BOXX® TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDES BBONE FOR THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL PIXAR RENDERMAN®

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BOXX® TECHNOLOGIES PROVIDES BACKBONE FOR THE FIRST EVER OFFICIAL PIXAR RENDERMAN® LEARNING TOOL

Escape Studios® Uses BOXX Technologies’ Workstations and renderBOXX to create Pixar's RenderMan Certified Courseware Austin, Texas —November 6, 2007 — BOXX Technologies Inc., an innovator in high-performance computing systems for visual effects (VFX) professionals, continues to build its reputation for providing the best tools in the world for cutting-edge visual effects through its role in helping Escape Studios to develop Pixar's RenderMan Certified Courseware, the first official learning tool for Pixar Animation Studio’s Academy Award®-winning RenderMan Software. Escape Studios selected BOXX Technologies’ workstations and render farms to provide the rendering power for this groundbreaking Courseware. Nearly all major films requiring detailed rendering use Pixar’s RenderMan. In fact, every movie nominated for a Visual Effects Oscar in the last 11 years has relied on Pixar's RenderMan. “BOXX Technologies is honored to be a part of the development of this crucial Courseware, which is the first to be certified by Pixar. Escape Studios has created a phenomenal RenderMan learning tool that teaches anyone from the 1st time user to the seasoned professional all the vital tips needed for working with the program,” said Francois Wolf, director of marketing for BOXX Technologies. According to Escape Studios, BOXX workstations and renderBOXX nodes were selected because of the company’s reputation for designing high-performance systems for VFX professionals.
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“While developing Pixar's RenderMan Certified Courseware we put all of RenderMan's features to the test. Our goal for the Courseware was to create a learning tool that explains and demonstrates production techniques. This, of course, requires production-quality renders. BOXX machines formed the backbone of our render farm and continually impressed us with their performance, both when rendering a single frame across multiple cores and when rendering multiple frames across multiple cores. BOXX's cutting edge hardware integrates flawlessly with the ever increasing power and efficiency of Pixar's RenderMan, together giving studios a serious performance edge,” said Scott Eaton, creative technical director of Escape Studios. Please visit http://www.escapestudios.com/renderman for more information on Pixar’s RenderMan Certified Courseware. About Escape Studios Escape Studios is a hub for 3D animation and visual effects expertise. It has built its reputation delivering software, hardware, training, new talent and outsourcing to the computer graphics industries. Professional clients include Pixar, The Mill, Aardman Animations, BBC, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Electronic Arts, Rockstar Games and Nissan. For more information on Escape, visit http://www.escapestudios.com About BOXX Technologies Inc. BOXX® Technologies Inc., headquartered in Austin, Texas, is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance workstations and render nodes specifically designed to meet the high-performance and reliability requirements of digital content creators working in the 3D, animation, visual effects, digital film, architecture, game development and broadcast markets. BOXX’s rapid integration of cutting-edge computing technologies selected and optimized to deliver the best possible performance when running digital content creation (DCC) applications is reflected in its extensive line of uniquely featured and highly customizable systems, including BOXX APEXX®, 3DBOXX™ and 3DBOXX RTX workstations, and renderBOXX™ render nodes. For more information on BOXX Technologies Inc., visit the BOXX website at http://www.boxxtech.com.

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