3D Animation and 3D Software

Zbrush 4R8

2017-01-24T10:58:00.002+01:00

Zbrush 4R8

Try it out for free here https://pixologic.com/zbrush/trial/

More info to follow

3d and the world of Side FXs HOUDINI

2016-10-21T12:04:00.003+02:00

HOUDINI
from SideFX have done it again, they first impressed with their insane particle simulations, mimicking smoke and fire in photo-realistic manners, and now their cutting edge mantra and procedural material generator keep blowing our minds.

Here is an example af a generated material

Now Houdini is a full blown 3d software comparable to Maya or 3ds Max, and one should not forget the diversity it offer.

MODELING | Houdini includes a wide variety of polygon, NURBS and subdivision surface modeling tools. Procedural techniques can be used to maintain a robust construction history and to create complex models such as environments.

CLOUDS & VOLUMES | The Cloud FX tools offer an artist-friendly way of building, sculpting and rendering cloud formations. This workflow utilizes sparse volume sculpting tools created as part of the OpenVDB open source initiative.

ANIMATION | Houdini has an animator-friendly workflow which includes a channel editor, dope sheet and interactive timeline. Set keyframes on any parameter or use Houdini’s Advanced Motion-editing tools for even more control.

CHARACTER RIGGING | Houdini’s node-based approach fits perfectly with the working methodology of a typical character rigging TD. Characters can then be wrapped up into a single Digital Asset node and delivered to the animation team.

LIGHTING | Houdini’s lighting workflow provides a flexible and powerful environment for managing lights, building shaders and defining the look of a shot. Environment and GI lights work well with Mantra’s physically-based rendering.

MANTRA RENDERING | With Houdini, you can rely on a robust built-in rendering solution called Mantra or create custom support for a wide variety of third party renderers. Mantra is particularly good at rendering volumes such as smoke.

COMPOSITING | Houdini includes a node-based compositor which is perfect for creating slap comps. Lighters can test out render passes before sending plates to artists working with other compositing apps.

HOUDINI DIGITAL ASSETS | Create Houdini Digital Assets for use in Houdini or other apps via the Houdini engine. Assets from Houdini FX can be opened up and manipulated in Houdini Base.

INTEROPERABILITY | Import and export to a variety of formats including Alembic, FBX, OBJ, OpenEXR and more.

...and dont forget it can still do dynamic simulations like the

We cannot wait to see what they come up with next, some say realtime global illumination?

News in the Gaming world

2016-03-30T22:34:00.002+02:00

Houdini for Unreal Engine 4

Side Effects Software is excited to announce the release of Houdini Engine for UE4. This plug-in provides game artists and developers with access to Houdini’s award-winning procedural technology right inside the UE4 editor.
"Creating highly detailed, interactive worlds is within reach for teams of all sizes.

Unreal Engine 4 gives developers powerful procedural features which are seamlessly enhanced through the Houdini Engine integration," says Kim Libreri, CTO of Epic Games.
The plug-in lets artists load Houdini Digital Assets built using Houdini’s procedural node-based workflow into the UE4 editor with parameters and controls that can be manipulated to create custom results. Working together, Houdini and the Houdini Engine empower artists with an easy way to create their own tools that can be quickly shared with colleagues to ensure consistent high-quality results.

To enhance the creation of procedural game assets, Side Effects recently released Houdini 15 with new modeling and texturing tools. Modellers now have access to a new tweak edit workflow, edge sliding, soft selection highlighting and new tools such as PolyBridge and PolyExpand 2D – ideal for road generation. For working with hi-res models, new retopology tools make it easy to build low-res geometry by drawing right on top of high-res geometry.
“All of the modeling and texturing improvements in Houdini 15 have been developed with game artists in mind,” says Judith Crow, Director, Games Segment, Side Effects. “These tools can be used for interactive modeling in the viewport or to create procedural assets which can be loaded into the UE4 editor using the Houdini Engine plug-in.”
Houdini 15 also includes texture baking and viewport support for UDIM textures, world-space normal maps, UV mesh boundaries and overlapping UV regions. Game developers can now import and export tangent-space normal maps and convert bump and displacement maps to normal maps.

