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 Discreet to Unveil New Product at SIGGRAPH 2003 Posted by: amigo
Source: Press Release
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003
San Francisco, CA -July 24, 2003- Discreet, a division of Autodesk Inc., today announced its major product and program initiatives for SIGGRAPH 2003 in San Diego (July 29th - 31st), the annual international conference for professionals in 2D and 3D graphics and multimedia design. Discreet will unveil new product, and showcase recent releases of its broad range of award-winning 3D, visual effects, and streaming media solutions used in feature films, broadcast commercials, and multimedia delivery.
"With more than a decade of leadership in visual effects innovation, Discreet stays ahead of the industry with its continued advancements-from high-end D-cinema and HD solutions, to desktop 3D animation, compositing, and media mastering tools," said Paul Lypaczewski, general manager of Discreet and executive vice president, Autodesk, Inc. "SIGGRAPH is the perfect place to launch new products, listen to our customers, show them our latest accomplishments that will help them to create even more evocative visual effects that tell a great story."
ANIMATION
Discreet will announce a new product for the 3D sector on the opening day of SIGGRAPH. Discreet's core animation products 3ds max� and character studio� software for modeling, character animation, and rendering will be demonstrated utilizing project work from high-profile games, design visualization, and film effects customers.
DESKTOP VIDEO
Discreet will demo combustion� 2.1, the latest version of its desktop 3D compositing, effects, and vector paint software. Discreet's combustion software has been used in a range of feature films, television commercials, and programs-and won recent awards including: Animation Magazine's 'Seal of Excellence', Macworld '4 and � Mouse' rating, and CreativeMac.com 'Must Buy' distinction. Discreet and 3Dlabs will offer free hands-on Discreet combustion 2.1 training classes at the 3Dlabs booth #2814, with topics including 'An Introduction to combustion', 'combustion for 3D Animations', and 'combustion for After Effects Artists'. For additional information, click (here). Discreet will also showcase cleaner� XL for Windows, its industry-leading media mastering software-packed full of unparalleled features allowing professionals to master and encode video content for output to all major digital media formats; from Web streaming and DVD to wireless, PDA, and mobile distribution.
VISUAL EFFECTS AND COMPOSITING
Discreet will feature demonstrations of its Academy Award�-winning flame� 8 visual effects and compositing system-presented by some of the industry's most talented visual effects artists from Industrial Light + Magic (Terminator 3 and The Hulk) and Rhinoceros-cutting-edge commercial projects (with inferno 5). In addition, Discreet will show its flame system on the new SGI� Tezro� visual workstation in private demos-establishing new standards of price-performance, interactivity, and responsiveness for post-production facilities.
ADVANCED TRAINING SESSIONS
Discreet and Oregon 3D are teaming up to offer 3ds max and combustion advanced training sessions. Discreet customers will discover why leading industry experts are using 3ds max and combustion software for 3D animation, visual effects, and compositing. For course description, schedule dates and pricing, click (here).
About Discreet
Discreet empowers media professionals to realize the visual experience and transform their most evocative and ambitious visions into reality. Discreet's award-winning solutions are designed for digital media creation, management, and delivery-across all disciplines from film and television visual effects, color grading, and editing to animation, game development, web/interactive, and design visualization. Discreet is based in Montr�al, Qu�bec, and is a division of Autodesk, Inc., the world's leading design and digital media creation, management, and distribution company. Product and corporate information: www.discreet.com.
Related Links: Discreet website
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