R&H'
cutting edge CG & FX work for FF3
India
facility evolves up the curve
 As
Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift releases
today all across India, Animation Xpress.com got
in touch with the folks at Rhythm & Hues to
get a lowdown on the cutting edge CG & VFX
work that the studio has done on the movie.Read
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Dawsen
announces theatrical feature 'Shakuntala'
Kolkata based Dawsen Infotech has announced that
it is working on a 2D animated theatrical feature
based on Kalidasa's classic 'Shakuntala'.
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Crest
Animation Q1 revenues at Rs 51 million
Crest
Animation Studios Ltd, has revenues, which stood
at Rs 51 million for the qarter ended 30 June
as against Rs 72 million in the same period of
last fiscal. Read
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DQE
forms JV with French studio Onyx Films
DQ Entertainment Ltd and French studio Onyx Films
have announced the formation of a JV to produce
CGI feature films. DQE has also revealed that it
will be acquiring a strategic stake of up to 20%
in French TV company, Method Films, which is a sister
concern of Onyx. Read
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Asia
Pacific Update!
Animation Xpress Exclusives |
After
vending machines and mobiles,
Jidou airs on Hong Kong Cable
The
cute and adorable Jidou which began
its life as an AV attraction on a vending
machine is a great example of how characters
lend themsleves across platforms.Read |
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Chat
with IDMT (China) Creative Director
Chen Ming
"Both
in the art as well as in the animation,
I have tried to give a unique Chinese
style to The Legend of Shangri La"Read
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CG
Conversation with
Xiaoyu Wang
"Finishing
1 work 1 year
is better than finishing
10 works I month,
Try your Best"
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News |
Nick
India GM and VP Hema Govindan resigns
Nick
India general manager and vice president Hema
Govindan has put in her papers. An official
release cites personal reasons as the reason
for her departure from Nick after being at its
helm for close to a year.Read
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Channel
[V] launches Simpoo on wireless platform
Star
India's music arm Channel [V] has launched its
eccentric animated character Simpoo, the math
professor on the mobile platform.Read
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Sony
to release 'Spiderman 3' in May 2007 in Imax
Imax and Sony Pictures Entertainment have announced
that Columbia Pictures' Spiderman 3 will be simultaneously
released at theatres throughout the world and at
Imax theatres on 4 May 2007.Read |
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Vivendi
Games turns on the heat with ‘Miami Vice’
game
Vivendi
Games' Sierra Entertainment has launched a game
for the playstation based on the new film Miami
Vice.Read
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IG
develops mobile
game for NBC’s‘The Office’
Indian
gaming firm Indiagames is helping US broadcaster
NBC Universal in its push into the lucrative mobile
games market. It has made a mobile game based
on the sitcom The Office.Read
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CNN,
Cartoon Network US content available on iTunes
The
US media firm Turner Broadcasting System has announced
that content from CNN, Adult Swim and Cartoon
Network is now available for purchase and download
on the iTunes Music Store.Read
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| Cars
drives into India with Marketing
Overdrive |
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4 August. By the time you
are reading this, Disney
Pixar's animated comedy
movie Cars will have
set the Indian cinema screens
racing. And as Cars
drives into India, complimenting
it is a marketing overdrive
with approximately Rs 10
million being spent on the
blitzkrieg.Read |
CARS
- Bonus Content
Bonus content on CARS
shared with Animation Xpress.com
by Sony Pictures Releasing
India on behalf of Buena
Vista International. |
| Q&A
with the legendary JOHN
LASSETER Read |
| CARS:
Spec Sheet Read |
| A
Guided Tour of Pixar Animation
Studios Read |
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Q&A
with TASI secretary Ranjit Singh
"Unlike
today where a new rookie wants to do
particles and dynamics on day one, we
grabbed every opportunity to work and
learn every aspect of the business"
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Kireet
Khurana to be part of National Film
Awards jury
The
Directorate of Film Festivals - Information
& Broadcasting Ministry, has selected
Kireet Khurana as a jury member for
the prestigious National Film Awards.
These awards are conferred by the President
of India.Read |
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| Guest
Column |
Leave
out the "I" and you'll have
a winning TEAM
Working
together with International partners
is a characteristic of the animation
business. In a direct point by point
Guest Column, Anthony Reece,
Director of LA based Voice Toons shares
advice for new budding studios that
are collaborating with International
Creative Talent. Read |
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Technical
Columns / Technology News
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Transparent
fall offs and Dl3d x-ray shaders
There
are several ways to get the "x-ray"
kind of look for your renders.
There are several methods to get
the "toon" like renders.Read
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First
Apple Retail store inaugurated in Mumbai
New
Delhi based RSG group's retail division,
RSG Retails India Pvt. Ltd. which is
a Premium Reseller for Apple inaugurated
an exclusive retail outlet 'imagine'
for Apple products at Atria Mall, Mumbai
on 3 August 2006.Read |
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Softimage
demonstrates latest of Face Robot,
XSI, CAT
Softimage,
a subsidiary of Avid Technology, is
demonstrating the new versions of
its industry-leading character creation
tools - including SOFTIMAGE|FACE ROBOT,
SOFTIMAGE|CAT and SOFTIMAGE|XSI -
at the on going 2006 SIGGRAPH conference.Read
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NVIDIA
releases NVSG 3.2
NVIDIA
Corporation, the worldwide leader
in programmable graphics processor
technologies, today released the latest
version of its NVIDIA Scene Graph
Software Development Kit.Read
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Toon
Boom Studio 3.5 to be launched soon
Emmy
award-winning Toon Boom Animation
Inc. is soon going to launch Toon
Boom Studio V3.5. Toon Boom Studio
V3.5 enables users to animate with
more power and ease, bringing significant
improvements to animation techniques.Read
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Autodesk
presents new plug-ins for 3ds Max
and Maya
Autodesk
Inc. announced that plug-ins are available
for use with the new 64-bit versions
of Autodesk 3ds Max and Autodesk Maya
animation, modeling and rendering
software, thanks to their partnership
with HP and Intel.Read
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Cube3
creates Real Time 3D 'Cybercar Animation'
for Web3D Consortium TechTalk
Siggraph,
Boston: August 2, 2006: Cube Productions
Inc, (Cube3) has created a promotional
package of real-time 3D animated movies
and images for usage by the Web3D Consortium
this Siggraph 2006 in Boston, MA.Read
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