“Tintin” leads with most feature nominations; “Boardwalk Empire” for broadcast [...]
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 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 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 MPC needs to hire a host of creative, technical and overall exciting individuals to join its world-leading VFX company, so is about to hit the road for a European tour [...] Continue reading MPC recruitment roadshow Cinesite has completed over 650 visual effects shots on the new Twentieth Century Fox film, Marmaduke, which opens in cinemas across the UK today. [...] Continue reading Dog’s life  Creative production studio Motion Theory has released a cinematic fully animated project to help US retailer Target launch new grocery departments in many stores [...] Continue reading Tiny crew, big target  e-on software has announced the winner of of the “Vue 3D Environment Competition”, designed to showcase the capabilities of 3D technology for CG environments. [...] Continue reading Vue 3D competition winner |   
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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 [...]