EFSv offers remote resources via AWS. The company says, AWS is just the first implementation and more platforms will be supported. (Source: EditShare) Although NAB 2020 has been canceled, there are announcements coming out of the void. If all had gone according to the plan, remote video production workflows would have been a major theme. For instance, EditShare announced … Read more
Last year, Dassault Systèmes pushed just about all their chips in on health care. This year, that decision looks like a very good bet. Dassault has reported its results for the first quarter of 2020 and the results are decidedly mixed, as a result of the worldwide pandemic. If it had not been for the acquisition of Medidata in 2019, … Read more
Autodesk is continuing its work to expand its footprint in construction. The company has announced an alliance with Aurigo. Founded in 2003, in Austin, Texas, Aurigo works with public sector agencies and facility owners with tools to plan, deliver, and maintain capital projects and assets. The company says its tools, including Aurigo Masterworks Cloud software, offer full construction lifecycle management. … Read more
Canvas GFX, a venerable document creation program for business-to-business applications, has announced the launch of Canvas Unlimited for Universities. Like the name says, it is an unlimited license meaning that participants have access to the full Canvas portfolio, which includes Canvas X, Canvas X³, Canvas X GEO, and Canvas X Draw for macOS.Canvas GFX is making it available to … Read more
In honor of the NAB that never was, HP is introducing new products that are designed for creators, which in HP’s view include designers as well as artists. HP distinguishes itself with its full pipeline consisting of 3D printing capability, Hololens devices, and full-color displays. The company is rolling out new mobile devices designed for creatives on the move, even … Read more
Accompanying the new computers, which are arriving like spring flowers, are new Nvidia drivers. The Nvidia Notebook Driver program has released version 442.92 of the Nvidia Studio Driver. Nvidia's Studio Drivers are designed with the understanding that creative users tend to use multiple apps as they're doing creating work. It's a very different workflow from the dedicated gamer who shuts … Read more
From the very beginning, Adobe Premiere has been a tool for single project work, which makes sense given its origins as a desktop product and its role in democratizing video editing for everyone. It has been used to make movies and TV shows, but they’ve had to work around the single project structure of Premiere. Everything starts in the Productions … Read more
AMD has introduced three new processors in its 2nd Gen Epyc family, code-named Rome. These are high-frequency processors hence the F designation in the name. These new processors can surge their performance with a boost of 500 MHz over the base frequency but AMD says they have balanced the design to ensure a competitive TCO against you-know-who. The new chips … Read more
Going with the flow: Dassault takes a new look at the ways in which generative design tools can be used effectively. (Source: Dassault) There is no doubt that generative design is changing the way parts are designed, modeled, and manufactured. That’s true, and it’s been true for over a decade. Unfortunately, generative design has also introduced more complexity to … Read more
CorelDraw has been steadily improving and growing its own distinct user base, gaining strength from its solid footing in the Windows world and its availability with a perpetual license. It goes without saying that CorelDraw is all the more attractive to some users because of the wealth of tools in the box. In addition to the CorelDraw design tool, which … Read more
You might have missed this in all the news: Autodesk has released 3ds Max 2021. The latest release heavily focuses on rendering and textures and thanks to the improvements in performance and the viewport, users will get an even clearer view of what they’re doing. With this release, Autodesk has added support for Python 3, scriptable baking, and more focus … Read more
We finished the 2020 CAD report, just in time to be wrong. The report was completed at the end of 2019 just before word of the Coronavirus washed up on our shores. Early enough that I might not have even been able to understand its impact. After all, SARS wasn’t universally bad. Likewise, MERS attacked a region, mostly, but not … Read more
