The very, very serious problem with democratization of technology in moviemaking
elsewhere- VFX for Flight of the Conchords
Michele Yamazaki of software reseller Toolfarm interviews Brandon Parvini and David Torno about their work on a music video...
NewTek Announces Free LightWave 3D Trial Edition Available for Download
NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, today announced award-winning LightWave® 9.3.1 is now available as...
elsewhere- Finishing a feature with Colorista and Magic Bullet
John Flowers provides a detailed look at the process he used color correct the film Wasting Away, a zombie...
Band Pro East Office Opens in New York City’s Chelsea Neighborhood
Band Pro Film & Digital has opened Band Pro East, a new branch office dedicated to servicing the needs...
NewTek Now Shipping TriCaster Portable Live Production Systems
NewTek, Inc., manufacturer of industry-leading video and 3D animation products, today announced the next generation of its award-winning TriCasterâ„¢...
DAZ 3D Announces Mimic Pro Facial Animation Software for Carrara
Click for a wink. Click again for a smile. Facial animation has never been simpler as DAZ 3D, a...
Automatic Duck Bridges Gap Between Toon Boom StoryBoard Pro and Final Cut Pro
Emmy award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced its partnership with Automatic Duck to bring the editing process to...
Process Note: Deleted Comments
Normally I leave article comments as they are, even when they are (to my admittedly biased viewpoint) flame-bait, less...
WOW. Reason to want to make movies
Check out this trailer for The Fall. If the imagery doesn’t grab you at first (I saw posters on...
Making Alpha Channels for Logos – Photoshop for Video
Instructor Richard Harrington explains how to handle logos and give them alpha channels so they will work in a...
Welcome Several New PVC Writers
It has always been the goal of PVC to handpick the best writers in the industry and let them...
Autodesk Acquires Realviz
From PR Newswire, Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of substantially all of...
Panavision & Canon videos on “Demystifying Digital Camera Specifications”
John Galt (Panavision) and Larry Thorpe (Canon), two well respected industry veterans, gave along talk at the Hollywood Post...
Apple posts FCP dropped frames “causes and solutions” document
The web page discusses various causes of dropped frames during capture and output. Starting out with very basic information...