In this interview we were asking questions cebas CEO Edwin Braun, the leader in VFX solutions for CG industry. cebas offers a wide range of products for production solutions for VFX studios, and visualization design companies, as well as 3D laser scanning services. Moreover their software solutions are unique and frequently developed in conjunction with major motion pictures aiming to dazzle their audiences with the latest in special effects. So if you were wondering what was behind the VFX in movies like "Harry Potter" series, "Alice and Wonderland" and “Sucker Punch”, you can be sure that a part was cebas technology. We would like to thank MR. Braun for answering our questions and on the bottom of this article you can see a gallery of artworks made with cebas technology.
Software
Adobe offers Photoshop CS6 beta for free, gathering reactions to new performance enhancements and creativity tools. The Photoshop CS6 beta offers all the features of Adobe Photoshop CS6 and Adobe Photoshop CS6 Extended, such as new 3D editing features and quantitative imaging analysis capabilities. Packed with innovative new features and enhancements, the beta is available for Mac OS and Windows platforms, and the final version is expected in the first half of 2012.is expected in the first half of 2012.
The Foundry released latest update of their 3D digital paint tool. Offering greater power and control than ever before, MARI 1.4v3 has been carefully crafted to meet demanding paint needs. MARI 1.4v3 boasts a whole host of upgrades that you've been asking for. This update brings new features and many enhancements. MARI 1.4v3 now offers Linked Patches, that you can use for easily replicate texture data across patches without having to cut and paste or new Tint and Stencil mode to easily lay down decals and more, using MARI Paint Through tool.
HIERO has been built for collaborative working on VFX projects, especially with a quick turnaround and create a smooth workflow out of the box to improve efficiency and increase shot throughput volume. The brand new software is a lightweight shot manager for VFX. HIERO 1.0 is NOT a compositor or a system for finishing, grading or editing. It allows production facilities to efficiently conform, review and export shots to visual effects artists and into finishing systems. HIERO has been designed to work seamlessly with The Foundry’s NUKE and NUKEX compositing applications, but also enables collaborative working with other editorial, VFX and finishing tools.
Substance Designer is the only software solution on the market dedicated directly to texturing, allowing the creation of high quality maps using multi-channel, non-linear and non-destructive workflow. Recently Allegorithmic released a new version of Substance Designer 2.5 moving the 3D pipeline a bit forward. The new version is featuring a lot of enhancements and bug fixes such as the handling of FX-Maps by a new substance engine and much more.