Okay so day two stared with a speaking session on "Stylized Rendering in Games" this talk disscused why some game developers stray away from photorealistic style and do something out of the box. One example was the new X-box live game "Monday Night Combat", which puts a whimsical spin on first person shooters. This game was built using the Unreal Engine and 3Ds Max. The the story takes place in ...
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Day One of Siggraph began at noon when I headed over to the Convention center to pick up my regestration badge. The convention center is huge, and despite the fact that only a few exhibits opened today the place was full of people.
The main exhibit that opened today was the Studio, which was a showcase of new technology and mini workshops on certain software applications.
Although interesting many of the new ...
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Today Adobe announced the CS4 releases of their software applications, affecting basically every program they make.
Adobe won’t say when the actual purchase date for the software will be, but they did release all the information on the new and improved features of each software. Back in May Adobe posted “preview versions” of its Dreamweaver Web design software, Fireworks image editing application, and Soundbooth audio editing tools.
As for Photoshop CS4, Adobe ...
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