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Advice for Finding a Job in CG
Thousands of students packed into the meeting room to listen to a panel discussion on “Getting a Job in CG†for film, television and/or videogames. The panel included job recruiters, producers and visual effects artists from ILM and LucasArts, Digital …
Autodesk Unifies Maya, Releases New Versions and Lowers Costs
In the current economic climate, it is no surprise that Autodesk’s message at SIGGRAPH 2009 was driving efficiency and saving money. The first big step was to unify Maya Complete and Maya Unlimited into a single product: Maya 2010. Included …
Five Minutes with Ted Schilowitz
I caught up with Ted Schilowitz at the Assimilate cocktail party at NAB. He had a few interesting/entertaining stories about the proliferation of Red and its near cult following.
Autodesk Adds Flare to Flame and Inferno
Today at the NAB press conference Autodesk announce Flare, the software sidecar to the Flame or Inferno motorcycles. Flare can only be used in conjunction with existing Flame or Inferno systems but essentially provides an extra seat, with the same …
Earn FREE gear while you get your learn-on
As you may have read, we are launching our fall Webinar series starting with the “The Business of VFX” on Sept. 30 and “The Business of Animation” on Nov. 19. Learn from some of the smartest people in the biz …
Adobe to Support RED R3D files natively by Friday
A little over a week ago Jim Jannard of RED announced that Adobe Premiere and After Effects will support RED R3D files natively. Apparently there were a few bugs to be worked out but the latest update today says that …
Blu-ray DVD creation for the masses
One of the more interesting tidbits to come out of the series of panels at the CineGear Expo came from Larry Jordan of Digital Production Buzz. He related the findings of Bruce Nazarian, president of the DVD Association, who has …
New York Raises Production Tax Credit
New York State, which has seen a surge in film and television production in recent years thanks in large part to tax credits, has up the incentives to lure more production. But other states began to offer credits making competition …
Word to Your MotherBoard: The Circuit
“If you get Linux-based humor… If you left your girlfriend for an iPhone” then there is a new Web show just for you. Production/design/post/interactive house Creative Bubble has completed the first two episodes of The Circuit, an irreverent look at …