Computer Graphics World

April 2009 1 O N TH E C OVE R S E E IT I N Leaping Lizards! CGW joins the 3D trend with its fi rst stereoscopic issue, starting with the cover, which features an image from the 3D Super Bowl commercial "Lizard Lake." We would like to extend a big thanks to Digital Domain, which not only was responsible for the cutting-edge commercial (pg. 10), but whose artists spent countless hours perfecting this 3D image to help us in our endeavor. • John DesJardin discusses The Watchmen. • VFX for television. • Outfi tting your workstation. • Canadian post studios push their talent, not location. Features Super Sunday's Best 10 Advertisers made the most out of their 30 seconds of airtime during this year's Super Bowl, using digital techniques to create some incredible spots. The most memorable has to be the SoBe "Lizard Lake" spot, which was presented in stereo. By Debra Kaufman Getting Unreal 24 A former game developer is using the tricks of his former trade—the Unreal Engine 3—to streamline the content creation process for his new project, "Chadam," an online series he hopes will fi nd its way to television. By John Gaudiosi Without Bounds 30 What do you get when you mix art with augmented reality? In all likelihood, one of digital artist Maurice Banayoun's unique installations. By Barbara Robertson Picture Perfect 38 Automotive photographers begin to embrace the advantages that CG can offer them as they ply their craft. By Bob Cramblitt Gone to the Dogs 42 Grad students at Ohio State University's ACCAD sink their teeth into a unique project: Using complex 3D tools, they re-created humorist James Thurber's line drawings of dogs and unleashed them during a musical suite. By Karen Moltenbrey COVER STORY CGW In 3D Put on your 3D glasses and check out the following pages, which are presented in stereo: Editorial: The cover • Super Sunday's Best (cover, pages 10-23) Ads: iZ3D • American Paper Optics (inside cover, page 13) April 2009 • Volume 32 • Number 4 I n n o v a t i o n s i n v i s u a l c o m p u t i n g f o r t h e g l o b a l D C C c o m m u n i t y Departments Editor's Note Stereo Vision 2 Stereo is growing up, and growing fast. 3D is invading movie theaters at an incredible pace, and it is now taking on the home-entertainment arena, infi ltrating video games and television. Spotlight 4 Products Autodesk's 3ds Max Design 2010. Image Metrics' new service levels. Viewpoint 6 Making mattes is still a diffi cult, time-consuming process, but there are ways to make matte magic work to your advantage. Back Products 46 Recent software and hardware releases. 10 38 30 24

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