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Friday, May 09, 2008

Autodesk Acquires REALVIZ*


+ Autodesk, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of REALVIZ S.A., the privately held developer of image-based content creation software. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. REALVIZ was founded in 1998 and is head quartered in Sophia Antipolis, France. REALVIZ's technology provides efficient ways to generate 3D content and visual effects from photo imaging and 2D environments. Its products are used for panoramic photography, image-based modeling, match moving and optical motion capture. REALVIZ's flagship products are Stitcher software for the creation of panoramas and 360 degree virtual tours, and ImageModeler software to produce 3D models from photographs.
Autodesk intends to develop and sell REALVIZ's Stitcher Unlimited, StitcherExpress, ImageModeler and Movimento software as standalone products. Matchmover, Retimer and VTour will no longer be available as standalone products; core technology from these REALVIZ products will be integrated into future versions of Autodesk's existing products, enabling customers to bring the real world into design environments.The following REALVIZ offerings have been discontinued: Stitcher Pro,Stitcher Unlimited DS, StoryViz, and hardware and software product bundles.Education versions of ImageModeler and Stitcher continue to be available. Student versions of ImageModeler and Stitcher are no longer available. For more information please visit www.autodesk.com/REALVIZ.

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Thursday, April 10, 2008

GeniuX EFX


+ With GeniuX EFX you can apply over 60 filters and special effects! In just one mouse click you can create a realistic looking hand-drawings derived from photos. You can see the final result in the multi - Real Time Preview - Real Time fine tuning. All effects are parametric filters based on complex matematic algorithms. All filters are fast and easy to use. GeniuX EFX is a standalone software and supports most popular 2D formats. 3D GeniuX is fully integrated in the productive pipeline of the professional creator. It supports major 3D modelling software, image processors, word processors, web tools. GeniuX EFX is developed by XPro Software.

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Friday, April 04, 2008

Decoration 1.0


+ Decoration 1.0 has been released. Decoration is an image editor that can run online with the Java plug-in or offline. Decoration applies filters to your photoset. You have an extensive set of filters (more than 100) including color border, gradient border, shadow, mirror, blur, reduce noise, tint, mosaic or superpose text. You can also use it to generate buttons. For more info and download, please - Click Here

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Friday, March 28, 2008

Download Inkscape 0.46


+ The Inkscape community today is announcing the release of the newest version of its open source vector graphics editor. Inkscape 0.46 is a major update that introduces native PDF support. The implementation of PDF support in Inkscape provides an easy, open source solution to editing PDF documents. Tons of new features and performance improvements are included in this release. Dialogs now have the ability to be docked to the editing window. Gradients can be edited completely on-canvas. The new Paint Bucket Tool fills bounded areas with color. A new 3D Box tool helps create perspective-correct drawings. A new Tweak tool provides an intuitive method for editing paths and painting objects. The new Live Path Effects feature can create "brushes" and various organic effects on paths. Improvements to color management include support for color spaces other than sRGB. Most SVG filters are now implemented, and a new powerful UI is provided for editing filter stacks.
Inkscape is an Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development.

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Adobe Photoshop Express Beta


