Don't fear change. This industry has undergone many transitions. Some of the most significant ones have occurred within the last two decades.
May 5, 2009
Digital tools play a big part in making magic happen, and one of our workhorses is Autodesk Toxik 2009, the latest version of Autodesk's compositing and visual effects software package for 2D effects ...
A feature of converting material from one standard to another is that is that the colour gamut changes. This is particularly noticeable where material developed for digital cinema is converted to SD o ...
March 26, 2009
TORONTO - Motion design studio BTRY recently crafted a CG title sequence for the FITC's two-day conference in New York City. "Pause - An Exploration of Concept and Design within Broadcast and Film" is ...
All right, it's that time of year again where we either dread the hours it takes to fill out tax forms, or look forward to the rewards of keeping those books accurate. Here are a few quick application ...
Cinematographer Daron Keet shares his thoughts about the Red One camera's ability to stand up to the plate in delivering images expected from 35mm negative film.
March 25, 2009
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
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
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 ...
Headphones in professional studios have many different applications depending upon how one uses them. I use headphones to compose and then to record and overdub. I mix through monitors, but I want the ...
February 12, 2009