Workflow

Workflow

Planar Tracking Tool

Imagineer Systems’ mocha Pro v3.1 is a powerful finishing application

Tracking has become an important tool, not only for effects work, but also for advanced color grading, as creators desire more control over the look of a scene.

For motion-picture production, film has been the dominant format for the past 100 years. Although technology has modified the film workflow—especially with the emergence of faster computers, cheaper storage, film scanning, the digital intermediate, etc.—the workflow has generally remained the same.

Data Managers

Codex Digital is streamlining the professional production workflow

We've been hearing about how digital acquisition and workflow would be overtaking film as the predominant production workflow for several years.

There And Back Again

The Hobbit’s tale of high-frame-rate cinema

The desire of fans to see Jackson's latest endeavor is only rivaled by the sea of controversy surrounding one of the technical aspects of the film. The issue at hand is the film's use of high frame rates.

Judge And Jury

DNA Films and vfx post house Prime Focus create a brilliant sci-fi look in 3D for Dredd

Dredd, the new British sci-fi film directed by Peter Travis and starring Karl Urban as Judge Dredd and Olivia Thirlby as Judge Anderson, paints a bleak picture of the future

Up In Smoke

Autodesk’s Smoke is a powerful, all-in-one postproduction application

Apple's Final Cut Pro X and Adobe's Creative Suite Production Premium have dominated postproduction news recently.

A New Pipeline

nextLAB and ALT Systems deliver postproduction solutions to your file-based production

In the past few years, the motion picture industry has been thrust into a state of flux like never before, which was due in large part to file-based camera systems replacing film cameras.

EZFX

Create stunning visuals with affordable visual-effects software

There's a recurring trend in technology's relationship with its users. First, it's very complicated, with dedicated users learning the complications, fixing them and then employing the technology.

The Z-Finder EVF

Zacuto releases an essential HD DSLR tool

We're all aware of the various work-arounds associated with HD DSLRs.

The Art Of Noises

Foley techniques for independent producers

Named for Universal employee Jack Foley, Foley refers to effects created in sync to match on-screen action.

Data Wranglers

With an abundance of new workflow solutions, the gateway between production and post is looking like the Wild West

Welcome to workflow 2011. Some wags are calling it Deadwood, while others are referring to it as High Noon.

Noise Annoys

Cinnafilm’s Dark Energy creates a cleaner and more filmic look out of video

While physicists still wrestle with fundamental questions about the nature and role of dark energy in the universe—What is it? How does it work?

Posting 3D

With the box office success of 3D and the rollout of 3D TV to follow, what are your options in post?

At a recent Golden Globe® party, Star Wars creator George Lucas referred to the stereoscopic 3D world of Avatar in an interview with television show Access Hollywood. “It’s so successful, and worked very well in 3D,” said Lucas.