Welcome to ZBrush 4R7

2015-09-21T10:01:00.001+02:00

Zbrush the king of modelling 3d software keeps finding new and innovative tools to help the creative artists.

So whats new?

Well meet the: ZModeler brush. This polygonal modelling system is designed to simplify the creation process. Not just quickly but dynamically easy to create new shapes, fuse polygons, delete full blocks of geometry, connect parts with advanced paths, and repeat your actions with a single click.

With the ZModeler brush, ZBrush takes a quantum leap beyond the organics that it is already relied upon for. You can refine the shape of your model in real-time to revolutionize how you create hard surface models, architectural structures or highly detailed environments.

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ALSO With ZBrush 4R7 the BPR Render system will now render all Surface Noise as displacement, deforming the mesh to match the attributes of any procedurally created noise. It is like having a displacement map without needing to actually create the map.

With the new NanoMesh and ArrayMesh features, you as the artist can bring more complexity and detail to your work while still maintaining a low polygon count. Both NanoMesh and ArrayMesh will allow for multiple instances of any object to be created and then adjusted in a matter of seconds.

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ZBrush To KeyShot

With the ZBrush to Keyshot Bridge¹ you can seamlessly connect ZBrush with KeyShot 5 to produce hyper-realistic and high quality images. If you don't already own KeyShot 5 or if its price is simply out of your reach, a "special edition" KeyShot for ZBrush is also available².
The KeyShot to ZBrush Bridge changes your Best Preview Render (BPR) button to instead send your models to KeyShot with a single click. All associated data transfers automatically, including materials, displaced geometries, procedural noise, PolyPaint or textures -- and of course the new NanoMesh and ArrayMesh. If ZBrush can display it, KeyShot can render it!

Zbrush 4R7 is a serious upgrade and a must have for 3d artist who wishes to strive for perfection.

GTX Titan II

2015-03-06T09:35:00.001+01:00

possible picture of the new chip

Nvidia keeps pushing boundaries, and rumors of the replacement of the great Titan black (and Z) are talking about a quantum leap forward in terms of speed and design.

There are evidence to what is comming. The GM200 silicon will be built on the existing 28 nm or even the 20nm silicon fab process if there are delays. Among other SKUs, NVIDIA's next GeForce GTX TITAN product, the GTX TITAN II, could be based on this chip. We might all ready look at it this year.

A curious-looking data entry was submitted from an anonymous source to SiSoft's hardware database, which gives away some rather glaring details of the GM200.

To begin with, the GM200 will be built on the existing 28 nm node, and will feature a die-area of 551 mm². The chip will be based on the "Maxwell" architecture, and feature 3,072 CUDA cores, cushioned by a 3 MB L3 cache. The chip will likely feature a 384-bit wide GDDR5 memory interface, with lossless texture compression algorithms, which work to step up memory bandwidth. The standard memory amount is a staggering 12 GB, double that of the first-generation GTX TITAN. Given how AMD recently gave 8 GB variants of its Radeon R9 290X a coordinated launch, GPU vendors could be seeing a utility in giving their products such massive amounts of video memory, to cope with resolutions such as 5K 16xHD. The chip features reasonably high clock speeds, with the core running at 1100 MHz (normal), and a staggering 1.390+ MHz GPU Boost. The memory, however, is clocked at 6.00 GHz. In terms of CUDA cores we might see a serious increase, the Titan black has 2880 and we hope for 5760, but realisticly 5000 CUDA cores are far more likely to happen.

Now this could also just be a base model to test heat and endurance factors, it might be ramped up even more to compete with AMD´s Ati which makes some serious highend cards.

