Designing “The Queen’s Gambit” titles with Adobe After Effects

September 28, 2021, 08:43 AM

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While superheroes and thrilling action are more popular than ever, millions tuned in to watch a different kind of battle in 2020: the battle of brains in the intense world of competitive chess. “The Queen’s Gambit”, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, became a smash hit for Netflix in 2020. Millions of viewers watched the seven-episode series chronicling [...]Read More...

Is surround sound a waste of time? [Rant]

September 28, 2021, 08:43 AM

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Surround sound under attack! A growing number of audiophiles are getting tired of surround sound. Nigel Cooper is one of them, and here's what he has to say about the matter.

Quick Tips: 5 Rules for Making a Short-Form Documentary

September 28, 2021, 08:42 AM

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Follow these basic rules, tips, and tricks to keep your short micro-documentary projects fast, fun, and informative.

Are we too sensitive about image noise?

September 28, 2021, 08:42 AM

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Replay: Feature films of days gone past were really quite grainy compared to the pictures produced by a modern digital camera. We didn't complain too much then and just accepted it as part of the look. Should we be placing less emphasis on noise if it means a more emotionally resonant picture is produced?

Building your own editing PC – a complete guide

September 28, 2021, 08:42 AM

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Building my own editing PC was always something I thought was just a little but outside of my abilities, but I was wrong. I’ve always admired those who built their own workstation. I’ve never been a gamer, at least not since the Atari and ZX Spectrum days of the 1980s, so I’d never watched any [...]Read More...

How Fast is Resolve 173 on a M1 Mac

September 28, 2021, 08:41 AM

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The M1 Macs just keep getting better. Software is truly starting to show its potential and getting impressively updated to take advantage of the new chip architecture. Blackmagic Design is getting in early to the M1 chip game with a constant stream of updates for DaVinci Resolve.

Leaf sims bamboo sims water sims another day in

September 28, 2021, 08:40 AM

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The in-depth coverage of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings at befores & afters continues with this discussion with Scanline VFX’s digital effects supervisor Jessica Harris.

What is a Red Herring — Definition and Examples in Storytelling

September 27, 2021, 08:33 AM

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70s mixtape hit: Tom Nichols and the Deplorables

September 26, 2021, 10:05 AM

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From studying the polls, I would guess that about a third of the American people at any given moment would welcome a fascist state. Gore Vidal, 1975 DB here: For American conservatives, Hollywood is a prime villain, coarsening the culture and spreading liberal propaganda. Yet when Reagan promised to veto tax-increase legislation, he quoted Dirty […]

2D films are actually very 3D

September 25, 2021, 10:21 AM

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3D films are a strange phenomenon, one that has ebbed and flowed in popularity throughout the history of cinema. I remember attending the Cannes Film Festival in 2010 and being assured that within 12 months all films would be made exclusively in 3D. Yet the bubble burst, and though 3D films are still with us (or were, when cinemas were open) they have fallen far from their Avatar popularity peak.