Digital Content Producer December 2006
By S. D. Katz
Previz used to be something you wanted to be the first to turn a director on to, like a great new band or sushi joint. Today, pre-planning on the computer is standard operating procedure...
By Trevor Boyer
As high-definition video pushes into the mainstream of professional production, our annual Vanguard Awards reflect its progress. Last year, the Vanguards...
By Cynthia Wisehart
At the recent opening of the National WWI Museum in Kansas City, Mo., I ask the museum's renowned designer Ralph Appelbaum whether advances in AV have...
Reviewer: S.D. Katz
Poser is the 3D figure manipulation program originally designed as a digital mannequin for illustrators and artists when it debuted in the mid-'90s. At the time, Poser was a very simple, artist-friendly tool that made 3D accessible to artists overwhelmed by NewTek LightWave...
Reviewer: S.D. Katz
This is my third review of E-on Software's Vue 5 Infinite landscape-generation software, and it's the review I've been looking forward to writing. It's a coming-of-age story about a promising hobbyist's...
Reviewer: S.D. Katz
The first version of Autodesk SketchBook Pro just missed the goal of being the definitive stylus-based drawing environment with a fast, key-stroke-free methodology — but it was on the right track...
Reviewer: S.D. Katz
Sometimes it takes time for software to find its identity. Bauhaus Software's Mirage began life at French-based TecSoft as an Amiga paint and compositing program first called TVPaint, and then was re-branded by NewTek as Aura...
Reviewer: S.D. Katz
I‘ve used Wacom tablets for more than a decade, but only as an adjunct to paper; while I have storyboarded using the Wacom, it is usually for the inking stage. Many artists, however, have completely switched to tablet drawing and painting in their work...
By Jan Ozer
When testing multiple-processor computers, the phrase to remember is, A woman can have a baby in nine months, but nine women can't have a baby in one...
Reviewer: Tom Patrick McAuliffe
No good story is without drama or conflict, and the quest to replace the DVD standard with an HD-capable media format is no exception. In one corner we...
Reviewer: Jeff Sauer
LCDs have displaced CRTs on a lot of desktops over the last several years, but less often in places where image and color quality decisions are made....
By Kristinha M. Anding
Michael Kanter of Channel G is into doing good. Indeed, he says, the "G" of the nonprofit organization's name stands for everything good not least of all,...
What if it took only a few minutes to create a large, seamless high-resolution display from multiple projectors, and you didn't have to worry about the...
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Digital Déjà Vu
Vanguard Awards 2006
Shoot Review: E frontier Poser 7 
Shoot Review: E-on Vue 5 Infinite 
Shoot Review: Autodesk SketchBook Pro 2.0 
Shoot Review: Bauhaus Mirage StudioPro 
Shoot Review: Wacom Cintiq 21UX 
Edit Expertise: Test Drive: HP xw8400 
Edit Review: Pioneer BDR-101A 
Display Review: Panasonic BT-LH2600W 
It's a 'G' Thing
Mark In