The 3D World CG Awards will recognize the work of the entire CG entertainment industry: from software and hardware developers who give us the tools and engines to drive creativity to the artists and technicians involved in pushing the boundaries of CG illustration, animation, visual effects and arch viz. Judges of this event, which is sponsored by Autodesk, The Foundry, Workstation Specialists, iPi Soft LLC and e-on software, selected winners in each of 14 categories.
Winners:
Technology Awards:
New Application of the Year
Sculptris (Pixologic)
Software Update of the Year
Blender 2.5 (The Blender Foundation)
Plug-in of the Year
Lagoa Multiphysics (Lagoa Technologies)
Software Innovation of the Year
Genesis figures (DAZ 3D)
Hardware Innovation of the Year
Intel iCore i7 processors (Intel)
Creative Awards:
CG Animation of the Year (Long Form)
Rango (ILM/Paramount Pictures)
CG Animation of the Year (Short Form)
Sintel (The Blender Foundation, dir. Colin Levy)
VFX Film of the Year (Long Form)
Inception (Double Negative/Warner Bros.)
VFX Film of the Year (Short Form)
The Walking Dead (Stargate Studios/AMC)
Best Use of CG in Advertising (Marketing, promotions, virals)
Halo: Reach 'Deliver Hope' (Method Studios/Agency twofifteen/Microsoft)
Arch Viz of the Year (Still Image)
ParliamentBuilding, Abu Dhabi (Vyonyx Studios)
Arch Viz of the Year (Animation)
Silestone: Above Everything Else (Alex Roman)
Videogame Graphics of the Year (FMV or trailer)
Crysis 2 (Crytek/EA)
Videogame Cinematic of the Year (FMV or trailer)
Tomb Raider: Turning Point trailer (Visual Works/Crystal Dynamics)
Winner of Hardware Innovation of the Year
More informations: 3D World Magazine