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Freeze Frame
Picture this: In a television commercial for Hewlett-Packard's digital photography line, actors seemingly re-arrange segments of the live action by reaching out and adding or removing a "picture" from ...
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Small Surprises
"El Desvan," "Rock the World," and "Annie & Boo" are all computer-animated shorts from different parts of the world. And in some ways, these short CG films couldn't be more different. "El Desvan," ...
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Interactive Comics
Perhaps the most popular style used for comic book-inspired games is 2D cel-shaded rendering, which itself has been a growing graphic trend in gaming, with such popular titles as The Legend of Zelda: ...
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Pride of Prime Time
The consensus among TV executives is that the sitcom has reached a critical turning point, pushed to the brink by the surging popularity of reality TV and crime dramas, and the end of such stalwarts ...
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Hero Animation
This month, Disney/Pixar releases The Incredibles, the sixth animated feature film from the now famously dueling duo that has been rolling out box-office blockbusters since Toy Story, the first-ever ...
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Products - 11/04 - Part 1
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Products - 11/04 - Part 2
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Hardware-Enhanced Editing
Of course, there's more to the story in today's evolving editing world. As real as the "software-only" trend is, there's also no shortage of news coming from hardware companies. After all, for about ...
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HP Compaq nw8000
For a long time, having a powerful graphics workstation and a portable workstation were two mutually exclusive goals. Workstations tend to be big, bulky, and power hungry, whereas laptops are ...
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SpaceBall 5000
I'll admit that I am seldom cognizant of my mouse, or the extent to which I implement it in my daily work flow—that is, until I feel the all-too-common discomfort associated with its use. The same is ...
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Elemental Art, Part 2
Born in the Ruthless Days (Creature in Repose) This image, by Wen Bo Cao of China, uses a stylized realistic approach to creating the tiger and its environment, both of which were created mainly in ...
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Workstation Watch
Last month, Computer Graphics World presented the latest installment of its Webcast Technology Series on Next-Generation Workstations. Our expert panel featured Alex Herrera and Jon Peddie of Jon ...
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Compositing Software
Eyeon Software has unveiled Fusion 5, the latest version and tenth major incarnation of its desktop compositing software. Fusion's core architecture has been updated with a full 3D environment, OpenGL ...
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Market Outlook and Industry News
Despite the chaos, at the beginning of this year, some 20 percent of US visual effects and dynamic media studios were working with HD, with a greater number of independent filmmakers, post houses, and ...
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