POLYNOID MTV EMA 2011

As usual all cgi is done in Softimage 🙂

I hadn’t heard about this until I read it on the Web, so I don’t know what, if anything, it will mean for Softimage (or those other two DCCs 😉

Autodesk says it want to accelerate Otoy’s development, and plans to integrate Otoy technology into existing Autodesk Media & Entertainment products.

via GraphicSpeak » Autodesk invests in Otoy to advance rendering, compression, and cloud use.

Animating Monty Python’s Latest Chapter in Stereo 3D
Superfad on Reviving the Irreverent Life and Work of the Late Graham Chapman

via Animating Monty Python’s Latest Chapter in Stereo 3D | Studio Daily.

Special effects: the quebecoise suburb of Hollywood

Montréal –Avec une cinquantaine de productions hollywoodiennes à son actif, dont Avatar, Sin City et 300, la boîte québécoise deffets spéciaux Hybride sest hissée aux plus hauts sommets. Au point où certains studios pensent que son code régional 450 à Piedmont est celui dune banlieue de Los Angeles. «Cest la boîte deffets spéciaux qui men donne le plus pour mon argent», dit le cinéaste Robert Rodriguez, qui a réalisé les effets spéciaux de 11 films avec Hybride. Pas mal pour une entreprise née des suites dune faillite il y a 20 ans.

via Effets spéciaux: la banlieue québécoise dHollywood | La Presse.

Download it at www.autodesk.com/softimage-documentation

Now online:

• User Guide: http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2012/en_us/userguide/
• SDK Guide: http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/softimage2012/en_us/sdkguide/
• What’s New in 2012 AP

Still to come: downloads for local install will be made available.

Sign in to the Subscription Center and get it now.
autodesk.com/subscriptionlogin

You don’t need a new serial number. The Advantage Pack (aka 2012 AP) runs with your 2012 license. So, if you have a Network license, just point 2012 AP to your license server. If you have a Standalone license, enter your 2012 serial number at startup.

Use the same product key as 2012: 590D1

The 2012 AP will install in a folder named Softimage 2012.SAP.
For example: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Softimage 2012.SAP.

Malcolm was made with the amazing capabilities of Softimage. The Softimage version of Malcolm was released today–and already it’s going like hotcakes (free things often do that!)

The updates to the Maya version will be completed in about a week; possibly longer. Then students and interested onlookers can check out the Maya version. (There are some restrictions on using Malcolm)

AnimSchoolBlog: Malcolm Character Now Freely Available.