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MAXON has issued a new press release congratulating the guys behind District 9, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, and 2012 for their Academy Award Nominations, and is not so careful to point out their use of various MAXON software packages.

“We’re thrilled again this year to see our customers recognized at the highest levels for creative excellence in digital filmmaking,” said Paul Babb, president, MAXON USA. “This year’s nominees pushed the boundaries of 3D technology to new heights delighting audiences with both fantastic and realistic effects. We deeply appreciate their reliance on our professional 3D animation toolset to achieve these well-deserved milestones.”

Several studios are mentioned across the various projects, but it really looks like BodyPaint and CINEMA4D are getting a lot of use out of the major studios.  Read the full release after the break.

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VFX companies “Uncharted Territory” and “Scanline VFX” combined to create over 500 shots for cataclysmic “2012″, and utilized NVidia Quadro GPUs to both render and simulate the apocalyptic scenes.

“In creating the cataclysmic events of 2012, we couldn’t risk our own catastrophic failure or delays, and that’s why we rely on NVIDIA GPUs,” said Marc Weigert, co-founder of Uncharted Territory, “All of the 100 plus workstations custom-built for this project include an NVIDIA Quadro FX processor, selected for both the high reliability and ultra-high performance required in our line of work.”

via NVIDIA Technology Drives Earth-Shattering Visual Effects in Blockbuster Hit “2012”.

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