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maxon releases cinebench 11.5

By lesterbanks | Published: February 12, 2010
Maxon, makers of the popular cinema 4D, recently released v11.5 of cinebench of which its new enhancements provide latest technology to test CPU and graphics card Performance under real-world circumstances. The CPU benchmark requires 1024 MB of RAM and a supported processor type (see list), running at a minimum clock speed of 1 GHz, while the [...]
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nvidia rocket sled demo: directx 11, physics, fluids & more

By lesterbanks | Published: February 11, 2010
Alex Sakhartchouk, Demo Engineer at NVIDIA, explains the technologies behind NVIDIAs new Rocket Sled demo running on the new Fermi architecture.
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nvidia shows off the mercury playback engine

By lesterbanks | Published: February 11, 2010
Nvidia shows GPU-accelerated video encoding to Blu-ray, DVD, and Flash formats are faster with effects that are rendered in real-time on the Quadro GPU.
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puffin designs commotion, a look back

By lesterbanks | Published: February 2, 2010
Matthew Ingram reflects on Puffin Designs Commotion Pro, a great read. I remember using Commotion and its rotosplines, so very sweet for the time for sure. In fact it took me a while to get used to After Effect’s masking…just not the same back then. Commotion was originally put together by industry legend Scott Squires, [...]
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parallel tracking & mapping on an iPhone

By lesterbanks | Published: February 2, 2010
This is just absolutely cool – Some very early results with Augmented Reality (AR) on an iPhone 3G. This video shows an adaptation of the Parallel Tracking and Mapping system to an iPhone. All processing is done live on the phone. I am a bit confused though, when I track something, I have to wait [...]
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intuos4 wireless…finally.

By lesterbanks | Published: February 2, 2010
Wacom has finally release the Intuos 4 as a wireless version! The new Intuos4 Wireless pen tablet with Bluetooth wireless technology lets you relax in your favorite working position or move about freely up to 33 feet (10 meters) from your computer. Enjoy the freedom of working “unattached” from your Mac or PC and reducing [...]
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controlling illustrator from an iphone

By lesterbanks | Published: February 1, 2010
A proof of concept video showing how to control Adobe Illustrator from a iPhone or iPod touch. The maker explains that there is no real practical use for all this, however i disagree. I think it would be amazing to have something sitting on the desk next to the keyboard that I can use in [...]
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autodesk university 2009 in review

By lesterbanks | Published: January 26, 2010
Jeff Mottle with a great post rounding up this last autodesk university in Las Vegas last month, with plenty of interviews and videos.
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bumptop for mac

By lesterbanks | Published: January 21, 2010
Some of the crazy desktop things that you could do with ubuntu can now be done with a mac… well sort of. Bumptop was released for osx, creating a virtual desktop where you can organize things in piles and stick notes to the wall… all so very cool!
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the weta digital data center that crunched avatar

By lesterbanks | Published: January 18, 2010
A read into the 10,000 square foot server farm at weta responsible for some blockbuster renderings as king kong, lord of the rings, and most recently, avatar. The weta data center uses more than 4,000 HP BL2×220c blades in a drooling thirty four racks that comprise the computing core, made of 32 machines each with [...]
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