Stay tuned for more updates as we come closer to some concrete facts from Nvida themselves.

Houdini H13 Delivers

2014-11-12T23:49:00.000+01:00

Houdini has come a very long way. This time its a complete packages but is it worth compared to other 3D package?

Faster and more flexible tools.
Houdini 13 increases productivity and allows for far bigger and more impact. Feature film VFX artist, a game developer or a commercial studio, this new release brings you according to SideFX new and enhanced tools that will meet the most demanding production requirements, do we agree?

A brief overview...

NEW PARTICLES; TO BE OR NOT TO BE?

Particles have always played a key role in the creation of VFX in Houdini even as Rigid Body Dynamics, Fluids and Cloth effects have begun to take over. With Houdini 13, particles have been fully integrated into the dynamics context for better behaviour, more control and interaction with other simulation tools. This vex-based architecture is multi-threaded and allows for speeds up to 10x faster and cached results that allow for scrubbing back and forth in the timeline. To control these particles, there is a new stream concept as well as the use of VEX-based expressions which are much faster and more flexible. There are also new tools and forces such as the Axis Force which uses 3D volumes to control particles.

ARE YOU IN YOUR ELEMENT?

To create realistic destruction effects, the industry is moving to the use of finite elements. In Houdini 13, the Finite element solver brings this leading edge technology to the forefront.

The Finite Element solver analyses the stresses on an object then either bends or breaks the object. It can also be used for soft body effects with volume preservation. With the new Finite Element solver, Houdini 13 will take the simulation of digital destruction (and gooey slimy objects) to the next level.

BLINDING; NEW LIGHTING WOR KFLOW

A new lighting work flow has been built around the use of Alembic and Packed Primitives as a way of efficiently managing massive datasets.

This new work flow offers a new Data tree view for working with the Alembic files and assigning materials and light assignments. This new work flow is linear out of the box and along with improvements to the quality and performance of Mantra offers a powerful set of lighting tools. In professional production pipelines these new tools will offer a robust solution that makes Mantra’s physically-based rendering a very attractive option.

DONT SHOOT; ENHANCED BULLET SOLVER

The Bullet solver in Houdini is now more accurate and supports most geometry types out of the box. it is much faster and scalable and can be used in conjunction with packed primitives for efficient instancing of pieces. There is also a new debris shelf tool for adding detail to really sell a shot.

LETS GET WET; FLIP FLUIDS AND OCEAN FX

The FLIP fluid and Ocean FX tools in Houdini continue to evolve with a new mist solver, new shelf tools and a new Fluid surfacer that is much faster. A new ocean material is available and the integration of FLIP fluid sims and larger OceanFX surfaces is easier than ever.

OPEN STANDARDS, LETS SHARE

Houdini continues to support industry standards which make it easier for artists to work in a multi-application environment.

Alembic by ILM and Sony Imageworks plays a key role in the new lighting workflow in Houdini 13.
OpenEXR 2 by ILM is now supported to allow for deep compositing of Mantra renderings in Nuke.
OpenSubdiv from Pixar which provides viewport subdivision display, geometry-level subdivides, Mantra integration and continued support for crease weights.

OpenVDB from DreamWorks Animation continues to evolve and played a big part in making the new particle surfacer faster and more memory efficient.

And HoudiniFX

PYRO FX

With Pyro FX , Fire and Smoke simulations look more realistic and are faster and easier to set up. The speed gains in Houdini 12 are significant allowing for more iterations. The ability to simulate using the GPU takes things to a whole new level and advances in volume rendering create an impressive final look.

FLUIDS & OCEAN FX

Create realistic sims using forces such as surface tension, viscosity, and visco-elasticity. Particle fluids can be surfaced at the geometry level to produce high quality splashes while fluid forces are used to create white water effects.

BULLET RBD

In Houdini FX, you can use the Bullet Rigid Body solver to create highly complex simulations of large data sets. This solver and Houdini’s own solver work with various forces, constraints and collisions for complete control.

