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A First Look at the Canon C300
Did Canon release a new camera recently, or something? A large part of the world is talking about an upgrade of the 5D, whereas the company itself is more interested in selling us a competitor to the Sony F3, and even admitting to some ambition that it'll take some of what might otherwise have... »
Digital Cinema Passes a Milestone
Texas Instruments announced that more than 50,000 movie screens around the world have been converted to DLP digital cinema, crossing a threshold of over 50 percent of the estimated worldwide commercial cinema screens. According to some estimates, the conversion to digital will near completion by the end of 2015. Texas Instruments first introduced its... »
Blackmagic Design Acquires Teranex Systems
Blackmagic Design announced that it has acquired Teranex Systems – a manufacturer of high performance video processing and conversion products for the postproduction and broadcast industries. “Teranex is a strategic acquisition for Blackmagic Design,” said Grant Petty, Blackmagic Design CEO. “Its technology, solutions and market complement our own efforts and its high quality video... »
Sony and AbelCine Announce F65 Camera and Workflow Open House
Sony USA, AbelCine and Hollywood DI will host an open house and workflow demo for the new F65 camera on Dec. 10 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on The Lot in West Hollywood. Sony and AbelCine will be bringing the latest version of the F65 camera and SRMASTER line up as well as other members of... »
ARRI Releases Version 5 Software Update for Alexa
ARRI announced the release of Software Update Packet (SUP) 5.0 for the Alexa. This latest software update incorporates a range of improvements to the functionality of ARRI Alexa cameras, but perhaps the most eagerly anticipated new feature is an option to purchase a high-speed mode that permits shooting at up to 120 fps. »
Sony PCL Makes The Move To DaVinci Resolve
Blackmagic Design announced that Sony PCL, Inc., one of Japan's top video production companies, has installed multiple DaVinci Resolve nonlinear color correction systems. Sony PCL, founded in 1951, is one of largest video production companies in Japan. Sony PCL handles the planning, production and postproduction of visual content, and authoring and packaging to DVD or... »
Studios Report Significant Power Savings with Deadline Render Farm Manager
Seattle-based animation and VFX company Straightface Studios has 15 nodes and six artist workstations on its render farm. They have been using the Deadline power management feature for years, but realized its true impact when they turned it off for a month. During the 30 days when artists turned computers on and off manually,... »
NewTek Unveils LightWave 11
NewTek announced NewTek LightWave 11, a new version of its professional 3D modeling, animation and rendering software. LightWave 11 fits into any studio pipeline seamlessly, offering support for Autodesk Geometry Cache and FBX, including pixel-perfect camera matching with Autodesk Maya cameras. It also supports the Unity game engine and Pixologic GoZ ZBrush workflow, making... »
Pictorvision’s Eclipse and Iwerks Take to the Air for Major European Feature
When pilot and aerial coordinator Marc Wolff began prepping for a large format feature to be shot in Budapest, he decided to pair Pictorvision’s Eclipse with the Iwerks camera, as an alternative to IMAX. “With large format filming becoming so popular in the past few years, it’s a great relief to have a choice... »
ARRI ALEXA Adds In-Camera DNxHD Recording
ARRI announced a major new recording feature for its ALEXA camera range, offering in-camera support for Avid’s widely adopted Avid DNxHD codec. The ability to record native Avid DNxHD as MXF files in camera gives users a simplified workflow for film and TV postproduction. »
Director Series
Iran’s Best Foreign Film Nominee: Asghar Farhadi’s A SeparationJanuary 2012 | By Jack Egan
One of the surprises of this awards season is A Separation, a highly lauded film from Iran that has captivated reviewers and moviegoers and... »
Danish Director Nicolas Windng Refn Pushes Drive into High Gear
January 2012 | By Jack Egan
Nicolas Windng Refn, director of Drive, doesn’t himself drive. He has failed his driver’s license test eight times. Yet the heralded Danish director came... »