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News: Autodesk Announces MotionBuilder 2009 3D Character Animation Software
by Cow News Droid on Aug 12, 2008 at 6:09:36 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
(Siggraph--August 12, 2008) At SIGGRAPH 2008, Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced Autodesk MotionBuilder 2009 software, the latest version of its real-time 3D character animation solution for games, film, and television projects. The 2009 version offers high-quality visualizations within the ...
News: CafeFX Launches Character Animation Division
by Cow News Droid on Jul 21, 2007 at 12:24:07 am
in the News & Press Releases Forum
   (SANTA MARIA, California-July 20, 2007) Feature film visual effects facility CafeFX, which last year created memorable characters for PAN'S LABYRINTH, has launched its character animation division. The decision represents a serious commitment to animation and the intent to compete ...
News: Autodesk Technology Helps Shape the Summer's Hottest Films
by Cow News Droid on Sep 12, 2008 at 4:42:16 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
to mastering and final animation. The Happening The Third Floor, a Los Angeles-based digital studio, used Autodesk Maya 3D modeling software and Autodesk MotionBuilder character animation software to craft several of The Happening's signature moments. The film's car crash and ...
News: NewTek Releases LightWave 3D® v9.5 for Windows® at SIGGRAPH 2008
by Cow News Droid on Aug 13, 2008 at 5:27:35 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
output with even faster render times, a huge benefit for today's time-pressured production environment. LightWave v9.5’s IK and animation system includes numerous improved character animation controls. Adding to LightWave’s z-axis bones, artists now have joint-type bones, which is more familiar ...
News: Caligari Announces Style-based Character Animation in trueSpace 7.5
by Cow News Droid on Oct 17, 2006 at 7:17:49 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
Features new character animation, modeling, rendering and collaborative tools and a simplified UI (October17th, 2006 -- Mountain View, CA.) Caligari Corporation, an award-winning producer of 3D modeling and animation software, today announced version 7.5 of trueSpace, the industry’s first 3D ...
Adobe Flash
The Art of Cartooning with Flash : The Twinkle Guide to Flash Character Animation from Sybex Publishing The Art of Cartooning with Flash : The Twinkle Guide to Flash Character Animation from Sybex Publishing

Adam Tracksler takes a look at The Art of Cartooning with Flash : The Twinkle Guide to Flash Character Animation from Sybex Publishing written by John Kuramoto, Gary Leib, Daniel Gray

Review
Author: Adam Tracksler

News: Character Animation Technologies Releases CAT2 Ships New Software Version
by Cow News Droid on Sep 8, 2005 at 12:08:43 am
in the News & Press Releases Forum
Takes Character Animation to the Next Level (WELLINGTON, New Zealand --September 7, 2005) Character Animation Technologies Ltd.™ a New Zealand-based developer of advanced 3D character animation tools, announced today the release of CAT™ Version 2. A plug-in for Autodesk's 3ds ...
Skilled CG Character Animator available
by Joyal Xavier on Oct 9, 2008 at 3:01:45 am
in the JOBS Wanted Forum
& The Brain), and my CG skills come from One of the three best Computer Animation courses (Most Skillset accredition) in UK. I am in Animation since 2000. You can Watch my Character Animation showreel below: CG Character Animation Reel ...
News: Image Metrics' Facial Animation Makes Music Video Debut With Gnarls Barkley
by Cow News Droid on Jul 24, 2008 at 4:50:11 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
Cee-Lo's lips for translation onto the digital heart. The project is Image Metrics' first music video collaboration with Gradient Effects, which designed and developed character animation for the CG heart. Chris Milk, director of Kanye West, U2 and Green Day ...
News: SOFTIMAGE Announces SOFTIMAGE|XSI 7 Software Powered by ICE
by Cow News Droid on Jul 9, 2008 at 5:53:18 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
CAPCOM, Animal Logic, and The Mill. Other solutions from Softimage include: SOFTIMAGE|FACE ROBOT®, lifelike facial animation software; SOFTIMAGE|CAT™, a complete character animation plug-in; and SOFTIMAGE Alienbrain®, a digital asset management solution for artists; For more information about Softimage, visit www.softimage.com ...
News: Autodesk Launches Animation Academy 2009 for Secondary Schools
by Cow News Droid on Aug 12, 2008 at 6:20:42 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
subjects such as science, math, language and arts. For the first time, Animation Academy includes Autodesk Mudbox digital sculpting software and Autodesk MotionBuilder character animation software, along with the Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Maya modeling, animation and rendering software. ...
Adobe After Effects
Lip-Synching for Character Animation Lip-Synching for Character Animation