PARTICLES

Whether you are creating dust and debris or a flocks of birds, the particle tools in Houdini let you define a clear set of rules using a simple node network made up of sources, forces, attractors and collision objects.

FINITE ELEMENTS

The Finite Element solver analyses the stresses on an object then either bends or breaks the object. It can also be used for soft body effects with volume preservation. Take the simulation of digital destruction, and gooey slimy objects, to the next level.

CLOTH

Houdini FX’s cloth solver can handle multiple layers while generating accurate, realistic results over long simulations. By adjusting a few simple parameters, you can achieve a variety of different looks and material types.

WIRE & FUR

Ideally suited to creating hair and fur simulations, the Wire solver in Houdini FX also can be used for other types of thin shapes. Control wires with attributes such as thickness, length, rigidity and curl for added control.

MODELING, RENDERING, ANIMATION...

Houdini FX includes all Houdini features including modelling, animation, character rigging, lighting, rendering, compositing and volumes. Digital Assets created in Houdini FX can be opened, animated and rendered in Houdini.

The Render

Mantra Render Types

Physically Based Rendering - Create complex Global Illumination including multiple diffuse bounces with this powerful render engine.
Micro-polygon Rendering - A scan-line, ray-trace hybrid with support for ray traced reflections, refractions and shadows.
Ray Tracing - Create high quality reflections, refractions, and shadows. Render instanced objects at lightning speed.
Render fluid-based smoke and cloud effects using the new Volumetric renderer with deep shadow maps and motion blur
Render fur procedurally using guide hairs and painted grooming attributes

Conclusion
Houdini is on the right track and has been for most of its many releases, this is by far the best version yet and if the FX part of Houdini was an integral part of the reg. packages it would be a 10/10 but its not, however, its still very remarkable what they have achieved and Houdini delivers again. We highlighted in red the render part we think is setting new standards, a volumetric render is currentlt not possible with iray (3ds max) and its a killer hardware bassed render. I guess the other companies now need to look over the shoulders of sidefx and their incredible team.

Nvidia Titan demo

2014-07-13T14:07:00.004+02:00

Demonstrating the power of the titan gtx graphicscard

"Digital Ira" is their latest "Comprehensive Performance Capture Technology", and represents their efforts to make performance capture more practical; more elegant:

1. ICT capture up to 30 high resolution "emotional" faces from their actor ( "Ira" ) that include happy, sad, angry, blink etc.
   Misc Fact 1: The "Light Stage" cycles through "Structured Light" patterns and pictures are taken by commercially available cameras to generate the mesh, bump, and color data.
   Misc Fact 2: Each "face" includes the underlying geometry, the diffuse color, the specular color, the diffuse bump map for describing the way large wrinkles roll across the skin, a specular bumpmap for the fine scales and creases of the skin, and a displacement that can be used to add detail to the character's surface.
   Misc Fact 3: This data is captured at 0.1 mm accuracy

2. The actor's performances are captured and recorded to video. No makeup and no markers are necessary.
Misc Fact 4: The video is recorded by commercially available cameras in common 1080p capture mode.

3. ICT runs the performance video through a compression engine that can describe any face the actor makes as a blended mosaic of those "emotional" faces.
Misc Fact 5: They figure out how the head bone and jaw bone move for gross movement. The "emotional" faces are only necessary to drive facial expressions and not those skeletal movements.

ABOUT THE REALTIME DEMO
1. This demo is brought to life by a collection of methodologies we collectively call "FaceWorks".

2. Mesh deformation is accomplished with skinning and by blending between facial targets given to us from ICT.

3. Diffuse color, specular color, diffuse bump, specular bump, and displacement all 4096x4096 textures of 30 facial targets.

4. Originally the texture data was several gigs, but is reduced to 300 megs by use of texture compression and through tile-based texture optimizations whereby redundant tiles are discarded.

