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- X-Men, The Lego Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Boxtrolls Highlight SIGGRAPH Sessions
- Avid Launches New Media Composer Software
- Sony’s PXW-X70 Is WiFi-Controllable But Needs a 4K Upgrade
- Footage Firm Adds Royalty-Free Stock Music to Subscription-Based Services Suite
- HPA Slates Hollywood Symposium Leading into SMPTE 2014
- Blackmagic Adds Heads-Up Display to 4K Production Camera
- Director Anthony C. Ferrante on Sharknado 2
- ProMax Systems Acquires Cache-A
- New VFX House Origin Digital Studios Opens in Burbank
- Color Specialist Apache Digital Opens in Santa Monica
Technology
Avid Launches New Media Composer Software
Avid released the latest version of its Media Composer Software today, adding a slew of new features on the timeline aimed...
Creativity
Director Anthony C. Ferrante on Sharknado 2
It's back! Syfy's shark-infested waterspout of a TV movie, Sharknado, was an instant cult classic and social-media...
Business
New VFX House Origin Digital Studios Opens in Burbank
It's not all bad news for VFX in Los Angeles. Today, VFX veteran Mark Miller said he is opening a new VFX house, Origin...
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News Reel
- Movie Film, at Death’s Door, Gets a Reprieve
[via The Wall Street Journal]
- More Financial Struggles for DreamWorks Animation
[via The New York Times]
- Elizabeth Banks to Produce Comedy Series for Paramount Digital
[via The Wrap]
- Apple Refreshes MacBook Pro with Retina Display Lineup, Drops Prices
[via ZDNet/Hardware 2.0]
- Sharknado 2 and Vashi’s Premiere Pro Editorial Workflow
[via Pro Video Coalition]
Videos of the day
Jul 30 Roof Studios for US Cellular
In this new short film for US Cellular, Brooklyn's Roof Studios highlights simple, summertime pleasures with a blend of paper cutout-style 2D illustration and 3D animation, bringing a refreshing hand-crafted feel to a typically VFX-infused landscape. Roof co-founders Vinicius Costa, Guto …
Jul 29 Why Are We All Doing YouTube Preroll Wrong?
Do you reflexively click the "Skip Ad" button every single time a pre-roll ad plays in front of a YouTube video? The creatives at Providence, RI agency Nail Communications wondered if it would be possible to make a pre-roll ad that users would not want to skip — and every time they're pro…
Jul 28 Ben Burtt on Lightsaber Sound Design
Hear the unlikely story behind the Star Wars lightsaber sound, as told by renowned sound-effects wizard Ben Burtt in this excerpt from the special features that originally appeared on the 1993 laserdisc release of the Star Wars trilogy.