Computer Graphics World - Volume 36 Issue 2: (Jan/Feb 2013)

Computer Graphics World

Volume 36 Issue 2: (Jan/Feb 2013)

▪ A special visit to Middle-earth
▪ The Hobbit's unique CG characters
▪ Digital reality expands its universe
▪ An animated feature, South African style
▪ The Academy's Sci-Tech winners

Features
	Of Gollum and Wargs and Goblins, Oh My! Artist at Weta digital create hundreds of CG characters and creatures to populate Middle-earth for director Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.'
	Shaping Middle-earth Teams of artists at Weta Digital re-create Director Peter Jackson’s vision of Tolkien’s Middle-earth for the first film in a new trilogy.
Editor's Note
	Personal Printing Once the domain of industrial designers at large shops, 3D printing is now making its mark in the mainstream market, thanks to the introduction of smaller, less expensive machines that use a wide ...
News
	Consolidation in the Digital-Reality Industry 3D Systems acquires Geomagic and looks at expanding its reach.
	Winging It A South African studio ventures into feature-fi lm animation, bringing a taste of home to the big screen
	Academy Names Nine 2013 Sci-Tech Winners
Products
	Products Recent hardware and software releases.
Spotlight
	Spotlight Products The Foundry’s Nuke 7.0. Vicon’s Blade 2. HP’s Performance Advisor, ZR2330w Performance Display. Autodesk’s Smoke 2013. Eyeon’s Generation AM. News GPU market holding steady overall. Animation ...