eyeon unveils the next generation of the GPU Supercomputing framework in Fusion® 6.1. This is not just an acceleration technology; this is unprecedented productivity advancement.

Exploiting the power of low cost GPU graphics cards with hundreds of cores, coupled with an expanded feature set, makes this release much more productive. The need for network rendering becomes greatly reduced, keeping the studio's infrastructure manageable and cost effective.

3D scene importing via FBX has been greatly expanded, streamlining the process between 3D animation and rendering to directly have the same assets working in Fusion. Produce passes and layers on the fly directly on the GPU at breath-taking speed. Cutting reliance on other applications and departments simplifies the production process.

Fusion 6.1 accelerates from the starting line with astounding GPU optimizations, local file caches and particle solution caching. The creative horizon expands with new tools for managing grain, color correction and handling metadata. Scripters will rejoice at the inclusion of native python support, and everyone benefits from the many enhancements to particles.

21 years of leading development delivers with Fusion6.

This is a major core architectural development that exploits the latest in computing technology.

Multi-core optimized, GPU powered, Fusion 6 marks a major milestone in delivering a rich artist environment for creative production.

eyeon is pleased to announce that Fusion 6 is available to all artists and studios with a current subscription license.

Fusion 6 can load compositions created in previous versions of Fusion, but artists should expect to see differences due to the extensive changes brought about by DOD/ROI, expanded GPU support and general algorithm optimizations. Fusion 6 is also binary compatible with all existing third party plugins, no updates should be required.

The new generation 3D system takes advantage of GPU and Shader pipelines to render final production quality HDRI images with full deep pixel output. The extensive toolset opens up the abilities for complex shaders and procedural materials.

Speed. The new GPU renderer is raw power, computational expensive depth of field and motion blurring are a breeze on modern graphic cards. Hours of render are now delivered in fractions of seconds.

Importing and exporting of scenes and animation make interoperability with 3D Animation pipelines slick and streamlined. For the first time, Fusion compositing artists can really feed the 3D departments easily via the export of scenes and animation. This by-directional workflow makes the CGI production process smoother and more productive.

More 3D finishing tools in Fusion 6 allow compositing artists to control more of the assets to finish a shot, giving great flexibility for control in the highly interactive interface.

Resolution independent and floating point rendering. Super-sampling with reconstruction filters. New plugable CG Shaders. Deep Pixel rendering of Z depth, Normals, Texture Co-ordinates, Material ID, Object ID, Material ID, etc.

Advanced CG Shader Materials

Fully Controllable 3D Fog

Object ID's Easily Created From Any Geometry

Environment mapped reflections and refractions. 3D Cube and Sphere mapping.

New lighting materials, Blinn, Phong, Cook-Torrance and Ward. Material merging tool.

Bump mapped from height maps. Bump mapped reflections and refractions.

Set spherical, planar, box, fit, etc, mapping co-ordinates.

Project alpha and re-light the projection.

All 2D blend modes supported in 3D, including Screen, Multiply, Color Dodge, Difference, Exclusion, etc. 3D blend modes can be assigned to any 3D object.

Use 3D geometric primitives or meshes as 3D mattes in the scene, with Z-depth and alpha control.

Performance of FBX loading by caching of FBX model data.

Improved importing of scenes, camera paths, lights, geometry, baked animation, etc.

Exports geometry, lights, camera and animation.

Fusion 6 has stereo tools and enhancements, and supports a number of 3D stereo viewing systems like OpenGL quad-buffering (used with most LCD shutter glasses and passive stereo monitors), anaglyph, side-by-side viewing, and iZ3D and True3Di monitors. The 3D system supports stereo materials, renders left and right eye views, and an Anaglyph tool is included.

Domain Of Definition / Region Of Interest System. This system allows for user-definable areas to limit processing, significantly improving performance and memory usage for large scale compositions.

Red camera support both 32 and 64 bit. Fully integrated into Fusion, including Floating point image generation and real-time proxy loading. All associated Metadata is carried through workflow.

Includes image previews and metadata, with gamma control for non-linear images.

Can contain tools, scripts, macros and settings.

Optimization to tools include dramatic speedups to Blur and Glow code.

Many workflow improvements have been made to existing tools such as Loader, Corner and Perspective Positioner, Color tools.

Tracker has XY path and Bspline options.

Anaglyph combines two image streams into a stereoscopic image using a variety of anaglyph modes as well as cross-eyed and vertical or horizontal stacking techniques.

Export Bumpmap to convert a 2D image into a bumpmap for use with 3D materials.

