Millimeter May 2004
By Ellen Wolff
The phrase, “Beauty is only skin deep” has taken on new meaning in the world of CGI. Until the last couple of years, the process of creating CG skin was painstaking and the results were often unconvincing. Skin usually looked hard, opaque, fake. Then software that simulated translucency changed things dramatically — so much so that the Motion Picture Academy recently honored six individuals with Scientific and Technical Achievement Awards...
By Cynthia Wisehart
This month, contributing editor S.D. Katz reflects on piracy from the streets of China, where he finds himself both victim and perpetrator. From this......
By Larry Cutler and Lucia Modesto
About 2 1/2 years ago, the character technical director (TD) department at PDI/DreamWorks, Redwood City, Calif., started developing characters for the...
By S. D. Katz
I'm walking on one of the footbridges over Nanyou Highway in Shenzhen, a city in mainland China about an hour from Hong Kong. Shenzhen is a manufacturing center, created 20 years ago on the Pearl River Delta as one of China's first......
By Blair Jackson
It started as a little film, a personal project for the director, who just happens to be one of the biggest movie stars in the world (and an Oscar-winning......
By Ellen Wolff
In 20th Century Fox's The Day After Tomorrow, director
Roland Emmerich presents an apocalyptic vision quite different......
By Michael Goldman
Larry Mazzeo felt both d vu and a great sense of responsibility when he stepped onto the set for the Dick Van Dyke Revisited special, scheduled to air......
By Michael Goldman
For a :30 Nissan commercial, director Nick Lewin of Crossroads, Los Angeles, filmed a Nissan Murano winding through San Francisco, with two kayaks strapped......
By Michael Goldman
A recent independent short film Sweet Judy Blue Eyes, an HD short paying tribute to victims of the September 11 tragedy, directed by Noah Harald illustrates......
By Beck Finley
A selection of the hottest agency work submitted monthly to Millimeter. ...
By Beck Finley
The best of broadcast graphics... ...
By Dan Ochiva
Commodity computer technology continues its relentless push into post. From the smallest boutique to the top L.A. effects houses, off-the-shelf rules......
By Dan Ochiva
Potent SAN from 1 Beyond...
By Dan Ochiva
Da Vinci Next-gen Film Restoration...
By Dan Ochiva
Shake 3: Professional Compositing and Special Effects...
By Dan Ochiva
Ascension Improves Mo Cap...
By Dan Ochiva
Iridas Amps Up FrameCycler...
By Dan Ochiva
DVD Authoring with DVD Studio Pro 2...
By Dan Ochiva
Exanet Offers Storage Solution...
By Dan Ochiva
DVS Upgrades 2K, HD, SD...
By Dan Ochiva
Sony Does Vegas...
By Dan Ochiva
NXN's Latest Alienbrain...
By S. D. Katz
Until last year, DVD players were still a luxury item in most computers. DVD authoring software was expensive and difficult to use, particularly for people......
By Preston Kuntz
Karma Bank
Karma Bank
Karma Bank is an established postproduction company located in the heart of the Hollywood film scene. Most of its work involves finishing movie trailers......
By Beth Pinsker
Like many independent filmmakers, Michael Winterbottom jumped into production on his latest film, Code 46, before all the financing was in place......
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