SIGGRAPH 2008 Booth Schedule Posted

The booth schedule for Softimage at SIGGRAPH 2008 has been posted. Booth #647. Be there!

Special presentations:

• Using XSI for the award-winning anime, TekkonKinkreet (English, translated) - Takuma Sakomoto, Studio 4°C

• Rock Legend Uses XSI in the Music World - Rudy Sarzo

• Using XSI to Create Basketball-Playing Robots for Mitsubishi Robot Factory Ad - Andrew Proctor, The Mill

• Creating VFX for Journey to the Center of the Earth Using XSI - VFX Supervisor Chris Townsend and Mathieu Leclair, Hybride

• Creating Photoreal Simulations in XSI, Phil Dobree, Jellyfish Pictures

• Using XSI for Creature Features, Aaron Sims

• Pre-Viz & Post-Production Using XSI 7 and ICE, Robert Moodie, Buzz Image Group

• XSI in Education, Carl Callewaert & Chris Cowen, Center for Arts and Technology

• Using XSI to Animate Dinosaurs in Jurassic Fight Club, Jeff Stoyer, 1080

• Using finalRender with XSI, Edwin Braun, Cebas Computer

Softimage SIGGRAPH 2008 Booth Schedule

SIGGRAPH by the Numbers..

As we get closer to the date of our biggest show of the year, all i seem to see is numbers..

- 3 sets of show giveaways have been delivered
- 4 different hotels have Softimage reservations
- 5 student volunteers are lined up
- 7 ancillary events are planned
- 9 days until the first crew departs for LA
- 21 workstations are being staged
- 22 customer presentations are scheduled
- 42 staff members have been registered for show badges

.. and so on...

There's a buzz on the 5th floor of Softimage HQ, as the marketing team's checklists are being completed one by one.. RSVPs are coming by the dozens every hour.. schedules are filling up.. everyone is gearing up for LA!!

jen

Register for Nice ICE: the can’t-miss Softimage event of SIGGRAPH 2008

At SIGGRAPH 2008, Softimage will be hosting its Nice ICE event - unlike anything you've ever seen! If you're going to SIGGRAPH, this is one event you don't want to miss.

Where: Club 740 in downtown Los Angeles
When: Tuesday, August 12th, 8:00PM-1:00AM.

Join us at one of L.A.’s premier nightclubs for an exciting multimedia celebration of XSI 7, featuring music from live DJ’s and a surprise guest performer that you absolutely won’t want to miss!

Register Now

Welcome to the Softimage at SIGGRAPH 2008 blog!

It's SIGGRAPH time again and Softimage will be there in full swing!

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