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SIGGRAPH SNAPSHOTS
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*Special thanks to R&H India
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SIGGRAPH
2005 - An Overview
SIGGRAPH
2005, the 32nd conference on computer
graphics and interactive techniques,
attracted 29,122 artists, research
scientists, developers, and academics
from 81 countries to Los Angeles
last week.
Amongst
many of the shows highlights are
the Keynote address by George
Lucas, Also Major Animation studios
like Disney, Dreamworks, Sony
Imageworks unvieled concept art
of their forthcoming features;
emergent technology exhibits;
life drawing sessions ......
To read
the complete story on SIGGRAPH
2005 click
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Lucas keynote at SIGGRAPH 05 - excerpts
Talking
about his new facility at Singapore, Lucas
expressed his interest in Anime. "This
is an opportunity to dip a toe into those
waters, and take advantage of the 'amazing
talent' in Asia" ...Read
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The
art of Fallen Art
Profiling
Falling Art, a winning
short by Tomek Baginski at this
year's Computer Graphics Festival
at SIGGRAPH 05
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9
gets a perfect 10 at SIGGRAPH
Shane Acker's 9 won
the best of show honors at the Computer Graphics
Festival at the recently concluded SIGGRAPH
05. Check the profile
Read |
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Alias
Researcher Jos Stam receives achievement award
Jos Stam, Alias senior
research scientist was presented with the
2005 Computer Graphics Achievement Award at
Siggraph 2005. Read |
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| Software
/ Hardware launches at SIGGRAPH 05 |
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Avid
Previews SOFTIMAGE|FACE ROBOT at SIGGRAPH
Face
Robot software is the first technology that
allows 3-D artists to achieve realistic, lifelike
facial animation for high-end film, post and
games projects...Read |
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Autodesk
announces 3DS Max8.0 at SIGGRAPH 05
Autodesk,
Inc last week announced the launch of 3DS
Max 8.0 at SIGGRAPH. The software which is
priced for the Indian market at Rs 1,40,900/-
is expected to ship around early November..Read |
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Alias
continues tradition of 3D innovation with
Maya 7
The
3D innovation thing continues for Alias with
Maya 7 which was launched at SIGGRAPH last
week. ..Read
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Massive
Software Launches Massive Jet
Given
the number of Hollywood and Bollywood movies
that are increasingly opting for CG crowd
shots, this sounds like an interesting product...Read
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MAXON
announces 3 new releases at SIGGRAPH
Developer
of professional 3D modeling, painting, animation
and rendering solutions MAXON Computer announced
the release of CINEMA 4D Release 9.5, BodyPaint
3D 2.5 and a new MAXON Production Bundle exclusively
for studio visual effects at SIGGRAPH ...Read
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Avid
Unveils SOFTIMAGE|XSI v.5.0 at SIGGRAPH 05
Avid
unvieled the latest version of Softimage/xsi
VER 5.0 at SIGGRAPH recently. The product
starts shipping in September..Read |
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Softimage
to Support AGEIA Physics Simulation
The
Upcoming version of SOFTIMAGE|XSI 3-D modeling
and animation software will support hardware
accelerated physics with AGEIA physX processor
and AGEIA physics SDK.Read |
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Indiagames
to develop & publish content for Univesal's
Serenity
Indiagames
has signed a worldwide licensing agreement (excluding
Japan) with Universal Studios Consumer Products
Group to bring wireless content based on Universal
Pictures' upcoming futuristic action-adventure
film Serenity, to mobile phone users. Serenity
is a futuristic action-adventure film scheduled
for release in the Unites States and Canada on
September 30, 2005.
The
gaming company will develop Serenity Space Shooter
title, allowing gameplay as Captain Malcolm of
the Serenity spaceship in a top-view flying game.
"We
have wanted to do more business with Universal
for a long time and we are really excited to see
this through," stated Vishal Gondal, CEO
of Indiagames.
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Raju
& I bags it
at The Education Channel's 2005 Independents' Film
Festival (IFF)
We have stopped counting the
awards now,
and maybe Animation 'xpress should reserve a permanent
space on its index for this perennial award winner.
The awards ceremony and theatrical screening is
scheduled for Friday evening, September 16, 2005,
at the Tampa Theatre in Tampa Florida. |
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| Past
releases from Animation 'xpress |
31
July 2005
Pixar
plans RenderMan push in India |
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26
July 2005 (Newsflash)
UTV
Toons announces animation deals worth 16 Crore |
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15
July 2005
Detailed
case study on Crest Animation's 3D squash &
stretch for Pet Alien |
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28
June 2005
MUV-MagicDreams'
Kiddo makes it to Licensing 2005 |
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18
June 2005
Escotoonz
delivers King to Decode |
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9
June 2005 (Newsflash)
Indian
studios to lobby for airtime even as China considers
banning foreign cartoons from primetime |
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31
May 2005
Detailed
case study on VCL's CG & VFX for Bose... |
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16
May 2005
Outstanding
3D animation showcased at 24FPS |
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4
May 2005
VCL
does submarine sequences for Benegal's Bose... |
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21
April 2005
Anifest
Report; Int. with Funskool India CEO Raphael Kuriyan |
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12
April 2005
FRAMES
2005: Full & Final issue |
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4
April 2005
Day
1 at FRAMES 2005: |
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31
March 2005
FRAMES
2005: Acurtain raiser |
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21
March 2005
Interview
with Crest Animation Studios CEO AK Madhavan |
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7
March 2005
Interview
with Pentamedia Chairman & CEO Dr. V Chandrasekaran |
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28
February 05
The
Big Billion Dollar Game. Are we doers or day dreamers? |
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22
February 05
Chennai
Special: Pixaalaya delivers 130 mins for DVD game |
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10
February 05
Greengold
eyes small screen with Mighty Little Bheem |
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22
January 05
Interview
with Nasscom President Kiran Karnik |
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10
January 05
Detailed,
19 page Case Study on Vaibhav Studios claymated
Amaron commercial
Pandu Mangal |
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20
December 04
Three
Wise Men of Indian Animation and Comics - Christmas
Special Issue |
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5
November 04
Interview
with IDC animation head Professor Shilpa Ranade |
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26
October 04
Tiny
Screen Big Opportunity |
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9
October 04
Case
Study on Times Multimedia |
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24
September 04
Crest
founder Dr. Raja Ramanna passes away. |
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13
September 04
Interview
with Rhythm & Hues India director of operations,
Saraswathi Balgam. |
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2
September 04
Pentamedia's
Buddha release set for september. |
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23
August 04
Interview
with CGI Mantra chairman Aniyan Kutty |
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14
July 04
Paradox
Studios launches Battledust |
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07
July 04
Animax
launches in India. |
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30
June 04
Anigraph
goes house full on final day |
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21
June 04
Up
close with 2nz CEO
Kireet Khurana |
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Animation
'xpress
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