March 1, 2012

  • 8-Mar-2012
    March 1, 2012
    IN THIS ISSUE:
    - Audio For Games
    - Sound Library Updates
    - Director's Chair: Wim Wenders: Pina
    - Review: Sound Devices Pix 240
    - VFX: Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance
    - The Evolution of the Digital Intermediate
    ...and much more!

Departments

  • Director's Chair: Wim Wenders - 'Pina'
    Director's Chair: Wim Wenders - 'Pina'

    HOLLYWOOD — German director Wim Wenders has long been ranked as one of the major directors of world cinema, thanks to such diverse and acclaimed films as Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire, Until The End O ...

    March 5, 2012

  • Editor's Letter: The benefits of previs
    Editor's Letter: The benefits of previs

    We could all do with a little more planning in our lives, right? Looking at something from multiple angles and picking the best path to where we want to be. Post pros specializing in previsualization ...

    March 5, 2012

  • Post Script: SuperExploder set to blow
    Post Script: SuperExploder set to blow

    Northern Lights (http://northernlightspost.com) in NYC is dramatically expanding the audio services side of its business with the recent launch of SuperExploder. Northern Lights initially added audio ...

    March 5, 2012

  • VFX 'Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance'
    VFX 'Ghost Rider: The Spirit of Vengeance'

    CULVER CITY — The Creative-Cartel (www.thecreative-cartel.com), founded by visual effects producer Jenny Fulle, recently completed work on Sony Pictures’ follow-up to 2007’s Ghost Rider, Ghost Rider: ...

    March 5, 2012

Features

  • 2012 Storage Supplement
    2012 Storage Supplement

    Data, data everywhere: Finding the right storage to fit your workflow is critical.

    March 8, 2012

  • Sound Library Update
    Sound Library Update

    Competition among sound library providers is fierce. Not only do companies have to offer high-quality music and/or effects — in HD or 5.1, too — but they also have to make these cues easy to find and ...

    March 8, 2012

  • The Evolution of the Digital Intermediate
    The Evolution of the Digital Intermediate

    It may be time for digital intermediates to have a name change. Initially coined to describe a digital approach to a film process (i.e., the digital intermediate between film scanning and film print r ...

    May 21, 2012

Web Exclusives

  • ATTO sets new benchmarks with NetApp
    ATTO sets new benchmarks with NetApp

    AMHERST, NY – ATTO Technology, Inc. (www.attotech.com) reports groundbreaking benchmarks with the NetApp Media Content Management solution.  In recent ATTO Celerity Fibre Channel HBA testing, the ...

    March 9, 2012

  • DDN's SFA 10K-X looks to the future
    DDN's SFA 10K-X looks to the future

    CHATSWORTH, CA – DDN’s new SFA 10K-X storage platform with xSTREAMScaler (www.ddn.com) is designed to provide simultaneous access to multiple high-bandwidth streams for enabling content rich shared wo ...

    March 9, 2012

  • EditShare now shipping enhanced Ark V.2.1.3.2
    EditShare now shipping enhanced Ark V.2.1.3.2

    BOSTON – The latest version of EditShare Ark, the disk and tape backup and archiving solution from EditShare (www.editshare.com), is now shipping. The new EditShare Ark V2.1.3.2 release features numer ...

    March 9, 2012

  • Game Audio: What it takes
    Game Audio: What it takes

    Game audio requires the most experience of any industry, says Composer/Sound Designer Gregory Hainer. He has worked on a laundry list of top game titles such as: Guild Wars 2, The Elder Scrolls V: Sky ...

    March 20, 2012

  • Review: iQstor XL
    Review: iQstor XL

    In today’s cost cutting post environment, line producers are tightening their budgets tighter than ever before. The large budgets for purchasing post equipment are fleeting; everything needs to be bet ...

    March 16, 2012