Set Bg Color to define a custom color which lies outside the current image or tool's domain of definition.

Set Domain overrides the current Domain of Definition for the image.

Color Matrix is an advanced color correction tool that uses a 3D matrix to transform the colors in an image.

3D LUTs have a variety of GPU tools that can be chained together to create conversions and apply multiple 1D and 3D luts operations.

In this astonishing DVD presentation, Robert Benedict demonstrates how you can airbrush in the smallest possible scale, including the painting of 23 skulls in the diameter of a small coin! The ability to micro airbrush is important for achieving great detail in photorealism, small-scale hobby applications, micro-sized embedded images into your artwork, sharper and enhanced airbrush skills, and more.

Learn how to do custom paint jobs on your die-cast scale model hot-rods.

You'll learn:

* Advanced airbrush techniques

* How to deal with tip-dry

* How to work with opaque colors

* How to flush your airbrush

* How to correct mistakes

* How to work with low air pressures

* How to work with House of Kolor paints

* Breathing control

* Use of Stabilo pencils

* Drills for micro airbrush mastery

* How to avoid color spreading

* How to mix paint for micro airbrushing

* Use of gravity and bottom feed airbrushes

* How to gauge your airbrush from the surface

* Hood to render a dragon mural and graphic onto a small-scale car

* How to prep and degrease a model car’s surface

* How to improve your freehand airbrush skills

* Paint to thinner mixing ratios

* Use of retarder

* How to properly remove masks

* How to prevent pulling up paint with masks

Robert Benedict (1963-2007) had been airbrushing for more than thirty years and he opperated Black Dog Custom Paint & Airbrush, a successful kustom paint shop in Utah that specializes in planes, helicopters and bikes. Mr Benedict was an instructor at the prestigious Airbrush Getaway workshops, and can be seen in two other DVDs: Biker Skull and Dynamic Lighting F/X. He was considered by Airbrush Action magazine and many of his peers to be among the best custom painters in the world. He will be sorely missed by his family, brethren, students, and industry.

Essential skills for first-time programmers! This easy-to-use book explains the fundamentals of HTML and Web development. The modular approach of this series--including drills, sample projects, and mastery checks--makes it easy to learn to use this powerful programming language at your own pace.

Author Biography

# Wendy Willard is founder and owner of WILLARDESIGNS, a firm specializing in cutting edge Web-based design and development for businesses of all sizes and varieties, and in education and consulting about web-related concepts. She holds a degree in Illustration from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Wendy teaches and lectures on Web design and development throughout the U.S. and Europe.

PART I: HTML Basics

Mod. 1: Getting Started

Mod. 2: Basic Page Structure

Mod. 3: Color

Mod. 4: Working with Text

Mod. 5: Working with Links

Mod. 6: Working with Images

Mod. 7: Working with Multimedia

Mod. 8: Creating Lists

Mod. 9: Using Tables

Mod. 10: Developing Frames

Mod. 11: Employing Forms

PART II: Beyond HTML

Mod. 12: Creating Your Own Web Graphics

Mod. 13: Web Content

Mod. 14: JavaScript

Mod. 15: Making Pages Available to Others

Part III: Resources

A: HTML 4 Reference Table

B: Special Characters

C: Troubleshooting FAQ

D: CSS Reference Tables

E: File Types

F: Mastery Check Answers

Supplements

Dyami is a Native American texture set for the G2 James figure. Dyami means eagle in the Native American language.

Now that you’ve bought the amazing Canon PowerShot G10 or G11, you need a book that goes beyond a tour of the camera’s features to show you exactly how to use your camera to take great pictures. With Canon PowerShot G10/G11: From Snapshots to Great Shots, you get the perfect blend of photography instruction and camera reference that will take your images to the next level! Beautifully illustrated with large, vibrant photos from the author and the Flickr community, this book teaches you how to take control of your photography to get the image you want every time you pick up the camera.

Follow along with your friendly and knowledgeable guide, Jeff Carlson, and you will:

* Learn the top ten things you need to know about shooting with the G10 or G11

* Use the camera’s Automatic modes to get better shots right away

* Move on to the Creative modes, where you have full control over the look and feel of your images

* Master the photographic basics of composition, focus, depth of field, and much more

* Learn all the best tricks and techniques for getting great action shots, landscapes, and portraits

* Find out how to get great shots in low light

* Fully grasp all the concepts and techniques as you go, with assignments at the end of every chapter

With Canon PowerShot G10/G11: From Snapshots to Great Shots, you’ll learn not only what makes a great shot work—you’ll learn how to get that shot using your G10 or G11.