August 4, 2007

Softimage Announces Production Challenge: Attack of the Jellybeans at SIGGRAPH 2007

SIGGRAPH 2007, San Diego - Softimage Co., a subsidiary of Avid Technology Inc., announced details of its events and activities for the SIGGRAPH  2007 conference in San Diego, August 5 through 9. Softimage will extend its presence at the show starting with the inaugural Customer Production Challenge on Sunday, August 5.

On Sunday, four renowned XSI artists, including Todd Akita (PSYOP), David Andrews (The Orphanage), Bradley Gabe (Stan Winston), and Greg Punchatz (Janimation), will take one day to model, rig, animate, and light a character, bringing it from original concept drawing to final render.
 
Hosted by Alex Lindsay (Pixel Corps), the goal of the Production Challenge is to demonstrate the non-linear workflow of XSI software.
 
All SIGGRAPH attendees are invited to watch and learn from these industry leaders in action.