SIGGRAPH: cmiVFX training By ninjacrayon
SIGGRAPH week is here and its that time again where learining new ideas
and ramping up your training is essential to your success. cmiVFX
understands first hand how important it is to constantly learn new
techniques that will make you more efficient in your production and
learn ways to get more out of the same applications you currently use.
Take advantage of this HUGE 30% OFF Sale at cmiVFX Today and stay ahead
of your peers.
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Anime Studio Debut 7's "Beginner Mode" By ninjacrayon
Learning to use a new animation program can feel intimidating for beginners, who are often overwhelmed by the amount of options, screens, and features available to them. Anime Studio Debut 7 offers a brand new Beginner?s Mode that can be turned on or off and gently guides first time animators through key animation tools and techniques. The Beginner?s Mode gives anyone quick access to the essential features of Anime Studio with short video tutorials, roll-over instructions and a streamlined interface to enable anyone to start creating animations within moments of opening the software.
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kongregate + Adobe = Mobile Flash Game contest By ninjacrayon
Here's your opportunity to contribute to the mobile world. Adobe and
Kongregate are working together to bring you the Mobile Flash Game
Contest with Adobe Flash, which we're giving away nearly $30,000 in
prizes! We are hoping to engage users with fun games as part of a rich
Internet experience that work seamlessly across any device anywhere
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India develops world's cheapest "laptop" at $35 By TechUniverse
India has come up with the world's cheapest "laptop," a touch-screen computing device that costs $35.
India's Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal this week unveiled the low-cost computing device that is designed for students, saying his department had started talks with global manufacturers to start mass production.
"We have reached a (developmental) stage that today, the motherboard, its chip, the processing, connectivity, all of them cumulatively cost around $35, including memory, display, everything," he told a news conference.
He said the touchscreen gadget was packed with Internet browsers, PDF reader and video conferencing facilities but its hardware was created with sufficient flexibility to incorporate new components according to user requirement.
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LAFCPUG meets 28th /Hollywood /$5 By ninjacrayon
The next meeting of the lafcpug will be Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at the
Gallery Theater in Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM. (doors open at 6:00PM) $5
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SIGGRAPH 2010: HTML 5 Survey By ninjacrayon
There?s been lots of hype about the iPad and HTML5 recently, but
precious little hard information about the number of websites actually
adopting these new technologies, not to mention costs and other
implementation details. If you?re in the midst of an iPad- or
HTML5-related decision, I?m pleased to announce that StreamingMedia.com
is releasing a survey-based report that provides the concrete data to
help you make better, more-informed decisions about these developmental
efforts.
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SIGGRAPH 2010: Imagineer's Tracker By ninjacrayon
Imagineer Systems announced it will demonstrate the newest version of
its award-winning planar tracking and roto solution, mocha, at SIGGRAPH
2010 later this month in Los Angeles. During the conference, Imagineer
Systems will demonstrate for the filmmaking, VFX design and post
production community the numerous benefits of mocha, including seamless
export capabilities to Nuke, drastically improved performance and
support for multi-layer film resolution projects, as well as insight
into mocha and its role in 2D-to-3D conversion workflow, increasingly in
demand in Hollywood, India, and other 3D conversion hot-spots.
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SIGGRAPH 2010: SynthEyes tracker By ninjacrayon
Andersson Technologies LLC will be previewing the SynthEyes 2011 release
of its versatile and affordable camera tracking application at SIGGRAPH
Booth #1017 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, July 27-29. The new
release is highlighted by set reconstruction features.
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SIGGRAPH 2010: NVIDIA craziness By ninjacrayon
NVIDIA graphics processing units (GPUs) will be accelerating a wide
range of ray tracing solutions being demonstrated at SIGGRAPH 2010,
which is being held at the Los Angeles Convention Center, July 27-29,
2010.
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SIGGRAPH 2010: TRON LEGACY By ninjacrayon
Walt Disney Pictures' highly anticipated film "TRON: Legacy", a 3D
high-tech adventure set in a digital world unlike anything ever captured
on the big screen, will be the focus of a filmmaker panel discussion
during the SIGGRAPH 2010 Computer Animation Festival in Los Angeles on
Tuesday, 27 July at 3:45 p.m.
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SIGGRAPH 2010: Stash Media special By ninjacrayon
I'd like to personally invite you to drop by the STASH booth (#215) at SIGGRAPH next week to:
1. Experience the powerful new ONLINE STASH archive of animation and VFX.
2. Pick up your issue of STASH DVD MAGAZINE for just $5 (normally $25).
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SIGGRAPH 2010: Avatar Secrets By ninjacrayon
SIGGRAPH 2010 features multiple Production Sessions that will reveal the
secrets of "Avatar", including stereoscopic filmmaking and visual
effects. Two visual effects companies that contributed to the making of
"Avatar", New Zealand-based Weta Digital and U.S.-based Industrial Light
& Magic, will take attendees behind the scenes and give valuable
insight into the work that won three Academy Awards® for Best
Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Best Art Direction.
