Business
Trends
Startups join the Home Video bandwagon
Thanks
to no entry barrier, quite a few startups are
building their business around home video. In
a
comprehensive business trend report, Animation
Xpress rounds up factors causing the trend, the
opportunities and challenges; players' perspectives
and what the future looks like for this space
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Pixelloid's
work showcased at Festival of VFX 2006
The
making of the song 'Amigo' (VFX for which was created
by Pixelloid) from the movie Oka V Chitram is being
screened at the Festival Of Visual Effects (L.A)on
the 6th, 7th and 8th of July 2006.Read |
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Fusion
Toonz collaborates with NACO and UNAIDS
 National
Aids Control Organisation and Delhi based animation
studio Fusion Toonz have created a couple of especially
created AIDS Awareness promos (20 seconder and 10
seconder) which are being aired on National Channel
Doordarshan during the semi finals and finals.
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MAAC
bags best at Apollo Asia Image Awards
 Maya
Academy of Advanced Cinematics team Flat World won
the "Best 3D Animation (TVC Under USD 15000)
for its
Save_Animals@Planet.Earth at the recently
held Apollo Asia Image awards. Interestingly four
out of the five nominations in this category were
from MAAC.
The ceremony was held in Singapore and MEL CEO Rajesh
Turakhia collected the trophy on behalf of his team.
"It is a big thing to see that 24fps work has
started to gain recognition internationally as well.
Last we year, Maac had one nomination in the same
category and this year we have the award" quipped
Turakhia.
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Paradox
launches Wimbledon 2006 Contest
Mumbai
based game development company Paradox today announced
their alliance with India's leading online travel
booking company Travelguru (www.travelguru.com)
for their Wimbledon 2006 Contest.Read |
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Envision
developing shows for Broadcast
 Mumbai
based 2D animation studio, Envision Creations has
a lot up its sleeve. Having
completed its home video animated feature, the studio
is in the midst of developing two original properties.Read |
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Skoar
'06 set to soar Bangalore gamers' spirits
After
giving Mumbai's gamers a lavish gaming spread
and expo last December, Skoar 2006 organised by
Jasubhai Digital media's Skoar (gaming) bi monthly
is all set to rock the garden City, Bangalore
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Web
based company expands creative content
Online
ideas company OpenAd.net has signed up nearly
2000 new creatives worldwide since Christmas 2005,
expanding clients options to purchase advertising,
marketing and design ideas directly over the internet.Read |
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Nick
US continues building on leadership position
US
kids channel Nickelodeon says that its in the top
spot for the 11th consecutive year. The
channel says that it led basic cable as the top-rated
network within the total programming day for the
second quarter of the year i.e. 27 March to 25 June.Read
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Technical
Columns
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CG
Conversation with 3D artist
Kornél Ravadits
"Each
painting and every render
is special"
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Mental
ray contour shader
Sometimes
you might be asked for hidden
line renders, like the vector
line art. And it is all
made easy using Mental ray
contour shaders.
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About
True Colour
Images
are known as "True
Color" images when
each pixel is defined
in terms of its actual
RGB (Red ,Green, Blue)
or CMYK(Cyan,Magenta,Yellow,blacK)
values.Read
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SVGA(Super
Video Graphics Array)
SVGA is one of the newer
computer graphics standards
that is designed to offer
an increased resolution
compared with previous standards
like VGA(Video Graphics
Array).It is developed by
VESA (Video Electronics
Standards Association),a
consortium of graphics and
monitor manufacturers whose
goal is to standardize display
standar.Read |
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Spiderman
creator Stan Lee working
on reality show
Comic
creator legend Stan Lee,
who created Spiderman
and X-Men among other
superheroes, will premiere
a reality show from his
company Pow! Entertainment
on US broadcaster NBC's
Sci Fi Channel later this
month.Read |
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CN
gets on to DD with a branded
block
Not
content with ruling the
kids' space in India via
satellite, Cartoon Network
now wants a slice of terrestrial
viewership too. On
Monday, it announced a new
one-hour programming block,
Cartoon Network Duniya,
on Doordarshan National.Read |
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Discovery
to focus on dragons, science
fiction
Dragons,
mega builders and science
fiction are just a few of
the themes that Discovery
will tackle over the coming
months.Read |
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Broadband
gets animated as Cartoon
Network hires Premium TV
Turner
Broadcasting Systems has
hired digital rights company
Premium TV to provide a
broadband TV service in
the UK for its flagship
kids' channel Cartoon Network,
with the service due to
launch in Q4.Read |
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Nick
US’ education network
Noggin celebrates 10 years
of ‘Blues Clues’
US
kids channel Nickelodeon
has announced that Noggin
its commercial-free, educational
network for preschoolers
goes 'Blue' this month.Read |
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