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Extension 2 for Flame
Autodesk has released Extension 2 for the Flame 20th Anniversary Edition software, adding new features and improved performance.
Sneak Peek at Maya, 3ds Max and Mudbox
After only the Grease Pencil was initially sneaked as a new Maya feature, it is now the turn of the modelling tools. Also: 3ds Max and Mudbox.
Keying with Smoke 2013
On the Learning Channel, Autodesk presents features of Smoke 2013 – this time with six episodes on the Modular Keyer.
Explosive Tutorials
Video Copilot has published a free tutorial series for creating explosive effects in After Effects and 3ds Max.
Mocap from Saarland
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken have developed a method that makes mocap suits unnecessary.
Sun at Last
Since it is showing itself again in Germany today after a long absence: a tool that can make the sun rise in 3ds Max.
Updates on Schedule
Sony's F5 and F55 cameras are receiving additional features through free firmware updates – Sony has now published an overview of exactly which features will arrive when.
Crunch Time Is Over
Hansel and Gretel are back – but this time grown up and armed. Now the witches had better watch out.
Autodesk Is Sneaking
Shortly before it becomes official, Autodesk presents new features in Softimage and 3ds Max on video. Forecast? Exciting!
Avid Interview with Tim Squyres …
... about his editing work on the film “Life of Pi”, which has a good chance of picking up one of the coveted Academy Awards.
Record RAW Format Internally
ARRI has given the Alexa camera system a makeover – among other things, the four new XT models are now intended to enable internal RAW recording.
Smoke and mocha Are Stronger Together
Smoke 2013 and mocha are an unbeatable team – so Autodesk has now published three “Mocha to Smoke Interoperability” videos for a better workflow.
Undo Command
Subd Recovery is a new standalone application that can restore previous subdivision levels.
Screenwriting Made Easy
Make Sreenwriting simple – that is what the open-source software Trelby aims to enable.
SugarFx Subtitles for FCP, Motion, AE and Premiere Pro
Noise Industries aims to simplify working with different subtitle formats with the Subtitle plug-in.
More Light
Goodbye Bayer filter? A new sensor technology from Panansonic is intended to provide a whole stop more light sensitivity.
RED in Berlin
RED has moved into new business premises. For interested parties and users, this means: repair service, a showroom and soon also training.
Trial Version of Scratch
Instead of roses: for Valentine's Day, Assimilate made a trial version available.
Extension for 3ds Max
The current extension release for 3ds Max 2013 focuses in particular on new particle options.
Plug-in for Cinema 4D Workflow
With a free plug-in, Cineversity users can now import Adobe Illustrator or PDF artwork into Cinema 4D.
The Centrifuge Brain Project Online
DP recognised the potential of “The Centrifuge Brain Project” long ago; now the complete film is online. Here are the film and the accompanying DP article.
The VES Award Goes To…
The question has finally been answered as to who at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg won the VES Award for the best visual effects in a student project.
Better Living with 3ds Max
Vizpark currently offers a plug-in called Wall & Tiles, which makes it easier to design wall and tile materials in 3ds Max.
First 4K Demo Channel
The first 4K end devices are on the market, but there is hardly any content – so satellite operator Eutelsat has now launched a test channel for broadcasting 4K content.
SilhouetteFX Release 5
Many new features and the integration of mocha Pro are intended to make the tiresome rotoscoping process easier with Silhouette version 5.
Oscar Screenplays
Every film work begins with a plan: the screenplay. Thirty PDF screenplays for well-known current films are presently online as sources of inspiration.
Gemini Presents New G4V Four-Channel DJ Controller
The G4V comes with a USB/MIDI software controller with an integrated 24-bit PC/MAC audio interface and four-channel mixer.
Canon EOS-1D C Update
The Canon EOS-1D C is intended to receive a firmware update in April, after which 25p recording at maximum 4K resolution is also intended to be possible with the camera.
Metropolitan City Templates
Ten free After Effects city templates are now also available for Video Copilot users who already own the Metropolitan model package.
Star Wars 3D on Ice
Is Disney getting cold Star Wars feet? The 3D release of Episodes II and III has been postponed indefinitely.
Improved Website at Pond5
Footage provider Pond5 has brought its website up to date with new features.
Escher Plug-in for Nuke
Escher 1.0 is now available, a suite for Nuke designed to provide the compositing software with new effects and tools.
Nominees for the VES Award
The VES Award nominees have been announced—three projects from Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg are nominated in the same category.
Rebuilding New York
The new Metropolitan footage package from Video Copilot has just been released, together with a tutorial showing interesting tricks with Element 3D.
