Bauhaus Software has released StopShot, a freely-downloadable set of Mirage plug-ins that provides direct USB control and megapixel transfer from most popular Canon digital still cameras. It's designed to speed up the process of capturing stop-motion scenes for use in animations.
The winner of the Grand Prix for Commissioned Films at the 2004 Ottowa International Animation Festival has been announced as “A Room Nearby” by Paul and Sandra Fierlinger.
Bauhaus Software has announced an update to Mirage, its real-time video-compositing, animation, effects and paint program with OS X support and Roto-tracking tools.
Version 1.2 is the first to add full Mac OS X support - Mac users have had to use a pre-release version up to now.
Bauhaus has announced support for Leitch Velocity and VelocityQ NLE in Mirage in a LockStep plug-in. Owners of Leitch Reality and Quattrus hardware acting as a frame-buffer for Mirage can view the results of their work in Mirage on an external NTSC/PAL monitor in real-time.
Mirage offers the widest and most creative paint-based toolset for compositors and animators available.