Craft Director Tools is Plug-ins for 3D animation. This has been referred to as 'desktop mocap' and also as 'process-driven animation'. Our plug-ins for 3ds max and maya simulate cameras, cars, trucks, tanks, boats and more. You controll the animation interactively with a joystick. All of the motion is captured in real time and is entirely editable afterwards. Tanks with tracks are animated immediately. Cars are simulated in real time including the suspension and acceleration parameters.

Monday 26, May 2008

Twisted Murder takes top prize of $10,000
VICON, developer of Academy Award-winning motion capture systems and part of the Oxford Metrics Group, today announced Twisted Murder as the winner of its international VICON Film Festival. The film was created by Paulo de Almada, an animation artist from Los Angeles, CA. He was awarded the cash prize of $10,000 after the judges voted unanimously in support of his outstanding entry. The winning entries can be viewed at www.vicon.com/filmfestival/

New features in the latest version of Next Limit's renderer include: new Physical Sky system, a rewritten Sub-Surface Scattering component and improvements to the Material Editor, plugins and Maxwell Studio. Visit MaxwellRender.com for more

Maxwell Render™ is a physically correct, unbiased rendering engine. By calculating complex light interactions, Maxwell Render is capable of simulating light exactly as in the real world. Unbiased means Maxwell Render™ does not use tricks to imitate real world behavior like other renderers – everything is reproduced as it is through governing physical equations.

Maxwell Render™ can fully capture all light interactions between all elements in a scene no matter how complex they are. All lighting calculations are performed using spectral information and high dynamic range data.

iZ3D Teams Up with Smooth Creations to Sponsor Two Custom Painted iZ3D 3D Gaming Monitors for the PDXLAN Tournament

iZ3D Monitors Feature New Drivers For Full 64-bit Support, CrossFireX, Plus 3D Community and Open GL Quad Buffer Support

San Diego, Calif., -June 17, 2008 iZ3D, LLC, designer, developer, and marketer of advanced 3D visualization systems, is pleased to announce that the company is once again a sponsor of PDXLAN 12, the largest LAN party on the West Coast. Custom painted by Smooth Creations, the two 22-inch widescreen 3D monitors are among the great prizes given for the many contests and raffles happening during the action-packed event in Portland, Oregon on July 18-21, 2008.

PDXLAN 12 is sold out! This event features action-packed tournaments including Counter Strike, Company of Heroes, Frontline and Team Fortress 2. New this year is MMO Annex where 100 MMO gamers (World of Warcraft, Eve Online, etc) will play online, participate in PDXLAN contests and raffles, and check out our sponsor booths. Activities include a pizza party, plus great sponsor prizes including two fabulous custom painted monitors from iZ3D and Smooth Creations, commented Matt Conwell, founder of PDXLAN.

iZ3D has its roots in the gaming community. We are strong supporters of PDXLAN events. The focus is on fun and they do an excellent job of providing a weekend full of it! This year we wanted to provide one of-a-kind prizes for PDXLAN attendees to have a chance of winning. The first monitor will feature a flaming design and the second design is a secret, remarked Thomas Striegler, CEO of iZ3D, LLC.

iZ3D offers the first S-3D drivers that feature a user-friendly interface and a flexible per game profile system. Vista compatibility is achieved via full 64-bit support (32-in-64 and 64-in-64), OpenGL Quad Buffer support, 3D Community support through anaglyph, dual projector, HMD (head mounted display) and CrossFireX support.

The system is compatible with popular dual output cards. iZ3Ds drivers are optimized to take advantage of Intels latest Core 2 Duo and Intel Core 2 Quad processor technologies. The drivers also support Microsoft DirectX 8 and 9 graphics in both Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Vista.

iZ3D created an adjustable 3D environment without eyestrain, spatial disorientation or headaches. In 3D mode, viewers can see 3D images by wearing a pair of iZ3D passive polarized glasses.

PCs equipped with a dual-output video card power the unit. Specifications include: 1680 x 1050 resolution; up to 170-degree 3D viewing angle; 5ms response time; 700:1 contrast ratio; and 16.7-million colors. The iZ3D 22 widescreen, 3D gaming monitor is available now via www.newegg.com, www.pcmall.com or the www.iZ3D.com websites for $599.00.