Press release from Maxon
MAXON is pleased to announce CINEMA 4D R13, its cornerstone 3D motion graphics, visual effects, painting, and rendering software application has been named a recipient of the prestigious Computer Graphics World Magazine SIGGRAPH 2011 Silver Edge Award.
SIGGRAPH 2011 is the world's premier conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques, which took place in Vancouver last August. MAXON was among the more than 150 industry organisations exhibiting at the show.
Since 1977, Computer Graphics World magazine has provided in-depth editorial coverage of the modeling, design, animation and multimedia technologies and their uses for engineers, designers, researchers and animators within the primary fields of science, art and entertainment. According to CGW Editor, Karen Moltenbrey, "…the annual awards recognize impressive technologies at the show, so selecting the CGW Silver Edge Award winners was certainly challenging. Yet, there were some offerings, including CINEMA 4D Release 13, that stood out from the rest as having the potential of greatly impacting our industry now and in the future."
CINEMA 4D R13, the next generation of the professional 3D software package, was on public display at SIGGRAPH, and started shipping last month. Revered by digital artists worldwide for its superior ability to quickly and easily create stunning high-end 3D images and animations for film, broadcast, architecture, games, multimedia, design and engineering, Moltenbrey noted that the new character tools that MAXON developed for R13, alongside its integrated stereo workflow capabilities, as well as the physically accurate rendering for generating photorealistic imagery, were among the considerations in conferring the software with this year's Silver Edge Award.
"MAXON remains committed to constant innovation and aims to bring the most advanced, user-friendly tools to 3D artists around the world," said Paul Babb, president and CEO at MAXON US. "Since its release last month, CINEMA 4D R 13 has garnered enthusiastic industry response. We are thrilled that CGW – the editorial authority and one of the "must-read" publications catering to animation and computer graphics professionals – recognised CINEMA 4D as an industry-shaping design tool and honoured us with the Silver Edge Award."