iClone 4 ? Real-time animation evolves with 3D Video FX, motion paths, HDR and rapid drag & drop creation inside iClone4. iClone4 introduces new features that combine video production with 3D real-time animation. The result is a powerful production tool for motion graphics, 3D animation and video compositing.

New features include:
? Real-time Video textures & 3D/Video compositing
? Drag-&-Drop editing for rapid scene creation
? Edit and animate any non-human character type, including animals, creatures, cartoon figures
? Real-time Facial Animation for puppeteering
? Motion Paths for props, cameras, particle FX & actors
? HDR & Image-based lighting atmosphere FX
? Enhanced spring dynamics, water and particle effects

Machinarium is independent adventure game developed by the makers of popular web-games Samorost and Samorost2.
The winners of this year's Independent Game Festival Awards feature some of the most entertaining gameplay and beautiful graphics around. These are like the art house films of the game industry, developed on shoestring budgets but crafted with love and personality. Free from the constraints of big publishers and the pressures of big budgets, these games are allowed to try new ideas and venture into unexplored territory. Many games were nominated, but only eight won awards.

There was a time when making an animated film meant, at the very least, a huge investment in time and equipment. Flash 5 Cartoons and Games demonstrates how things have changed, teaching a new generation of animators that all you really need is an ordinary PC or Mac and Macromedia's Flash authoring program.

Anime Studio Pro - Complete 2D Animation for Digital Artists and Professionals! Anime Studio Pro is perfect for professionals looking for a more efficient alternative to tedious frame-by-frame detailing when creating quality animations. With an intuitive interface and loaded with pre-rigged characters and additional content, Anime Studio Pro delivers advanced animation tools and effects to speed up your workflow.

Anime Studio Pro is animation software released by Null group & published by Smith Micro Graphics. Anime Studio 5.6 is an award-winning animation program that allows users to create 2D movies, cartoons, anime or cut-out animations. With Anime Studio 5.6, users can design their own desktop-animated shorts in the style of South Park and Jib Jab, or use Anime Studio to produce full-length animation for film, video or streaming over the web.

Renegade Animation has pioneered digital 2D paperless animation with a unique all-Flash workflow—and a bunch of really great cartoons! This installment of Creative Inspirations gives viewers an inside look at this innovative character animation studio. Partners Ashley Postlewaite and Darrell Van Citters describe how they left jobs with major studios to form their own company, and how they have been able to create a successful business that defies all the rules and provide a great working environment in the process. Learn how these renegades have evolved traditional character animation into a completely digital workflow that provides greater creative expression and faster turnaround.

"...this is the only publication devoted wholly to one of the most vital concepts in the art of animated film... The book is a vital source of reference for students as well as every studio and every animator...It's also easy to keep around for reference, it's not a huge coffee-table bible sized book made to impress. It just gives the facts, numbers and formulas and a few drawings to illustrate.

The Tales of Bingwood is a 2D point & click adventure game with some distinct retro qualities proven to entice the traditional adventure game fans. "Bingwood" features an original story, two dozen fully voiced characters as well as cartloads of fun and challenging puzzles.
Chapter I: In this first installment of the series, Tom the fisherman's son is thrown in the middle of a nefarious scheme as the Royal Princess is kidnapped by the formidable Evil Wizard and his henchman. Tom takes on the rescue effort but he needs the help of the villagers to begin the pursuit of the malefactors to Shady Forest and beyond. The quest begins...

DX Studio is a complete integrated development environment for creating interactive 3D graphics. The system comprises of both a real-time 3D engine and a suite of editing tools, and is the first product to offer a complete range of tools in a single IDE. The system includes both 2D & 3D layout editors, and allows full JavaScript control of everything from changing the background to editing meshes in real-time. Don't leech from kopona.net. Using DX Studio you can build complete real-time interactive applications, simulations or games, for standalone use or for embedding in other Microsoft Office/Visual Studio applications. The engine behind DX Studio uses DirectX 9.0c to make the most of 3D graphics hardware acceleration, and includes support for the latest pixel and vertex shader effects found on the more powerful 3D graphics cards.