+ Adobe Systems Incorporated has launched Photoshop® Express public beta, an free online version of its image-editing software photoshop. As the newest addition to the Photoshop family line, Photoshop Express has taken much of Adobe’s best image editing technology and made it simple and accessible to a new online audience. Photoshop Express allows users to store up to 2 gigabytes of images online for free, make edits to their photos, and share them online in creative ways, including downloading and uploading photos from popular social networking sites like Facebook.
With Photoshop Express, digital photos can be uploaded and sorted anytime, edited non-destructively to always preserve the original image, and shared from anywhere, on any Web browser. In a few easy clicks, Photoshop Express empowers anyone to make standard edits, such as removing blemishes and red-eye, converting to black and white, cropping and resizing, and much more.
No experience is required to add special effects that will impress friends and family. In keeping with its one-click approach, Photoshop Express offers tricks like Pop Color which selects an object in an image, mutes the background color of the photo and allows the user to swap the object’s color so it jumps off the page. Sketch effects help photos look like drawings and the Distort feature allows you to distort facial features or objects within the images for a comical or artistic effect. Even users with limited photo editing knowledge can simply select what looks best from a line-up of sample photos with visual hints showing different variations of the added effect.
Adobe Photoshop CS3 and Photoshop CS3 Extended are at the heart of the Photoshop family, joined by solutions for users at every level who want to bring out the best in their digital images. Photoshop Lightroom™ addresses the workflow needs of professional and serious amateur photographers. Photoshop Elements provides exciting tools and sharing options for photo hobbyists. Photoshop Express is the latest step Adobe is taking to leverage the advanced technology that underpins its award-winning creative products and deliver it to new online communities. In early 2007, Adobe also announced the availability of Adobe® Premiere® Express, an online video editing and mash-up tool on partner sites such as MTV and Photobucket. Adobe Premiere Express leverages the functionality found in Premiere Elements, a fully-featured desktop video editing program.

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Introducing 3D-Coat *



+ The 3D-Coat, which is previously known as 3D Brush, Is an 3d application for detailing (sculpting) and texturing the object already shaped in other 3D packages. It combines painting layered textures and sculpting in one easy to use interface. And Full compatibility with Light Wave 3D, Modo through . lwo format, with Maya, 3ds Max, Carrara through .fbx (import) and .obj format. 3D-Coat supports 3D SpaceNavigator of 3DCONNEXION for more handy and intuitive Navigation. It can work in a deep connection with Adobe Photoshop (R) or any 2D-editor that can edit PSD files. Operating speed of editing and viewing objects has grown bigger because of using a map of normals instead of geometrical splitting. A new version of 3D-Coat is available for download. Compared to previous installments of the program, the new v.2.07 gained a huge list of improvements and new features, including, among others:
- increased volume of virtual memory used to increase object detailing
- profound performance optimizations
- extensive use of multi-core processors
- interface reorganization to speed up the workflow and make it more intuitive
- layer import/export into a PSD file with padding
and more…..Importantly, all users who have purchased 3D-Brush will get 3D-Coat without any additional cost and with no need to change the program’s serial number whatsoever. Until March 31, 2008, 3D-Coat Software Full Professional version is available at $89. On April 1, two different Licenses will be introduced: Educational License (at the price of $89) and Full Professional License (at the price of $120).
>> Download 3d-Coat

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Monday, March 17, 2008

Toon Boom Releases Storyboard 1.5 and Storyboard Pro 1.5


+ Emmy award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. announced the release of both Storyboard and Storyboard Pro 1.5 today. In addition to several performance improvements and the support of Mac OS X v10.5 that apply to both products, version 1.5 also brings new features in the Pro version only. In this latest release, Storyboard Pro customers will find further production integration with the support of Final Draft, Acrobat and Photoshop file format and improved editing capabilities in the timeline as well as enhanced drawings tools.
Current Storyboard Pro customers can upgrade to version 1.5 for $199.99 US, unless they have
a valid maintenance agreement. Current Storyboard customers can download version 1.5 at no
cost by logging onto their Members/My Products Page on Toon Boom’s website. Information about the Toon Boom Storyboard family 1.5 is now available online at : Click Here

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CGI Gadget for Google Desktop



+ Download free CGI Gadget for Google Desktop, which keeps you updated with the latest happening in the Computer Graphics Industry. The Gadget will Automatically Get latest News/Articles about 3d, animation, VFX and CG Industry in general. Google Desktop gives you one-glance access to personalized and up-to-the-minute information with Google Gadgets -- interactive mini-applications that can be placed anywhere on your desktop or on your iGoogle page to show you new email, weather, photos and personalized news. Other gadgets include the clock, calendar, scratch pad, todo list and many more. You can choose to add the gadget to your desktop, your iGoogle page, or both.

