March 1, 2009

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    March 1, 2009

Departments

  • A GLASS HALF FULL
    A GLASS HALF FULL

    Times are tough, no doubt. And this economic crisis is reaching far beyond the housing market and auto industry. One only needs to read our daily online news to see details on how the post market is b ...

    February 25, 2009

  • REVIEW: SONY CREATIVE SOFTWARE'S ACID PRO 7
    REVIEW: SONY CREATIVE SOFTWARE'S ACID PRO 7

    Acid Pro 7 makes a good suitor for composing to picture, if you prefer to work with loops and samples.

    February 26, 2009

  • SPECIAL REPORT: MICHIGAN TAKES FILM PRODUCTION SERIOUSLY
    SPECIAL REPORT: MICHIGAN TAKES FILM PRODUCTION SERIOUSLY

    New tax incentives are bringing an influx of film production and post into the state.

    April 28, 2009

  • THE CHANGING FACE OF TRADE SHOWS
    THE CHANGING FACE OF TRADE SHOWS

    With NAB only one month away, things are getting interesting. While Avid is back at the South Hall with a booth after sitting out 2008, other companies have decided against exhibiting in 2009 — Quante ...

    February 25, 2009

Features

  • COVER STORY: POSTING REALITY TV PROGRAMS
    COVER STORY: POSTING REALITY TV PROGRAMS

    Now well entrenched on broadcast and cable networks, reality programming has expanded beyond competition-based shows to include documentary-style series and real-life help panels, which require post p ...

    February 26, 2009

  • HOW LOUD IS LOUD?
    HOW LOUD IS LOUD?

    Why audio levels vary so greatly from TV shows to commercials and network to network.

    March 10, 2009

  • POSTING NEW MEDIA
    POSTING NEW MEDIA

    How to keep the quality and creative up while keeping costs down.

    February 26, 2009

  • STORAGE SOLUTIONS - A SUPPLEMENT TO POST MAGAZINE
    STORAGE SOLUTIONS - A SUPPLEMENT TO POST MAGAZINE

    With the explosion in low-cost digital acquisition, the innumerable layers and elements that compositing and VFX afford (or require) and the almost endless variations and versions that today's NLEs al ...

    February 26, 2009

Web Exclusives

  • REVIEW: ADOBE CS4 PROFESSIONAL
    REVIEW: ADOBE CS4 PROFESSIONAL

    Adobe has really gotten their hooks into Flash since acquiring Macromedia and this release of CS4 Professional really shows it. It features a number of new features, especially a fundamental change in ...

    March 3, 2009

  • STRATEGIES & CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING FILE-BASED VIDEO QC
    STRATEGIES & CONSIDERATIONS FOR OPTIMIZING FILE-BASED VIDEO QC

    Storing and manipulating file-based video and audio provides tremendous speed, flexibility and cost savings and has revolutionized content delivery in many ways. But as many different files and format ...

    February 26, 2009

  • TUTORIAL: USING BUY-OUT AFTER EFFECTS PROJECTS
    TUTORIAL: USING BUY-OUT AFTER EFFECTS PROJECTS

    Many artists put their After Effects project files for sale on the internet. With the AE project file, you are able to make changes - whether subtle or dynamic - to aspects of everything within that f ...

    February 26, 2009