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According to producers at some of the nation's top advertising agencies, thousands of qualified directors and postproduction studios have the talent to succeed in the cutthroat field of TV advertising [...]

DreamWorks' new horror film, The Haunting, brings an entire Gothic mansion to life as a central character with an unhealthy attitude toward its occupants. As might be expected, the film [...]

Pontiac 'gets real' with two all-digital television commercials It's not always easy to illustrate a concept, such as the ruggedness and durability of a car. For D'Arcy Masius Benton & […]

When the devastating spate of deadly tornadoes tore through Oklahoma in May, Warren Faidley captured high-quality video footage of the terrifying storms as they plowed through neighborhoods at speeds of [...]

As virtual-set systems become easier to use and the workstations driving them drop in price, an increasing number of broadcasters are turning to the technology to gain a competitive edge. [...]

Thanks to the photorealistic characters in such movies as the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and even to the characters in films like Shrek, whose highly stylised stars were nonetheless [...]

Of all the effects software available today, After Effects is arguably the most popular. Developed by CoSA, purchased by Aldus, and acquired by Adobe in 1994, After Effects boasts a [...]

Usually, realism is the overriding goal of artists creating digital effects sequences for live-action films. For some projects, however, it doesn't make sense to strive for realism when the result […]

When Richard "Dr." Baily formed his Hollywood-based fine-art studio Image Savant in 1992, he set an unusual goal for himself: "Within 10 years, I wanted to be doing all my […]

And the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor goes to ... Dobby, the House Elf? It might sound far-fetched to some. But considering the role this 3D character played in Harry […]

Ask animation software vendors what the convergence of 2D and 3D means to them and you II get a few answers depending on which side of the fence they're on. [...]

The market for high-end non-linear video editing has been active over the last 12 months. In fact, vendors who develop and sell products in this space cite numerous trends that [...]

Ask most vendors of virtual set technology to describe what business has been like over the last year, and you'll probably hear the same word over and over: steady. Indeed, [...]

It seems that every time you turn around these days, some company or other is using fiber-optics technology to create a system that promises to turn the dream of interactive […]

Issues and conflicts concerning patents of computer techniques are notorious for sparking controversy in the computer graphics industry. And the reaction by the Interactive Multimedia Association (IMA; Annapolis, MD) to […]

Performance animation plays key role in creating TV's first real-time animated cartoon character His name is Moxy. And like most cartoon characters, he looks goofy, he sounds goofy, and he […]

Highlighting the list of features in Apple's Final Cut Pro 3 nonlinear video-editing software are a new offline format and color correction tools. The offline format, called OfflineRT, is based […]

Jerusalem is rich with archaeological sites that hold valuable historical evidence of the way people lived and the customs they observed many years ago. But even though a great deal […]

Vela's RapidAccess MediaMachine is an all-in-one-unit DVD-RAM archiving system that integrates Vela's RapidAccess video server with ASACA's TeraCart Series DVD-RAM library system. A unique solution, according to Vela, MediaMachine offers [...]

The Key-MediaWorks system from Keyvia (formerly Keops Broadcast) is an integrated digital asset management environment that enables broadcasters to acquire, create, manipulate, store, archive, retrieve, transmit, and display their digital [...]

Sony's PetaSite asset management system provides nearline storage, operating under the control of Omnibus automation software and transferring files to Pinnacle servers for play-to-air. In a typical configuration, the Pinnacle [...]

Omneon's Networked Content Server System is a networking and shared storage infrastructure designed for television and Internet companies. The system, which incorporates IEEE-1394 packet switches, network adapters, Fibre Channel storage [...]

Odetics Broadcast, a subsidiary of Odetics, offers the AIRO 9.0 Automation System, an integrated media management and delivery solution that provides automated acquisition and cataloging functions and supports extended media [...]

Announced at NAB in April, SGI's StudioCentral Library 3.0 digital asset management system is targeted at enterprise-wide deployment, in that it's engineered from the ground up to scale to global, [...]

Encoda provides technology solutions that are designed to help broadcast facilities manage all of their assets -- both on air and in the building. The company was formed in September [...]

A scalable Windows solution, the Dalet Plus Asset Manager comprises TCP/IP networking, an SQL database, Dalet and third-party servers, and a series of modular software components that integrate seamlessly and [...]

Asset management at television stations is not a new concept. Historically, as soon as an asset -- be it a commercial, a show, a promo, a station ID, or the [...]

WITH THE ONSLAUGHT OF SOPHISTICATED CG TOOLS, DIGITAL EFFECTS IN COMMERCIALS ARE RIVALING THOSE IN FEATURE FILMS Television advertising is a competitive and costly business. Since 1965, the number of […]

SolidWorks Corp. (Concord, MA) has joined with Kubota Solid Technology Corp. to form SolidWorks Japan, a Tokyo business venture designed to expand SolidWorks' product availability and services in Japan ... […]

Robert John Lansdown, computer graphics pioneer and Professor Emeritus at Middlesex University's Centre for Electronic Arts, has died at age 70. In the 1960s, Lansdown, an architect, became a proponent […]

As the CG animation industry continues to grow, freelance editors, compositors, and CGI artists worldwide are increasingly on the lookout for short- and long-term projects. Likewise, facilities are constantly searching […]

Pixar Animation Studios (Point Richmond, CA) has developed a laser film recorder that reportedly converts digital computer data into images on motion picture film stock with unprecedented quality. Called PixarVision, […]

Workstation Shipments Up, Revenues Down According to 'Workstations Quarterly Statistics, Q3/98,' worldwide workstation shipments in Q3 '98 were up 57% over Q3 '97, although revenues were down 4% over the […]

A unique relationship between Netter Digital and NASA's JPL adds 'science' to a new weekly television 'science fiction' series When you have a successful formula, you stick with it--and that's […]

Animators use extensive motion capture to unleash mutated game characters Tis the night before Christmas and all throughout New York City, a mysterious form of mitochondria is beginning a revolution […]

A new, highly interactive, Mac-based, multimedia workstation developed by music professors at Carnegie Mellon promises to eliminate the frustrations aspiring pianists have faced for years. Intended to supplement traditional instruction […]