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This year’s fall television season features an impressive array of visual effects (VFX) created using Digital Entertainment Creation (DEC) software from Autodesk

NewTek announced NewTek LightWave 11, a powerful new version of its Emmy® Award-winning, professional 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software.

Autodesk, Inc. announced that Autodesk Maya 2012 3D modeling, animation, visual effects, rendering and compositing software now contains powerful new toolsets for previsualization and games prototyping, extended simulation capabilities and better pipeline integration.

Hundreds of Visual Effects Artists Use Autodesk Software to Help Create Disaster Movie “2012″ of Spectacular Proportions!

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.”

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.