Karen Moltenbrey

The Muppets Haunted Mansion was made using virtual production techniques. (Source: The Walt Disney Company)   What’s Halloween without a healthy dose of spookiness? And, what’s a Halloween show without a heavy dose of frightfully fun apparitions and ghosts? Not very monstrously mysterious or mesmerizing, that’s for sure. In fact, it’s downright foolishness when lacking in ghoulishness.  Disney’s Muppets Haunted … Read more

From the Adobe Max keynote.    When you have exciting updates, you want to share them with the world. Sure, you can do it remotely, as Adobe and others had done during the height of the pandemic. But, there’s nothing like getting on stage in front of a packed auditorium. At Adobe Max 2022 last week, various Adobe executives and … Read more

  Whether you attended Adobe’s 2022 Max or not, it’s clear that the company’s product line continues to expand. But just as designers no longer operate in silos, the company doesn’t believe its tools should, either, and has been working hard on integrating its products so users have wider access to helpful features for streamlining their work. And this integration … Read more

As Adobe prepares to celebrate its 40th anniversary at the end of the year, Shantanu Narayen, Adobe chairman and chief executive officer, couldn’t resist using the stage at Adobe MAX 2022 to highlight some major Adobe accomplishments over the years, from the invention of desktop publishing to revolutionizing imaging and design, to pioneering electronic documents, to advancing animation, gaming, and … Read more

(Source: Vectorworks; courtesy Atelier 5)   Data and time management are both important elements in BIM workflows. When Vectorworks last month released a new version of its CAD and BIM software, they concentrated their efforts in those areas, adding new tools and enhancements to their Vectorworks 2023 that will increase efficiency by automating certain tasks and decreasing the steps required … Read more

Introducing the Chromebook cloud gaming lineup from (left to right) Lenovo, Acer, and Asus. (Source: Google) A few days ago, there was a good deal of chatter about the possibility of Lenovo soon releasing an IdeaPad Gaming Chromebook. What got tongues wagging was the result of leaked  information on Lenovo’s product spec website about a new IdeaPad Chromebook. What caused … Read more

Beauty, they say, is in the eye of the beholder. But it’s easy to see the stunning materials in the new materials library called Tactile from Greyscalegorilla. Using what they refer to as the Tactile Capture Process, the company has captured highly detailed imagery. Using a combination of artistry and cutting-edge technology, Greyscalegorilla, a longtime partner of Maxon, has incorporated … Read more