Carbon Scatter 2015

E-On Software has released Carbon Scatter 2015 - With super-fast population
algorithms (create over 1 million instances per second!), Carbon Scatter 2015
adds compatibility with animated PlantFactory vegetation, new paint brushes (add
instances, jitter, raise, repel, attract, lean...), convert to native instances
for rendering without Carbon Scatter (and with any renderer), native support for
V-Ray 3 and GPU rendering (Octane, V-Ray RT, etc.), easy specimen replacement
and a lot more!

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http://blog.motionmedia.com/carbon-scatter-2015/

Upcoming Event - Maya 2015 Up Close & Personal

Come see Autodesk Maya product specialist Marcel DeJong show off some of the
latest and greatest features of Maya 2015. Marcel really knows his stuff and
this is the perfect place to learn more about Maya and ask those burning
questions you've always wanted answered.

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http://blog.motionmedia.com/upcoming-event-maya-2015-close-personal/

Videocopilot Element 3D V2 Revealed - Coming November

VideoCopilot just released a video with the new features in the upcoming release
of Element 3D V2.

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http://blog.motionmedia.com/videocopilot-element-3d-v2-revealed-coming-november/

Autodesk Meet the Experts Webinar

Check out this free webinar from Autodesk - In this webinar you will get an
exclusive look behind the scenes at the different areas of film making and how
everything comes together to make a finished film.

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http://blog.motionmedia.com/autodesk-meet-experts-webinar/

Passion Turns to PipelineFX Qube! for Big Ad Campaigns

When you're responsible for Nike's visual message to World Cup fans, the
pressure is intense. Not ready in time? Then Nike just missed their shot. For
Passion, rising to the occasion meant using PipelineFX Qube!. Their reward was
the award-worthy hit "The Last Game" – another in a string of successes
managed by the no.1 render farm manager for VFX.

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http://blog.motionmedia.com/passion-turns-pipelinefx-qube-big-ad-campaigns/

Genarts Sapphire 8 Coming in December

Genarts Sapphire 8 is coming soon, check out the new teaser for the amazing new
release.

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http://blog.motionmedia.com/genarts-sapphire-8-coming-december/

The Foundry Nuke 9 Live Webinar

Join us for a Nuke 9 Live Webinar. The Foundry NUKE 9, including NUKE STUDIO and
major updates to NUKE and NUKEX, is the result of two years and countless man
hours of development reworking NUKE from its very core to build a faster, more
powerful, broader range of unique tools to help you get the job done.

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http://blog.motionmedia.com/foundry-nuke-9-live-webinar/

Hiero & HieroPlayer 1.9 Released

The Foundry has just announced that HIERO and HIEROPAYER 1.9 are now available!
This includes, dramatic playback performance improvements which make HIERO and
HIEROPLAYER's maximum frame rate performance up to 3X faster, coupled with A/V
playback sync and SDI out improvements, client attend sessions are now easier
than ever!

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http://blog.motionmedia.com/hiero-hieroplayer-1-9-released/