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Creature Effects on District 9

Compositing supervisor Shervin Shoghian details the work carried out by Vancouver's Image Engine on District 9, creating aliens in Maya and compositing them using The Foundry's Nuke

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Grant Petty discusses The Future of Davinci

Article focus : Blackmagic founder Grant Petty says that the company's purchase of DaVinci systems actually fits exactly what they have done all along: build the kinds of products they have needed for their own postproduction business, and being the kind of company they'd want to do business with. While important details are still being worked out, Grant has some very clear visions about how these practices can help rebuild one of the industry's most respected brands

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Leading Post Production Company Smoke & Mirrors Buys 2 DaVinci Resolve R360 systems

AMSTERDAM--(Business Wire)-- Blackmagic Design announced today that world leading post production facility, Smoke & Mirrors has purchased two DaVinci Resolve R360 systems at IBC 2009.   One DaVinci Resolve will be installed in the company`s London facility and the other DaVinci Resolve will be installed in their New York facility. Smoke & Mirrors will be using their new DaVinci Resolve R360 systems for cutting edge television commercials and music videos, keeping the company at the leading edge of creative workflows in their international markets.   Ben Eagleton, Smoke & Mirrors' Head of Color, comments, "It`s the best system out, that`s designed for colorists by colorists and we`re thrilled!" 

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Blackmagic Design buys da Vinci Systems

Interview with Peter Barber at IBC 2009

3D Hits Home: Snap Judgments on 3 Different Technologies

With the the big 3D push coming in 2010, I planted my eyes on three types of 3D technologies displayed at CEDIA (home theater expo) that you may have in your next TV...and passed some judgments without pulling any punches.

It should be noted, all designs require glasses. (More technical background on the types of glasses here.)

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Free FCP Plugins: Inside-Outside Matte, etc

Alex Gollner, a FCP editor, has created several useful plugins and posted them on his blog to share with other FCP users.
He has several helpful FCP tips and tricks on his blog.