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Everything is so furry and fluffy here!

Today, General TD Brandon Jarratt from Walt Disney Animation Studios will speak about "The Art and Technology of Zoomania" at the animago conference. For all those at home: Here is an excerpt of the making-of from DP 02:16, for which we were able to interview "Zoomania" producer Clark Spencer.
Mirja Fürst
27.10.2016
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Learn “Digital Film Arts” in the Rhineland

Next week, LAVAlabs founder and ifs university lecturer Rolf Mütze will explain in his presentation at the animago conference on 27 and 28 October what smaller studios can learn from large VFX studios in Hollywood. We already portrayed the ifs in DP 03 : 16 and also interviewed Rolf Mütze for it.
Mirja Fürst
21.10.2016
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Modo 10.2

Anyone who quickly decides on Modo 10.2 can pre-order the modelling tool at a 40 percent discount until 20 October! Version 10.2 will then be released on 13 October.
Mirja Fürst
10.10.2016
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animago Still Gallery: Environments

Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Beyond that, of course, we receive many more entries from all over the world that also deserve to be presented. Let these CG environments inspire you.
Mirja Fürst
04.10.2016
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animago Still Gallery: People

Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Beyond that, of course, we receive many more entries from all over the world that also deserve to be presented. This gallery is very human.
Mirja Fürst
29.09.2016
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Call for Entries for ITFS 2017!

The 24th Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, which will take place next year from 2 to 7 May, is once again looking for entries. Animated films completed after 1 October 2015 may be submitted until 1 December 2016.
Mirja Fürst
13.09.2016
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animago Still Gallery: Cars & More

Every year, the best CG stills are honoured at the animago AWARD. Beyond that, of course, we receive many more entries from all over the world that also deserve to be presented. Here are the best means of transport in CG visualisation.
Mirja Fürst
13.09.2016
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Music Video from Israel

The music video for the song "Ma'agalim" (Circles) by the Israeli acoustic-folk-country trio Jane Bordeaux is nominated for an animago AWARD this year. The animation idea by Uri Lotan and Yoav Shtibelman visualises the lyrics extremely aptly.
Mirja Fürst
13.09.2016
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The Alphabet of Death

People – you should stay away from them. After "Accidents, Blunders and Calamities", as a member of this species, you believe that too. The black-humoured work by the Media Design School is nominated this year in the "Young Talent" category of the animago AWARD.
Mirja Fürst
06.09.2016
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Watch “Jagon” in Full

Last year, the impressive Filmakademie production "Jagon" was the only student project nominated alongside the big names – Trixter, Scanline and ILP – for an animago AWARD in the "Best Postproduction" category. Here is the 20-minute short film in full.
Mirja Fürst
05.09.2016
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Sneak Peek: DP 01 : 17

In DP issue 01 : 17, our focus will be on "Character Design and Creation" – one of many CG artists' favourite subjects. DP will arrive with our subscribers on 16 December and appear at newsstands on 19 December, right on time for Christmas.
Mirja Fürst
29.08.2016
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Rise on Houdini

Andreas Giesen and Simon Ohler from the Rise team spoke to SideFX about Houdini and what the tool does in their studio pipeline. In addition, they show shots from the two animago-nominated projects "The Man From U.N.C.L.E. and "Captain America - Civil War".
Mirja Fürst
26.08.2016
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Airy Shoes

The Nike Air Max 1 Ultra Flyknit sports shoe model is said to be ultralight—Aixsponza visualised this wearing comfort in a new spot for Nike
Mirja Fürst
16.08.2016
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The Blue-Screen Process in the 1980s

A tribute to the old days of effects: Mark Vago learned the blue-screen process during ILM's work on "Star Wars: The Empire strikes back". Here he looks back and shows the beginnings of creating film illusions.
Mirja Fürst
11.08.2016
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Sequoia 1.1

Thinkbox Software presented Sequoia 1.1 at Siggraph, a new version of the standalone point cloud meshing application.
Mirja Fürst
11.08.2016
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Sneak Peek: 07 : 16

For the forthcoming DP 07 : 16, we are currently preparing the focus "Product Visualisations", because these projects are what put the CG artist's daily bread on the table. DP will be with our subscribers on 21 October and appear on newsstands on 24 October.
Mirja Fürst
10.08.2016
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SAE at Gamescom

From 17 to 21 August, the world's largest event for computer and video games, Gamescom, will take place again. SAE's latest game developments can also be tested there.
Mirja Fürst
09.08.2016
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More AE with Modo

The Modo After Effects I/O Bridge connects the two tools for a seamless workflow. And the best thing about it: the useful bridge is available free of charge.
Mirja Fürst
09.08.2016
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