5. Character is dynamically tessellated with smoothing and displacement driven by HDR displacement maps.

6. Skin includes HDR subsurface scattering and transmission. Is computed in texture space to eliminate issues at silhoutte and with a backface optimization to eliminate unnecessay work. Transmission most visible in lighting environment 3, where light can be seen through the ear lobe but blocked by the veins in the ear.

7. Eyes include subsurface scattering and a raytraced iris / pupil shader

8. Full scene HDR depth-of-field with bokeh and dynamic tone-mapping

9. The average pixel on the screen is the result of about 8000 instructions
a. This equates to approximately 40,000 FLOPs per pixel
b. At full HD resolution that is 82 billion FLOPs per frame
c. At 60 fps that is 4.9 trillion FLOPs per second
d. Those are shader instructions and do not include the 161 filtered texture fetches / pixel

NVIDIA FaceWorks

Recommended System:
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan GPU
2.5 GHz Dual core CPU
4 GB System memory
2 GB Hard drive space
Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8

Whats new MAYA 2015

2014-05-30T22:01:00.002+02:00

Maya 2015 delivers on so many levels. From the small changes that make your everyday workflow smoother, to the new and exciting tools that will introduce you to a new way of working. Maya 2015 helps make dealing with complexity, simple.

Bifrost Procedural Effects Platform

XGen Arbitrary Primitive Generator technology and updates to the Bullet Physics plug-in, Maya 2015 is making a big splash in the world of VFX.

The Maya effect

Creating hard-surface with simply switching between 1-3 on the keyboard is really powerful and a lot of fun!

Maya 2015

Promises fluids like never before

Fluid simulation is an increasingly popular tool in computer graphics for generating realistic animations of water, smoke, explosions, and related phenomena. Given some input configuration of fluid and scene geometry, a fluid simulator evolves the motion of the fluid forward in time, making use of the (possibly heavily simplified) Navier-Stokes equations which describe the physics of fluids. In computer graphics, such simulations range in complexity from extremely time-consuming high quality animations for film & visual effects, to simple real-time particle systems used in modern games.

Before other software packages did not really try to attempt to solve massive fluids simulations, RealFlow from Nextlimit technologies was the undisputed king, however, we now see a tendency where other 3d modelling/rendering software tries to deal with an increasing demand for particle solvers. Lastes was Houdini which made a quantum leap in solving - though still a very demanding task, and here comes Maya with optimized equations and new solvers. We are excited.

2014-04-19T20:06:00.001+02:00

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3ds Max 2015

2014-04-04T15:38:00.002+02:00

3ds Max 2015 delivers powerful new tools that provide you with an intuitive WYSIWYG experience in the viewport, smarter modeling tools that help speed up the creation process, and Python scripting to make 3ds Max your own.

Quad Chamfer

Modelers can use the new Chamfer modifier to create quadrilateral-based

chamfered or beveled edges between two surfaces. This can help eliminate

pinching, and produces better results when used in conjunction with the

TurboSmooth modifier. Quad-based chamfering is also newly available in the

Editable Poly object.

Point Cloud

The Point Cloud feature lets you create precise, three-dimensional models

from real-world references by importing large datasets captured from reality

as point clouds. 3D modelers can view point clouds in true color in the

viewports, interactively adjust the extent of the cloud displayed, and create

new geometry in context by snapping to point-cloud vertices.

New FXShader

New Iray features, render to elements and enhanced speeds.

2013-09-16T12:20:00.000+02:00

Houdini 12.5
offers a wealth of new and enhanced features including Cloud FX , Ocean FX, OpenVDB volume sculpting tools and an optimized lighting and rendering pipeline with built-in support for delayed-load Alembic primitives.

