NXN Software to Present Second Generation of Its Asset and Production
Management System for CG Film and Visual Effects Productions at SIGGRAPH 2003
LOS ANGELES, July 16 /PRNewswire/ -- NXN Software, the leading supplier of
asset management solutions for the digital entertainment and computer graphics
industries, announces NXN alienbrain VFX 2.0, the next version of its asset
and production management system for the development of long-form,
computer-animated feature films and visual effects. The system is designed to
secure and streamline the workflow of highly complex productions, saving
studios valuable time and money.
"As film budgets continue to escalate, studios need a production framework
that not only minimizes risk in the face of increasing complexity, but also
that reduces inefficiencies across their production pipelines," said Gregor
vom Scheidt, CEO of NXN Software. "NXN alienbrain VFX is that solution."
Manage film assets during production
Based on the award-winning asset management technology of NXN alienbrain,
NXN alienbrain VFX is a terabyte-scalable system for large teams in
heterogeneous hardware environments. It stores, manages and protects all
files that are generated during a film production, including models, textures,
storyboards, design drawings, animatics, production notes, both scanned and
rendered film frames, audio takes, sound effects and music.
Production Backbone
NXN has added a configurable virtual file structure to this asset
management technology that represents complex productions at a logical level
and ties the elements of that structure to the underlying assets. In so
doing, NXN alienbrain VFX simplifies the often impossible task of managing
dependencies among millions of production assets, whether they are actual
digital files or production elements (human resources, tasks, groups of files,
etc.).
"Tracking dependencies among extremely large quantities of files is often
one of the most time-consuming and difficult tasks facing large production
teams," said Jochen Pielage, vice president of development at NXN Software.
"NXN alienbrain VFX 2.0 simplifies that task by unifying the production
database into a coherent framework."
NXN alienbrain VFX is designed to integrate all key areas of the
production infrastructure -- reference management, asset management and
production tracking -- into a secure, central production framework that can be
accessed via multiple API's by every member of a production team.
Pricing and Availability
NXN alienbrain VFX 2.0 will be available in the Fall of 2003, but will be
presented at this year's SIGGRAPH to a select number of customers. Pricing
for the system is available on request. For further information, please visit
NXN Software at SIGGRAPH (Booth 3236), or go to the NXN Web site at:
http://www.nxn-software.com .
About NXN Software
NXN Software ( http://www.nxn-software.com ) is the leading supplier of
asset management systems for the digital entertainment and computer graphics
industries. NXN products provide designers, programmers and project managers
with a powerful framework to manage all assets throughout the development
process. Companies using NXN Software include many of the world's most
renowned entertainment studios, such as Pixar Animation Studios, Sony Pictures
Imageworks, Electronic Arts and Lucas Arts. NXN Software has offices in Los
Angeles, Paris, London, Munich and Tokyo.
SOURCE NXN Software
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http://www.nxn-software.com
CONTACT:
Jonalyn Morris of Bender Helper Impact,
+1-310-473-4147, jonalyn_morris@bhimpact.com , for NXN Software
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