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GDC Day 4 - Talking with Legends, Finding New Toys
By Evan Goncalo, Animated Travels: AWN Events Blog
Mar. 27, 2009 - I was off to an early start this morning – the good news being the hearty breakfast I wolfed down when I learned more about Adobe’s new Director 11.5 release. Dr. Allen Patridge of Adobe ran the presentation, and he went over some of the things users can expect from the new Director software. He approached this from three angles: Dominate, Accelerate, and Impress.”
MoreTime to Lose the Helmet: Image Metrics' Facial Animation Now Comes in Four Tiers
By Joe Jordan, Develop
March, 2009 — Categorizing Image Metrics' facial animation technology into a traditional game tools and middleware slot has always been something of a semantic task. Officially it's a service, akin to motion capture but for faces. The truth is a bit more complex, however.
MoreGoing for the Bigger Picture
By Tim Chapman, Crain's Manchester Business
Mar. 9, 2009 — The Curious Case of Benjamin Button wowed audiences with its all-American tale of a backward-ageing Brad Pitt and won an Oscar for visual effects. But the transformation of the 45-year-old screen idol into a wizened old man wouldn't have been possible without animation technology developed by a Manchester firm.
MoreImage Metrics and Double Negative Testing Markerless Facial Capture
By David Cohen, Technotainment on Variety.Com
Mar. 3, 2009 — Backstage at the Oscars after collecting his statutette for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," Digital Domain's Eric Barba said he hoped that the studios would dust off projects that demand photo-realistic digital humans -- and that that is already happening. Today we get another indication that he is right.
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