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Saturday, February 23, 2008

nPower translator - Revit to 3ds Max


+ nPower's Revit to Max bi-directional translation solution provides your design visualization team the most advanced Revit to 3ds Max translation tools on the market today. nPower Software’s precise surface and solid modeling technology plugs directly into 3ds max enabling an accurate data transfer portal allowing you pass Revit data seamlessly back and forth between Max and Revit without polygonal data loss.
Experience the advantages of nPower translators
The 3ds Max nPower advanced visualization environment provides your Revit model with infinite resolution surfaces producing stunning photo-real surfaces that you can easily cut away and reveal without rendering artifacts. Easily create close-up renderings without conventional polygon faceting by easily controlling the level of detail on any selected Revit object. Compress your Revit model data structures to the absolute smallest memory footprint with our Power Cache technology giving you the extra space you need to render hi resolution large format images. Organize your Revit model in Max with our advanced Revit Material support by layer and an easy to browse instanced multi-sub object material. Collaborate with other CAD applications like Inventor and Rhino to produce highly accurate complex design and planning visualizations. Conceptualize freeform volumes, structures and shapes from furniture to light fixtures with the industry's most flexible solid modeler and then export them directly to Revit for dimensioning and construction. If you’re looking for a Revit to Max and back solution that will give you the edge in the world of architectural visualization then take our no risk 30 day free test drive and experience the nPower translation advantage.
Revit to Max Beta Download here

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

MaPZone 2.6



+ Allegorithmic, an emerging 3D technology company developing advanced texturing tools for real-time 3D content creation, today announced the immediate availability of MaPZone 2.6, its free professional texturing software. Based on a revolutionary procedural approach, MaPZone 2.6’s enhanced toolset and improved workflow gives artists unprecedented control when creating high-quality, lightweight bitmap quality textures for animation, game, visual effects, online media, design and architectural visualization projects. MaPZone 2.6 is free and is available for immediate download from www.mapzoneeditor.com.
New and improved features in MaPZone 2.6 include:
- New transformation operations, without automatic tiling
- New bitmap image input node (similar to existing SVG input node) allows users to mix bitmaps and procedural noises, making it easier to add details and matter to texture creations
- New feature automatically flags normal maps for usage in DirectX or OpenGL
- New functionality allows nodes of the graph to be realigned horizontally or vertically
- Existing connections between nodes in the graph can now be modified by simple drag and drop
- Reposition camera and object in 3DEdit panel to their default positions
- Quicker access to Filter Menu by hitting [SPACE] key
MaPZone 2.6 is an authoring tool designed specifically for editing and managing textures. Based on Allegorithmic's patented FXMaps technology, MaPZone is the only tool that allows users to locally edit procedural textures to create diffuse, specular and normal maps that are resolution independent, match up perfectly and seamlessly tile automatically.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Introducing CrazyBump*


+ CrazyBump is a handy standalone application under development by Ryan Clark. CrazyBump can be used for generating Displacement bump maps, Normal and fake occlusion maps from a 2d image (source texture). The application is in beta stages and available for free download.
>> Download CrazyBump

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Thursday, October 18, 2007

LightMap Maker *


+ Another approach for achieving realistic lighting in your 3d scenes. Light Map Maker (LMM) is an free standalone application by AwingSoft that helps you achieve quite realistic lighting effects in your real-time 3d scenes exported from various popular 3d programs. LightMap Maker supports importing/exporting of some popular 3D formats; so it's compatible with most game development and 3D design software’s like 3D Studio Max, lightwave3D, Maya etc. LightMap Maker add lights to your imported 3d scene, than compute the lighting and save lighting data to bitmap., which can be exported (.3ds, VRML, etc) back into your main 3d application.

