Branded content studio The Department of the 4th Dimension (The D4D), today announced the hire of director Stephanie Rausser. The hire further extends The D4D's creative reach and reinforces its position on energizing brands via various mediums.
Tom Kenny, the voice of the wildly successful film and television character 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' is set to host this year's 38th Annual Annie Awards on Saturday, February 5, 2011, at UCLA's Royce Hall. The black-tie evening begins with a pre-reception at 5 p.m. followed by the Annie Awards ceremony at 7 p.m. and post-award party immediately following the ceremony. All events will be held at Royce Hall.
Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, has announced that Quentin Miles, animation director, has been nominated for an Annie Award for his work on the Warner Bros film "Clash of the Titans", in the Character Animation in a Live-Action Production category.
The category is one of two new categories at this year’s awards created to recognize excellence in live-action productions.
NVIDIA astounded gamers with the introduction of the GeForce® GTX 460 GPU earlier. Now NVIDIA is set to do it again with the immediate availability of the new GeForce GTX 560Ti GPU. With average performance that is 33% faster, overclocking headroom that is off the charts, and a performance per watt that keeps it ahead to its competitor, the GeForce GTX 560 Ti is further proof as to why GeForce GTX GPUs are favored by PC gamers worldwide.
Foundry is now shipping MARI 1.2 adds Python integration, Texture Mirroring, a levels filter and improved GPU detection and support.
MARI 1.2 adds support for Python 2.6.5, allowing users to produce scripts that seamlessly integrate MARI in to your workflow. Examples of importing exporting and project creation are provided along with more detailed examples of asset management integration and scene management.