“Tintin” leads with most feature nominations; “Boardwalk Empire” for broadcast [...]
Continue reading VES announces nominees for 10th Annual Awards
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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 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  Framestore has taken Philips’ Parallel Lines campaign into a new dimension with RSA’s The Foundling, with stereo 3D postproduction using SGO Mistika [...] Continue reading Horns of a dilemma  Nexus directors Fx & Mat and Framestore have created an entirely CG 60-second film, Siege. The epic fantasy spot for Wieden + Kennedy Portland and Coca Cola aired in the US at Super Bowl XLV [...] Continue reading Fizzing fantasy Production company Mothership has signed directing duo Alex & Steffen to its roster. [...] Continue reading Alex & Steffen join Mothership crew  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 |   
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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 [...]