Share your best work and become one of “The People Behind the Pixels” at SIGGRAPH 2010 this July in Los Angeles, California. Thousands of industry professionals will gather at the Los Angeles Convention Center for the 37th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, and they need to know about your work.

SIGGRAPH 2010 is now accepting submissions from everyone who has a hand in inspiring, creating, producing, or teaching computer graphics and interactive techniques. Important deadlines are quickly approaching. So be sure to submit your best work as soon as possible!

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(Chicago, IL) – ACM SIGGRAPH announces the 2010 Call for Submissions for contributors and volunteers for the 37th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Sunday 25 July – Thursday, 29 July 2010 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.

SIGGRAPH 2010 will bring together the “People Behind the Pixels” – the brightest minds in computer graphics to share ideas and knowledge on many diverse industry disciplines. From students to studio executives, from scientists to researchers, SIGGRAPH provides contributors with the opportunity to present their work to the world.

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Ton Roosendaal writes:

Brad Peebler, President of Luxology, invited me to have a meeting at Siggraph to start a friendly relation and check on ways how we can make Modo and Blender work together smoothly for our users.

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Here’s another mini-report and some photographs by Ton. He writes:

This is just 5 minutes of the Blender booth in action, lots of attention, people having fun, and Bassam editing his last changes for the Tube trailer he likes to show!

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Registration for SIGGRAPH 2009 is now open! There are several registration options available to help you customize your experience at SIGGRAPH in New Orleans.

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(Chicago, IL) – In response to a successful expanded format in 2008, the SIGGRAPH 2009 Computer Animation Festival will again be open to the public and feature a comprehensive collection of juried and invited screenings that will showcase the most recent advances in computer-generated imagery. In addition, the Festival will feature presentations and panels that focus on the art, science, and technology that are used to create the latest advances in production and projection of digital cinema and visualizations. The festival is also expanding its general call for submissions to include Visual Music and Real-Time Rendering.

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News Release: ACM SIGGRAPH 2009 invites you to Network Your Senses as a contributor or volunteer at the 36th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, 3 – 7 August 2009 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in festive New Orleans, Louisiana.

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I caught up with Shawn and Carlos again at this year’s SIGGRAPGH in Los Angeles. We discuss some changes and milestones at AnimationMentor as well as what it’s like to work at a big studio. I did the interview just outside the Expo, in a common area, and well, that always leads to some interesting background noise. You’ll hear Fjorge members screaming “Fjorge” as they wonder the halls.

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One of this years Emerging Technology on display at SIGGRAPH, is a user interface that expands on the mouse and tablet concept. With this technology, there are different types controls that you use to manipulate the various objects on your screen. These control objects are sensed by the “tablet”, they are neither electronic or wired to the tablet. I’m not quite sure how this will fit into the pipeline, but I was fascinated by the technology.

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I put together a video tour of the SIGGRAPH 2008 Expo and some of the electronic art to try a give those of you who have never experienced SIGGRAPH a taste of it. The Expo is like a one giant collage of colors and sounds of technology. A place where art and technology collide. The video opens with a walk through some of the vendor exhibits in the early morning before most of the people arrive. It later then comes alive with the buzz of the exhibitors and attendees followed with some of the art.

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