Millimeter July/August 2008
By S. D. Katz
The revenue potential of 1.3 billion prospective moviegoers gets any studio exec's pulse going and Western entertainment companies have been trying to...
By Michael Goldman
Coming off of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor the biggest, most expensive, and most complicated project of his career director Rob Cohen marvels...
By Ellen Wolff
When the visual-effects extravaganza Iron Man became a massive hit, scant notice was paid to the fact that its director, Jon Favreau, came from the ranks of actors...
By Cynthia Wisehart
When we started to think about this year's Siggraph issue, our reporters' ideas came from a more personal direction than usual. Notably, our longtime...
By Ellen Wolff
Actor Will Smith has joined the ranks of the superheroes this summer with Hancock...
By Clayton Condit
Owner/Editor, Splice Here
Based in Minneapolis, Splice Here covers the postproduction Spectrum -- from advertising, broadcast networks, and corporate clientele...
By Dan Ochiva
The competition between AMD and Intel still lives. Although industry mavens might wait until the next generation of AMD processors is delivered in early 2009...
By Dan Ochiva
Although much of the technology behind storage hasn't changed for a while, recent innovations such as PCI-connected storage look to offer faster, more...
By Dan Ochiva
Using the Internet for video transport is becoming more common, but getting foolproof gear that works at a high throughput rate isn't easy. One company with a credible history here, Electrosonic...
By Dan Ochiva
Off-the-shelf storage systems are getting more capable than ever. Some now offer expandability usually only available in high-end offerings. Dulce SystemsPro FC...
By Dan Ochiva
Who likes to disk optimize? Anyone using Windows knows to plan for the regular defragmenting of drives. The size of media files used in post storage systems...
By Dan Ochiva
Training is key in staying abreast of new technology and market trends. 3D animation and design software developer Luxology is well aware of this; it...
By Dan Ochiva
Moving to the latest generation of dual Fibre Channel 4Gbps storage systems can offer advantages, but it's easy to worry about being locked into products...
By Dan Ochiva
Using the Web to improve your business is a no-brainer these days, so it's good to keep an eye out for technologies and techniques that improve upon what's...
By Dan Ochiva
Anyone involved in working with the raw, uncompressed files generated by high-end digital cinema cameras knows that dealing with all that massive amount...
By Dan Ochiva
As multicore CPUs come to market, so too does software that uses the new technology to deliver advanced game play. One example: Allegorithmic's Substance...
By Dan Ochiva
Using existing commodity networking technologies such as Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) is one way to keep storage simple and relatively cost-effective...
By Dan Ochiva
What would we do without Red Giant Software, the company behind so many useful graphics apps such as Knoll Light Factory and Trapcode? The company has...
By Ellen Wolff
Producer Jim Morris vividly remembers his turning point during production of WALL•E, the ninth film and ninth hit of the Pixar/Disney partnership...
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China Rising 
Mummy Reboot 
Supervisors Step Up 
Step by Step: Hancock 
Beta Sight: AJA Kona 3 
Products: HP
Products: JMR Electronics
Products: Electrosonic
Products: Dulce Systems
Products: Luxology
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Products: Allegorithmic
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Fade to Black: Jim Morris, Producer