Autodesk Impression

Autodesk Impression is a new product from autodesk which creates ready presentation styles directly from your DWG and DWF files. It's similar to photoshop however, it creates various presentation styles using your CAD files. The techniques are similar to SketchUP as well.

Below is a video showing the features of the product in use:

REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio

REALVIZ HDR Imaging Studio is a new product by REALVIZ which combines Stitcher 5.6, VTour 1.2 HDR and Photomatix Pro in order to create HDR environments for virtual reality, architecture, industrial design, special effects and video game applications. With Stitcher 5.6, users can produce HDR panoramas and directly export them as environment maps in a 3D modeling software such as 3ds Max. VTour 1.2 HDR creates 3D virtual tours from existing single environmets or panoramas. It adds HDR depth to environment maps for Spatial Image-Based Ligthing (SIBL). Photomatix pro has tone mapping capabilities and creating HDR images from various exposures.

Visit InsideCG blogpost and REALVIZ for further info.

HyperShot

HyperShot is the world’s first interactive photography software by Bunkspeed. It lets you load 3d models and environments, then lets you see automation in real time. It also delivers real time rendering. "See instant global illumination and physics-based materials on models come alive, right before your eyes…with stunning photographic results." It's another type of rendering software but has other features such as real time interactive view with environmnents and change of renderings of the same object in the same environment.

Visit InsideCG blogpost and Hypershot website for further info.

C.G.I. and Compositing

An interesting video I came across in youTube showing a CGI and a compositing showreel which includes live bluescreen work.



Below is a tutorial on a Node-Based Compositing program used to create CGI. This gives an idea how it is done.