design
Graphic and 3D design for cross-media publishing. This entails creating illustrations and imagery for printed publications as well as the web, and mobile devices. The section mainly discusses software that helps with the design process.
e-on software, makers of Vue, the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, today introduced Release 6.5 of Vue Infinite and Vue xStream for 3DS Max, Cinema4D, LightWave, Maya and XSI.
Vue Infinite and Vue xStream are the company’s flagship solutions for the creation of natural 3D environments. Specifically designed for graphics professionals, these products combine a multitude of cutting edge features that easily integrate into existing production pipelines.
Shipping on the seventh of August, Release 6.5 is free for all Vue 6 Infinite and Vue 6 xStream owners.
REALVIZ, a leader in image processing software development, is pleased to confirm that their tracking software, MatchMover Pro, played a pivotal role in Framestore CFC’s production pipeline for the film, ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’. ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ is Harry Potter’s fifth cinematic outing. The film is a Warner Brothers Pictures production, directed by David Yates, and opened in cinemas worldwide on July 13th 2007.
REALVIZ MatchMover Pro is the professional way to track 3D camera data and motion from videos and film sequences, providing the ease of automatic tracking, with the precision control matchmoving professionals demand. Long considered by many post-production professionals as a key tool in their armory, MatchMover Pro has been selected by hundreds of leading production and effects houses worldwide.
As with the previous films in the Harry Potter series, Framestore CFC was once again a leading contributor to the jaw-dropping effects, which have become increasingly spectacular with each new film released. For ‘Order of the Phoenix’, the company’s CG contributions included a herd of centaurs, a sinister house-elf named Kreacher and, for the first time, the film’s title sequence.
REALVIZ released Stitcher Unlimited 5.6 mainly to provide photographers and image editors with the capability of using High Dynamic Range images (HDR). Stitcher Unlimited 5.6 therefore works together with Photomatix, and is capable of importing OpenEXR photographs --a HDR format that can only be read if you have an Intel Mac. The Unlimited version is the only one that can work with 16-bit files as well.
With version 3.1, DxO Labs further enhances DxO Analyzerís capability to provide in-depth diagnosis of digital cameras and components. Newly enhanced features include improved low light color performance, depth of focus and flash measurements.
REALVIZ, a leader in image processing software development, is pleased to announce the availability of the REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio. The REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio, combines Stitcher® 5.6, VTour 1.2 HDR and Photomatix Pro, and is the only software bundle available today for the creation of HDR environments for virtual reality, industrial design, special effects and video game applications, starting from digital snapshots and panoramas. With Stitcher 5.6, users can build HDR panoramas and directly export them as environment maps in their favorite 3D package. VTour 1.2 HDR now also enables digital content creators, for the first time ever, to add depth information to their HDR environment maps for Spatial Image-Based Lighting (SIBL). The REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio is available in English for Windows®. REALVIZ are currently offering 15% discount on purchases of the HDR Imaging Studio bundle until 30. June 2007*.
e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, today announced the immediate availability of Vue 6 xStream for SOFTIMAGE|XSI software. Vue 6 xStream offers CG professionals a complete toolset to integrate their projects in rich and realistic natural 3D environments.
Vue 6 xStream combines unequaled environment creation power with advanced rendering technologies and full-featured animation tools. It extends the feature set in XSI to include support for Vue’s state-of-the-art natural environment technologies. Vue 6 xStream is specifically designed to integrate into any professional production pipeline, from architectural visualization to game, broadcast and film industries.
“We’re happy to welcome XSI users to the circle of xStream-empowered applications! With all major 3D applications now supported, Vue is more than ever the undisputed solution for the creation of professional CG environments”, said Nicholas Phelps, president of e-on software.
Avenza Systems announce MAPublisher 7.5 for Adobe Illustrator CS2 and CS3. MAPublisher 7.5 is the latest version of this powerful mapmaking software used to produce high quality maps from GIS data and is the first version to offer support for the new Adobe Illustrator CS3.
MAPublisher 7.5 for Adobe Illustrator is a full product update that is free to all current MAPublisher Maintenance Program subscribers and replaces the current shipping version of MAPublisher 7.3 for all new customers using Adobe Illustrator CS2 or CS3.
“We have again responded to the requests of our users by providing support for Adobe’s new version of Illustrator while at the same time improving on the previous version 7.3 release by including many new functions and feature enhancements,” said Ted Florence, President of Avenza, “Support for Google’s KML format as well as the new GUI-based coordinate system editor are major steps forward for MAPublisher as we strive to expand its usefulness and appeal in markets worldwide.” he added.
MAPublisher 7.5 includes all the significant new functionality introduced in earlier releases of MAPublisher 7.x including a new intelligent labeling engine, new grid, graticules and scalebar generators, a new and improved MAP attributes engine with expression builder, advanced selection filters and enhanced map index creation and image registration, as well as the following new features and enhancements.
Avenza Systems, producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator and Macromedia FreeHand as well as MAPdataUSA and MAPdataWorld royalty-free data sets, announces Geographic Imager 1.5 for Adobe Photoshop CS2 and CS3. Geographic Imager 1.5 is the latest version of this powerful software that adds geospatial functionality to Adobe Photoshop.
“Following the successful release and tremendous reception of the initial Geographic Imager releases, we are delighted to be following up so quickly with this update”, said Ted Florence, President of Avenza Systems. “We have responded to the requests of our users by quickly adding support for Adobe’s newest version of Photoshop as well as enhancing the already useful toolset within the earlier versions.” he added.
IconFactory released IconBuilder 8.5 some time ago. New in this release is the capability to create icons for Windows Vista, to create extra large icons for all operating systems that support it (Vista and Leopard support 256 x 256 and 512 x 512 pixels respectively), and to export icon art with different sizes into one combined TIFF file.
New features in Phantasm CS are Black/White colour cut-off, advanced overprint control, the possibility to define rich black directly or visually, Auto Rasterise, and Gradient Accuracy. Especially the latter is what I think the most powerful improvement.
What Phantasm CS does is cutting working time of users of both Illustrator and Photoshop in half, by delivering almost exact duplicate Photoshop filters for Illustrator. An example is the Brightness/Contrast Filter. This filter does not exist in Illustrator, but Phantasm CS has such a setting that works exactly the same as in Photoshop.
Painter X is probably the most important upgrade of Corel’s flagship application of the last few years. It has been loaded with new features, making it the only program that helps artists create digital paintings and drawings. If you buy Corel Painter X in its now classic paint can, it comes with a training video by Jeremy Sutton, and a credit-card sized set of tough plastic proportion measuring tools.
e-on software, maker of the leading solutions for natural 3D environments, today announced the immediate availability of a free Personal Learning Edition (PLE) of its flagship products, Vue 6 Infinite and Vue 6 xStream. Vue 6 Infinite and xStream are the industry-leading solutions for the creation, animation and rendering of natural 3D environments for movie, broadcast and architecture.
The Vue 6 PLE is a fully functional version of Vue 6 Infinite/xStream. With the PLE, users can:
- Create complete projects
- Save their work and export to other applications
- Render stills and animations without size/length limit
- Experience Vue’s power directly inside Max/Maya/LightWave/Cinema4D*
- Learn at their own pace (the PLE never expires)
*XSI version coming soon!
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