May 12, 2008  --  Syflex in "Horton Hears a Who"
Bluesky Studios needed an out of the box cloth simulator that would give them the flexibility to do different types of cloth materials with a fairly quick turn around.



May 1, 2008  --  Syflex in "10,000 BC."
MPC uses Syflex for the nets and harnesses on the mammoths.



February 25, 2008  --  Syflex in "The Spiderwick Chronicles."
Tippet uses Syflex to animate clothes and invisibility shields on the goblins.



January 8, 2008  --  Syflex in "I Am Legend."
Sony Picture Imageworks used Syflex in "I Am Legend."



January 5, 2008  --  Syflex in "The Golden Compass".
Cinesite and Framestore CFC used Syflex in the making of "The Golden Compass", for clothes, sails and ropes. CGW has more in its December 2007 issue.



November 22, 2007  --  "Syflex in "Fred Claus"."
MPC populated the North Pole with hundreds of elves. Clothing animation was simulated in Syflex.



November 16, 2007  --  Syflex in "Bee Movie"
CGW has an in-depth article about Dreamworks' "Bee movie". For cloth, character effects artists used Syflex to handle costumes for the humans and the bees.



November 12, 2007  --  "Syflex in Lissi und der wilde Kaiser."
An Austrian empress, as well as other characters, chose to wear Syflex clothes in the latest German CG animated movie from Michael Herbig.



October 31, 2007  --  "Syflex in Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
CG artist Claire Pegorier from MPC used Syflex to animate sails and ropes: “Our CG galleons had up to a dozen sails, with these huge pennants and flags on top of the masts, and as many as 5,000 ropes! So, a realistic simulation was of paramount importance."



July 25, 2007  --  "Syflex in the U.K."
Syflex is used by many companies in the UK.
Recently, three companies in London: Double Negative, Framestore CFC and the Moving Picture Company used Syflex in the lastest Harry Potter movie.



June 21, 2007  --  "Silver Surfer"
Hydraulx used Syflex in "Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer".




June 11, 2007  --  "Spider-Man 3"
Sony Pictures Imageworks used Syflex in 80 shots for Spider-Man 3 for digital doubles, masks and flags.
More details in our gallery pages.



May 20, 2007  --  "Shrek the Third"
CGW has an article about cloth in "Shrek the third".



April 20, 2007  --  SYFLEX IN "Las Piñatas"
BYU's students used SyFlex in their latest short movie "Las Piñatas".



April 12, 2007  --  SYFLEX IN "TMNT"
IMAGI used SyFlex in their latest full CG feature film "TMNT".



March 28, 2007  --  SYFLEX IN "300"
Hydraulx, Meteor Studios and Animal Logic used SyFlex in their special effects work for "300".



March 01, 2007  --  SYFLEX IN "CREATURE ANATOMY"
The new "Maya Techniques | Hyper-Realistic Creature Anatomy Part II" DVD from Autodesk is out. Lead Animation Technical Director at Weta Digital, Rudy Grossman, is one of the authors. Rudy is demonstrating in the DVD the use of SyFlex for skin & flesh simulation.



February 14, 2007  --  SYFLEX IN "SMALLVILLE"
Santa Monica's EntityFX used SyFlex in the production of special effects for the TV series "Smallville". We have a nice testimonial from Director of Technology Todd Daugherty and more details in our gallery.



January 12, 2007  --  SYFLEX IN "Night At The Museum"
Rainmaker used Syflex to animate the Jackal’s cloth skirts. More details in VFXWorld.

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January 16, 2007  --  SYFLEX IN "CHARLOTTE'S WEB"
The team over at Tippett Studio used SyFlex for dynamics simulation in a shot where Wilbur is being bathed in buttermilk in anticipation of his appearance at the county fair, and Tempelton the rat is taking a ride, too... The full article can be found here.

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