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Ben Hur - Fire and Water

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Oblique FX in Montréal completed all of the visual effects for ‘Ben Hur’ – a new two-part miniseries filmed in Morocco and directed by Steve Shill. It is one of their largest and most varied CG projects, and gave them a chance to refine their water simulations. From Digital Media World Ma...

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CANON 7D TAKES ON SIX LOVERS

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Video DSLR cameras, known as HDSLRs, have been changing the world of HD video, creating new opportunities for videographers of all types. Joel Mielle in Sydney is nearing completion of his feature film ‘Six Lovers’ with the Canon 7D.From Digital Media World Magazine...

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PRINCE OF PERSIA

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Jumping from Ubisoft’s video game, the characters and creatures in 'Prince of Persia' inhabit a mythical world of adventure and romance. Indepth interviews with artists from four major VFX houses reveal the diverse new tools and techniques used to skilfully bring the fantasy to life. From Digital Media World Magazine...

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AEAF Awards Winners announced

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The winners of the AEAF Awards 2010 announced The work submitted was excellent and spanned all styles and techniques of animation and effects. The many people attending were amazed at the content in our Showreel, which will inspire their work for next year's AEAF....

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Nightmare on Elm Street - Only a Dream

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Freddy Krueger’s infamous face has now become even spookier 16 years after the original ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ was released. Method Studio jumped at the chance to rebuild the face in Samuel Bayer’s ‘Nightmare’, fit to frighten a new generation of viewers.From Digital Media World Magazine...

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ROBIN HOOD - REBEL WARRIORS

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Ridley Scott’s ‘Robin Hood’ brings the legendary hero with his band of rebels homefrom battling the French to confront corruption in a local village and lead an uprisingagainst the crown. VFX Supervisor Richard Stammers led the VFX team at MPC tocreate the digital environments and thousands of CG soldiers, boats and arrows. From Digital Media Wo...

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Clash of the Titans - CREATURE CLASH

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‘Clash of the Titans’ tells a tale based on classical Greek mythology. Artists from Cinesite and MPC share the development stories behind the city of Argos and the fantastic CG creatures that populate the movie, bringing drama and excitement to the screen. From Digital Media World Magazine...

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KICK ASS - ALIVE AND KICKING

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Although ‘Kick-Ass’ is fast-paced and stylish, its visual effects rely mainly on 2D techniques - with interesting exceptions. It was an approach that Director and co-scriptwriter Matthew Vaugan and VFX Supervisor Mattias Lindahl agreed on from the start to stay true to the story’s origins as a graphic novel. From Digital Media World Magazine...

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DSLR Filmmaking - Canon EOS 5D Mk II

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British cameraman Mark Moreve shot an entire 90-minute feature film entitled ‘Love Loss’ with the compact Canon EOS 5D Mk II DSLR camera. Mark tells about the decision to shoot on a HDSLR, and shares some of his techniques. From Digital Media World Magazine...

