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DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. (NASDAQ:DWA) and Sony Pictures Imageworks are integrating Autodesk Mudbox software into their Linux-based production pipelines. Autodesk Consulting’s custom development team worked collaboratively with teams at Imageworks and DreamWorks to port the digital sculpting and texture painting software to the Linux platform. Mudbox for Linux is available through Autodesk Consulting services…

Focus Features’ animated, action-packed adventure “9″, from director Shane Acker and producers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov, spotlights animation from Starz Animation Toronto using Autodesk, Inc.’s Autodesk Maya and Autodesk Mudbox 3D software.

Autodesk, Inc. salutes the hundreds of artists worldwide who collectively created close to 1,500 visual effects shots for this summer’s action-packed movie “G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra.”

Press Release Source: Autodesk New Conceptual Design Tools and Consistent User Interface Highlight Updates to Four Key AEC Product Lines In a virtual press conference on Friday 6 Feb, Autodesk, Inc. announced new versions of its software products for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industries, which are designed to help increase industry adoption of [...]

A pilot program for the city of Salzburg to be able to bring together 3D models of above and below ground features in an open platform that supports secure and robust integration of CAD, building information modeling (BIM), geospatial, civil engineering, and infrastructure data over a wide geographic area.

Autodesk and Avid Technology, announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Autodesk to acquire substantially all of the assets of Avid’s Softimage business unit for approximately $35 million.

Autodesk, Inc. announced the Autodesk Lustre 2009 digital color grading system and Autodesk Incinerator 2009, the real-time system accelerator for Lustre.