3D Modelling
For making simple objects, the DX Studio modeller includes tools for shape extrusion, lathing, face splitting, vertex and edge manipulation, uv mapping, and boolean operations (where you add/subtract shapes to form new ones).

Visual Scene Editing
The DX Studio 2D and 3D editors can be used to build interactive layers and sequences, which are combined to produce a complete interactive document. The top level editor can be used just to drag and drop scenes together at a high level, or can 'drill down' to edit 3D and 2D scenes.

Game Editor is the game design software that gives you the power to create the games of your dreams, and, unlike other game creator tools, give you the chance of change the code of the game creator. So, if Game Editor doesn't have the feature you want, you can just make it by yourself!

Game Editor lets you design and develop 2D games for personal computers and mobile devices. No need to worry about system issues or compatibility, no need to do anything other than come up with the ideas! Game developing has never been easier!

General Features

See the characteristics of our game programming software, and how you would go about creating your very own game. Discover how to add actors, paths and regions, and find out how to load images to your game.

• Event-driven development
• Propagate events to other actors
• Multiple levels in a single file
• Move the actor through complex maps (A* pathfinder)
• Helper actors
• Transparent actors
• Infinite actors

Autodesk Maya® (formerly Alias Systems Corporation) - Academy Award® winning software is the world’s most powerfully integrated 3D modeling, animation, effects, and rendering solution. Because Maya is based on an open architecture, all your work can be scripted or programmed using a well-documented and comprehensive API (Application Program Interface), or one of two integrated scripting languages. This, combined with an industry-leading suite of 3D tools, means Maya enables you to realize your creative ideas. Maya also adds to the quality and realism of 2D graphics. That’s why Autodesk Maya is used by film and video artists, game developers, design visualization professionals, and students to create engaging, lifelike digital images, realistic animation, and extraordinary visual effects.

The ultimate version of Maya—Autodesk® Maya® Unlimited—is the choice of digital artists who are looking to make their 3D projects stand out. Maya Unlimited includes all the functionality found in Autodesk Maya Complete and provides professional artists and animators with additional industry leading-innovations such as Maya Fluid Effects, Maya® nCloth, Maya Hair, Maya Fur and Maya Live, for the creation of superior digital content.

Autodesk Maya Unlimited contains everything in Autodesk Maya Complete, plus:
- Maya Hair
- Maya Fluid Effects
- Maya Cloth
- Maya Fur
- Maya Live

Animation Magazine is a monthly publication covering the animation industry, including aspects of film and television animation, visual effects and video games.

Founded in 1986 by Terry Thoren, the print magazine is published monthly and features articles on current animated movies, television series, anime, short animated films, visual effects, interactive titles and software releases from both major studios and independent producers. Editorial covers all forms of animation, including 2D, 3D and stop-motion, and profiles the artists behind the productions. Digital versions of the print editions were introduced in 2006.

Autodesk Maya® (formerly Alias Systems Corporation) - Academy Award® winning software is the world’s most powerfully integrated 3D modeling, animation, effects, and rendering solution. Because Maya is based on an open architecture, all your work can be scripted or programmed using a well-documented and comprehensive API (Application Program Interface), or one of two integrated scripting languages. This, combined with an industry-leading suite of 3D tools, means Maya enables you to realize your creative ideas. Maya also adds to the quality and realism of 2D graphics. That’s why Autodesk Maya is used by film and video artists, game developers, design visualization professionals, and students to create engaging, lifelike digital images, realistic animation, and extraordinary visual effects.

The ultimate version of Maya—Autodesk® Maya® Unlimited—is the choice of digital artists who are looking to make their 3D projects stand out. Maya Unlimited includes all the functionality found in Autodesk Maya Complete and provides professional artists and animators with additional industry leading-innovations such as Maya Fluid Effects, Maya® nCloth, Maya Hair, Maya Fur and Maya Live, for the creation of superior digital content.