The Foundry Introduces HieroPlayer
The latest addition to The Foundry family complements Hiero and works with Nuke and the VFX pipeline.
Pay-per-View on Vimeo Pro
The online platform Vimeo Pro will expand its offering with a new add-on service. Content will soon be available to stream there for a one-time fee.
Technical Oscar for Smoke and CGI
This year's Technical Oscar goes to two German computer scientists for a method that makes CGI effects such as smoke and explosions easier to create.
DaVinci Resolve 9.1
Small updates keep friendships alive, Blackmagic thought, improving graders' everyday work with Resolve 9.1.
Autodesk Is Looking for Submissions
For its NAB 2013 showreel. The application deadline is Friday, February 15, 2013.
Honest Film Posters
The films nominated for the Oscar are known, but we now reveal what messages for the Oscar really lie behind these films.
2013 Oscar Nominations
The nominations for animated films and Best Visual Effects for the golden Oscar statuette were announced today.
Mari Release 1.6
The Foundry released Mari 1.5 only last summer, and the company has already released version 1.6. Here are the most important new features at a glance.
ILM and the Avengers
In a new making-of video, ILM shows the VFX tricks it used for "Marvel´s The Avengers".
Pixar’s Blue Umbrella
Pixar fans are already eagerly awaiting "Monsters University". It has now become known that its opening short will be "The Blue Umbrella", and a first excerpt has now been released.
No More Fisheyes
proDAD's new tool, appropriately named DEFISHR, corrects optical distortions—fully automatically.
Hollywood Colour Look?
Achieve Hollywood colour looks for just under 100 dollars? Technicolor promises this with its new colour correction tool CineStyle Color Assistant.
ARRI Alexa SUP 7.0
ARRI has released the current Software Update Package 7.0, which is intended to be a universal version for the complete Alexa camera family.
Ray Tracing with Caustic
Interactive viewports from Caustic Professional are intended to make ray tracing available at an affordable price.
Octane Renderer 1.0
Otoy has released Octane Renderer version 1.0. Here you can find the features of version 1.0 and a free DP article in which we already tested the beta version.
Video Player for the RED 4K Technology Chain
The new Redray video player completes RED's 4K technology chain—the player is intended to provide 4K content both for the home and for cinemas.
Field Monitors from SmallHD
SmallHD's new AC7 field monitor series is available at an affordable price starting at 599 dollars.
Smoke and Mirrors for 2013
Autodesk Smoke 2013 has officially been released—the final version brings all the features Autodesk developed with the community in the final weeks of the year.
PdPlayer 1.0.6.25 Is Here
Chaosgroup has released PdPlayer, developed by Asynthetic, in version 1.0.6.25.
Editing with a Pad
The CTRL+Console Kickstarter project has reached the 35,000-dollar mark—so touchscreen control for editing is expected soon.
Sony F55/F5 (Updated)
Completely out of nowhere, Sony has given the camera market a fright: The F5 and F55 are shaking the foundations beneath the C300 and RED cameras.
UK Award for “The Downfall”
"The Downfall" by Ungleich Kollektiv has won the music video award at the UK Film Festival—here is the making-of article to download.
SP 3 for Mudbox 2013
Service Pack 3 for Autodesk Mudbox 2013 has been released. Support for multi-touch devices lets digital artists feel a little more like craftspeople again.
Nuke 7 Released
The Foundry product manager Jon Wadelton believes this is the best Nuke release yet—with a trial version, you can check this claim.
Monsters University Poster
A newly released poster can already fuel your anticipation for the prequel to "Monsters, Inc.".
“Oh Sheep!” Honoured at SIGGRAPH Asia
Gottfried Mentor's "Oh Sheep!" graced our animago cover this year, and now the work has been honoured at SIGGRAPH Asia.
Blade at Number 2
Vicon is known for its motion and performance capture offering and is now releasing the MoCap software Blade in version 2.0.
Blender 2.65 Ready for Testing
Blender Development has released the first test build for the forthcoming Blender 2.65 release.
VES Student Award
Be quick and take part—students can still submit their work for the annual VES Award until November 30.
The Hobbit in High Frame Rate After All
Peter Jackson's new Shire blockbuster "The Hobbit—An Unexpected Journey" will now be shown at a High Frame Rate of 48 fps after all—cinemas are upgrading.
CinePostproduction Restores “The NeverEnding Story”
For the Blu-ray edition appearing on December 6 in honour of Bernd Eichinger, CinePostproduction extensively restored one of Germany's most successful cinema films on behalf of Constantin Film.
Remote Control with the GoPro App
The new free GoPro App is intended to make it possible to use a smartphone or tablet as a remote control for Hero cameras with Wi-Fi.
