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Zombies Get The motion50

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Studio Delivers Eerie & Vivid Promo Using a Blend of Illustration & Animation Broadcast

Thursday, 8 December 2011 Comments

Games

Insomniac Games Uses Aut

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Autodesk Entertainment Creation Suite Software and Autodesk Scaleform Middleware Help Insomni

Thursday, 8 December 2011 Comments

Motion Graphics

Click 3X Teams With CBS

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When CBS Sports wanted to create an exciting new graphic package for the 2011 U.S. Open, they teamed

Wednesday, 7 September 2011 Comments

Stereoscopic

Stereobank Announces the

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Sterobank.com, the leading S3D stock footage marketplace, announced today that the biggest catalogue

Wednesday, 30 November 2011 Comments

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Get in to gear and wait for the green light… Nordic Games is bringing you the ride of your life

Nordic Games - Jungle KartzNordic Games Publishing has today announced Jungle Kartz, one of its first games to be released in America, following the announcement of a brand new office in the US. Jungle Kartz will also be released simultaneously in PAL territories.

An arcade racing game, Jungle Kartz for Wii is an exhilarating race across 32 tracks including, Tropic Bay, Rift River Valley, Ra Desert plus many more. Designed for all ages, players can take on a variety of racing challenges – for a quick race there’s Blast mode, race against time in Scramble or battle friends in Tournament mode.

NXP Software's CineXPlayer Features 3D Video, Social Media, and Enhanced Management for Added Enjoyment of Movies in Xvid and Other Popular Formats on the iPad

CinexplayerAt E3 Expo in Los Angeles, NXP Software today launched the 2nd generation CineXPlayer, so iPad(R) users can now enjoy the 3D movie experience. CineXPlayer R2 introduces social movie viewing by allowing users to instantly post a favorite scene on Facebook with just one button. It also raises the experience of managing movies to a new level with folders, playlists and a password protection option. These new social media and management capabilities are also available for the formats natively supported by the iPad, making CineXPlayer a central place to manage and enjoy personal video content.

Lead the Red Faction Against Its Most Dangerous Enemy Yet in Explosive Sci-Fi Sequel

THQ's Red Faction ArmageddaonArmageddon is upon us today with the release of THQ's Red Faction(R): ArmageddonTM, available now on the Xbox 360(R) video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation3 computer entertainment system and Windows PC.

Red Faction: Armageddonexpands on the critically acclaimed science-fiction franchise, building on the events of Red Faction(R): GuerrillaTM as well as the Syfy live-action movie, Red Faction(R): OriginsTM. As destruction expert Darius Mason, your journey will take you from the frozen poles to the molten core of Marsas you wage war against the Red Faction(R)'s greatest enemy yet. Built on the groundbreaking Geo-Mod 2.0 destruction engine, players can take advantage of total environmental destruction, collapsing huge Martian structures on their enemies. Rebuild all that you destroy with the Nano Forge's incredible repair ability, creating new gameplay scenarios never before possible.

Lightcraft Technology PhotogrammetryLightcraft Technology, a developer of real-time visual effects technology for the film and television industries, announced that it is making its photogrammetry tools available free-of-charge to its clients and to members of the film making community.

Lightcraft has developed a specific set of photogrammetry tools for developing photorealistic sets and digital assets for use in its Previzion system. The same tools can be used with other 3D graphics applications as well.

Lightcraft's Previzion is a real-time visual effects system that provides a combination of high precision camera tracking, sophisticated rendering, and VFX quality keying that makes it ideal for on-set compositing of virtual backgrounds and CGI characters. The Previzion system provides filmmakers with the ability to use dynamic, moving camera shots with a minimal increase in production costs.

Charlex VFX for aronofskys revlonCharlex, led by CD Will Kim and Senior Producer Corey Budro, just completed VFX on a Darren Aronofsky-directed Revlon spot starring Jessica Biel and Pharrell Williams. Debuting the beauty powerhouse's Grow Luscious Plumping Mascara product, Hypnotized is a black-and-white, cinematic piece with a seductive, old Hollywood edge, set in an elegant and capacious mansion. The Charlex team worked with DDCD & Partners on the project. The spot is a follow-up to the two entities recent collaboration on an Almay spot starring Kate Hudson.

"When Erin (Sullivan), the producer at DDCD, called us about the job, we were blown away that it featured Jessica Biel and Pharrell and that Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky would be at the helm," noted Budro. "We knew this was a unique challenge and wanted to bring Charlex's beauty expertise into the mix," said Alex Weil.