Edit Review: Maxon Cinema 4D R10.5 Reviewer: Franklin McMahon
After 10 revisions, Maxon Cinema 4D has blossomed into nothing less than a state-of-the-art rendering and animation system...
Step by Step: Anamorph By Ellen Wolff
Visual effects can be crucial in depicting a story's key idea, and IFC Films' Anamorph is a case in point...
Production and Post at NAB 2008 By D. W. Leitner and Dan Ochiva
At this, the final NAB Show of the analog era (the NTSC shut-off is Feb. 17, 2009), issues surrounding the fourth screen took on new urgency, as a simultaneous...
Edit Review: Strata CX Suite Reviewer: Franklin McMahon
Strata has created a suite of tools with some very simple missions. One is to make it easy and accessible for producers without prior 3D experience to...
Know Your Formats, Part 2 By Jan Ozer
This month, we’re tackling high-definition video formats. In the first segment, I discussed what aspect ratio is and why you care about it. In this issue, I’ll discuss the remaining items of the features table...
NAB 2008 Update By Jan Ozer
Welcome to the pre-NAB roundup, where I'll relay what I know about the products that video-editing and related companies will demonstrate at the 2008...
Edit Review: Frontier Design Group AlphaTrack and PreSonus FaderPort Reviewer: Gary Eskow
The revolutionary aspect of the emergence, rise, and eventual domination of the digital audio work station is hard to exaggerate. From the days of Frank,...
Distribute Review: Telestream Episode Pro 4.4.1 Reviewer: Franklin McMahon
Franklin McMahon reviews the Telestream Episode Pro 4.4.1, an update which offers encoding for numerous parameters and non-standard formats....
Creative Draw By Trevor Boyer
Philadelphia is the sixth-largest city in the United States, but, overshadowed by its neighbors, it's not even a regional capital. A two-hour drive to...
Shoot Review: Sony PCM-D50 Reviewer: Gary Eskow
Have you been hanging onto that old handheld stereo cassette player/recorder you used in the late 1980s to conduct interviews, just in case? If so, toss...