Click-To-License Vs. The Sales Rep

Posted By Donna Kaufman

Whether you are new to the world of stock footage, or a seasoned and successful stock footage researcher, now is a great time to take a closer look at the evolution of point-of-sale purchasing in the stock footage industry. The power of the click and ... Continue reading "Click-To-License Vs. The Sales Rep" »

August 16, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

4TB Drives

Posted By Steve Modica

Those new 4TB drives that are coming, there's more than just one more Terabyte to be excited about. We've all watched over the years as storage and memory capacities have continued to grow in conjunction with Moore's law. It seems true that Intel and ... Continue reading "4TB Drives" »

August 14, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH: Keynote Speaker Jane McGonigal

Posted By Jeff Kember

Jane McGonigal, author of "Reality is Broken", gave an insightful keynote to a packed house. She extolled the virtues of gaming, cited interesting facts from a number of case studies (including her own research) and claimed she would increase our ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: Keynote Speaker Jane McGonigal" »

August 13, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH: Inspiring Workflow To Handle Large Data

Posted By Scott Singer

A common theme at this years SIGGRAPH was how different studios are handling the unique demands of shows with ever increasing scope and complexity. Two examples of this were Method Studios' work on Wrath of the Titans, and CineSite's work on John ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: Inspiring Workflow To Handle Large Data" »

August 10, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH: The 'Real Steel' Presentation

Posted By Scott Singer

The Real Steel production presentation at SIGGRAPH 2012 illustrated the benefits of including the VFX units from the very beginning of production. A panel of industry veterans including Eric Nash and Ron Ames and moderated by Mike Fink told the story ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: The 'Real Steel' Presentation" »

August 10, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH: Conference Recap

Posted By Sung Kim

I've been fortunate enough to spend the past few days at Siggraph at the L.A. Convention Center. Some highlights came during the production sessions for the making of Hugo, The Avengers, and Brave. It was interesting to get a glimpse at the thought ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: Conference Recap" »

August 10, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH 2012 : Dreamworks Animation Open Sources Volume Data Format

Posted By Scott Singer

I sat down with Ken Museth of Dreamworks Animation, to discuss their latest in a series of open source software development efforts - Open VDB. Open VDB is a set of core programming libraries that seeks to simplify the writing of programs that deal ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH 2012 : Dreamworks Animation Open Sources Volume Data Format" »

August 10, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH: Blue Sky's Open Ocean System For 'Ice Age: Continental'

Posted By Scott Singer

In Blue Sky Studio's presentation as part of the Wild Rides presentation at SIGGRAPH 2012 they demonstrated several novel approaches to creating their open ocean environment in Ice Age: Continental Drift, for a sequence in which the characters sail a ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: Blue Sky's Open Ocean System For 'Ice Age: Continental'" »

August 9, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH: High Frame Rate Cinema

Posted By Scott Singer

At the SIGGRAPH 2012 presentation on High Frame Rate Cinema, an assembly of industry leaders including Douglas Trumble and Dennis Murren, along with a very informative, pre-recorded presentation by James Cameron, gave very convincing arguments for ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: High Frame Rate Cinema" »

August 9, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)

SIGGRAPH: Custom Is The New...Custom

Posted By John Parenteau

Booth 1 "So if you just hit the button on the right, it displays the graphic interface that allows you to manipulate the nodes on an individual basis in real time..." ugh. Booth 2 "Our system is unique because we use less tracking markers and a ... Continue reading "SIGGRAPH: Custom Is The New...Custom" »

August 8, 2012 | Permalink | Comments(0)