Answer: Sony SXRD 4K digital cinema projector. 4K. That’s the point. The thing that sold me on digital cinema back in the day (the 2K day) was seeing Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron digitally projected–stunning.

Now audiences at the Electronic Theater can see animation at twice the resolution. For animators who are all about nuance and impact there is nothing like digital to push the point.

Keep your eyes open and see if you can see the difference in Andy Lomas’ fractal piece (pictured). Sony says it’’s the only piece that could be rerendered to 4K in time for exhibition. Next year the call for entries will let people know that they are welcome to submit in 4K, so…I guess you all need to buy more RAM. more

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So here I am… Ken Seward, student animator… at my first day of the Siggraph Exhibition… and it’s pretty damn exciting…. really!

It’s kind of overwhelming… but in a good way… a chance to see a lot of the faces behind the stuff that has been such an inspiration to me… the reasons I got into this business to begin with…

Everyone here has been really nice and friendly so far… it’s great to be able to walk right up to an animator from Rythm and Hues and ask him questions… you can listen to their war stories and see their process and just generally get a rush from it all… the excitement of creating stories and images.

All the software companies are pulling out their best stuff and giving demos and eager to help you figure out new ways to use their wares… the Z-Brush show was great… and the Adobe one too. I really enjoyed the Houdini presentation… someday I’m going to have to put in some time on that one too. more