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stefanosoik
02-10-2006, 07:18 AM
Hello everyone, this day is the begging of the last day of Animex 2006 at the Teesside University. Animex is a very nice event and for those who dont know, people around the industry (games, cg films and etc) from all over the world come face to face with students, other people in order to present new technologies, techniques which are used, give advice how to get a job into Cg industry and etc.

Avid is a one of the 9 sponsors. At Animex 2005 festival, Avid was a very active sponsor and to be more specific with Workshops made by Ed Harris,as an award for the "Student awards" a package of Avid Softimage XSI 4.2 and generaly all the speakers mentioned softimage.

This time at Animex 2006 Avid is still a sponsor but Avid didnt made their appearence noticable as did last year. For instance most of the speakers when have been asked to answer the packacke that they use, mentioned mostly Maya and Max. Even nowadays, Softimage XSI has been used with success for the development of popular videogame franchises (resident evil 4, half life 2 e.t.c.), I am wondering where was the Avid's representatives at this years animex.

Anyway the event this year was still a diamond in carbon because once again was excelent orgised and believe me PS3 will rock our boats :)

p.s. I hope we will be able to work mental ray for distributed rendering and real-time through PS3
TheLostVertex
02-10-2006, 06:14 PM
No worries. Im sure Softimage is working on their stuff for siggraph. Hopefully we get nice present :)
JDex
02-10-2006, 06:44 PM
Not to mention that they just wrapped TDLove and are prepping for next month's GDC conference.
kennez
02-10-2006, 09:10 PM
Damn! Even though I go to the University of Teesside, I keep forgetting about Animex. I'm in the final year of a 4 year degree, and have not once been to Animex, even though I intend to go every year. I just keep forgetting about it.

Oh well.... maybe next year.
stefanosoik
02-11-2006, 10:16 AM
I really like this event imagine at my first time Animex 2005 I was traveled from Luton to Middlesbrough and this year from Bournemouth (10 hours by bus). I dont believe Kennez that you havent been in animex even once :) mistake.... :P
:eek:
kennez
02-11-2006, 11:26 AM
I really like this event imagine at my first time Animex 2005 I was traveled from Luton to Middlesbrough and this year from Bournemouth (10 hours by bus). I dont believe Kennez that you havent been in animex even once :) mistake.... :P
:eek:

I always intend to go, but there is always something that crops up. First year it was just simply that I forgot. Second year I was out of the country that week, third year I was on an Industrial work placement, and this year I was at work selling computers.

I will DEFINATELY go next year though!
alexyork
02-12-2006, 11:38 AM
hey guys - if any of you teessiders are looking to keep in touch with other teesside CG students and grads head over to www.cglounge.co.uk (http://www.cglounge.co.uk). it's a forum I set up for just that purpose.

we also post news of events in and around the area and, especially, Animex. coverage of Animex '06 should be posted on the site pretty soon with a bit of luck!

there's also quite a few XSI users over there, since teesside is heavily XSI-centric.

cheers :)
EdHarriss
02-14-2006, 05:39 PM
- Animex rocks. If you have not been there and you go to Teeside, you are missing out!
- I was not there this year because budgeting at Animex. It had nothing to do with Avid.
- Hope to be there next year! :)
mrflynn
02-15-2006, 01:41 PM
Ill be at next years, hopefully with my 2d reel :)
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