Test Drive: HP xw8400 By Jan Ozer
There are (at least) two reasons to buy a really powerful multi-core computer: to accelerate the performance of one application, and to allow you to work...
Edit Expertise: Audio Chops By Gary Eskow
Unless you've been vacationing on Saturn for the last decade or so, you know that Digidesign Pro Tools has become the de facto digital audio workstation...
Fade to Black: Stefen Fangmeier, Director By Ellen Wolff
When Stefen Fangmeier prepared to make Eragon, a fantasy featuring a 3,000lb. flying blue dragon, he wasn't concerned about creating a CG star. The dragon...
Beta Sight: Autodesk Toxik 2007 By Phil Brennan Asylum Visual Effects
I've been involved with film and commercial visual effects now for 17 years, and I have been at Asylum Visual Effects since 1999 working on films such...
Aesthetic Power By Jon Silberg
From the grim realities of war to an escape to distant fairylands, no world was too difficult to realize in the five films nominated for the Achievement...
Digital Déjà Vu By S. D. Katz
Previz used to be something you wanted to be the first to turn a director on to, like a great new band or sushi joint. Today, pre-planning on the computer is standard operating procedure...
Shoot Review: Bauhaus Mirage StudioPro Reviewer: S.D. Katz
Sometimes it takes time for software to find its identity. Bauhaus Software's Mirage began life at French-based TecSoft as an Amiga paint and compositing program first called TVPaint, and then was re-branded by NewTek as Aura...
Shoot Review: E frontier Poser 7 Reviewer: S.D. Katz
Poser is the 3D figure manipulation program originally designed as a digital mannequin for illustrators and artists when it debuted in the mid-'90s. At the time, Poser was a very simple, artist-friendly tool that made 3D accessible to artists overwhelmed by NewTek LightWave...
Shoot Review: E-on Vue 5 Infinite Reviewer: S.D. Katz
This is my third review of E-on Software's Vue 5 Infinite landscape-generation software, and it's the review I've been looking forward to writing. It's a coming-of-age story about a promising hobbyist's...
Shoot Review: Autodesk SketchBook Pro 2.0 Reviewer: S.D. Katz
The first version of Autodesk SketchBook Pro just missed the goal of being the definitive stylus-based drawing environment with a fast, key-stroke-free methodology — but it was on the right track...
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