Finding the perfect clip now comes with an added benefit. Artbeats, the industry’s leading creative royalty-free stock footage resource, has introduced an online scavenger hunt in celebration of the industry’s newest all-inclusive stock footage service, Artbeats FootageHub. Taking place now through Jan. 31, 2010, the Artbeats $40,000 Scavenger Giveaway provides participants weekly opportunities to win free stock footage collections, software packages and industry resources. All successful searchers will also receive automatic entry in the Scavenger Giveaway Grand Prize drawing featuring a top-of-the-line MacBook Pro laptop, thousands of dollars worth of Artbeats stock footage and incredible software prizes from renowned industry developers Adobe, Boris FX, CoreMelt, Maxon, NewBlueFX, Red Giant Software, Smartsound, Total Training and VASST. more

SAN MATEO, Calif. – Nov. 3, 2009 – A massive project is currently underway to replace the eastern portion of the 73-year-old Bay Bridge. But architect and Luxology® LLC modo user Ronald Rael sees the bridge as a treasure, envisioning it as a public space with parks, houses and sporting facilities. more

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – October 28, 2009 – Luxology® LLC, an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software, announced the immediate availability of modo 401 Spotlight Training, the latest tutorial video series created by Luxology’s Training Division Manager, Andy Brown. Focusing on the creation of a bee, the three-video series examines the mechanics and philosophies that support the software; from modeling, rigging and animation, to texturing and rendering and is accompanied by a 30 day trial version of modo. more

Originating as a virtual studio that farmed out production to outside companies, Big Bad Boo Studios has grown from necessity. For its first animated children’s program, Mixed Nutz, a multi-cultural comedy about a group of kids who feel they don’t fit in, preproduction was divided between studios in New York and Los Angeles, while animation was contracted to the Philippines. Then, in 2007 and halfway through production of the series, co-founders Aly Jetha and Shabnam Rezaei decided they needed a more centralized approach. They opened the doors of Big Bad Boo as a dedicated production facility in Vancouver, B.C., started their own distribution company called OzNoz Productions, and implemented an all-digital workflow by purchasing 14 Wacom® Cintiq® 21UX interactive pen displays. more

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – Sept. 16, 2009 – Luxology® LLC, an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software, announced today that the company has moved its headquarters to a new site in Mountain View, CA. The move is part of the company’s plan to update their current accommodations and prepare for future growth and expansion. more

The robust, powerful modeling tools in modo played an essential role for visual effects artists at Vancouver, B.C.-based The Embassy as they developed alien characters, weaponry and objects for the critically acclaimed feature film, District 9. The alien-apartheid drama, produced by Peter Jackson and directed by Neill Blomkamp, debuted from Sony Pictures on Aug. 14. more

SAN FRANCISCO and CALABASAS, Calif. – Aug. 11, 2009 – Raising the bar for fast, cost-effective and high-quality 3D game animation, Mixamo Inc. and Emergent Game Technologies announced today that users of Gamebryo® LightSpeed™ will now have a seamless integration of character animations when using Mixamo’s online service within their game development pipelines. more

Luxology® LLC, an independent technology company developing next-generation 3D content creation software, will have a presence at a variety of events throughout SIGGRAPH 2009. President and Co-founder of Luxology, Brad Peebler, will be holding a presentation on Tuesday, Aug. 4 at 4 p.m. in Intel booth #2217 on how “many-core” processing can accelerate image creation. Peebler’s modcast interview with six-time Academy Award winning artist Rick Baker is also available at http://www.luxology.com/modcast/audio.aspx?id=89. more

SAN FRANCISCO - Aug. 3, 2009 - Creating professional-quality 3D animation can result in immense production time and cost for game developers. Mixamo Inc. offers a groundbreaking alternative to traditional animation methods with its launch of the first online animation service that allows users to create and customize high-quality 3D character animations in seconds rather than days. more

SAN MATEO, Calif. – July 22, 2009 – 3D artists everywhere are applauding the just-announced GoZ for modo feature from Pixologic, which improves the workflow between ZBrush, Pixologic’s premiere organic sculpting and texture tool, and modo, the 3D modeling, painting and rendering software from Luxology®. Luxology and Pixologic worked closely together to optimize the mesh geometry transfer between these two computer graphics applications to give users a more seamless and combined workflow. more