SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Artists from
around the world used media and entertainment software from
Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) for the 22nd year to help bring
2016's most popular films to the big screen. Autodesk also received
recognition from The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences,
earning a Scientific and Technical Achievement Award (Sci-Tech) for
the Arnold renderer.
"The amazing display of artistry in the Oscar-nominated work
each year consistently raises the bar, and we're proud to have lent
a hand in providing the technology for artists to bring amazing
stories and visuals to audiences worldwide," said Autodesk Senior
Vice President Chris Bradshaw.
"Autodesk congratulates all of this year's nominees and appreciates
the many studios that used Autodesk offerings to contribute to this
year's Academy Award-nominated films. And to see Arnold, our newest
addition to Autodesk Media & Entertainment, earn a Sci-Tech is
icing on the cake."
Best Visual Effects Nominees Tap Autodesk Technology
In the Best Visual Effects category of the Academy Awards, all five
nominees —"Deepwater Horizon," "Doctor Strange," "The Jungle Book,"
"Kubo and the Two Strings" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" —
were created with help from Autodesk Maya and in some cases,
additional Autodesk offerings including: Autodesk 3ds Max, the
Autodesk Flame Family, the Arnold renderer and Shotgun
Software. Outstanding visuals for all five films were produced by
thousands of talented artists working out of visual effects studios
across four continents, with work spanning previsualization, visual
effects, virtual cinematography, post-production, color grading and
more.
Arnold Earns a Scientific and Technical Achievement
Award
Annually, the Academy hosts a special awards ceremony
to honor achievements that "demonstrate a proven record of
contributing significant value to the process of making motion
pictures." This year, Marcos
Fajardo, Alan King and
Thiago Ize received a Scientific and
Engineering Award for the Arnold renderer, a modern ray tracer
designed to efficiently render the complex geometry in
computer-generated imagery (CGI) animation and visual effects (VFX)
films, now a part of the Autodesk Media & Entertainment
portfolio. The technology was awarded for its highly optimized
geometry engine and novel ray-tracing algorithms, which unify the
rendering of curves, surfaces, volumetrics and subsurface
scattering, and marks the 10th Sci-Tech Award presented to
scientists, designers and technologies from Autodesk.
About Autodesk
Autodesk makes software for people who
make things. If you've ever driven a high-performance car, admired
a towering skyscraper, used a smartphone, or watched a great film,
chances are you've experienced what millions of Autodesk customers
are doing with our software. Autodesk gives you the power to make
anything. For more information visit autodesk.com or follow
@autodesk.
Autodesk, Arnold, 3ds Max, Flame, Maya, and Shotgun are
registered trademarks or trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and/or its
subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. Academy Award is a
registered trademark of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences. All other brand names, product names or trademarks belong
to their respective holders. Autodesk reserves the right to alter
product and services offerings, and specifications and pricing at
any time without notice, and is not responsible for typographical
or graphical errors that may appear in this document. © 2017
Autodesk, Inc. All rights reserved.
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