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Edit Review — Pinnacle Liquid Edition Pro 6 

By Frank McMahon

Pinnacle's Liquid Edition has blossomed into a very handy suite of software. You can now import just about anything into it...

Liberating Liman 

By Jon Silberg

Coming out of the corner-cutting world of independent filmmaking (Swingers, Go), director Doug Liman was overjoyed that he could collaborate remotely...

Honoring Minimalism 

By Michael Goldman

Veteran sound designer Leslie Shatz says he was shocked and floored when he learned he had been honored for his minimalist sound design work on Gus Van...

Audio on Track 

By David John Farinella

Most corporate videos aren't likely to draw legions of fans for midnight screenings any time soon. Yet, in their own way, corporate productions can be every bit as influential as a typical big-budget summer blockbuster....

Edit Review — Edirol PR-80  

By Tom Patrick McAuliffe

There are two kinds of video creators: those who like computers and those who don't. Those of us who don't like computers for whatever reason still have...

HD Focus 

An archive of desktop post articles and other desktop post related news items that are more in depth, from millimeter magazine online....

Edit Integrate Review — Boris Continuum Complete 3.0.2  

By Frank McMahon

Whereas other Boris programs such as Red have dedicated interfaces, Continuum has always been the one without the interface. Essentially it's a series of special effects plug-ins that work within the architecture...

Working Cheap 

By S. D. Katz

Every now and then graphics and animation programs like Vue 5 and Poser become so successful that even high-end users take notice. Poser has been there for a while, and it's easy now to take Vue seriously, with its powerful new version from E-on Software....

Rodriguez and 3D Post 

By Michael Goldman

Robert Rodriguez says that even as production of Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3D entered the 11th hour, he decided to make a major change in the postproduction...

Bat Au Natural 

By Michael Goldman

Chat with director Chris Nolan, winner of the ongoing, eight-year sweepstakes to helm a new version of the Batman story with this month's Batman Begins, and he will repeatedly stress a simple theme behind his philosophy for making the movie: “a realistic, naturalistic, rich, high-quality look.” That meant that Nolan did not want to make the proverbial “big effects film.” Early on, in fact, he vetoed an opportunity to perform a digital intermediate...