Supinfocom alumni Clément Crocq (Machu Picchu Post) has updated his portfolio. Check out his CG images and animations.

Supinfocom alumni Clément Crocq (Machu Picchu Post) has updated his portfolio. Check out his CG images and animations.

Stefan Minning has ported the PFSTMO tonemapping operators originally developed by Rafal Mantiuka, Grzegorz Krawczyka, Radoslaw Mantiukb and Hans-Peter Seidel to the Adobe After Effects plugin format. Atlas is open source, includes John Hable's Filmic tonemapping operator and is currently available in OS X 64-bit and Windows 32-bit versions. Source code is available for recompiling for Windows 64-bit. More at Stefan Minning's site.

New features in Kolor's image stitching software for creating panoramas include: fully multi-threaded image-stitching process (up to 6x faster), ability to stitch images shot from different viewpoints (aerial photography, parallel shooting), Neutralhazer that removes undesired haze by analyzing each pixel of the image, HDR Fusion blending for stitching bracketed images and keeping the best colors of each exposure, new manual control points editor, color correction and ghost remover. More at Kolor.com.

New features in Image Metrics' markerless facial animation capture software include: automatic pose suggestion quickly shows artists the most extreme and physically different video performance frames that should be added as relationship poses, shared pose database (allows lead animators to establish a character's 'feel' prior to the animation process), new curve refinement tools to take results from the retargeting stage and adjust them to suit the intended usage, etc. A trial version is available for download. More at Image Metrics.

Pixelmachine announced that TopoGun 2.0, its stand-alone retopology and maps baking application, has entered beta testing. The new version is available for download to licensed users, and the company is looking for feedback on the new features. More at TopoGun.com.

The new interface for connecting peripheral devices offers 10Gbps data transfer speeds (2x USB 3.0), and high-speed data and HD video together on a single cable (via PCI Express and DisplayPort protocols). More at PCWorld, Intel, LaCie.

The HDR video player developed by UK-based GoHDR has entered beta and the company is looking for testers. Those participating will be given access to the player and HDR video footage samples. More at GoHDR.com.