By S. D. Katz
The list of software engineers on the Adobe Photoshop splash page seems as long as the VFX credits for King Kong, but only in the past few years did they...
Best Effects 
By Michael Goldman
In late December and early January, some of the top names in the visual effects industry engaged once again in an annual ritual — preparing highlight reels for presentation at the Visual Effects Award Nominating Bake-Off...
Step by Step: By Ellen Wolff
In the Warner Bros. release Syriana, writer-director Stephen Gaghan dramatizes Middle East energy politics by staging confrontations for maximum intrigue....
Magical Sounds By Blair Jackson
Next month's DVD release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire gives audio professionals a chance to take a closer look...
Products: Atto By Dan Ochiva
It had to happen; 2Gbps Fibre Channel ports just aren't fast enough anymore. To keep up with high-volume streaming, and 2K and 4K post storage-maker Medéa tapped Atto's Celerity FC-42XS 4Gb dual-channel Fibre Channel host adapter......
Data Driven, Part II By Michael Goldman
The postproduction industry continues to expand existing digital intermediate pipelines toward larger, seamless data pipelines for image acquisition, viewing, manipulation, transfer, editing, and finishing. In the process, new workflows — and differing opinions about them — are cropping up. As discussed in last month's issue, some major facilities (Efilm, Technicolor Digital Intermediates, and Laser Pacific) have recently instituted competitive new digital dailies services......
By S. D. Katz
Adobe begins 2006 with the biggest makeover ever in its history. With the release of its highly integrated Production Studio Premium bundle this month, the San Jose, Calif.-based...
King Kong By Michael Goldman
Like the Lord of the Rings trilogy that preceded it through Weta Digital's production pipeline, King Kong is chock full of digital filmmaking innovations...
Step by Step: Aeon Flux By Ellen Wolff
Stylized settings abound in Aeon Flux, Paramount Pictures' sci-fi confection with MTV roots and Charlize Theron to boot. Designing the look of the film's futuristic environments required substantial give and take between The Orphanage in San Francisco and Digital Domain in Los Angeles. In one particularly revealing shot, The Orphanage's CG team pulls the camera back from a single apartment window to a POV high above the city where the story unfolds. The lengthy pullback shot ultimately resolves......
The 2005 Vanguards By Dan Ochiva
The end-of-the-year Vanguard Awards give us a chance to look back over a very busy 2005 and marvel at all the new gear that turned up at NAB, Siggraph, IBC, and sundry other occasions. But it's not new gear for new gear's sake that we honor here...
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