Performance
Houdini 12 has been re-architectured to be faster and more memory efficient. From a new geometry engine, to targeted optimizations to dynamics and rendering, to viewport enhancements, artists will be able to accomplish more and iterate faster with Houdini 12.5

Built on a powerful new geometry engine, Houdini includes targeted optimizations to dynamics and rendering and a reworked OpenGL 3 viewport. Houdini also includes Bullet solver integration, Pyro FX 2, faster more accurate FLIP fluids, production-ready cloth, an Alembic exporter and more.

Rendering
Houdini’s Mantra renderer, recently recognized with a Scientific and Technical Achievement award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, now brings physically-based rendering to volumes such as smoke and fire. Mantra also includes a 300 times speed improvement when instancing to points.

2012-10-08T14:26:00.002+02:00

Siggraph 2012 | RealFlow 2013: Jumping on the GPU Bandwagon with Hybrido2 from AnubisFx on Vimeo.

ZBrush 4R4

2012-08-07T10:59:00.004+02:00

ZBrush is a digital sculpting and painting program that has revolutionized the 3D industry with its powerful features and intuitive work-flows.

QRemesher Automatic quad-based retopology for full or partial models, including Curve Guide and density control features.

Topology Brush to create simple or complex base meshes on the fly. It may also be used for manual retopology.

Curve Snap Surface creates ruled surfaces for quick wall-type shapes. Thickness is based on your curve strokes.

Replace part of your mesh by inserting another object or surface. Among other things, this makes it possible to create more complex base meshes without the need for 3rd party software.

Enhancements to the existing Mesh Insert Brushes and introduction of: IMM Insert Multi Mesh brushes. The latter brush type makes building libraries of replacement parts within a single brush possible. These brushes may be selected as replacement parts or for insertion via Dynamesh.

New Curve engine with more control and features including curve extension, cutting and deformation. Curves may be used by the Mesh Insert features to replicate a shape. They are also used by Topology brushes, Tubes brushes or with any of your custom brushes.

New Tri IMM Tri Part Multi Mesh option for the Mesh Insert brushes. This is used to create chain-type objects that replicate a segment any number of times between separate start and end cap elements. Create zippers, bracelets, chains, straps and more.

DynaMesh can now be used to combine SubTools. A new PolyGroup option has been added to designate SubTools for subtraction based Boolean-type operations when merging via DynaMesh.

Transpose now shows world axis orientation switches, an easier way to align the Transpose line with your object’s surface normal, as well as new Shrink and Inflate operations.

The new Forward and Backward Movies options use the saved Undo History to replay your entire sculpting session.

This may be recorded as a movie, and a number of settings are available to make the playback more watchable.

Floor Grid with Reference Images: Load images onto the working plane grids to help create a model based on blueprints or other references.

FiberMesh

Merging different SubTools which are FiberMesh aware preserves the designation if they have the same number of vertices per fiber.
The Group Visible function is now FiberMesh aware and uses the Coverage value to regroup the fibers.

The Split Hidden and Group Split functions are now fiber aware.
The Inflate deformer now has a reduced effect when used on a FiberMesh.

Nvidia´s Geforce 680 GTX

2012-05-22T13:15:00.001+02:00

What is the Geforce GTX 680 all about?

In short; Nvidias been very busy - recreating and inventing new technologies for this staggering 1536 CUDA cores graphics card.

New Kepler GPU Architecture
Starting from scratch; a brand new architecture designed for maximum performance in the very latest DirectX 11 games.

The new multiprocessor is twice as efficient pr watt as the prior generation and the draws triangles twice as fast.

NVIDIA GPU Boost
This feature intelligently monitors GPU workload and dynamically increases the clock speed, resulting in highest framerate possible.

NVIDIA Adaptive Vertical Sync
Adaptive V-Sync is simply a much smarter way to render frames. At high frame rates, V-sync is enabled to eliminate tearing, at low frame rates, it's disabled to minimize stuttering.

NVIDIA Surround with Up To Four Monitors
Entering 5760 x 1080 gaming! Yes its true, this expanded field-of-view emerges you fully and engages your peripheral vision.

