“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. [...]
“Tintin” leads with most feature nominations; “Boardwalk Empire” for broadcast [...]
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|  Opening today, the Assimilate Store offers Assimilate software, third-party software, third-party hardware accessories and Assimilate merchandise. [...] Continue reading Assimilate opens online ‘trading post’  Autodesk has released Motion FX, a free movement-based video effects app available exclusively for Mac OS X Lion [...] Continue reading Autodesk releases free Motion FX vfx app  3ality Technica now provides all of the control, accuracy, breadth, automation, modularity, accessories, and design of both existing S3D product lines [...] Continue reading 3ality Digital acquires Element Technica  Cinesite is to provide a ‘significant’ number of vfx shots on Marc Foster’s forthcoming World War Z, starring Brad Pitt [...] Continue reading Cinesite gears up for World War Z Mill TV and Film has won a BAFTA Craft Award in the VFX category for work on ‘Merlin Series 3, Ep 2: The Tears of Uther Pendragon part 2 for the BBC. [...] Continue reading Mill TV and Film wins at BAFTA for Merlin Congratulations to Double Negative which has won the award for Special Visual Effects in this year’s BAFTA awards for its work on Inception. The prize followed a clutch of awards for the film at the annual Visual Effects Society awards, which also saw MPC and Framestore win gongs. [...] Continue reading DNEg scoops VFX Bafta  The BAFTA winning Mill TV team has confirmed that it is onboard to create the visual effects for the new series of Primeval. [...] Continue reading Mill TV to create new Primeval VFX |   
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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 [...]