Awesome new reel from Plenty

http://vimeo.com/38260084

Interesting reel from Raoul Paulet

A good diversity of styles I thought:

http://vimeo.com/37303107

A Contest and a Cool App

Deviant Art Contest:
http://browse.deviantart.com/designbattle/retrofuture/?roi=echo2-6298468046-1480241-4661500fe13f696f1373ecf1371141a0&order=5&offset=0&_expand_all&utm_source=EMC&utm_medium=main_contest&utm_campaign=010412_RET_DesginChallegeRetroSub

Cool App!
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/istopmotion-for-ipad/id484019696?mt=8

Psyop - as usual - kills it in new spots for IBM

http://motionographer.com/2012/01/19/psyop-for-ibm/

Importing files from other apps into C4D and other stuff from Mike

Some of the students asked me about getting files from other apps into cinema, while cinema supports imports of lightwave (lwo), obj, and others FBX seems to be by far the best way to get files in from other systems (i.e Max/Blender)

That being said i found a free utility at this URL,  It will convert DXF, 3DS, and Collada files into FBX (Really no need for the collada part of it as Cinema hands collada well)

http://images.autodesk.com/adsk/files/fbx20122_converter_mac.pkg.tgz

And here's a good deal on C4D educational:

http://www.creationengine.com/html/pl.lasso?s=cinema+4d+R13&o=price+low-to-high

And here's a link for submissions to the 2012 ADAA:

http://www.adobeawards.com/us/submission/categories/

Contest for students

http://greyscalegorilla.com/blog/

Though there is no big prize it is a lot of good exposure.

Cool link from Mike...

About VFX work on the new Mission Impossible movie:

 http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=2087