Cursed with Interesting Times

Cynthia Wisehart, Editor

I don't know if there actually is an old Chinese curse that dooms people to live in interesting times. Maybe it was just something George Bernard Shaw...

Dinotopia: CG Dinosaurs Evolve

By Ellen Wolff

Forget the The Flintstones. A breakthrough process flawlessly integrates live-action with CG dinosaurs....

Meteor Studios

by Ellen Wolff

Montreal's newest CG house brings big beasts to the small screen with an innovative workflow....

Titles Throughout Time

Kristinha McCort

The art and evolution of film titles....

Siggraph 2002: San Antonio

By Dan Ochiva

Looking forward to the industry's annual premier computer graphics event....

Future Media & Technology

by S. D. Katz

The crystal ball is often murky when it comes to technology, but it's still useful to know about new trends and initiatives before they hit the shelves...

Minority Report

by Ellen Wolff

Photo-modeling creates the "home movie" of the future....

Baseball HD Style

Michael Goldman

HDNet director Mike Fox says that HDNet, now in its first full season broadcasting Major League Baseball games, is constantly seeking ways to match HD's inherent widescreen nature to the grand, old game.

Effects' Odyssey

Michael Goldman

Showtime's new sci-fi series, Odyssey 5, presented visual effects facility Sundog Films, Toronto, with an opportunity to prove its HD chops.

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Jazzing Up HD

Michael Goldman

When jazz legend Chick Corea celebrated his 60th birthday last December with an 18-night series of 36 concerts at Manhattan's Blue Note club, he and a group of collaborators taped the concerts using five Panasonic AJ-HDC27 Varicam HD cameras.

Hot Spots

by Trevor Boyer

A selection of the hottest agency work submitted monthly to Millimeter....

Cool Graphics

by Ann Muder

The best of broadcast graphics......

Fields & Frames

by Dan Ochiva

Can Matrox become a player in the cutthroat 3D graphics card industry? The Montreal-based company must think so. Why else pour all of that R&D money into...

Hotware

by Dan Ochiva

A review of new products....

The Charlex NAS

Dan Ochiva

Collaboration is what we're about, says Harry Skopas, director of engineering and VP at Charlex. Describing the rationale for the network topology he...

Fade to Black

Jon Silberg

A portrait of Conrad L. Hall, cinematographer, who is the man responsible for the looks of some of the industry's most influential films....