Avid Customers Create Top 10 Grossing Films of 2008

Link via CNNMoney.com

Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today announced that creative teams behind all of 2008’s most loved and most watched films worldwide used one or more Avid products in the production process of the film. According to Box Office Mojo, these films were at the top of the worldwide box office in 2008, […]

Avid Media Composer’s role in NBC’s Beijing Olympic Games coverage

Link via Broadcasting & Cable

NBC will have more than 100 Sony cameras in Beijing, but the lion’s share of coverage will come from BOB, which is using some 60 mobile units and a mix of HD cameras, including Thomson LDK hard cameras and Panasonic P2 solid-state camcorders, to cover every sport in 1080-line-interlace HD […]

Avid Media Composer 3.0 Mac – First Look

Link via HDFilmtools.com

I start putting 3.0 through it’s paces and at the risk of sounding hyperbolic, it is ROCKING. No latency, no glitchiness, (my word, Colbert) picture quality is noticeably and substantially better and the playhead is slicing through multi-layer, real-time effects and title comps like “butta”. I’ve got reels with 20 audio tracks, […]

Pinnacle Studio Turns Gaming Sessions Into Video Masterpieces

Pinnacle Studio Video Editing Software Turns Gaming Sessions Into Video Masterpieces Ready To Be Shared

Pinnacle Systems, Inc., the consumer division of Avid Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVID), reported today that Pinnacle Studio™ 11, its award-winning video editing software, is attracting customers from the booming game market. Coupled with video capture devices such as Pinnacle […]

Avid Media Composer now also available to faculty and students

Avid has changed their policy regarding sale of single copies of Media Composer. Previously this product was limited to purchase order only sales from schools. Now this product may be sold to all students and faculty.

Avid Media Composer is available at the academic price of $295 from Creation Engine.

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Top 10 Reasons to try XSI

Is your performance maxed-out? Here are 10 reasons to try XSI

1. Non-destructive everything 2. Gigapolygon processing 3. Modeling that feels like sculpting 4. Delta Referencing: breakthrough collaborative 3D animation 5. Commitment to scripting & development standards 6. Animation Mixer 7. Asset reuse made simple 8. Render Passes 9. Built-in XSI Illusion compositor 10. Custom […]

“How do I create Ice Age-like hairy characters in XSI?”

From Computer Arts

Prepare for a bombshell. Most of the characters you’ll encounter on the TV or cinema screen are not refined, covered in fur and rendered by a single person during their coffee break (although while the final scene is rendering, you’ll probably have enough time for a good cup of java). Having given […]

CG Restrospective 2006 from CG Society

Whoosh! 2006 was a year full of new releases, massive CG movie performances, product surprises, and the inevitable mergers and takeovers. With the active CGSociety community assisting, we have compiled a comprehensive list of events, films and product upgrades that were related to CG in 2006. The criteria for selection, is that the event had […]

Pixologic :: Education:: Documentation

Pixologic :: Education:: Documentation

Download detailed documentation for ZBrush, including how to integrate ZBrush with your favorite 3D programs, including 3DS Max, XSI, LightWave 3D, and Cinema 4D.