Related Articles
Interactive Products & Resources
Multimedia
Blogs
Forum
Affordable HD
Whitepapers
Newsletters
Events
Advertisers
Blogcast
MillimeterUndersea Achievements
By Michael Goldman
DreamWorks Animation was well into preproduction for Shark Tale long before anyone on the team saw Pixar/Disney's Finding Nemo. DreamWorks, therefore,...
Step By Step:
The Lord of the Rings
By Ellen Wolff
Reality is only the most popular fantasy, says Richard Taylor, cinematics director for Electronic Arts' latest Lord of the Rings game, The Battle for...
Alias Maya 6
By S. D. Katz
Maya 6 is evidence that the technology slump that began four years ago is ending. The latest software is one of the most comprehensive I've seen from...
Digital Self-Improvement
By S. D. Katz
Great training manuals are as rare as great software. Perhaps even rarer, since many of the best software products are cutting back on printed documentation. While including Help files built into the software is convenient, most developers don't go beyond explaining basic features and adding a few beginner tutorials. It's up to the users to find innovative training from third-party publishers....
Uncompressed vs. Compressed
By Bob Turner
Last month we looked at those who argue in favor of uncompressed high-definition mastering. The just-announced 844/X HD codec should be added to the mildly...
Step By Step: Thunderbirds
By Ellen Wolff
When Universal Pictures tapped London-based Framestore CFC to handle all 680 effects shots in director Jonathan Frakes' Thunderbirds, the assignment was...
Blue Sky Bluescreen
By Michael Goldman
For digital filmmaking aficionados, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow's path to the big screen has to be considered the ultimate feel-good story. It goes something like this: In the early '90s, a film-school graduate dreams of making a stylized, independent film combining live actors with digital environments entirely in a computer. He labors for years to make a six-minute rough version of his idea on an early Macintosh laptop in his apartment...
Desktop DI
By S. D. Katz
It's time to start thinking about your future. For content producers, the biggest challenge today is finding the best price to performance ratio when...
Quick DI
By Michael Goldman
Jim Muro's first experience with a digital intermediate took place on his first project as a DP Kevin Costner's Open Range. For his second DP job, Paul...
Plugged-In Turned-On
By S. D. Katz
Adobe After Effects has more than 350,000 users. This makes it a breeding ground for every plug-in developer in the solar system, and a cottage industry...