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SIGGRAPH 2010: Primatte 64bit By ninjacrayon
Primatte 64-bit is out and there's more soon to follow... Primatte 3.5 which supports CS5 and 64-bit. It's just the beginning of
changes for Primatte. 4.0 is on the very near horizon, and it includes
some great enhancements to Primatte in terms of capabilities and speed
(the 3.5 upgrade fee includes a free upgrade to 4.0).
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Baidu promotes fake drug sites: Chinese TV station By TechUniverse
China's main state-run television station accused the country's top Internet search engine Baidu Inc of directing users to websites that sell counterfeit drugs, the People's Daily reported on Monday.
CCTV reported on Sunday that Baidu and other search engines had profited from promoting three websites offering counterfeit drugs that duped more than 3,000 people in China, said the newspaper, the mouthpiece of the ruling Communist Party.
Baidu declined comment on the accusation. Its shares trading in the U.S. slipped about 4 percent to $70.50 in early Nasdaq trading.
The report comes two days before Baidu is expected to issue its quarterly results as it capitalizes on its new advertising system and gains from Google Inc's spat with China. [ID:nTOE66I00P] In the second quarter, Baidu had a 70.8 percent share of China's search market, according to iResearch data.
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Apple shares slide after critical iPhone 4 review By TechUniverse
Shares of Apple Inc slid more than 3 percent on Tuesday after a poor review for its iPhone 4 from an influential consumer guide underpinned mounting complaints about the hot-selling device's antenna and reception.
Consumer Reports said on Monday it could not recommend the iPhone 4 -- which sold 1.7 million units worldwide in its first three days -- after its tests confirmed concerns about signal loss when the device is held in a certain way.
The widely watched nonprofit organization said AT&T Inc, the exclusive mobile phone carrier for the iPhone 4, was not necessarily the main culprit.
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Microsoft pulls plug on Kin phones By TechUniverse
Microsoft Corp has pulled the plug on a new generation of smartphones less than three months after the company unveiled the devices in an attempt to catch-up with Apple and Google in the fast-growing mobile market.
Microsoft said on Wednesday it had canceled plans to sell its "Kin" phones in Europe this Fall. The company added the internal team working on the Kin phones would be combined with the group working on Microsoft's forthcoming Windows Phone 7 software.
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PoserPro 8 By ninjacrayon
Poser Pro has been around for while - even in version 8, but I hadn't noticed the update until I learned that it was available in new language formats. So if you'd rather use a French or German version of the software. Good News - it's here. If you (like me) just haven't upgraded your copy of Poser in a while, guess what - POSER is on VERSION 8 now! (see them at SIGGRAPH this month too)
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NO...Doesn't have a thing to do with "that" smartphone...or "that" store...or "that" tablet. It's the next generation. Kids and we mean little kids. That's what today's products are being designed for/targeted at. You happen to buy one...fine. Watch a little, little kid pick up a smartphone. He/she just uses it. They've come pre-wired and we're still trying to figure out how to IM. It's the IGen. They want it instantly. They want to use it instantly. They expect their photos, their video, their music, their stuff immediately when/where/how they want it.
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Number two in a series of articles to plainly explain what organizations need to consider and carry out in today's social media. As the online communities increase in size, number, character; companies will refine their activities to develop "word of mouth equity" that can be used to strengthen their understanding of the customer's wants/needs (present/future), produce sales, blunt the effect of cheap store brands compared to name brands and draw upon when problems, issues arise.
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While nothing tops your very first E3 experience, every year comes with new surprises around every turn while exploring the booths. There were still hundreds of people in view at all times of the day, from exhibitors to booth babes and even security. It's overwhelming even before the press meetings!
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The reach of the Internet has opened the door for companies to be in direct touch with millions of individuals who want to obtain information and discuss your company, products, services and your capabilities. They have thousands of online outlets to research virtually anything - and anyone - who exists on the planet. The challenge for companies is how to participate with these people, win them over or neutralize their issues.
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SIGGRAPH: cmiVFX training
SIGGRAPH week is here and its that time again where learining new ideas
and ramping up your training is essential to your success. cmiVFX
understands first hand how important it is to constantly learn new
techniques that will make you more efficient in your production and
learn ways to get more out of the same applications you currently use.
Take advantage of this HUGE 30% OFF Sale at cmiVFX Today and stay ahead
of your peers.
...Read More »
India develops world's cheapest "laptop" at $35
India has come up with the world's cheapest "laptop," a touch-screen computing device that costs $35.
India's Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal this week unveiled the low-cost computing device that is designed for students, saying his department had started talks with global manufacturers to start mass production.
"We have reached a (developmental) stage that today, the motherboard, its chip, the processing, connectivity, all of them cumulatively cost around $35, including memory, display, everything," he told a news conference.
He said the touchscreen gadget was packed with Internet browsers, PDF reader and video conferencing facilities but its hardware was created with sufficient flexibility to incorporate new components according to user requirement.
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