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Adobe Shares Expansive Generative AI Strategy and Products
At Adobe MAX, the tech leader’s annual conference, big reveals showcased new generative AI models, 100+ Creative Cloud innovations, and Firefly customization for enterprises, all now available; Firefly generated images now top 3 billion with 1 billion generated in the last month.
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Gareth Edwards Talks ‘The Creator’ VFX and How AI Helped Enable His Vision
With his innovative and compelling sci-fi action adventure now wowing cinema audiences, the director discusses his radical new approach to filmmaking and VFX in the just released featurette, ‘Advancing AI: Creating The Creator;’ Edwards’ film was made possible by recent technological advances and a collaboration with James Knight, AMD’s Global Director of Media & Entertainment and VFX, who kept the filmmaker abreast of the rapidly changing AI landscape from script to final press junket.
Arcturus Names Steve Sullivan CPO
The Microsoft and Lucasfilm veteran will oversee company offerings, including its HoloSuite tools and new Mixed Reality Capture System.
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The WGA Buys Time
The short game on AI goes to the Writers Guild of America, but the studios are playing the long game.
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Anything World Launches Animate Anything AI Rigging and Animation Tool
New service rigs and animates static models in a matter of moments.
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Integreon Launches Creo, Opens State-of-the-Art Design Studio in Manila
Leveraging generative AI technology, the new tool optimizes creation of slides, decks, and other presentation materials; new studio will further enhance its graphic design, illustration, animation, podcasts, video, and production capabilities, among other creative services.
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SAG-AFTRA Authorizes Strike Against Major Video Game Companies
The union can now use the threat of a strike as a bargaining chip to increase wages and protect against AI when talks resume September 26 with companies such as Electronic Arts and Activision.
IQH3D Announces Groundbreaking Glasses-Free 3D Monitor
The 4k lenticular screen is specifically designed for gaming, Metaverse 3D modeling, design platforms, and film and special effects animation with AI-driven optical eye-tracking capabilities and an embedded dedicated FPGA board for better 3D image quality and faster visual response.
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Final Trailer Released for Gareth Edwards’ ‘The Creator’
The gripping sci-fi adventure about a future war between humans and AI, starring John David Washington (‘Tenet’), Gemma Chan (‘Eternals’), and Ken Watanabe (‘Inception’), hits theaters September 29; VFX studios include Clear Angle Studios, Crafty Apes, Fin Design + Effects, Folks VFX, Frontier VFX, ILM, Jellyfish Pictures, MARZ, Misc Studios, Outpost VFX, Supreme Studio, and VFX Los Angeles.
NVIDIA Studio Highlights Rafi Nizam’s ‘Arteana’s Art Squad’ Series
Indie animator harnessed NVIDIA Omniverse and fully ray-traced VR to create 3DCG show about vibrant characters who use the power of art to solve the world’s problems; platform’s native VR USD composer supports interactive real-time scene assembly.
Adobe Releases New Firefly Generative AI Models and Web App
Now deeply integrated into creative workflows across Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe Express and Adobe Experience Cloud, Firefly’s foundational generative AI models can be used to create stunning content safe for commercial use.
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Procreate Dreams 2D Animation iPad App Releasing in November
Designed for touch, the new app takes full advantage of Apple silicon, unlocking accessible, robust, and powerful tools and workflow.
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‘Disney100: The Exhibition’ Opens November 18 in Chicago
Rarely seen treasures from the Walt Disney Archives to be showcased with visual, audio, and interactive elements at the 35,000-square-foot Exhibition Hub Art Center, debuting in the Windy City on Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse's birthday.
Puget Systems Teams With Vu on ‘Vu One’
The just announced single solution turnkey virtual production platform integrates creative and collaborative software tools and hardware for increased efficiency; the platform is now available and rolls out globally Q4 2023.
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Black Kite Rocks VFX for the Rolling Stones ‘Angry’ Single
The legendary rockers are back with their 78th music video - tapping Riff Raff’s Francois Rousselet to direct, the VFX studio returned 60s-style rock billboards to the Sunset Strip, using vintage footage and 2D and 3D roto in a drive through the iconic bands’ legendary career.
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SAG-AFTRA Seeks Authorization for Strike Against Video Game Companies
If approved, the union can use the threat of a strike as a bargaining chip to increase wages and protect against artificial intelligence when talks resume with companies such as Electronic Arts and Activision on September 26.
Björk Debuts ‘Victimhood’ Animated Music Video
The short, with art by Gabríela Friðriksdóttir and animation by Pierre-Alain Giraud, features unsettling yet organic visuals, with an interesting ‘paper-like,’ canvas texture mixed with AI generation.
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Invisible Universe: Dancing Dolls, Culinary Canines, and Celebrity Collaborations
Led by the Serena Williams-inspired Qai Qai, the internet-first animation studio has been steadily building seven different kids’ franchises, incubating first on social media before expanding the brands into film, TV, and games.
Entering a New World of High-End Visuals with NVIDIA’s RTX A5000 Graphics Card
Carl Flygare, NVIDIA Professional Visualization Marketing Manager at PNY, talks about virtual production, changes in the M&E landscape, and the many virtues of the NVIDIA RTX™ A5000 professional graphics card, which is available at a special promotional price for a limited time.
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NVIDIA Showcases New NVIDIA Studio Laptops to Create, Game & Study
Watch ‘Doors to Realities’ video by influencer James Luke, a.k.a. JiffyVFX, highlighting the GeForce and NVIDIA Studio RTX 40 Series laptops and how they enable AI optimizing content creation, gaming, and study apps.
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Shutterstock Announces NeRF AI Tech Collaborations
The visual-content provider will partner with Luma Labs AI and RECON Labs’ 3Dpresso to explore development and 3D asset publishing on Shutterstock’s Turbosquid platform; and collaborate with Voling AI on the first-ever network of creators to produce on-demand NVOL environments.
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Jonathan Schneider Joins Invisible Universe as President of Studios
The Skydance and Disney alum will lead efforts to adopt new technologies for the studio, especially those involving AI, mo-cap, and real-time rendering.
Opsive Launches Omni Animation
The new AI generation technique can be used to generate 3D humanoid animations with realistic movement, details, and depth; Omni Animation will be demonstrated at Devcom Developer Conference later this month.
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Puget Systems Debuts Generative AI and Machine Learning Server
The new customizable rackmount machine supports up to four NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada graphics cards to host web-based chat interface for large language models.
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