SIGGRAPH 2010 Cheat Sheet

SIGGRAPH promises production sessions, best CG short films, technology, and, of course, product demos galore.

The exhibition floor opens Tuesday morning and runs through Thursday afternoon. Look for announcements from all the major vendors in the days leading up to the show, and get hands-on experience at the show.

As Masson says. You have to go to get the hands-on, face to face experience. If you are short on coins, you can buy a one-day basic pass for only US$45 or a one-day computer animation festival pass for $50. Check the cheat sheet to pick your day/s. Meanwhile, here’s the rest of the 'damage.'

NVIDIA helped ILM create epic battle scenes in 'The Last Airbender'

Paramount Pictures' latest film, 'The Last Airbender,' features extraordinary battle visual effects created by Industrial Light & Magic, with the help of NVIDIA Quadro pro graphics technology.

'The Last Airbender', released on July 2, features dramatic sequences in which characters are empowered to harness the four ancient elements of fire, air, water and earth and manipulate them as weapons in battle. Giant fireballs, tendrils of water, walls of earth and overwhelming air blasts are a few of the digital simulations created by ILM as part of the film's 485 visual-effects shots resulting in over an hour of screen time.

Di-O-Matic uncovers next-generation 3D facial animation solution, Maskarad.

Automatic markerless facial performance capture software for Windows

Teaser

Intro to Maskarad

Whether you're creating games, or producing animation for TV or film, Maskarad lets you easily create expressive, realistic facial animations from video. In fact, Maskarad automatically converts the details and nuances of an actor’s video to animation data ready to be used in your favorite 3D package to easily animate your own character rig.

ZBrush 4 announced for Windows And Mac OSX

Z4 on 8-9-10


ZBrush 4
Windows and Mac
LAUNCH DATE 8-9-10 


Also included:
Updated versions of all major plugins, and GoZBrush support
for Modo, Cinema 4D, 3DSMax and Maya for Windows and Mac systems.

Real 3D or Fake 3D

Many film studios are trying to cash in on moviegoers' craving for 3D films. However, many studios are "faking it" by converting 2D films into 3D post-production. Worse, the studios are not being upfront in their advertising, with some people feeling ripped-off after paying extra fees for the "3D Experience."