The human imagination is a powerful thing. It has built thriving metropolises, constructed awe inspiring automation, and designed groundbreaking inventions to improve our quality of life. It’s even created a wealth of entertainment, which gives us some much needed escapism and tells the stories that we as a species crave, taking us to distant planets to discover new life or giving us powers that defy our reality.
3D artists and animators using Houdini can now try out Chaos Group’s most powerful CPU & GPU renderer, V-Ray.
Since their inception in the early 1970s, video games have evolved from interactions with simple geometric shapes to full blown cinematic experiences that wow the senses.
Cinema 4D Release 20 is the latest update for Maxon’s 3D animation solution, featuring node-based materials, MoGraph fields, and ProRender enhancements.
Since 1999 Pixologic has been providing artists with tools for sculpting, painting, and texturing 3D models.
Escape Technology sponsored Autodesk University last month, where our CTO Lee Danskin gave an insightful talk on cloud workflows and the future of the cloud in visual effects.
For nearly three decades, Photoshop has been the go-to tool for working with digital images. From basic contrast enhancements all the way through to compositing complete worlds we’ve been using Adobe’s most well-known package in all sorts of industries.
Most wired network connections are 1 gigabit per second (1Gb/sec or just 1G) using a Cat5e or Cat6(e) cable. In real-world use this allows data transfer of 90-100 megabytes per second (MB/sec). There are many faster ways to connect workstations or storage, but they tend to come with a corresponding increase in price. But when should you use >1Gb networking? And what’s available?
For many years Escape Technology has been involved in the CG industry - from our early days as part of Escape Studios to establishing a standalone services business in 2012. And it’s important for us to give back.
Creative companies start in various ways - normally from a small beginning. It could be the freelancer who gets together with a few like-minded people, friends with a shared passion, or even part of an existing business splitting away to stand alone.
Lightfields - point clouds captured on set or generated by 3D software - could be the future of TV, VR, and other digital experiences.
Adobe Premiere Pro has all but taken over as the editor of choice for self shooters and indie production companies. It’s subscription based, integrates well with other packages, and provides a nice smooth user experience. In the last few years it’s even been used on Hollywood blockbusters like Deadpool, Hail Caesar, and Gone Girl. Avatar used it for dailies and basic edits alongside Avid, too.
We’ll be attending Develop: Brighton this month from 10th to 12th July at the Hilton Brighton Metropole hotel.
Looking for the ideal After Effects tutorial can be time consuming. There are so many tutorials published on the internet it can be hard to find the right one. So we’ve scoured the internet and compiled our favourite resources for After Effects tutorials.
There are several different types of shared storage systems out there and they’re all good at different things. But what are they all and what storage should you go for?
Technology is constantly evolving within the computer graphics industry and there’s an ever growing market of renderers. Whether you’re creating visual effects for commercials, TV, or film it’s important to find the right solution for your workflow.
Escape Technology has partnered with iToo Software to offer their popular 3ds Max plugins to our customers.
In recent years we’ve seen some interesting developments from manufacturers in their endeavours for us to purchase bigger and better TVs. The move from SD to HD, Stereo 3D, Smart TVs, 4K, and now the arena of HDR has enabled the format wars that always follow a bout of new technology.
Corona 2 for 3ds Max is out, and we’re seeing the influence of Chaos Group’s merger with Render Legion. Less than a year on from joining forces and there’s another new and improved version of Corona.