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    Visual Effects & Animation: Coming To Terms With The Tool Box

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    Here’s a rundown of some of the software most frequently cited in visual effects for commercialmaking:

    Maya
    Autodesk
    www.autodesk.com
    Autodesk® Maya® software is a powerful, integrated 3D modeling, animation, effects, and rendering solution.

    After Effects
    Adobe
    www.adobe.com
    Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional software helps bring vision to life with visual effects and motion graphics for film, video, DVD, the web, and mobile devices. Version CS3 Professional adds shape layers, puppet tool, and per-character 3D text animation.

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    Avid
    www.avid.com
    SOFTIMAGE|XSI is 3D animation software facilitating modeling, animating and rendering for games, film and television. The XSI Gigapolygon core is capable of handling massively detailed models with millions of polygons.

    Endorphin
    Natural AMotion
    www.naturalmotion.com
    endorphin is the first 3D animation tool based on Dynamic Motion Synthesis. With endorphin, animators can create animation data in a fraction of the time of traditional techniques such as key-framing and motion capture.

    Shake
    Apple
    www.apple.com
    Shake includes two industry-standard keyers, a complete suite of color-correction tools, tracking/stabilization capabilities, integrated procedural paint, rotoscoping tools, support for leading plugin vendors and compatibility across Mac OS X, Linux, Irix and Windows.”

    Toon Boom Studio 4
    Toon Boom
    www.toonboom.com
    Toon Boom Studio 4 is an all-in-one animation software. From drawing digitally, scanning hand-drawn animations or seamlessly importing existing artwork, Studio 4 enables you to lip-sync your animation, setup the action in a 3D space and publish your animation projects for TV, HDTV, the web and iPod.

    Zbrush
    Pixologic
    www.pixologic.com
    ZBrush is a digital sculpting tool that combines 3D/2.5D modeling, texturing and painting. It uses a proprietary “pixol” technology which stores lighting, color, material, and depth information for all objects on the screen.

    Houdini
    Sidefx
    www.sidefx.com
    Houdini combines superior performance and ease of use functionality to deliver
    a powerful 3D animation experience to CG professionals. Features new UI designed to meet industry standards. Houdini also reduces timelines and adds flexibility to the production timeline.

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    Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance

    Saturday, November 23, 2024

    Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.

    The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.

    "This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."

    The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."

    And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.

    Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.

    Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.

    Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."

    It's the latest move by regulators on both sides of the Atlantic to crack down on the... Read More

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