“Tintin” leads with most feature nominations; “Boardwalk Empire” for broadcast [...]
Hop over to Adobe Labs to give the new Lightroom 4 Beta a go and provide feedback for the final version [...]
New 64-bit Media Composer, Symphony and NewsCutter offer enhanced workflow speed, flexibility and time savings and are available for Mac OS and Windows [...]
STV has used the IBC trade show in Amsterdam as a soft launch for its Video on Demand service STV Player for Android devices. [...]
The Museum of London, creative agency Brothers And Sisters and AETN UK’s flagship channel History have joined forces to develop a new app which gives users the opportunity to see Roman London as it was 2,000 years ago [...]
Mothership has named ex-Motion Theory veteran Scott Gemmell as Head of Production. [...]
Adobe and Directors UK (formerly DPRS) are co-hosting an evening focused on The Making of Monsters, the sci-fi smash produced using the Adobe Creative Suite, with an appearance by director Gareth Edwards. [...]
Framestore was the sole provider of digital visual effects for Steven Spielberg’s War Horse, delivering over 200 shots to the movie. [...]
Continue reading War Horse : VFX on the Front Line
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|  Discovery Networks International is launching the new free-to-air channel ‘Discovery MAX’ in Spain with a logo and identity system created by Form. [...] Continue reading Form sets look for Discovery Max  Visual effects studio Brewster Parsons, advertising agency twofifteenmccann and Anonymous Content director Malcolm Venville have collaborated on spots to show how the Kinect for Xbox 360 has inspired people to experience the world in new ways. [...] Continue reading (X)box of tricks  hat-trick design and branding agency Jane Wentworth Associates have been helping The Imperial War Museum to launch a new brand identity. [...] Continue reading Rebranding The Imperial War Museum  Heavenly has brought the BBC Entertainment brand to life through a combination of beautiful and sophisticated visuals, an expressive human element and cutting-edge digital animation techniques. [...] Continue reading Dancing crystal identity  Independent Films’ Thierry Poiraud has created a magical spot for Réseau Ferré de France, using clever cinematography, model making and 3D animation [...] Continue reading Model railways  Digital Domain has created an all-CG spot, ‘Dust to Dust’, for Gears of War 3. The digital production studio in collaboration with twofifteenmccann, Epic Games, and director Adam Berg, put the 60- second spot together using an innovative virtual production technique [...] Continue reading Dust to Dust  devilfish has been working overtime since being signed to the BBC’s Branding and Identity roster, including a distinct set of designs for BBC Four and its new ‘Handmade in Britain’ series, as well as for a new Radio 4 dramatisation of Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate. [...] Continue reading devilfish delivers distinctive BBC branding  Dublin-based post facility Screen Scene has revealed how it graded the first series of HBO’s successful television fantasy drama Game of Thrones [...] Continue reading Adding a finish to Game of Thrones |   
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Recently I reviewed the new version of the venerable DTP software and set out some key tips for using it in a Masterclass feature for Macworld [...]
In this feature, commissioned by Macworld, I track the last ten years of Mac OS X. It ends with a preview of Mac OS X 7- Codenamed Lion, which is due this summer. [...]
What is the secret of convincing portraiture, whether done digitally or in traditional media or a mixture of the two? Find out in this feature [...]