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Dolby Demos the Best No-Glasses 3D Yet — But Is It Good Enough?
If you're still thinking about buying a 3D TV in order to keep your home-theater experience up to date, don't bother. Rather, don't bother just yet — Cameron-Pace Group (CPG) joined a technology partnership with Dolby and Philips at …

Six Things You Might Not Know About Avid’s New CEO, Louis Hernandez Jr.
When Avid Technology CEO Gary Greenfield resigned on February 11, Avid's board appointed Louis Hernandez Jr., one of its own, to the company's top spot. Hernandez, the former Chairman of the Board and CEO of Open Solutions, a technology provider …

What Cameras Did Sundance Filmmakers Use?
Indiewire posted an article this morning listing a bunch of films from Sundance 2013 sorted by the cameras they employed. It's definitely not a comprehensive list (it seems to be limited to the filmmakers that Indiewire got face time with …

Courier Prime Is a Free, Easier-to-Read Script Font
Filmmakers live in a digital world. Figuring out how updated procedures can replace older technology is part of the game when it comes to quality and efficiency. That's how file-based workflows superseded tape, and how the on-set digital lab is …

Shooting Zero Dark Thirty: 10 Tidbits from the Trenches
With awards season running at full throttle, much ink has been spilled about the political implications of Zero Dark Thirty. The controversy has nearly overshadowed director Kathryn Bigelow's pulse-quickening achievement in translating the boots-on-the-ground details of the CIA's long-running manhunt …
I’m Leaving the StudioDaily Blog
It’s with a hint of sadness that I write this, my last regular blog post here on Studio Daily. I’m leaving the regular StudioDaily blogging behind as I’m going to focus that time back over at my own creation, the …

Sony’s 4K Player? Just a Big Hard Disk
Last week we wrote about a promised 4K playback solution that would be bundled with Sony's new XBR-84X900 4K LED television. This week, the news is official — and it seems to highlight the difficulty of getting 4K content to …

Film’s Not Dead Yet: See The Master in 70mm
It's another discouraging week for fans of celluloid, as word from Japan is that Fujifilm will stop making movie film early next year due to a general lack of demand. (The Japan Times reported that the company plans to take …

Five for Friday: August 31, 2012
Every weekday, we select headlines from around the web that speak in some way to the art and science of content creation. You'll see them if you're a subscriber to our Daily Fix e-letter or you can find them near …