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MAXON Releases CINEMA 4D R12 for 3D Graphics and Animation
For CINEMA 4D Release 12, MAXON has made improvements to rendering and dynamics, Maxon-Screen_Prime
and added new deformers. Character animation has been extended for 3D image and
animation creation.
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Panasonic Releases the AG-3DA1 in Australia
Panasonic Australia is now shipping the Panasonic-Singapore-3D-extAG-3DA1 Full HD 3D Camcorder and
started a 3D masterclass series to be held across eastern Australia. Cinematographer
and trainer Barry Braverman will present the practice of shooting in 3D and lead 
intensive hands-on sessions.
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Autodesk Invites Design and Animation Students to PANORAMA
Autodesk is launching their second PANORAMA - Asia Pacific Animation Challenge. Autodesk-panorama-2
Artists from companies such as Lucasfilm Animation and Rhythm & Hues will mentor
teams as they work on their submissions during the final round.
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Canon Develops Extra Large CMOS Image Sensor
Canon has developed a CMOS image sensor with a chip size measuring Canon-cmos202 x 205 mm,
able to gather sufficient light to capture images in one one-hundredth the amount of light required by a professional-model digital SLR camera.
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Bone Up On Your Animation with Toon Boom Studio 6
Toon Boom Animation has released Toon Boom Studio 6, which includes new bone Toonboom-MichaelRoche5
rigging animation capabilities, aiming to make all animation techniques accessible to
students and artists.
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MARVIN Arrives with a Bang on Lijn 32
The MARVIN camera data management system is currently at work on a demanding MARVIN-Lijn32_production_01
shooting schedule for the Dutch mini-series ‘Lijn 32’, Route 32, directed
by Maarten Treurniet.
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Prime Focus Handles DI for Spike Lee’s New Orleans Documentary
Prime Focus colourist Eric Alvarado recently completed DI work for the Spike Lee Prime-Focus-DI-Spike-Lee-1
HBO documentary ‘If God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise’, which premiered 23
and 24 August.
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UI Designer Mark Coleran Helps Fuel Bonfire
Bonfire, a motion design and integrated media company, has recently taken on Bonfire-2
fantasy user interface designer Mark Coleran as design director. Mark will use his
feature film experience to bring FUIs into projects for Bonfire's technology clients.
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DaVinci Resolve 7 Showcased at Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet
Blackmagic Design will support the Third Annual Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet as Blackmagic-warren-eagles
platinum sponsor and introduce the DaVinci Resolve 7 for Mac in a presentation by
Colourist Warren Eagles.
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SIXTY 40 - OLYMPIAN ANIMATION
When Foxtel wanted to introduce Australian viewers to Winter Olympic sports, Sixty40
in Sydney educated fans through a series of (very) short, lively 2D animated interstitials.
The project earned the team three Silver Global Promax awards for a satirical
educational series. From Digital Media World Magazine
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Matrox Convert DVI Supports Windows 7 and 50fps Broadcast
Matrox Video has added new features to Matrox Convert DVI, an SD/HD SDI scan Matrox-convert_dvi
converter with genlock.
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Nevion Transports Live HD Video from under Monterey Bay
Nevion-rover-mars-crab[1]Nevion has provided a fibre transport solution using its Flashlink products to bring live HD video and research data from deep under the ocean to the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
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Boris Continuum 7 AVX Adds AAF Transfer and Compare Mode
Boris Continuum Complete 7 AVX supplies effects artists with over 200 filter effects and Boris-avx-7-lens-transition
transitions divided into 10 categories, including lens and particle effects, and methods
to improve images.
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New Sony DSLRs Shoot AVCHD with Continuous AF
Sony now has two new interchangeable lens DSLR cameras, the A55 and A33, adopting Sony-a55-2
their newly-developed Translucent Mirror system.  The cameras offer TTL phase-detection
auto-focusing during live view, movie shooting and high speed continuous shooting.
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Gnomon School of VFX Sheds a Light on Industry
Gnomon School of Visual Effects is a computer graphics training facility in which the Gnomon-lost_612
instructors are industry professionals with traditional backgrounds who started using
software tools to realise their visions.
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Canon EOS 60D DSLR Boosts Options on Stills and HD Video
Canon has released a new EOS DSLR, the 60D, with filter effects and a vari-angle LCD Canon-60d-5
monitor which haven’t appeared in the EOS cameras before.
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Canon Boosts Telephoto Lens Performance
Canon has released three new telephoto lenses and a new extreme wide angle lens, Canon-ef-400mm
all designed for speed and given new coatings for image sharpness.
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DVS and IMAGICA DIGIX Expand TV Asahi’s Workflow
When TV Asahi in Tokyo replaced their current production to playout workflow, they DVS-TVAsahi-3
implemented a combination of DVS video servers and a digital image software system
from IMAGICA DIGIX.
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Adobe Redesigns Photoshop Express Apps and Android Express v1.3
The Adobe Photoshop Express Editor, Express Organizer and Express Uploader, Adobe-express-organiser
a free set of integrated online apps for editing, organising, syncing and sharing photos,
are now available on Photoshop.com.
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Evolver Discounts 3D Characters for Uni Students and Faculty
EvolverPro.com will be extending a discount to students and faculty for use in EvolverProfaceanimation
academic projects during the upcoming school year, from Darwin Dimensions
maker of Evolver, a web-based application that enables users to design and
customize 3D characters.
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Digital Rapids StreamZ Encoder Fuels NBA's Miami HEAT
Streaming video has become a tool in online sports for marketing major leagues Digital-Rapids_StreamZ
and their teams. Deployment depends on reliable delivery across varied bitrate-
constrained settings including desktops and mobile devices while
maintaining DTV visual quality.
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Infortrend EonStor DS New 2.5" Drives Gain Efficiency
Infortrend has added six new small form-factor models to its EonStor DS networked Infortrend-spanishff
storage products, covering different host-connectivity types.
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UTS Sydney Upgrades With JVC GY-HM100E Camcorders
The JVC GY-HM100E is a compact professional format 3-CCD camcorder, about JVC-UTS2
the size of a 2/3-inch imager camera lens, and well-suited to the MediaLab at
University of Technology Sydney.
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Brickyard Flashes Lights on Yahoo!
Major Brickyard VFX recently completed work on the new ‘Yahoo! Lip Sync’
campaign with Hungry Man director Bryan Buckley. The campaign promotes
Yahoo!'s search engine through three 30-second spots - ‘Flashing Lights’,
‘Home Sweet Home’ and ‘Hello’.
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Phoenix Fluid Dynamics Explode for 3ds Max Users
The Phoenix Fluid Dynamics is a new grid based simulator for 3ds Max for fire, Phoenix-4
smoke and haze just released from Chaos Software. The plug-in combines a grid
based simulator with rendering capabilities.
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Entity FX Pulls Stunts for Breaking Bad
Entity FX recently completed intriguing effects for the series ‘Breaking Bad’, airing on
AMC TV, in several episodes including ‘I See You’, ‘Kafkaesque’ and ‘Fly’.
'Breaking Bad' erodes Albuquerque’s suburban tranquility,
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Tweak RV Addopted at Digital Domain Across North America
Digital Domain has been standardizing projects across its Venice and Vancouver Tweak-Weta
facilities, using Tweak RV image and sequence viewer for VFX and animation artists.
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