“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. [...]
Dublin-based post facility Screen Scene has revealed how it graded the first series of HBO’s successful television fantasy drama Game of Thrones [...]
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|  Brickyard VFX has created a promo for Beyoncé’s new release ’4′, which presents a hand-painted view of iconic international landmarks. [...] Continue reading World painted 4 Beyoncé  The Mill’s double-BAFTA winning TV team has created the iconic ticking crocodile for Sky Movies HD’s forthcoming live-action movie epic, Neverland. [...] Continue reading Tick Tock Croc  Brickyard VFX has just completed work on the new “Yahoo! Lip Sync” campaign, featuring Maya and flame work and on-set VFX supervision duties [...] Continue reading Escape from reality  The Rolling Stones film, Stones in Exile, showing tonight on BBC1 offers a first-hand glimpse of the making of one of rock’s classic albums, Exile on Main Street. Mixing newly-shot footage with a wealth of archive video and audio recordings, Envy Post Production used creative techniques to bring the material up to scratch. [...] Continue reading Return of the Exile Prime Focus has teamed up with TV production company Nutopia and the History Channel to post the 12-part series, America: The Story of Us. [...] Continue reading Historical epic Gorillaz are back – Rushes has completed grading and conform for the music video ‘Stylo’, the debut single from the album Plastic Beach. [...] Continue reading No monkey business Prime Focus has completed digital intermediate work on Sympathy for Delicious, the highly-anticipated directorial debut film and Sundance nominee from actor Mark Ruffalo [...] Continue reading True colours HD and stereoscopic 3D specialist BTV provided all the postproduction for James May’s Toy Stories, which features some ambitious world record-breaking projects. Ross Copeland, Senior Colourist and Online editor, used SGO Mistika for the entire project. [...] Continue reading Top toys for boys |   
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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 [...]