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So … Will We See That New Mac Pro Next Week, or What?
It’s been almost a year since Apple stealth-announced a barely-there update to its line-up of Mac Pro workstations at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), frustrating users who still rely on tower-style desktop workstations — with lots of room for graphics …
New Bay Area Creative Pro User Group to Convene on June 5
Heads up San Francisco: There's a new Creative Pro User Group coming to town. The Bay Area Creative Pro User Group, or BACPUG (suggested pronunciations include "Bay See PUG" or "Bass-e-pug"—perhaps even "Back-pug"?), was founded recently by filmmaker Kanen Flowers, creator …
Defy Gimbal Challenges the Movi at a Lower Price Point
If you were scoping out camera gear at NAB, you probably saw the Movi from Freefly. Described by early users as a revolutionary handheld camera rig, the Movi is a three-axis gyro-stabilized handheld camera gimbal that keeps your camera steady …
Eight Technology Trends from NAB 2013
The buzzword at this year's NAB was "4K," and technology is pointing the way to our 4K future by increasing the speed, the capability, and the efficiency of the tools relied on by filmmakers and other content creators. Here are …
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 …
Next-Gen Cameras: Red Says Dragon Does Close to 20 Stops; Panavision Readies 65mm Comeback
There are no announced prices or delivery dates, just lots of buzz around new cameras from Red Digital Cinema and Panavision. First up is new info on Red's still forthcoming Dragon CMOS image sensor for the Epic. According to a Reduser.net …
Tippett Studio on Dell Precision Workstations
Tippett Studio, known for creating dazzling visual effects and character animation for box office hits such as Jurassic Park, Starship Troopers, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 and, most recently, the Twilight series and Ted, leverage Dell Precision™ …
Red Teases Redray Player Shipments, 4K Content Distribution Network
Details were scarce, but Red's Jarred Land posted to reduser.net over the weekend to tease the upcoming release of the Redray Player, which promises affordable 4K playback for both pros and consumers. We've been hearing about Redray for quite a while …
20 Cameras Used on Barry Levinson’s Horror Movie The Bay
Fact and fiction blur in The Bay, a new horror movie that uses the real-world presence of flesh-eating bacteria in the Chesapeake Bay as a jumping-off point for an apocalyptic tale of biological catastrophe. There's been a bit of a …
GoPro Goes 4K in a Smaller, Faster, Lighter Camera
It was a fun Tuesday night here in San Francisco as GoPro Founder and CEO Nick Woodman took the wraps off the company's latest little camera, the Hero3. This new product in the GoPro family ups the ante for helmet-cam …