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- Director Alex Gibney on Finding Fela, Julian Assange, and His Documentary Influences
- Anti-Subsidy Org ADAPT Readies Fundraiser, Plans SIGGRAPH Q&A
- 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
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 Alex Gibney on Finding Fela, Julian Assange, and His Documentary Influences
Most of Alex Gibney’s documentaries are works of investigative journalism. His latest, Finding Fela, is the first one with...
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
- Sharknado 2 Draws Syfy Record 3.9 Million Viewers
[via Variety]
- Negative Reviews of The Kill Team Miss What Makes the Documentary Special. So Do the Positive Ones.
[via Indiewire/Criticwire]
- Making the Match with 3D LUTs
[via AbelCine CineTechnica]
- Harun Farocki, 1944 – 2014
[via Fandor]
- Dick Smith, Makeup Artist on The Godfather and The Exorcist, Dead at 92
[via Vulture]
Press Release City
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Vicon Customers to Take Center Stage at SIGGRAPH 2014 »
Chaos Group to Host Two “V-Ray Days” at SIGGRAPH 2014 »
Red Supplies the Stunning 4K Content while Gefen Fortifies 4K Signal Delivery Infrastructure »
Double Negative and Prime Focus World Merge Hollywood VFX Business »
Videos of the day
Jul 31 The Adobe Illustrator Story
"Everybody said, 'You're going to ruin good design because now anybody can do it,'" recalls Adobe co-founder John Warnock 12 minutes into this video history of Adobe Illustrator design software produced and directed by Ami Capen. "But the cream rises to the top. The creativity is in the d…
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…