Networked Video By Dan Ochiva
What if it was cheap to distribute video yourself and easy to set up? As a potential business, it's a fast growing market...
Reviewer: S. D. Katz
Combustion 4 is the latest upgrade to the Autodesk's popular compositing program, one that is increasingly influenced by the company's hardware-based...
By Cynthia Wisehart
Welcome to the new world. That's the phrase that crept into my consciousness at NAB and took root by week's end. ...
Wet and Furry Logic By Ellen Wolff
A popular gang of furry critters has returned in Blue Sky Studios' sequel to its hit movie debut, Ice Age. But in this latest adventure, Manny the woolly...
Step by Step: Greece: Secrets of the Past By Ellen Wolff
MacGillivray Freeman Films of Laguna Beach, Calif., is acclaimed for making large-format adventures like Everest, but its latest film took the company into new terrain. According to director/producer Greg MacGillivray...
Exclusive: The Lasseter POV By Michael Goldman
As John Lasseter stepped to the podium to accept the Georges Melies Award for Pioneering and Artistic Excellence from the Visual Effects Society in February,...
By Tom Patrick McAuliffe
Once upon a time BD (as in before digital), almost all of our local television stations produced their own programming. Over-the-air broadcasting has changed over the years, with competing cable, satellite, and other video vehicles offering even more programming choices...
By Cody Holt
This time it's personal for the Otlvaro brothers. For the last eight years, Noah and Francisco Otlvaro have helped their father, Carlos, build the family...
By Michael Goldman
Eve and the Fire Horse, a coming-of-age Canadian film directed by Julia Kwan that earned buzz at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is hardly an effects-oriented...
The Football King By Michael Goldman
For a recent spot, Burger King's mascot, the King, replaces former 49ers quarterback Steve Young in breaking an open-field run, while interacting with...