Welcome to the special SIGGRAPH edition of the Annex|Pro newsletter

Can't make it to SIGGRAPH this year?  Then check out Autodesk's Virtual SIGGRAPH  They will be streaming LIVE video of the Autodesk User Group and all of the presentations on the big screen at our booth as they happen.

It's just like being there! [minus the parties].  Just tune in at The Area at 6:30 pm Pacific on August 11th to see SIGGRAPH begin with a bang.

And now, here's a preview of what you'll see at the Autodesk User Group, and some highlights from the rest of the show:

New Autodesk Maya 2009

- Accelerated modeling workflow

- Tools to manage scene complexity

- Collaborative, iterative projects + pipelines

- Creative tools to surpass audience expectations  >>>read more

Maya 2009 will be available on Sept 29 [Subscription download] and shipping Oct 6

SPECIAL OFFER: Get up a rebate of up to USD$750. directly from Autodesk when you purchase Maya 2008 and Subscription, before October 6, 2008.  Maya 7 and Maya 8 owners are also eligible for time limited discounts.  Contact Annex Pro for details

New Autodesk 3ds Max 2009 "Creativity Extension" - available to Subscription customers only, NOW

Featuring Polygon Modeling, Advanced Particle Effects, Integrated Audio  >>>read more

Also new from Autodesk:

Toxik 2009, MotionBuilder 2009, Mudbox 2009, ImageModeler, Stitcher Unlimited  >>>read more

HP DreamColor LP2480zx Professional Display Ships

Backlit LED Co-developed by DreamWorks and HP

The result of an unprecedented collaboration between DreamWorks Animation and HP, the HP DreamColor Technology computer display provides accurate, predictable color and a simple color management process to assure vision-to-production color consistency in a widescreen liquid crystal display (LCD).

The display generates the industry's first combination of true 30-bit color - enabling a range of 1 billion colors - in an LED-backlit LCD at a fraction of the cost of most high-end, studio-quality LCD displays.

"For decades, storytellers have struggled to manage color in an accurate and consistent manner," said Jeffrey Katzenberg, chief executive officer and director, DreamWorks Animation. "Quite simply, when we make a movie about a big, green ogre, our concern is that our ogre is the same color of green throughout the film. HP has truly changed the game with its new display, giving DreamWorks Animation full visual fidelity across the board for the first time."  >>>read more

Eyeon Shows FUSION 6 at SIGGRAPH

eyeon Software Inc. announced Fusion 6, a major upgrade to their flagship compositing application, which was on display for the first time at SIGGRAPH,

Fusion is a true workhorse in the global VFX community, celebrating it's 20th anniversary in 2008, and is the industry standard that many top post-production facilities depend on to create high-end visual effects, including BLUR, CAFEFX, Digital Dimension, Envy Post, Peerless Camera Company, Prime Focus, RUSHES, Tata Elxsi, Worldwide FX, and others

With the release of 6, Fusion delivers a consistent environment for seamless image quality across multiple platforms, and is available for a single license fee on Linux, Windows x64, Windows 32bit desktop PCs, and Intel-based Macs.

New features and enhancements in Fusion 6:

• Stereoscopic and Multi-Layer Imaging System
• 3D In Stereo View the 3D environment in stereo.
• New Multi-Layer Imaging
• PLUS:  Production Quality OpenGL Renderer Resolution independent and floating point rendering.  Super-sampling with reconstruction filters. New plugable CG Shaders. Deep Pixel rendering of Normals, Texture Co-ordinates, Material ID, Object ID, Diffuse, Specular and Shadows, etc. FBX Exporter Exports geometry, lights, camera and animation >>>read more

Pixel Farm Shows PFTrack 5.0

The Pixel Farm is changing the paradigm of advanced camera tracking and motion analysis, with new PFTrack 5.0 with true Stereoscopic Tracking, Reference Frames, improved Z Depth Extraction and much more   >>>read more

Stay tuned for information about NewTek LightWave 3D v9.5, 2d3 Boujou and Bullet, and more

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