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Cinematography
Douglas Trumbull Sees a Better Filmgoing Future
Douglas Trumbull first won acclaim with the visual effects for such groundbreaking features as "2001: A Space Odyssey," "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," and his own "Silent Running," but with the invention of Showscan in the late 1970s, he became the godfather of high-frame rate cinema. This pioneering innovator sees a better filmgoing future.
Feature, People / Interview
Douglas Trumbull |
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Adobe After Effects
Adobe Creative Cloud Offers Applications, Services, Community
With Creative Cloud, Adobe is switching from a model of software as a product to Software as a Service (SaS). By early 2012, Adobe Creative Cloud is expected to include such applications as After Effects, Premiere and Photoshop. Creative Cloud includes a hub for viewing, sharing and syncing of files, and a subscription with 20GB of cloud storage.
Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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Creative COW podcasts
Creative COW Podcasts: Bringing The Whale to the Big Screen - Part 3
In Part 3 of my interview with producer Suzanne Chisholm and writer/editor Michael Parfit, creators of the new documentary motion picture, "The Whale," we discuss the filmmaker's stylistic approach to the material, and Mike and Suzanne reveal how they managed to land the participation of Ryan Reynolds and Scarlett Johansson, whose efforts and contributions ultimately proved invaluable in getting "The Whale" onto the big screen.
Feature, People / Interview
David Roth Weiss |
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IBC Expo
IBC: AJA Debuts Thunderbolt iO and More
AJA unveiled five new products at IBC 2011, including its first Thunderbolt-based iO device, AJA Control Room, UDC -- the broadcast-quality Up/Down/Cross-Conversion mini converter and support for the Avid DNxHD video codec into Ki Pro Mini.
Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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IBC Expo
IBC: Autodesk's Smoke on Mac Gains Momentum
Autodesk Smoke on Mac is gaining momentum with adventurous designers and IBC 2011 did not disappoint. The variety of ways that customers are using it has made it an all-in-one solution. Creative COW's Debra Kaufman takes a few moments with Marc Hamaker, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Creative Finishing, Media & Entertainment at Autodesk to bring us the details.
Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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IBC Expo
IBC: AmberFin debuts Unified Quality Control solution
AmberFin has introduced iCR Unifed QC, a Unified Quality Control solution for content ingest and transcoding. With UQC, AmberFin enables users to create a high quality file-based HD/SD masters, provide file conversion to multiple formats and implement levels of automated and manual quality control within a single software ecosystem. Creative COW traveled to Amsterdam's IBC and spoke with Bruce Devlin, CTO of AmberFin.
Editorial, Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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Cinematography
Behind the Lens: Bobby Bukowski, Cinematographer
Bobby Bukowski offers an inside look at one of the first features shot with ARRI Alexa ProRes, and how the camera completely reshaped the cinematographer's approach to 360-lighting. Bobby also talks about the DP's role as one of the characters on a set where actors don't rehearse, and preparation is the key.
Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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Stereoscopic 3D
Qube Cinema showcases Digital Cinema products at IBC
Building on 25 years of experience, Qube Cinema has taken several revolutionary approaches to digital cinema over the years. These include a suite of applications to support creation of DCI-compliant packages, at prices that independent producers can afford. Their latest release brings support for stereoscopic 3D and 4K mastering in ways that are both accessible and flexible.
People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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Stereoscopic 3D
3ality Technica: CEO Steve Schklair on Changing the S3D Game
Combining forces to drive innovation in 3D production, 3ality Digital has acquired Element Technica, and has changed their name to 3ality Technica. The newly merged company will dominate stereoscopic 3D production, with an estimated 80% market share. Creative COW caught up with fast-moving Steve Schklair in Brazil and later, Los Angeles to get the inside information.
People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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Cinematography
Behind the Lens: David Moxness, cinematographer
Award-winning cinematographer David Moxness, CSC has made a name for himself most recently in his work on FRINGE, a mystery/thriller about an FBI agent who works to solve strange crimes with an institutionalized scientist who works on "the fringe" of accepted science. In addition to FRINGE, whose new season premieres on September 23, Moxness also recently shot the miniseries The Kennedys. Among the series' 10 Emmy nominations is one for Best Cinematography, Moxness' first Emmy nod; Moxness also took home a Gemini Award (the Canadian equivalent of an Emmy) for Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series. He previously won the American Society of Cinematographer's award in 2007 for Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episodic TV Series for an episode of Smallville, and has been nominated for numerous Canadian Society of Cinematography Awards and Leo Awards. Debra Kaufman spoke to Moxness about his most recent work.
Feature, People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Systems offers path for FCPX editors to switch
As disgruntled Apple Final Cut Pro users search out options for professional video editing, Adobe Systems has been a major beneficiary of the big switch since FCPX hit the market. In her interview with Jim Guerard of Adobe Systems, Debra Kaufman finds the result of Adobe's offering for former FCP users to be a big uptick in pro video users.
People / Interview
Debra Kaufman |
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