Luxology Announces MODO 701

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Leading computer graphics and visual effects software developer, Luxology are pleased to announce the forthcoming release of MODO 701. This brand new major release of MODO will significantly enhance the modelling, sculpting, animation, effects and rendering workflows and continue to add value with a number of new features. Over the last year, the development team […]

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IPTC study shows some social media networks remove rights information from photos

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As visitors to the DAM Coalition website know, digital camera files can contain significantly more information than just the pixel stream.  Even basic photo editing software, like Adobe Photoshop, Bridge, Lightroom or Photo Mechanic, allows photographers to embed rights-based information (like a Copyright Notice) and other descriptive information. However, you wouldn't know that from looking […]

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Nuke 7 Brings Compositing to the Next Level

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Recently The Foundry announced NUKE 7.0. The latest release is the most ground breaking to date, incorporating many new features that have been requested by users and VFX houses alike, along with some improvements to existing features combined into a better, faster version of NUKE. I spent a couple of weeks road testing the new […]

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WooWave – the automated syncing software with the funny name

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I’ve made no secret of my love for PluralEyes, the auto-syncing tool that came to market a few years ago. It has saved me countless hours in the edit suite doing that most menial of tasks: syncing. A competitor popped up a while back (not counting Final Cut Pro X’s built-in option) called WooWave. It’s […]

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And the Oscar® Goes To…

Tad Scripter, Engineer in Charge, the Academy Awards® discusses the challenges of producing one of the biggest and most complex live events on television and outline the tools and methods he uses to make it run efficiently. In this exclusive keynote interview, Tad will be describing how he and his team orchestrate the capture of live content for […]

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New York International Short Film Festival (NY Shorts Fest) 2013 Call for Entries

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The 2nd Annual New York International Short Film Festival (NY Shorts Fest) is now accepting submissions of live-action, documentary and animated short films and videos for its International Competition, which will take place May 28-30, 2013 in New York City.  The regular deadline is February 22, 2013; the late deadline is March 29, 2013. Entry […]

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Is the DAM Space Keeping Up?

While most people think of DAM as a technology, it really is more then a piece of software. There are many components involved. At Createasphere’s DAM LA Industry gathering last week, it was confirmed that technology is changing at an exponential rate making it critical for organizations to keep up. Respectively, it is also just […]

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A Conversation with Peter Deming, ASC: From Evil Dead II to Oz: The Great and Powerful

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UPDATED: 3/11/13 This past weekend Oz the Great and Powerful pulled in $80.3 million in North America with an additional $69.9 million in overseas revenue for a global opening of $150.2 million to make it one of the most successful March debuts of all time. Critically acclaimed by experts from across the country, many have heralded […]

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Tribute to the Art Special Effects Event

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Editors for the newly published memoirs of A. Arnold “Buddy” Gillespie will be signing “The Wizard of MGM”.  Buddy Gillespie, as the Head of the Special Effects Department at MGM Studios from 1924-1965, contributed to  such movie classics as Wizard of Oz, Ben-Hur, Forbidden Planet, 30 Seconds Over Tokyo, and Tarzan. The 384 page book […]

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SOC Awards Wrap up the Hollywood Awards Season

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Colin Farrell announcing winners     Saturday night was the night for Camera Operators!  The Society of Camera Operators celebrated the “best of the best” at the Leonard Goldenson Theater of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in North Hollywood  honoring cameramen in television and feature film, in addition to the SOC honoring industry leaders in […]

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