Archive for August, 2012
Digital Archiving Part 4: The Data About Your Archive Data
Posted in Tech Talk on Aug 23, 2012 No Comments »
One of the things that is frequently overlooked in archiving is the catalog of the data in the archive. In fact, I refer to a suite of data about data in an archive as metadata (not to overload an already overloaded term, but it can’t be helped). Metadata is the broad term that I use [...]
From the show floor at SIGGRAPH — Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Posted in Customer Focus, Innovation, Tech Talk on Aug 8, 2012 No Comments »
As Matt Jacobs, Video Effects (VFX) Supervisor of Tippett Studio, discussed how during their rendering of the movie The Immortals, Tippett’s artists nonetheless struggled with creating what he referred to as “The Ballet of Blood”. They used Pipeline FX Qube, Autodesk Maya and Houdini Fluid Simulation tool and built mesh simulations in-house. (And of course, [...]
Follow HDS and Visual Effects Studio Customers at SIGGRAPH
Posted in HDS News on Aug 2, 2012 No Comments »
When I look at 2012 and reflect on the top 10 grossing movies worldwide, I also contrast their gross ticket receipts during their opening weekend, it is clear that a BIG weekend that has great weather, positive industry buzz, good critical acclaim, and an interesting plot contributes mightily to a profitable return on an increasingly bigger [...]
