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2D vs 3D Animation - Which Should You Choose?

There are quite a few elements to consider when tackling a video project for marketing and advertising purposes. A video project requires a script, voiceover, character development, themes and movement. Whether it's for a game, marketing or entertainment, animation is a great and creative way to bring a story to life. While animation is a top choice for video development, it requires a few extra elements to consider, such as deciding between 2D and 3D animation. For those who don't have much video production experience, it can be difficult to decipher which animation method will yield better results. But believe it or not, there's a time and a place for each one. Read More

PixelSquid is changing its subscription model, but in a good way. While it may be true that the price per month is going up, the customizable library of options has gone up as well. For an increase of $5/month over the current subscription cost, new users are coming to PixelSquid with about 4x the options to place 3D objects in their comps. Even better - - if you're already an active subscriber, there's no price change - - and you know about the regularly growing library options. (* if you're new, you can get in on the old price before the change(below)). Read More

Personal Profile: By Miles Weston

Animation Personified

Ed Darino has spent nearly all of his professional life bringing ideas in his mind to life. For more than 60 years he has developed many unique techniques that are standards today. Read More

Feature: By Ko Maruyama

RE:Vision Effects supports Silhouette

Plugins are a powerful way to get more creative possibility from your host applications. RE:Vision Effects makes a number of those powerful plugins that will help you to change your images. Until recently, Silhouette users weren't able to use some of those. Now, Silhouette artists can use some of the same creative tools that other host applications have access to as well. Read More

Feature: By Ko Maruyama

Cineware 3D for 2D Design

To call this a new way to design with 3D in 2D may not fully explain the power of the plugin. Taking advantage of the same Cinema4D bridge power that After Effects users enjoy, Illustrators are now able to easily wrap their 2D designs onto 3D objects as textures directly within Adobe Illustrator - working in the space that they're expert in. Using familiar language, this will open a new way of working with 3D objects for Adobe Illustrator CC artists. Read More

Feature: By Herald Keeper

Building Information Modelling Market Overview, Size, Top Key Players and Growth Analysis by Forecast to 2022

Feature: By Herald Keeper

3D Animation Market is expected to reach at USD 20 billion by 2022

study reveals that 3D animation is trending in media and entertainment sector. The updated animation technology with better features is the 3D animation. 3D animation has many benefits as great visual effects, greater product understanding, superior ability to portray movements, time management, easily grab attention and many more. Growing adoption of visual effects technology in movies is the key driving factor for 3D animation market. Read More

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Lineage Solutions Creates Stereoscopic 3D VR 4K Video with Blackmagic Design

The Lineage team's primary project in the studio thus far has been a project called Intelligent Education. They film college professors in stereoscopic 4K using Micro Studio Camera 4Ks so that students and viewers can watch them later in a 3D VR experience via Google Cardboard and soon with the VR headsets HTC VIVE and Oculus Rift. In this environment, the stereo 3D video is displayed alongside a dynamic transcript as well as 3D models and scenes that relate to the learning. Read More

Feature: By Herald Keeper

Molecular Modelling Market – The Biggest Trends to watch out for -CAGR of 15.4% during forecasted period 2017-2023

Feature: By Ko Maruyama

7 QUESTIONS WITH FILMMAKERS ARIEL & MALLIN ALTER

Mallin and Ariel Alter create a new take on "Spinster" for the millenial generation in a show they're funding through IndiGogo. I had a chance to ask them a few questions about what their plans are for the project before they had to quickly get back to a busy production schedule. Read More

Feature: By Ko Maruyama

Digital Anarchy's Transcriptive

Digital Anarchy's newest offering is Transcriptive, a new extension/plugin for Adobe Premiere Pro does a bunch of things that you might expect. Yes, of course, it transcribes. It makes the creation of subtitles and closed captions very easy. But one of the hidden gems of the plugin is that it creates a metadata component that you can edit with, moving through your timeline easily. Read More

Feature: By Ko Maruyama

MAXON ships Release 19 for CINEMA4D

The announcement of R19's features came just a few weeks ago during SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles. Since then, 3D artists have been excited about the release date. The new version will dramatically improve the way artists work through iterations of their 3D design. R19's update also includes a spherical camera, which will allow CINEMA4D artists to easily create 360Âº videos. Read More

Feature: By Neil Mandt, Chief Executive Officer and Founder

The Future of AR/VR in the Sports Industry

The gaming industry is usually the first industry that springs to mind when discussing augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). However, aside from interactive entertainment, both technologies also lend themselves particularly well to fields such as real estate and sports. Read More