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Matrox releases software version 3.0 for the Matrox RT.X2 realtime editing platform
Special Effects, 1 August 2007

Canada: Matrox Video Products Group has released software version 3.0 for the Matrox RT.X2 realtime editing platform. The Matrox RT.X2 3.0 provides support for Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium and Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 software as well as additional HD and SD cameras and [...]

Digital Anarchy rolls out Primatte Chromakey 3.0
Special Effects, 24 July 2007

USA: Digital Anarchy, provider of graphics software, has released Primatte Chromakey 3.0 for Photoshop. Primatte Chromakey is a green/blue screen solution for photography for use with Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Primatte removes a blue/green background from a still image [...]

IRIDAS extends RAW support to ARRI D20 camera real-time playback at 3K resolution
Special Effects, 16 July 2007

Germany: IRIDAS has introduced RAW file support for real-time de-Bayering of ARRI D20 digital camera footage. The ARRI RAW file format offers 3K resolution and 12-bit color depth and can be played directly in FrameCycler and SpeedGrade with the support. As RAW files are one third [...]

Rhythm & Hues to set up new production facility in Hyderabad
Special Effects, 11 July 2007

India/USA: Mumbai and Los Angeles-based animation and VFX studio Rhythm & Hues will set up its third production facility in HiTec City in Madhapur, Hyderabad, India, to be operational in November 2007. The 25,000 sq. ft. facility will be located in 'The V' IT park run by Ascendas [...]

World of words ==> frame store
Special Effects, 1 October 2006

The Toyota Camry is a car that intuitively reads the road. This is the message that the creatives at Sydney-based Publicis Mojo want viewers to read, once they get past the alphabet-soup of a world created digitally by the animation gurus at Fire Horse Studio, whose diverse portfolio [...]

vfxsoftware: Don’t Worry… We’ll Handle The Crowd
Special Effects, 1 August 2006

Need a couple hundred thousand extras for that climactic sequence in your movie? No problem. Danny Chan talks to Stephen Regelous, founder and product manager of Massive Software, a New Zealand based company that develops its namesake 3D animation system for generating crowd-related [...]

Virtual sets and chromakey update
Special Effects, 1 August 2006

The basic principle behind virtual sets may not be as new as you think. Way back in 1958, The Old Man and the Sea starring Spencer Tracy became one of the first films to use a new blue-screen technique invented by Warner Brothers employee and ex-Kodak researcher Arthur Widmer. Although [...]

Special Feature: The Force Is Recruiting
Special Effects, 1 August 2006

For those of you who have been tinkering with After Effects plug-ins to create that glow effect, simulating light saber battles between stickwielding nephews and nieces; or sweating over that photorealistic 3D model of the Xwing fighter jet, perhaps your dream job is waiting around [...]

Difeature: Krrish sets new benchmark for special effects in Hindi cinema
Special Effects, 1 August 2006

Coined as the first sci-fi project to be produced in India, Koi…Mil Gaya (2003) opened a new era in Indian movie industry. Inspired by the film E.T, the Extra-Terrestrial, the blockbuster movie's plot revolved on a mentally challenged boy, who is bestowed with powers by an alien. Determined [...]