In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares some animation techiques for character lip-synching in Adobe After Effects. This is not just the simple method of using open and closed mouths -Rather, Aharon covers the more advanced use of phonemes, which are the different mouth shapes formed by a person when making various sounds in a spoken language.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

News: MAXON BodyPaint 3D Helps Rhythm & Hues Unleash its Creative Power on the Feature Film, “The Incredible Hulk”
by Cow News Droid on Jun 30, 2008 at 5:43:19 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
Award-winning Visual Effects and Character Animation Studio Adopts BodyPaint 3D into State-of-the-Art Production Pipeline to Meet Rising Demand for Realism and Complexity in 3D Paint and Textures (Newbury Park, California--June 30, 2008) MAXON Computer, a leading developer of professional 3D ...
News: Autodesk at SIGGRAPH 2008
by Cow News Droid on Jul 18, 2008 at 6:29:53 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
exchange format Autodesk ImageModeler image-based modeling and photogrammetry software Autodesk Maya modeling, animation and rendering software Autodesk MotionBuilder 3D character animation software Autodesk Mudbox digital sculpting software Autodesk Stitcher software for the creation of panoramas Autodesk Toxik interactive, collaborative composting ...
News: Blur Goes Disco in Latest Spot from Pringles
by Cow News Droid on May 7, 2008 at 9:29:44 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
spot broke on April 28th, 2008, with :30 and :15 second versions airing in the US and later in the year will air in Canada. Grey New York tapped Blur for its award winning character animation and ability to breathe ...
News: Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Kynogon SA
by Cow News Droid on May 7, 2008 at 9:21:31 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
game development include: Autodesk 3ds Max modeling, animation and rendering software; Autodesk Maya 3D modeling, animation and rendering software; Autodesk MotionBuilder character animation software; Autodesk Mudbox digital sculpting software; Autodesk HumanIK and Autodesk Kynapse middleware; and Autodesk FBX data interchange ...
v11 is amazing!
by Brodd Nesset on Sep 22, 2008 at 8:59:24 am
in the Cinema 4D Forum
what I am looking for is workflow improvements and new tools in polygon modelling that I should learn, and also better character modelling & rigging. I've dipped my toe into character animation with v8.2 but found it cumbersome. It seems ...
Adobe After Effects
Animating a Walk-Cycle Using Loop Expressions Animating a Walk-Cycle Using Loop Expressions

With version 5.5 of After Effects, Adobe has included some new keyframe-looping expressions that can be very useful for cyclic animation and layer-looping. In this tutorial, Dan Ebberts walks us through the basics of how to set up and use these expressions and then we'll use one to loop a walk-cycle as you might do in a simple character animation.

