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San Diego, CA – SIGGRAPH 2007, Booth #1720 (August 7, 2007)-The software division of award-winning visual effects studio Frantic Films today announced the release of Awake, a plug-in pack for eyeon Software‘s Fusion 5. Awake includes six powerful plug-ins: Lens Distort, Stereo Image Stacking, Stereo Image Unstacking, Frequency Blur, Spherical Distort, and Digital Camera Noise. Awake will be demonstrated at the eyeon Software booth, Booth #815 and at the Frantic Films booth, Booth #1720 at this year‘s SIGGRAPH Conference from August 7-9, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, Calif. more

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San Diego, CA – SIGGRAPH 2007 (August 6, 2007) – Massive Software, the leading developer of AI driven 3D animation systems, and mental images®, the premier rendering software for entertainment, scientific and architectural visualization, today announced native support for mental ray® in Massive. mental ray is software for high-end, photorealistic rendering. Massive is artificial life-based software for producing realistic character animation with up to hundreds of thousands of autonomous performances. more

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SIGGRAPH 2007 — SAN DIEGO, CA (August 6, 2007) – Duiker Research Corp., a California-based innovator in imaging and color tools for motion pictures. is announcing Color Symmetry, a suite of plug-ins that for the first time allows film “looks” to be easily emulated and previewed within a wide array of animation, graphics and effects packages. Color Symmetry lets companies handle color accurately and consistently across mediums, applications, platforms and even facilities. Color Symmetry additionally helps companies build robust color pipelines to support complex feature film projects right out of the box. more

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San Diego – Aug. 6, 2007 – NaturalMotion Ltd., developers of the highly-acclaimed euphoria and endorphin 3D animation technologies, today announced that Red 5 Studios has added morpheme to its game development pipeline. Chosen for its intuitive graphical user interface and ability to increase collaboration between animators and programmers, Red 5 Studios is using morpheme for an unannounced next generation game title. morpheme is robust middleware designed to give developers and animators unprecedented creative control over the look of their final in-game animation by allowing them to author and preview blends, blend trees and transition graphs in real time. NaturalMotion will highlight morpheme during SIGGRAPH 2007, booth number 603. more

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Previously available only on Linux, Massive Academy Award-Winning, AI Driven Animation System Now Available to a Host of New Customers

San Diego, CA, SIGGRAPH CONFERENCE (August 6, 2007)-Massive Software today announced availability of Massive, the artificial intelligence (AI) driven animation system, on the Windows platform. In its newly announced Version 3.0, available both on Linux and Windows, Massive delivers more power with dynamic hair and fur, lanes, layer simulations, subdivision surfaces, improved dynamics and more. more

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SIGGRAPH 2007 announced today the inclusion of an exclusive preview of “Beowulf”, groundbreaking director Robert Zemeckis’ unique vision of the “Beowulf” saga, in this year’s Computer Animation Festival‘s Electronic Theater taking place at the 34th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 5-9 August 2007 in San Diego, California, USA.

“In an Electronic Theater filled with truly the best of the best in each category, ‘Beowulf‘ is on the absolute cutting edge of what is being produced today,” said Paul Debevec, SIGGRAPH 2007 Computer Animation Festival Chair from the University of Southern California’s Institute for Creative Technologies. “This year’s show weaves together amazing visuals from numerous disciplines into a single mind-altering experience.” more

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Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK), today launched Autodesk Toxik 2008, the latest version of its desktop software for feature film procedural compositing. Toxik has shaped numerous blockbuster films, including Pirates of the Caribbean: At World‘s End, Apocalypto and The Fountain. Designed for visual effects artists, Toxik 2008 combines an extensive creative toolset with real-time, interactive compositing of high-dynamic-range imagery (HDRI). more

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During SIGGRAPH 2007, NVIDIA (booth # 513) a recognized leader in programmable graphics processor technologies will usher in the era of “personal supercomputing” with NVIDIA® Tesla™, the company‘s new line of processors for high-performance computing coupled with the latest NVIDIA® Quadro® professional graphics solutions.

With Tesla, computations that previously took hours, days or even weeks are now taking only minutes and in some cases computing in real time – achieving performance improvements that are 45 to 415 times faster than traditional processors. more

Artwork that illuminates the role the digital media plays in shaping, extending, and reflecting world views and cosmologies will be showcased throughout the SIGGRAPH 2007 Art Gallery: Global Eyes. Global Eyes will take place during the 34th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques held 5-9 August 2007 at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California, USA.

Global Eyes will explore ecological, social, and political issues in imaginative and innovative ways through a variety of submitted and curated works. This year there were more than 660 submissions from 30 countries that were evaluated by a prestigious international jury. The main categories presented during Global Eyes include animation, artist books, panel discussions, papers, digital performances, art installations, as well as monitor and wall-based works. These works aim to foster respect, tolerance, and empathy among people and nations.

“The SIGGRAPH Art Gallery is known for consistently presenting the work of the world’s most talented digital artists,” stated Vibeke Sorensen, SIGGRAPH 2007 Art Gallery Chair from the University at Buffalo. “Global Eyes is an exciting forum for showcasing alternative ways to think about nature and art, and how the two interact.”

For a video preview for the 2007 Art Gallery: Global Eyes, click here.

The SIGGRAPH 2007 Emerging Technologies exhibition features a broad range of installations from research labs, universities, independents, and industry giants that explore the dynamics between humans and digital systems. Of 75 submissions, 23 installations were selected to be showcased at SIGGRAPH 2007. Submissions came from six different countries including France, Hungary, Japan, Korea, and Sweden.

“The SIGGRAPH 2007 Emerging Technologies program provides a unique look into the future capabilities of computer animation technologies in very practical, everyday environments,” says John Sibert, Emerging Technologies Co-Chair from The George Washington University. “This year’s selection of technologies explores how advance computer technology significantly impacts human interaction.”

For a video preview of this year’s Emerging Technologies, click here.