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Sunday, October 14, 2007

EarthSculptor - 3D terrain editor


+ EarthSculptor is an standalone application; used for terrains 3d modeling, mapping/painting and fast realtime terrain editing. The interface of EarthSculptor is exclusively designed for rapid 3d terrain development to meet the requirement of visualization experts, multi-media professionals and game developers. Beside, offering handy .OBJ exporter outputs (optimized 3d meshes), the EarthSculptor have many useful features such as;
- Multiple undo/redo editing
- 8 terrain tools: raise, lower, level, grab, smooth, erode, push and ramp
- Terrain Texture/Map sizes up to 4096x4096
- Automatic lighting and shadow map rendering
- Fast 3D hardware accelerated terrain rendering
- Edit textures and height-maps externally
- Developed for Windows® and OpenGL® hardware
....many more. The recent version 1.05 has been released few days back with some new features and addressed some major-n-minor fixes. To run EarthSculptor your video card must support basic vertex and pixel shaders. The free version with limited features is available for download.

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Monday, October 08, 2007

Bionatics LandSIM3D®


+ Bionatics, the specialist in 3D plant modeling and landscape design has released LandSIM3D®; an simulation and design software for quickly model existing landscape in 3D from GIS data sources. Import your project, visualize its integration in a real site, study its alternatives, its evolution in the future and decide for the best options. Make great presentations of the validated project with realism using realtime 3D.
LandSIM3D can 3d model landscapes from geo-referenced data using GIS data files like Shapefile® in order to make a realistic 3D model of the existing site. The project can then be smoothly inserted with precision in the 3D model. LandSIM3D brings 3D into the earth of the landscape profesionals' traditional design and study methods. (text from site)

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Friday, September 07, 2007

3D Brush



+ A new version of 3D Brush is available for download. The 3D Brush is an 3d application for detailing and texturing the object already shaped in other 3D packages. You can work on detailing level equal to 3 to 5 millions of polygons. Operating speed of editing and viewing objects has grown bigger because of using a map of normals instead of geometrical splitting. It is well-known that it is easy to shape the object – it takes several hours. But detailing and texturing is long process taking 3 to 10 times more time then modeling a draft itself. 3D Brush is made to make this part of technological process faster. The program contains options for sculptural modeling so that change of shape could also be possible, but the main function is detailing.
>> Download 3D Brush trial

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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

CGToolBar Ver. 4.5.x Available for Download



+ New Delhi, India (1st Aug. 2007) - We (cgindia.org) have released the new version of CGToolbar, an extremely useful and must have tool for CG Artists, Animators, VFX and 3d professionals for exploring the world-wide web. CGToolbar download is available for both MS Internet Explorer as well as FireFox. The existing users, who have installed CGToolbar with-in last two month may not have to reinstall it, just refresh it using the extreme left drop-down menu of CGToolbar.
CGToolbar is one of its kind (unique)- probably the first toolbar which is loaded with custom features, built by focusing on the needs of a computer graphics professional and to cater the whole CG Community. This small but powerful Tool bring all the resources a CG artists ever need at their fingertips by bridging the gap between various useful CG Portals. Besides all this, its offers all the features that a normal toolbar may have.
Some of the New Features in CGToolbar Includes:
- Now you can add Various useful Gadgets.
- Now You can add Improved shortcuts to windows tools like office shortcuts menu, window calculator, window media player, MS words, Microsoft outlook Express, Microsoft paint, MSN Messenger, windows Registry Editor etc. in your CGToolbar.
- Design link category has been added under links tab, featuring some of the greatest Design Related Websites.
- Direct access to CG Video channel, for Watching 1000's of Video tutorials, animation shorts, Demo Reels and much more.
About CGIndia:
CGIndia is an online Magazine and CG portal which provides wealth of information on 3d, Animation, Computer Graphics and Visual Effects (VFX). CGIndia is founded with a simple idea of, Providing dedicated source of information and resource useful for the CG artists. CG India is committed to provide valuable features, which helps CG Artists in their creative pursuit and raising standards for the entire industry. For more information about CGIndia, please visit www.cg-india.com/about.html. For download and more info about CGToolbar, please visit www.cg-india.com/cgtoolbar.html

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