Two New Anti-aliasing Modes: FXAA and TXAA
Anti-aliasing smoothes out jagged edges. FXAA is a new anti-aliasing technology that produces more smooth lines with less performance impact. And with Kepler based GPUs, you'll be able to enable FXAA in hundreds of game titles through the NVIDIA Control Panel.

The second mode, TXAA, is an in-game option that combines MSAA, temporal filtering, and post processing for even higher visual fidelity.

NVIDIA PhysX® Technology
Full support for NVIDIA PhysX technology, enabling a totally new class of physical gaming interaction for a more dynamic and realistic experience with GeForce.

And of course SLI three way is naturally also available for the 600 generantion cards.

How does it compare to previously cards?

Please leave a comment or any thoughts on the matter.

Sculptris manifest on YouTube

2012-03-06T10:49:00.000+01:00

As soon as Sculptris was available for download from Pixologic artists around the world starting to dive into the realm of intuitive sculpting.

3d dragon model in Sculptris


3d dragon in Sculptris

This model was created with the classic D&D dragons in mind.

It was created by 3d-animator.dk and are visible on their youtube channel as well.

Here we have a close up from a front view perspective.

The model are still under construction but it is clear the direction this Sculptris model is taking.

Sculptris - sculpting software sets new standards

2011-10-27T14:43:00.000+02:00

Enter a World of Digital Art Without Barriers.
Welcome to Sculptris.

Sculptris is an elegant, powerful and yet easy to use 3D sculpting software, allowing the artist in you to simply focus on creating amazing 3D artwork. Gone are the technical and often tedious constraints typically associated with digital art.

If you're new to the world of digital sculpting, Sculptris is the ideal ground on which to get started. If on the other hand you're experienced in CG, what you will find in Sculptris is a blazingly fast way to realize your concepts.

It's intuitive, fun and user friendly, so you can focus as an artist on pure creativity.

Next Limit is pushing new boundaries

2011-09-02T10:56:00.000+02:00

A closer look at RealFlow 2012

On top of huge improvements of the Hybrido technology from Realflow 5 the new release has some staggering features and updates:

Dripping water, automatic foam generation, faster simulations and lower memory use
New emitters: Wet, Waterline, Splash&Foam, Wet&Foam
Faster input/output operations
Distance and velocity fields and velocity and vorticity maps can now be exported
Greater controllability of fluid surface – new method of combining particles and fluid fields.
Better control of the strength of interaction between objects and fluids
Secondary splashes

RealFlow 2012 now provides a built-in, easy-to-use tool to create fractured objects directly within your project.

The Retimer Tool in RealFlow 2012 works on any of the RealFlow 2012 elements and opens up a world of possibilities: Bullet time effects, reversed simulations, slow motion effects

We ask where is CUDA™ support?

RealFlow 2012 is a must have for fluid and dynamics simulation and the only thing we are waiting for is CUDA support that would allow the GPU to help calculate and simulate the scene and particle interacting.

NVIDIA:

CUDA™ is NVIDIA's parallel computing architecture. It enables dramatic increases in computing performance by harnessing the power of the GPU.

With millions of CUDA-enabled GPUs sold to date, software developers, scientists and researchers are finding broad-ranging uses for CUDA, including image and video processing, computational biology and chemistry, fluid dynamics simulation, CT image reconstruction, seismic analysis, ray tracing, and much more.

iray - Physically Correct GPU Rendering Technology

2011-04-29T11:38:00.000+02:00

iray is an intuitive to operate, interactive, consistent, high-performance global illumination rendering technology that generates photorealistic imagery by simulating the physical behavior of light.

CUDA support
Unlike current ray-tracing renderers, iray does not depend on complex renderer specific shaders and settings to approximate global illumination. iray achieves its high level of performance by taking full advantage of the CUDA programming model, allowing interactive previewing on both single and multiple NVIDIA GPU platforms.

