The new Pirates! Band of Misfits film has been created using Stop Motion Pro.
Available in your local cinema soon this is the next exciting Aardman production, the makers of Wallace and Gromit – which was also made with Stop Motion Pro.
Pirates! is the most elaborate stop motion feature film in history. The dependable features, and superior animation visualization tools, found in Stop Motion Pro provided the Aardman animators with instant feedback as they create the animation.
These same professional quality, reliable tools are available at an educational discount price from Creation Engine.
 Intuos5 Touch Pen Tablet
Small and Large sizes now Shipping!
Designed to meet the high performance demands of creative professionals, as well as photo, art, and design enthusiasts, Intuos5 Touch combines Wacom’s finest pen tablet experience with multi-touch input in a single device. Immerse yourself in a natural, intuitive workflow, as you alternate between the use of multi-finger touch to position and navigate your artwork, and the pressure sensitive pen to precisely sketch, paint, retouch, and edit your creative work. Intuos5 features Wacom’s best-in-class 2048 levels of pen pressure and its innovative pen tip sensor, so you can capture even the most subtle nuances of pressure.
Now Available from Creation Engine:
V-Ray for 3ds Max
V-Ray for 3ds Max EDU (includes dongle) Windows – $149.95
Chaos Group’s flagship product, V-Ray for 3ds Max, has made its mark in the Architectural, Automotive & Product Design industries because of its ability to quickly render realistic images without ever losing control of the production process.
V-Ray for Maya
V-Ray for Maya EDU (includes dongle) Mac/Windows – $149.95
V-Ray for Maya gives artists the ability to quickly render highly complex and large scenes and experience faster, more efficient and stable rendering process.
V-Ray for Softimage
V-Ray for Softimage EDU (includes dongle) Windows – $149.95
Built on V-Ray’s core platform of rendering speed, stability, and quality, V-Ray for Softimage is an advanced rendering solution for the VFX and animation industries.
 modo 601
modo 601 1-year floating license (download version) Education/Nonprofit Mac/Windows $169.95
modo 601 1-year license (download version) Education/Nonprofit Mac/Windows $139.95
modo 601 from Luxology delivers character animation , built-in dynamics, and extensive retopology modeling support. It also includes a huge number of rendering improvements such as volumetric rendering, hair and skin shaders, render booleans and a new rounded edge rendering capability. There are also a host of workflow enhancements including faster 3D paint, a comprehensive Render Pass system and a new Render Window that offers image processing and interactive image comparisons. This is the biggest release of modo ever, and modo 601 will offer an end-to-end production solution plus seamless integration into existing pipelines.
 Photoshop Lightroom 4 Student & Teacher Edition
$78.95 (List Price $149.99)
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 software helps you create amazing images that inspire, inform, and delight. Bring out the best in every shot with powerfully simple one-click adjustments and a full range of cutting-edge advanced controls. Craft elegant photo books and effortlessly share your best shots on social networks, in web galleries, and more. Perfect your images, organize all your photographs, and share your vision—all with one fast, intuitive application.
Intuos5 Touch Medium Pen Tablet
$309.95
Designed to meet the high performance demands of creative professionals, as well as photo, art, and design enthusiasts, Intuos5 Touch combines Wacom’s finest pen tablet experience with multi-touch input in a single device. Immerse yourself in a natural, intuitive workflow, as you alternate between the use of multi-finger touch to position and navigate your artwork, and the pressure sensitive pen to precisely sketch, paint, retouch, and edit your creative work. Intuos5 features Wacom’s best-in-class 2048 levels of pen pressure and its innovative pen tip sensor, so you can capture even the most subtle nuances of pressure.
 Google SketchUp has been traditionally seen as an easy to use 3D tool for engineers and architects. The new book, Google SketchUp for Game Design by Robin de Jongh, shows how SketchUp along with Unity 3D and GIMP can be used to create 3D game worlds. The book provides detailed steps on how to create models in SketchUp, add textures to those models, and upload them to the game application, Unity 3D. You’ll also learn how to create 3D models that can be uploaded and old on online 3D asset libraries. An added benefit about the tools used in the book is that SketchUp, GIMP, and Unity 3D can all be obtained for free.
Link via PCmag.com
The Play’s the Thing: Writing the Screenplay
Without a screenplay, there’s no film, so getting in front of a keyboard comes before getting behind a camera. The blockbuster of screenwriting software is Final Draft. Users can create index cards, keep track of notes, organize their scenes, output their efforts in the industry-standard format, and create a production schedule. The horrifying finale is that it will set you back $249, which can be a bit much for a struggling screenwriter.
Final Draft is available at an academic discount price of $125.95
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