Czech Koruna given AA- rating

I rarely post news on economy (this is maybe first one), but these news are connected with reliability of investments and thus media post production companies and their well-being. Standard & Poor`s company raised the rating of Czech Koruna (Czech Republic currency, as we don`t use Euro) from A to AA-. This is quite rare today when many western governments have to deal with high debt.


http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/08/24/idINIndia-58952620110824

Advanced Character Pipeline and Tools

This is a bit old Maya tutorial on character pipeline (2003), but still quite unique and there are few of them on this topic. Originally sold as DVD by Autodesk (with video presentation at Siggraph Maya Master Class), but for long time it`s not available.

Advanced Character Pipeline and Tools

I happened to find this online. So if you want to learn about this and setting up your first animation pipeline, it`s worth having a look at this.

Spill.com Transformers 3 review

Those guys have hit it, exactly! "Some `ol bullshit" :)) Loved their ideas of chinese take-away stand transformer, mexican mowing machine and cashier box transformer!! You have to see it. Plus Michael Bay behind camera turned on shooting Rosie H-Whiteley (only caricature!)
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btw. THOR got Full Price, which I think it really deserves. Quite underestimated movie which surprised by how well the comic book was converted into film (trailer).

Digital Domain CG feature

Digital Domain reveal info on their first CG feature project:


http://www.cartoonbrew.com/cgi/digital-domain-reveals-first-animated-feature.html

Maya 2011 bug fixes

http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/maya2011fixedcustomerissues.pdf