The Red Dragon on Hold
A modular 6K sensor that can be installed in your RED for 6,000 dollars? That sweetened NAB week for us. But—as might be expected—the market launch has been delayed.
Making-of the CG Stratos Project
Before Felix Baumgartner jumped, Munich studio Aixsponza, in cooperation with Munich film production company Peter Clausen Film, visualised the jump on behalf of Red Bull.
Lightworks for Linux
Followers of the penguin are no longer to be excluded from video editing—Lightworks is available in an alpha for Debian distributions. Free of charge, with a catch.
Imagineer Systems Spruces Up Mocha
The planar tracking software is now available in version 3.1 with several new features—for both Mocha AE and Mocha Pro.
Wireless for Filmmakers
In future, things will be intern-proof on set: The Teradek Bolt is intended to transmit uncompressed 1080p60 4:2:2 via HD-SDI as a wireless transmitter.
More Light!
Knoll Light Factory is available in version three, which redesigns the engine and editor.
Disney Buys Lucasfilm
Darth Vader and Mickey Mouse—what a combination: Disney has acquired Lucasfilm.
German Short Film Award Goes to Ludwigsburg
Gold for Best Animated Film went to "The Princess, the Prince and the Green-Eyed Dragon", produced by Studio Soi together with the Animationsinstitut at Filmakademie Ludwigsburg.
Flame Anniversary Edition
Autodesk has released the Flame Premium 2013 20th Anniversary Edition—it is available exclusively to subscription customers.
Sync Update for DaVinci Resolve
With update 9.0.3 for DaVinci Resolve, Blackmagic Design adds timecode synchronisation for audio and non-timecode cameras—and much more.
New Versions of RenderMan Pro Server and Studio
The offline renderer RenderMan Pro Server has appeared in version 17.0, while RenderMan Studio has simultaneously received the 4.0 upgrade.
Europe’s Largest Green Screen
For the TV film "Nacht über Berlin—Der Reichstagsbrand", Europe's largest green screen, covering 720 square metres, was erected on the former Berlin-Tempelhof airport site.
Thinking Particle Systems Tutorial
Ben Houston of Exocortex demonstrates in a tutorial how to export and import Thinking Particle systems in 3ds Max using Exocortex Crate.
New Action Hero from GoPro
GoPro's action camera series has been revised and has now appeared in three different versions under the name Hero3.
Stop Motion Pro Offers Free Animation Music
Anyone still looking for music or sound effects for their animated film can currently help themselves free of charge at Stop Motion Pro.
Partysaurus Rex—Online
Anyone suffering acute Pixar withdrawal since "Brave" can now watch the new short online in full.
Digitisation of German Film Works
The German Federal Film Board (FFA) now wants to protect the "film heritage" by financially supporting the digitisation of important German film works with immediate effect.
Live Colour Grading on Set
LiveGrade Pro from Munich development studio Pomfort is intended to make it possible to create the look of footage directly on set using the camera's live image.
Rendering Particles with Fury 2
Fury 2 from Exocortex is a particle renderer for Autodesk Maya and Softimage.
FilmConvert for AE and Premiere
After the FilmConvert plug-in was previously available only for Final Cut and Apple Motion, After Effects and Premiere users can now also use the colour grading tool.
Blender Release 2.64
Almost simultaneously with the film "Tears of Steel", the new version of Blender has now appeared—the features are tailored to the Mango Open Movie Project.
Premiere of “Tears of Steel”
The open-source project "Tears of Steel", the Blender community's fourth film, celebrated its premiere last Friday at Woodsbury University in Los Angeles.
Maya 2013: SP 2 and Extensions Available
Autodesk simultaneously released Service Pack 2 for Maya 2013 and new extensions.
C4D R14 Student Version
Maxon offers students with a valid student ID the opportunity to obtain C4D R14 free of charge.
Final Effects Complete 7 AE Announced
Boris FX announced Final Effects Complete 7 AE for After Effects and Premiere Pro at this year's IBC.
Portable Recorder Deck from Atomos
At the end of 2012, Atomos intends to offer a portable 4:2:2 recorder deck for 2,195 dollars.
Final Release of LuxRender v1.0
A stable version of the physically based open-source renderer called LexRender is now available.
Wave of Layoffs at Autodesk
The San Rafael-based developer Autodesk plans more than 500 layoffs amid a restructuring phase.
Above the Clouds
The Lumion 3 visualization software is scheduled for release in November and will include improvements to the UI as well as the cloud system.
Collaboration for Better Products
Autodesk entered into a partnership with Lightstorm Entertainment and Weta Digital to create professional extensions for the Entertainment Creation Suite.