Ya falta menos para la esperada versión CS3, primera desde la compra de Macromedia. Estará lista el mes que viene y en varios packs.



Adobe has announced the Creative Suite 3 product line, uniting many different integrated design and collaboration tools like Photoshop to Dreamweaver. This upgrade across the board is the most active move to bring the best of Adobe and Macromedia products together. This upgrade, above many previous, will provide designers and developers with tools and creative options for all facets of print, web, mobile, interactive, film, and video production.

There are six new configurations of the Adobe Creative Suite 3 [CS 3]. These include the CS 3 Design Premium and Design Standard editions; CS 3 Web Premium and Web Standard editions; and CS 3 Production Premium. Furthermore, Adobe CS Master Collection combines 12 of Adobe’s new design and development applications in a single box.

Most of the CS 3 editions will be available for both Power PC and Intel-based Macs as well as XP and Vista. Artists finding themselves jumping between Illustrator to Photoshop, to Dreamweaver, to Flash, will find the transition particularly pleasing. As these apps are being brought closer together, as well as being updated, they all work better together.

Adobe’s CS 3 Design Premium and Standard, and the CS 3 Web Premium and Standard will begin shipping in April 2007. CS 3 Production Premium and CS 3 Master Collection for Mac OS X on Intel-based systems and for XP and Windows Vista platforms will begin shipping worldwide in the third quarter of 2007. The estimated street price for the Adobe CS 3 Design Premium is US$1,799, US$1,599 for Adobe CS 3 Web Premium, US$1,699 for Adobe CS 3 Production Premium, and US$2,499 for Adobe CS 3 Master Collection.

Ayer se presentó en Valladolid el coche de GP2 de Minardi pilotado por Roldán Rodríguez.

Estuvo bastante bien, unas vueltas por la ciudad a modo de circuito, consolas con el F1 de PS3, circuito de karts, firma de autógrafos...

Una es una modelo real coreana (Song Hye Kyo), y la otra, una versión 3D. Hay detalles en los que aún se puede ver diferencia, casi lo ha clavado. El autor es Max Edwin Wahyudi, y esta es su obra digital (estas dos primeras imágenes si son totalmente CG):


Sin quitarle mérito, en algunas imágenes ha mezclado foto real y CG (especialmente con el pelo, más dificil de simular).






Si queréis ver el modelado y demás, aquí tenéis más imágenes.

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Una buena noticia para los usuarios de la 360 que disfruten del cine, Microsoft se podría apuntar al carro Blu Ray, que para que vamos a engañarnos, está ganando la lucha de formatos.

El accesorio sería como el actual periférico HD DVD de la consola, sólo para ver películas, no para juegos.

<The Blu-ray versus HD DVD battle is in full flow and Microsoft has said that whatever format wins the war, it will support it.

An article on the BBC website about the looming PS3 launch included a few choice quotes from Neil Thompson, head of Xbox in the UK. "The Xbox 360 offers a better gaming experience than PS3 for £150 less," he said (It's a $200 difference in the US, of course). "The only debate is if you want to watch Blu-ray movies and pay the extra money for that feature. We prefer to offer the consumer choice."

Above: Will this drive one day play both HD DVD and Blu-ray?

Thompson isn't concerned about which format will or won't come out on top a few years down the line, adding, "Whatever format wins it is highly likely we will offer a solution.">

Edit: he cambiado el orden de las contestaciones en el blog, para hacerlo más natural; los primeros, primero, los últimos, al final

Se que sólo os interesa cactilio, el resto ni lo miréis :-P

Una noticia curiosa, Dreamworks producirá a partir de 2009 sus peliculas en 3D estereoscópicas, una técnica muy vieja pero que no tuvo mucho éxito hasta ahora. Aquí tenéis información sobre el tema: es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estereoscopio

La ventaja de las 3D por ordenador es que el proceso es bastante simple. Mientras en la imagen real hay que trabajar con cámaras dobles, en las imágenes CG basta con colocar una cámara a unos pocos centímetros de diferencia de la original y renderizar toda la escena desde ese otro punto de vista.

Si recordais Dreamworks ya hizo algo así en un pequeño corto de Shrek, pero parece que ahora van en serio. Ya que Pixar les vapuleando en cuanto a éxito de sus películas, al menos han optado por una idea diferente.

<DreamWorks Animation announces its intention to produce all of its films in stereoscopic 3D technology starting in 2009. To best take advantage of the technology, the company will now be creating films using stereoscopic 3D from the beginning of its creative process.

“I believe that this is the greatest opportunity for movies and for the theatrical exhibition business that has come along in 30 years,” said Jeffrey Katzenberg, Chief Executive Officer of DreamWorks Animation. “Advancements in sound have dramatically improved the auditory experience, but there hasn’t been a corresponding breakthrough in the way we see movies until now. Stereoscopic 3D technology gives us a real opportunity to significantly enhance the theater experience.”

To date, most films shown in 3D have been created for traditional projection and then rendered into 3D in post-production. In order to take full advantage of the new technology, DreamWorks intends to make films with the stereoscopic 3D concept in mind from the beginning of the production process. The company believes that this approach will increase its storytelling opportunities and create a more immersive movie-viewing experience.

“Historically, 3D has been used primarily as an add-on or a bonus feature,” Katzenberg said. “And while audiences have enjoyed that, they haven’t really seen the true potential of this technology. We’re going to use the latest stereoscopic 3D technology to build our movies from the ground up. We believe that this will create more opportunities for our artists as well as more compelling experience for the audience.”

The growth in the number of theaters capable of projecting 3D films has dramatically risen in the past two years. It is expected by 2009 that there will be several thousand screens equipped for 3D. DreamWorks Animation believes that the rapid deployment of digital cinemas by exhibitors around the world and the latest technology developments will allow the company to take advantage of this new platform. The company has started production on its first film in this format, Monsters vs. Aliens (working title), intended for release in the summer of 2009.

“I believe CG animation is in the best position to take advantage of the latest advancement in 3D technology,” said Katzenberg. “Since our films are made digitally, it presents numerous opportunities for our filmmakers. And by moving into this area now, DreamWorks Animation is developing expertise that will differentiate our films and provide a lasting competitive advantage.”

“Theater owners are excited by this technology because it not only provides a more special movie-going experience but also a meaningful growth opportunity as research suggests more people come to see 3D movies, and ticket pricing has more flexibility,” said Jim Tharp, President of Distribution for Paramount Pictures, distributor of DreamWorks movies. “The advancements in home entertainment products, especially flat-screen TVs, have made it more important than ever that exhibitors offer a unique and special theatrical experience, 3D does that in a big way and film goers have already seen that this can be a premium experience.”>

Otro maestro photoshopero.

Seguramente hayáis visto el anuncio de PS3 y varias variantes...





Pero... la verdad es que a mi me parecen bastante entendibles, sobre todo después de ver aquellos anuncios de PS2 dirigidos por David Lynch, director de la reciente Inland Empire (eso si que no hay por dónde cogerlo), Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks, etc... Vamos, que juntar publicistas de Sony algo drogados con el director de cine más surrealista, da cosas como estos anuncios que pongo a continuación.

Por cierto, que a mi me gustan... en su justa medida (este primero que pongo, me encanta).


Este le vimos en España... raro, cuanto menos.

Este me hace mucha gracia, una de mis perritas suele hacer eso... ¿estará jugando también a la PS2?

Super-Bambi

Inquietantes referencias a Tiburón.

Chulesco anuncio en el que el entrevistado hace sus propias normas.

¿Un documental?