Les Krostons" want to take over the world and their impish intentions were recently revealed in a five-minute VFX-laden 3D stereo teaser, directed by Frederick Du Chau through Le Studio d'Imagination, and screened at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Duran Duboi in Paris harnessed the powers of ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH(r) Digital Finishing Solution in a streamlined file-based 3D stereo workflow, from set to post production, to DCP deliverables.
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Well known director and cinematographer Wu Chiao is at the forefront of digital cinema in China. He has been immersed in the filmmaking process since his first day as a student of cinematography at the Beijing Film Academy. He has been the director and/or cinematographer (DP) of numerous films, setting a standard of excellence within China. George Lucas` "Star Wars II" -- the first motion picture to be shot using an HD camera -- planted the seed with Wu Chiao that quality movies...
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When AVID stated that they supported the MXO2 mini to monitor external video, I was pretty surprised, as this is a big change of direction for AVID as they normally only support their own hardware for video monitoring. I wanted to give the MXO2 mini a fair shake, as for the $449 price tag I really wanted (and hoped) it to work for the user bases sake. Let's see how it fared.
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In less than a year since opening, Divizion has completed the DI on seven features, including "Cookie" (Ciacho), one of Poland's biggest-budget productions, directed by Patryk Vega. Next up is the big-budget, 3D stereo horror-flick "Charnobyl 2012", from the same director. Providing in-house production resources; a clutch of RED ONE(tm) cameras, with RED Epic Stage 2 plus CG coming soon; editing; and ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH(r) Digital Finishing Solution for the VFX and digital intermediates (DI).
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We AVid users have had a BIG problem, and that was working with footage that was not OMF or (now) MXF. Any footage that wasn't captured via the digitize tool needed to be imported and converted to either OMF or MXF, and in many cases, the process was excruciatingly long if files weren't rendered with the Avid Codec. Thankfully, with Media Composer 5, that is no longer the case.
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With Media Composer version 5, Avid is moving in not only a forward direction, but in a bit of a sideways direction as well. Premiere Pro CS5 and Final Cut Pro are drag-and-drop editing applications. This means that you can not only drag clips from the preview window and drop it into your timeline, but you now have an extensive amount of flexibility when dragging clips around in your timeline as well.
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Although the entire Percy Jackson film is chock-full of fantastic visual
effects, the last sequence on Mt. Olympus is when the lightning bolt
takes center stage. The lightning bolt was a complex design, with the
look of moving plasma, a w...
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When AJA Video Systems first announced the Ki Pro portable digital
recording device, it was met with great enthusiasm and won six major
industry awards. Director of Photography (DoP) Timo Plogstedt
discovered these benefits and more when rec...
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Digieffects, a developer of popular visual effects plugins,today announced that Depth is immediately available for purchase.Depth, a plugin for After Effects, easily converts an entire AfterEffects composition into a depth map. Available for $49 ...
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IBC is coming up, and our European broadcast cousins will be seeing much of what we've already seen at SIGGRAPH, and some of what we have yet to see. I have a bunch of SIGGRAPH news that I've been holding - as it relates to IBC just as wel...
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AV-HS450 16+ Input HD/SD Switcher w/ dual screen MultiViewer This 16+ input switcher is the best value in its class. Its exclusive dual screen MultiViewer lets you view up to 20 windows on just two displays. CLICK HERE!!!
NO...Doesn't have a thing to do with "that" smartphone...or "that" store...or "that" tablet. It's the next generation. Kids and we mean little kids. That's what today's products are being designed for/targeted at. You happen to buy one...fine. Watch a little, little kid pick up a smartphone. He/she just uses it. They've come pre-wired and we're still trying to figure out how to IM. It's the IGen. They want it instantly. They want to use it instantly. They expect their photos, their video, their music, their stuff immediately when/where/how they want it.
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In this clip, lynda.com host Mark Abdelnour takes a look at proxy bidding. He discusses the strategy and how it works. He also discusses the maximum bid, and when to use Proxy bidding.
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The blood, gore, adrenalin challenges that were unveiled at E3 and enjoyed at ComicCon are fun to look at, easy to hold but are they really the games people want to plunk down their credit cards to own or rent time with? Seems as though the investors, the players who control the controllers have a different idea of a "good" game than the kids who develop them. While mobs of people play educational, informational, stimulating games our kid huddles in his room and mumbles "The Few, The Proud, The Gamers."
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Well known director and cinematographer Wu Chiao is at the forefront of digital cinema in China. He has been immersed in the filmmaking process since his first day as a student of cinematography at the Beijing Film Academy. He has been the director and/or cinematographer (DP) of numerous films, setting a standard of excellence within China. George Lucas` "Star Wars II" -- the first motion picture to be shot using an HD camera -- planted the seed with Wu Chiao that quality movies...
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When AVID stated that they supported the MXO2 mini to monitor external video, I was pretty surprised, as this is a big change of direction for AVID as they normally only support their own hardware for video monitoring. I wanted to give the MXO2 mini a fair shake, as for the $449 price tag I really wanted (and hoped) it to work for the user bases sake. Let's see how it fared.
Read More
In less than a year since opening, Divizion has completed the DI on seven features, including "Cookie" (Ciacho), one of Poland's biggest-budget productions, directed by Patryk Vega. Next up is the big-budget, 3D stereo horror-flick "Charnobyl 2012", from the same director. Providing in-house production resources; a clutch of RED ONE(tm) cameras, with RED Epic Stage 2 plus CG coming soon; editing; and ASSIMILATE's SCRATCH(r) Digital Finishing Solution for the VFX and digital intermediates (DI).
Read More
We AVid users have had a BIG problem, and that was working with footage that was not OMF or (now) MXF. Any footage that wasn't captured via the digitize tool needed to be imported and converted to either OMF or MXF, and in many cases, the process was excruciatingly long if files weren't rendered with the Avid Codec. Thankfully, with Media Composer 5, that is no longer the case.
Read More
With Media Composer version 5, Avid is moving in not only a forward direction, but in a bit of a sideways direction as well. Premiere Pro CS5 and Final Cut Pro are drag-and-drop editing applications. This means that you can not only drag clips from the preview window and drop it into your timeline, but you now have an extensive amount of flexibility when dragging clips around in your timeline as well.
Read More
Although the entire Percy Jackson film is chock-full of fantastic visual
effects, the last sequence on Mt. Olympus is when the lightning bolt
takes center stage. The lightning bolt was a complex design, with the
look of moving plasma, a w...
Read More
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