The Masters of Compositing Series – Part 2: Paul Vlahos

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This is the second in a series of interviews with the pioneers and masters in the compositing/VFX film & television industry. I originally recorded these interviews for my published book “The Green Screen Handbook” (Sybex/Wiley, pub) and had intended to produce one full-length documentary from the materials. But after a couple of years past now, […]

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CAMERAS: Now It’s Rocket Science

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Not so long ago the toughest choice we had to make was which film stock to use. It was possible to learn one or two stocks really, really well and use them predictably over the course of many years. Now a game-changing camera comes out every year, introducing us to new strengths and weakness. Not […]

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‘The Hunger Games’ Director Gary Ross Headlines Session at 2012 NAB Show

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What: “The Hunger Games” Director Gary Ross has been added as a speaker to the 2012 NAB Show program. “The Hunger Games” is currently the nation’s number one movie and enjoyed the third-highest domestic film opening ever this past weekend. When: April 16, 2012 – 12:00 noon – 1:00PM Where: 2012 NAB Show – Las […]

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IDEAlliance Continues to Advance Core Technology while Developing Standards

Having recently attended IDEAlliances Tech Conference in Chicago I was pleasantly surprised to see so many passionate people supporting the idea of standards and, most importantly, actively taking part in developing them. Most of the publishers present already had some of these standards in place. However when implementing anything in an organization, it needs to […]

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