HDMI Adapter for the Canon 5DII
Shooting video on the go? A new adapter called LockPort is intended to provide a full-size HDMI output for Canon video DSLR cameras – and put an end to the fiddling with mini HDMI.
More articles
Update for CryENGINE
Crytek has released SDK 1.1 for the free CryEngine 3 game engine; the update is available through the Crydev.net community portal.
Wickie Breaks the Million Mark
Vikings seem to be just as “in” as pirates. About one million visitors have seen the little red-haired Viking’s second adventure – “Wickie auf großer Fahrt” – in 3D since September 29.
Blender 2.60 Release
The Blender freeware is picking up speed and going international – many new features are to be integrated in two-month update intervals during 2012.
Sony Vegas Pro Release 11
Contrary to earlier announcements, the new Vegas Pro 11 release does not offer all that many innovative new features, but it does provide practical updates.
Glasses-Free 3D in the Cinema Foyer
From October 2011, 3D entertainment is to be shown in various cinema foyers. Hamburg company United Entertain has developed an infotainment system with which advertising spots and cinema trailers can be seen in three dimensions without glasses.
Production Outages at Nikon, Canon and Sony
The flood disaster caused by heavy monsoon rains in Thailand is also creating serious problems for Nikon, Canon and Sony. The companies could soon face serious camera delivery shortages.
Expected Shortly: VR4MAX Release 7
Release 7 of the VR4MAX software for interactive 3D visualization and simulation now includes a new Atmosphere System and a LUA Script Engine.
Real Steel Making Of
Let’s get ready to rumble – Erik Nash, the VFX supervisor of “Real Steel,” has published a making-of of the robot fight scene.
Photoshop Tutorial: Batch Action
In Photoshop, it is often annoying when several photos are to receive the same effects and you have to apply the same action to each individual photo. Alien Skin Software has tips for this problem.
25 CG Characters
If you want to pick up a little more inspiration for the weekend, take a look at this website and the cartoon characters portrayed realistically in CG images.
Stylish Keyboard – Thin as a Sheet
Industrial designer Dr. Kazuo Kawazaki has designed a futuristic keyboard that is intended to offer the capabilities of a touchscreen and, when not in use, can also serve as a mirror.
Color Correction in Finishing
Autodesk Flame Premium is intended to make real-time color grading possible directly in the 3D toolset and provide an effects function set for finishing 3D stereoscopy projects.
Vue 10 Release Expected in November
Recreating nature realistically poses a challenge to rendering performance because of the immense number of polygons, one that can be solved with E-on’s Vue landscape generator.
Project Geppetto – New Crowd Simulation for 3ds Max
Autodesk has released its new simulation solution, Project Geppetto. It is intended to make crowd animation characters act more intelligently.
Making New Look Old – Film Look with CineGrain
Dirty film look like Tarantino and Rodriguez? With CineGrain, digital film material is intended to receive the look of analog film material through simple compositing.
Texture Tutorial with Mari
And the shark, it has teeth... In this tutorial at NAB 2011, Framestore artist Jesse Flores showed how he textured sharks with Mari for a Snickers commercial.
Websites with HTML5
HTML5 can now do considerably more than the previous version. If you want to put content on websites without Flash, try this tool tip and a free HTML5 cheat sheet.
We’re Buying a Transformer
Want to show Michael Bay how it’s done? From now on, you no longer need to spend much time building a Transformer robot, because a finished model is available to buy and can be animated.
CopperCube 3 Release
The new version of the 3D editor for interactive 3D applications has been released. CopperCube 3 is intended to make it possible to publish and program 3D content in Flash or WebGL without major programming effort – so nothing stands in the way of a shooter in the browser.
More Disney Classics in 3D
Because of the great success of the 3D rerelease of “The Lion King,” Disney is said to have decided to bring further classics from its program back to cinemas as 3D versions.
The Huberbuam in 3D Are Available to Download
In our article “Mountains Close Enough to Touch” in the recently published DP 05/11, we already presented the ZDF’s 3D climbing-film project in detail. The documentary is now available exclusively online as a free download in the 3D version.
Canon Loves MFT
Redrock Micro has developed the “Livelens MFT” adapter with aperture control for Canon EF lenses. It is intended to make it possible to control the autofocus and aperture setting of third-party lenses.
Urs Franzen Is the New VFX Supervisor at Pixomondo
Pixomondo has gained reinforcement: Urs Franzen will support the Munich location as VFX supervisor and executive producer.