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NEWS

> TACTIC Integrates with NUKE

Southpaw Technology, a leading developer of production digital asset management (DAM) technology for digital entertainment and enterprise companies, has unveiled a deep integration between its ultra-flexible DAM solution, TACTIC™, and The Foundry’s premier compositing application, NUKE™. The integration will vastly improve the creative workflow for compositors working with NUKE by alleviating the mundane tasks associated with file management.

Read the Official Press Release.

> Official Press Release: Read about 3vis and The Foundry's Partnership

3vis, expert distributor of specialized software solutions for production, animation and post production, today publically announced their selection by The Foundry as their Authorized VAR (Value-Added-Reseller) in Canada. The Foundry is a leading developer of visual effects software whose products have been used to make movies including District 9, Alice in Wonderland and Avatar. 3vis, the largest, and only Canada wide Digital Entertainment Creation (DEC) software reseller with a national coverage model, has been selected to be their sales force for the Canadian market with points of sale in Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver.
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> New Product Authorization: BRIX from Materialwerk

Main product: BRIX BRIX is an innovative texture plugin for 3Ds Max and Maya that creates brick wall or wood parquet textures based on individual tile bitmaps. It includes a huge texture library and hundreds of brick and panel photographs for authentic and detailed walls and floors.

PRODUCTS

> ZBrush 4 to be Released August 9th

Pixologic have announced that ZBrush 4 will be released on August 9th. They will also be releasing updated versions of all major ZBrush plugins, as well as GoZBrush support for Modo, Cinema 4D, 3DS Max and Maya. ZBrush 4 will be released as a free upgrade to all registered ZBrush users, as well as for those who purchase ZBrush before version 4 is released. Pixologic will be showing ZBrush 4 at SIGGRAPH 2010. More at the ZBrushCentral.

For more details please send us an email at sales@3vis.com.

> **NEW** Autodesk Design Suites

For designers who need it all, the Autodesk® Design Suite 2011 combines the power and flexibility of AutoCAD® software with enhanced sketching, illustration, and concept design workflows, as well as Autodesk’s leading visualization solutions. Create powerful, emotionally engaging visualizations and real-time presentations that tell your design story and help market and sell concepts before they are real.

For more details or to request a quote, please send us an email at sales@3vis.com.

EVENTS

> JUL 25-29: SIGGRAPH 2010

It's all in Los Angeles this July: All the latest advances in computer graphics and interactive techniques, and all the people who develop and use them to advance science, entertainment, and art.

3vis sales & technical crew will be present in Los Angeles, California, USA, to attend the SIGGRAPH Show 2010. If you need to schedule technical meetings or demos, or if you would like to meet with the 3vis team, please do not hesitate to contact:

Sylvain Plourde, President & Sales Manager Canada
sylvain.plourde@3vis.com

John Annis, Territory Sales Manager Central Canada
john.annis@3vis.com

Daniel Gélinas, Territory Sales Manager Western Canada
daniel.gelinas@3vis.com

David Bitton, Senior Product Specialist M&E
david.bitton@3vis.com

Some of our vendors/partners that will be exhibiting at SIGGRAPH include:

Aspera – fasp transfer technology
Assimilate – SCRATCH
Autodesk – 3ds Max, Maya, Softimage, MotionBuilder, Mudbox
Axceleon – EnFuzion
Cebas Visual Technology – finalRender
Chaos Group – V-Ray
Cine-tal – cineSpace
Craft Animation – Craft Director Tools
E-on Software – Vue
The Foundry – Nuke, NukeX
GenArts – Sapphire, Tinder
Maxon - CINEMA 4D, BodyPaint 3D
Next Limit – RealFlow, Maxwell Render, XFlow
Pipeline FX – QUBE!
The Pixel Farm – PFTrack
Pixologic - ZBrush
RE:Vision Effects
Ultimatte – Ultimatte RT, AdvantEdge
Vicon – boujou

> JULY 26: The Foundry GeekFest at SIGGRAPH

Don't miss out on The Foundry GeekFest on Monday 26 July.

It's been a very exciting year at The Foundry with technology partnerships resulting in new product offerings. Lots of news to share as well as exclusive demos and sneak peeks into the future.

This event is FREE, but places are limited and fill fast, so don't miss out REGISTER NOW.

> JULY 27-29: Autodesk Virtual Event at SIGGRAPH

Live in Los Angeles or Virtually on AREA.

Join Autodesk® at SIGGRAPH 2010, in Los Angeles or for the Virtual Event, and see the latest in Autodesk Digital Entertainment Creation (DEC) solutions. Get inspired by the work and insight of leading 3D visionaries.

Info & Registration

> JULY 28: The Best of V-Ray: An Exclusive 8-hour Live Training Event at SIGGRAPH

This course starts with a fast but thorough look at the algorithms working behind the scenes of all the critical settings so users know exactly how to maximize speed and quality, rather than just guessing at what might work. During this discussion, the instructor provides an in-depth analysis of the most common issues that plague even veteran users – speed, detail, and noise. After this, the instructor creates numerous real-world materials from scratch while discussing the methodology behind their creation. Next, a thorough look at all the different animation techniques available are analyzed for static scenes and scenes with moving objects. During the next 90 minutes, the instructor presents numerous V-Ray features that can be considered as ‘Power Tools’. These include tools such as proxies, displacement, the V-Ray Physical camera, and render elements. The class ends with 2 hours of practical lighting of exterior and interior scenes, including troubleshooting techniques to ensure the best mixture of speed and quality. This course requires a fundamental level of knowledge of 3ds Max and covers the use of V-Ray 1.5 SP5. Students must bring their own laptop if they wish to follow along with the exercises. Support files provided in mostly 3ds Max 2010 format.

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> July’s Free Tutorial – Object Tracking in PFTrack

July's free tutorial from Escape Studios looks at geometry tracking within PFTrack and is taken from our Camera Tracking for VFX Course. This tutorial reveals how the accurate use of geometry can 'solve' the motion of an object, enabling CG elements to interact with live action objects.

The tutorial will explain the process of exporting to Maya and demonstrate how to correctly align the solution within the 3D space. You'll also spend time understanding the importance of checking the camera attributes, as well as the image plane and render settings. The tutorial concludes with manual manipulation of the camera key frames within the graph editor.

• Geometry tracking
• Finalising the solution in PFTrack
• Exporting for use in 3D software
• Setting the scene up within Maya
• Modifying & finessing the solution within Maya

Info & Registration