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VFX industry veterans Eric Hollander and Eric Saindon had been involved with the intriguing notion of producing visual effects for Alita: Battle Angel for literally decades when the opportunity finally arrived.

A Few of His Favourite Things: Oscar-Nominated DP Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC

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In Wired‘s behind-the-scenes video, Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Danny Dimian, VFX supervisor, and Josh Beveridge, head of character animation, slow down...

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To help Final Cut Pro X (FCP X) users get ready for post-Mojave releases of MacOS, which will lack QuickTime...

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A new nonprofit industry group will be at NAB Show 2019 promoting the Reliable Internet Stream Transport (RIST) standard, a...

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Love giving verbal orders to your phone, but dislike the implications about gender roles raised by a female digital...

Filming Down Under: The Life and Times of an Offloading App

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Signiant’s New Transport Architecture Uses Machine Learning to Analyze, Adjust to Network Conditions

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Signiant said it has developed a new data transport system for files and live media streams based in part...

Quantum to Launch NVMe All-Flash Storage Platform for UHD Workflow at NAB

Mar 21, 2019

Speed will be of the essence when Quantum introduces a new NVMe all-flash storage appliance at NAB Show 2019. The...

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Imagine Products opened its doors in 1991 and in those 27 years there has been a sea of change...

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Essential Gear: Camera Support

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Mar 21, 2019

Set against the unlikely yet colorful backdrop of a municipal recycling center in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, this short film...

Red Ships Rental-Exclusive Ranger Camera System to Authorized Outlets

Mar 20, 2019

Red Digital Cinema said it is now shipping its new Red Ranger camera system to Red-authorized rental houses. Designed...

A Few of His Favourite Things: Oscar-Nominated DP Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC

Feb 14, 2019

Director Yorgos Lanthimos and cinematographer Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC, had never worked together before shooting The Favourite, now headed toward...

Oscar-Nominated, ASC Award-Winning DP Lukasz Zal on the Many Stylistic Contrasts in Cold War

Feb 11, 2019

Cold War, the second Oscar-nominated Polish-language film from director Pawel Pawlikowski, is a cool, black-and-white shapeshifter that radiates with heat. It’s...

In the Field: Venice in Venice

Feb 5, 2019

Imagine a film crew turned loose to film one of the world’s most beautiful cities — using a brand-new model...

New Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K Update Addresses Audio Noise Levels, Sync, Auto-Focus and More

Feb 5, 2019

Blackmagic Design says it has overhauled the audio performance of its Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K, among other improvements...

Autodesk Puts GPU-Accelerated Arnold Renderer into Public Beta

Mar 18, 2019

Autodesk’s Arnold renderer will soon support GPU acceleration, starting with this Wednesday’s public beta release of Arnold 5.3 with Arnold...

SGO Launches Free Open Beta of New Mistika Boutique Finishing Software

Mar 14, 2019

In advance of an official launch at NAB Show 2019, SGO has released a free open beta of Mistika...

Oscar-Nominated VFX Supervisor Rob Bredow on Solo: A Star Wars Story

Feb 12, 2019

Solo: A Star Wars Story is the ninth Star Wars film to receive an Oscar nomination for best visual...

Oscar-Nominated VFX Supervisor Roger Guyett on Ready Player One

Feb 8, 2019

Ready Player One follows game players in a dystopian future who escape the grim reality of their world by...

Signiant’s Jet Automates the Company’s File Transfer Services

Mar 12, 2019

Signiant is leveraging its data-transfer acceleration platform to launch Jet, a new system for automatically moving large files over...

Book Review: The Making of a Motion Picture Editor

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Is there a bible of film editing? Some would cite Walter Murch’s influential In the Blink of an Eye as...

Anne McCabe, ACE, on Cutting Can You Ever Forgive Me?

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Directed by Marielle Heller, Can You Ever Forgive Me? is the true story of author Lee Israel, a brilliant...

Adobe Releases Premiere Rush CC, a Simplified Video Editor Tuned for Online Sharing

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Adobe today released Premiere Rush CC, a new cross-platform video application for iOS, Mac and Windows that’s designed to dramatically...

Renowned Audio Engineer Robert Schulein Has Passed Away at 76

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SCHAUMBURG, ILLINOIS (JANUARY 1, 2019): Renowned audio engineer Robert Schulein, beloved son of the late Arthur and Jeanette Schulein,...

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With a Sennheiser MKH-416 costing $999 and even a Røde NTG3 running $665.55, what can you expect from a...

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The moment astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped onto the surface of the moon was, for the breathless nation that watched,...

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Alan Parsons, the engineer behind Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon and the producer who led the Alan...

SGO Launches Free Open Beta of New Mistika Boutique Finishing Software

Mar 14, 2019

In advance of an official launch at NAB Show 2019, SGO has released a free open beta of Mistika...

Signiant’s Jet Automates the Company’s File Transfer Services

Mar 12, 2019

Signiant is leveraging its data-transfer acceleration platform to launch Jet, a new system for automatically moving large files over...

SGO Mistika Integrates AJA’s Kona 5 Card for 8K Broadcast Applications

Feb 19, 2019

SGO revealed its recipe for 8K workflow today, announcing that it has integrated AJA’s Kona 5 I/O hardware, first...

EditShare to Demo Automated QC at HPA, Including IMF Capabilities

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EditShare is spotlighting IMF next week, bringing a demo of its QScan automated quality control system to the HPA Tech...

Signiant’s Jet Automates the Company’s File Transfer Services

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How Object Storage Meets the Challenges of Today’s Content Boom for Media and Entertainment Production

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Through much of the 2010s, Complex was a fast-growing company in transition. Founded as a print magazine in 2002,...

Signiant’s Jet Automates the Company’s File Transfer Services

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SGO Mistika Integrates AJA’s Kona 5 Card for 8K Broadcast Applications

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Vitec Acquires T-21 Technologies

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Streaming solutions provider Vitec has acquired Jacksonville, FL streaming media hardware specialist T-21 Technologies, bringing T-21’s range of encoders...

Broad Coalition of Broadcasters Commits to ATSC 3.0 Next-Gen TV at NAB New York

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Next-generation TV standards got a shot in the arm at NAB New York today as a coalition of broadcasters...

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