2011-02-21T18:06:00.000+01:00

RealFlow 5
RealFlow 5 byder på mange spændenede features. HYBRIDO er nok den mest opsigtsvækkende.
Video se her: Foam og splash

RealFlow bruger banebrydende partikel baserede teknikker til at simulere væsker, vandoverflader, stive legemer, bløde organer, fibre og masker for Visual Effects industrier.

RealFlow Renderkit
En ny tilføjelse til RealFlow teknologi er den RealFlow Renderkit. Den RealFlow RenderKit (RFRK) er et sæt værktøjer, der er designet til at lette den komplekse opgave for præstationen RealFlow ™ væsker. RFRK giver dig mulighed for at generere processuelle geometri på gøre tid, og også gøre enkelte væske partikler. Som en følge heraf vil RFRK dramatisk forenkle og fremskynde RealFlow ™ arbejdsprocessen.

Vue 9 - Digital nature

2011-02-21T17:30:00.001+01:00

Vue 9 indeholder en række store forbedringer, såsom dynamisk lysstyring, avanceret sten/klippe oprettelse, strømlinet terræn redigering og økosystem 4, sammen med signifikante forbedringer i den samlede ydeevne og meget mere præcis kunstnerisk kontrol.

In Short

EcoSystem 4

HyperBlob Technology

Rocky Mountains Fractal

Terrain Retopology

Improved Terrain Editor

Auto Saving and Scene Snapshots

Interactive Network Rendering

Native Cocoa

HDR Multi-Pass Rendering

Real-World Units

Catmull-Clark Subdivision

Improved Texture Management

Water demo of tessellation

2010-11-15T17:14:00.000+01:00

NVidia - Water Demo DX11 Tessellation

wiki:
A tessellation or tiling of the plane is a collection of plane figures that fills the plane with no overlaps and no gaps. One may also speak of tessellations of parts of the plane or of other surfaces. Generalizations to higher dimensions are also possible. Tessellations frequently appeared in the art of M. C. Escher. Tessellations are seen throughout art history, from ancient architecture to modern art.

Another tessellation from the Unigine_Heaven_DX11_Tessellation

New DirectX 11 Technology

2010-03-24T22:56:00.001+01:00

Nvidia:
In the DirectX 11 hair demonstration, long flowing hair is realistically simulated, generated and rendered on our next-generation GeForce GTX 480 using its unique parallel tessellation engines.

By moving the model and applying a simulated breeze, the hair billows and cascades naturally with accurate physical properties.

News from Industrial Light & Magic

2010-03-24T22:34:00.000+01:00

Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), produced 850 of the approx. 1.000 shots in the most recent “Star Trek” film and created visual effects for six of the previous 10 editions in the series. The work required extensive demolition of planets, the creation of the Starship Enterprise and other spacecraft and creatures, as well as extensive digital matte paintings.

"This project marked our most ambitious effort on a "Star Trek" film to date. We tapped the iconic references from the series and previous films and really took them to the next level driven by J.J. Abrams’ creative vision," said Michael DiComo, ILM Digital Production Supervisor.

NVIDIA GPUs Power Visual Effects Nominees

2010-03-24T22:20:00.000+01:00

NVIDIA GPUs Power All 2010 Best Visual Effects Academy Award Nominees.

The nominated films — “Avatar”, “District 9” and “Star Trek” — all delivered unprecedented levels of sophistication and realism to the screen in the form of computer-generated fantasy and science-fiction worlds.

Vue - Digital Nature

2009-10-22T21:13:00.000+02:00

Vue ejes af E-on software. Vue serien er primært et 3d landskabsprogram. Vue bliver brugt indenfor de største film og spil produktioner. Udover at være et landskabsprogram, fungerer det også som et animations og arkitekt program.

E-on Software Nyhedsbrev- October 12, 2009

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