Advanced Radial Blur Lets RGB Wander
Mirza Beig’s free After Effects plug-in combines zoom blur, Gaussian softness and RGB smear, with separate masks and GPU shader passes.
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Nature Generator update brings procedural nature to Blender
Cinematic Cookie updates Nature Generator with new scatter, wind, trees, and presets, plus the same procedural rocks to rivers workflow.
The Rise and Fall of Cyborg
When we think of compositing systems of the late nineties and early two thousands, Discreet and Quantel come to mind. But for a brief time, there was a real contender to those two powerhouses: 5D Cyborg!
Autodesk Inventor 2008 supports Windows Vista
New Service Pack makes Autodesk Inventor 2008 ready for the Microsoft operating system and all 64-bit Windows systems.
SIGGRAPH 2007: OpenGL 3 Expected at the End of September
OpenGL 3 is being modernised. As part of the “Birds of Feather” session, representatives of the OpenGL ARB Working Group reported on the forthcoming version jump.
SIGGRAPH 2007: Autodessys Introduces form.Z RenderZone Plus 6.5
The new form.Z RenderZone Plus 6.5 offers photorealistic rendering with Global Illumination using Final Gather, Ambient Occlusion and Radiosity.
NVIDIA Packs Visual Computing into 1U
NVIDIA’s Quadro Plex VCS S4 combines four GPUs and a 6 GB framebuffer in a compact 1U rack server.
AMD Introduces Five FireGL Workstation GPUs
AMD introduces five ATI FireGL graphics cards for CAD, DCC and visualisation workstations.
New NVIDIA Tools Accelerate Game Development
NVIDIA, the World's Leading Manufacturer of Graphics and Media Processors, Has Released the Two New Software Tools FX Composer 2 and PerfKit 5. They Are Available as Free Downloads and Enable the Development of Visual Effects as Well as Performance Tuning for 3D Games and Other Real-Time Applications.
Eyeon Fusion 5.1 Available
After a long advance-announcement period, the new edtion of the compositing tool is available
Real Flow 4 Now Also for Mac
Next Limit's fluid-simulation software is now also available in version 4 for Mac - except in Japan
New Drivers: Nvidia Promises Doubled Performance Under Direct3D and OpenGL
Optimized with Autodesk for 3ds Max 9 and AutoCAD 2007 / available as free downloads
Cheaper Editing: FastCut 2.5 RT
New version of the realtime editing software for Mac OS brings better support for HD / engine revised
Toon Boom Studio Refreshed
A revised user interface awaits the user after installing update 3.5 of the animation software
SIGGRAPH: OpenGL 2.1 Is Just Around the Corner
The new version of the programming library for cross-platform 3D and 2D graphics offers Pixel Buffer Objects, among other things
SIGGRAPH: Khronos Group Takes Over OpenGL Development
The OpenGL Architecture Review Board announced that it is transferring OpenGL development to the Khronos Group
SIGGRAPH: Nvidia Unveils Quadro Plex
The turnkey visual-computing system connects to a PC like an external graphics card.
Jahshaka: New version
The open-source project Jahshaka presents a new version of its eponymous compositing tool for all major platforms
Maxon releases Cinema 4D R9.6
Free update for owners of the previous version contains more than 40 improvements
NAB: Nvidia – Seven New Quadro Cards in One Go
Graphics cards complement Nvidia's Quadro series for professional use / Top model with 1 GByte GDDR2 RAM onboard
Adobe After Effects 7 Is Here
New After Effects version with flexible workspace, support for OpenGL 2.0 and Flash Video export
IBC: OpenVG from Khronos Debuts
The Completed Standard for the OpenVG 1.0 Vector Graphics Engine Was Shown for the First Time at IBC
IBC: Nvidia Quadro FX 540 pve from PNY
Graphics-card specialist PNY presents the now-available Nvidia Quadro FX 540 pve at IBC
Fujitsu Siemens Announces Celsius V830
New Ultra-High-End Workstation Offers up to Two AMD Opteron Processors and Nvidia Quadro FX4500 Graphics Cards Each / Available from September
Siggraph: SPECopc Presents SPECviewperf 9 and Maya 6.5 Benchmark
Viewperf 9 includes, among other things, new test methods for Maya, VisMockup and 3ds max
SIGGRAPH: Virtools Introduces Software Suite 3.5
Enhancements include a new video engine, a ready-made shader library and 5.1 audio playback
NVIDIA Releases New Detonator FX Drivers
Version 45.23 of the Unified Driver Architecture approved by FutureMark for 3DMark03
Siggraph 2003: BodyPaint 3D Release 2
BodyPaint 3D Release 2 - the brand-new version of Maxon’s universal texturing tool now supports Projection Painting for distortion-free painting, including across multiple objects.
SIGGRAPH 2003: Graphics Power with the 3DLabs Wildcat VP990PRO
3DLabs presented the new VP990PRO graphics card, which attendees could try during training sessions at the show.
SIGGRAPH 2003: ATI Expands FireGL Family
A high-end card and entry-level model complete the range, with hardware-accelerated rendering and real-time previews in 3ds max, Maya and Softimage XSI.
PNY Technologies Introduces New High-End GeForce FX Graphics Cards
Verto FX 5900 Ultra, Verto FX 5900 and Verto FX 5600 Ultra Are Future-Proof DirectX 9.0 Solutions for Enthusiasts and Power Gamers
Adobe Announces After Effects 6.0
An improved text engine, OpenGL support and new visual-effects tools arrive in After Effects 6.0.
SGI: High-End Visualization at “Lowest Prices”
With the SGI Onyx 350 system, SGI announces a graphics supercomputer that makes high-end visualization available at the lowest prices ever payable for an Onyx platform.
ATI Launches Three Radeon GPU Families
ATI introduced the Radeon 9800, 9600 and 9200 GPU families for enthusiast, performance and mainstream PC markets.
Book Covers Computer-Game Design and Programming
Computerspiele – Design und Programmierung covered engines, DirectX, OpenGL, 2D and 3D graphics, audio, team management and mathematics.
PNY Announces Quadro FX 2000 and FX 1000 Workstation Cards
PNY’s NVIDIA-based Quadro FX boards combined 128-bit floating-point precision, Cg programmability, dual DVI-I and stereo 3D for professional workstations.
Yello Distributes PNY Quadro 4 XGL Graphics Cards
Yello introduced PNY graphics cards based on NVIDIA Quadro 4 XGL technology for CAD, animation and effects workstations in Germany.
3Dlabs Releases Wildcat VP Graphics Accelerators
Wildcat VP cards used a programmable visual-processing architecture with more than 200 32-bit processors and OpenGL 2.0 support.
SGI presents visual serving technology with next-generation software
TopEnd visualisation - from the Onyx to the desktop system
SGI provides APIs and software tools for visualisation solutions of the highest standards
New versions of OpenGL-based tools make it faster and easier to develop innovative effects
OpenGL now available in the latest version 1.3
New features and functions give the graphics library additional quality and realism capabilities