Digital Domain used its Charlatan tool to replace the face of a stand-in (top) with a digitally de-aged face of quarterback Joe Montana (bottom). (Source: Digital Domain) Most of us, if given the chance, would like to look much younger than we are. We would smooth out wrinkles and erase age spots, and even restore our original hair in … Read more
Autodesk University opened with a New Orleans theme. Autodesk President and CEO Andrew Anagnost took the stage on the first day (September 28) of Autodesk University 2022 to a packed hall at the convention center in New Orleans, to rousing rendition of “When the Saints Go Marching In” by musicians and dancers/entertainers in Mardi Gras style. It was a great … Read more
The Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 with the Pro Pen 3. (Source: Wacom) Big things usually come in big packages, but not so with the new Wacom Cintiq Pro 27 pen display, which is lightweight and thin, and its 27-inch screen has a smaller footprint than its Cintiq Pro 24 sibling, with an edge-to-edge glass surface. Complementing its modern design … Read more
Autodesk’s Flow, an industrial cloud Autodesk is developing for M&E. (Source: Autodesk) Some may look at the annual Autodesk University as a conference for AEC, architecture, and manufacturing. And it is. But, there’s also a focus on the company’s “other” business: media and entertainment. Here, Autodesk announced Flow, a new industry cloud for M&E that will connect user workflows, … Read more
What’s a virtual world without 3D characters? Without 3D objects? Without 3D vehicles or 3D buildings? Not much, that’s for sure. As the metaverse inches ever closer to reality, users will need an easy, practical way to populate these massive worlds. Nvidia Research has succeeded in building an AI model that can do just that and can scale in the … Read more
A personal HD display in the form of glasses that a user wears.
Lenovo Glasses T1, a personal display that fits in your pocket. They can even be worn over prescription eyewear. (Source: Lenovo) Lenovo has screens of varying sizes, from those on its tablets to its ThinkVision and other monitors for work, gaming, and home use. Now the company is thinking big by thinking small with a wearable private HD display right … Read more
Established in July 2021, the Open 3D Foundation (O3DF) is an umbrella open-source organization under the Linux Foundation that will house multiple open-source projects and pool resources among the member community to sustain these projects. O3DF’s goal is to make an open-source, fully-featured, high-fidelity, real-time 3D engine for building games and simulations, available to every industry. Currently, there are over … Read more
Canon’s new XA60 is one of four new professional camcorders that will be available soon. (Source: Canon) Canon had a busy time last week at IBC as they introduced not one but five 4K camcorders, in addition to a new 4K PTZ camera and various tools. With a nod to versatility, the company introduced four new professional camcorders—the XA65, XA60, … Read more
(Source: Amazon) It often takes a crisis or near crisis to draw attention to a situation that has been unchecked for some time. Supply shortages across the board during Covid shed light on the dangers of reliance on other countries for certain products as well as too much reliance on JIT, which kept inventories low and reduced a buffer that … Read more
(Source: Autodesk and Gabriel Richaud) Used throughout many major film and game studios, Autodesk’s Maya is the software behind a plethora of stunning visuals in leading-edge projects. Since it was introduced in 1998, Maya has continued to offer a growing list of new features and functions that serve artists well in just about every aspect of their content creation. But, … Read more
Aside from C2C integrations, Adobe added enhancements to After Effects and Premiere Pro, including fast access to titling tools in Premiere Pro. Adobe has spent a good deal of work enabling new cloud-based workflows, and that development continues. During this week at IBC 2022, the company announced its latest cloud workflow accomplishments, including a cloud-based integration resulting in a Camera … Read more