Tutorial
Author: Dan Ebberts

Maya or Cinema 4D
by Jack Leto on Sep 19, 2008 at 1:41:35 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
is considered the most accurate simulator of raytracing and photon lights. maya has a deeper shader/texture toolset with a very flexible scripting language and more mature character animation tools. (this has all been said earlier). the OP is looking to ...
News: NewTek Announces Fourth Major Update to LightWave 3D® v9
by Cow News Droid on Feb 20, 2008 at 5:13:16 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
that is significantly faster with even more beautiful results, LightWave v9.5 has something to offer the 3D community regardless of the specialty - from game developers to character animation to architectural visualization.” LightWave v9.5 Update Includes : Character Animation Enhancements ...
News: Softimage Announces Support for Crytek’s CryENGINE 2 Game Engine
by Cow News Droid on Feb 21, 2008 at 4:52:35 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
the world’s most compelling characters in the film, broadcast, post-production and games industries. Its flagship product, SOFTIMAGE|XSI is the most complete and intuitive character animation solution available. Easily integrated into any CG production pipeline, XSI software enables 3D artists to ...
News: Michael Porte Launches The Field
by Cow News Droid on Mar 3, 2008 at 5:49:48 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
the heart of New York's production hub of the Flat Iron district The Field shares its environment with sister company Nth Degree, a branding and motion graphics company, and character animation company Flickerlab. Designed to serve the commercial, broadcast and ...
News: MECHnology VFX Produces 400 Visual Effects For ABC Family’s "The Middleman"
by Cow News Droid on Aug 29, 2008 at 5:50:02 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
were built in Autodesk 3ds Max. Compositing was done in Combustion and Shake. Additional work completed for the series included various effect design, 3d modeling, character animations, digital matte paintings, set extensions, and rig removals. For additional information & copy ...
Adobe Flash
Creating Simple Animations with Poser and Flash Creating Simple Animations with Poser and Flash

In this Flash video tutorial Lee Brimelow explains how to use Poser together with Flash to create simple and lightweight character animation.

Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Lee Brimelow

Cinema 4D
Ping Pong Ping Pong

In the beginning was the idea to get to know Cinema's bone and IK capabilities by making a simple character walk. There is a sculpture of two ping pong playing nuts-and-bolts guys in my bookshelf that I wanted to come alive. Eventually the idea of making one of them walk developed into a 45 sec. ping pong game.

Tutorial
Author: Sven Hauth

Autodesk 3ds Max
3ds Max 7 Courseware and Training DVDs 3ds Max 7 Courseware and Training DVDs

Michael Hurwicz looks at 3ds Max 7 Courseware and Training DVDs from Autodesk Media and Entertainment. These include 3ds Max 7 New Features and Production Workflow, Fundamentals and Beyond Courseware, and the 3ds Max Master Class Series Training DVDs.

Review
Author: Michael Hurwicz

Autodesk 3ds Max
Model, Rig, Animate with 3ds Max 7 Model, Rig, Animate with 3ds Max 7

Author/Animator/Musician Michael Hurwicz examines 'Model, Rig, Animate with 3ds max 7' by Michele Bousquet. This slim volume covers the entire process of creating a 3D character animaton, from modeling to rigging and animation. It is very step-by-step in its approach. Although the subject matter is intermediate, even dedicated beginners should be able to follow along. Highly recommended.

Review
Author: Michael Hurwicz

MAYA
Learning Maya 6: Foundation Learning Maya 6: Foundation

CreativeCOW leader John David Hutton looks at Learning Maya 6 | Foundation published by Sybex and is pleased to find ... ''a tutorial book ..[which presents]... the instruction to you in a way that makes you understand why you're doing those things. You get a very well-rounded instruction on the principles of this 3D software package."

Review
Author: John David Hutton

MAYA
Erwin Santacruz Reviews: Maya 4: Fundamentals Erwin Santacruz Reviews: Maya 4: Fundamentals

CreativeCOW leader, Erwin Santacruz examines a new book by New Riders called Maya 4: Fundamentals by Jim Lammers and Lee Gooding.

Review
Author: Erwin Santacruz

Adobe After Effects
3D Toon on Paper 3D Toon on Paper

In this tutorial, Mark Val demonstrates creating a character that looks like he's drawn on paper. Mark takes us through the process from storyboard to finish, explaining the pipeline from XSI to After Effects.

Tutorial
Author: Mark Val

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