Practical MoCap: Motion capture on the job for weekly TV.


Shooting in the Extremes: Underwater, into space, across the desert, and to Sturges with the Harleys.


Creative Stock: Innovative applications of stock footage.


Digital Dilemmas: What CG still can't do (Part II).


Trend Spotting: NAB: Trends to look for at NAB '99.


Step by Step: Meteor Attacks: PC software plus 70mm equals ridefilm effects.


Mix to Pix: Micing for sports coverage.


Production Guide: Mid-Atlantic/Southeast: Production and postproduction update from the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions.


HDTV Handbook (Volume I): Special Advertising Supplement: News and advice from the HDTV frontier.

Now You See Them, Now You Don't: What you need to know about color and electronic cinema.


To Finish or Not to Finish: Should editorial shops bring finish in-house?


Light for Rent: Reports from the lighting and grip rental business.


Rectangle in the Square: Mobile companies size up HD.


NAB : Trend Spotting: Telecine and asset management trends.


Bin Management for Shared Media.


Step by Step: Star Trek Voyager: LightWave and Photoshop build Trek's Harry Kim from the bones up.


Mix to Pix: Todd-AO Studios East heads down the digital path.


Beta Sight: Imagica IMAGER3000v real time scanner.


Production Guide: Los Angeles: Production and postproduction update from Los Angeles.

The Cinematic Sell: How to bring feature film style to commercials.


The Road to HD: Post veterans sound off on what's real now.


A Whole New Ball Game: Techniques for shooting HD sports.


First Person: The Basics of HD Audio.


Step by Step: Virus: Arete and proprietary ingenuity build a tidal wave for Virus.


NAB '99: What to look for at the convergence-fest.


Sound Integrity: Guidelines for audio studio.


Mix to Pix: HD surround for the Tournament of Roses Parade.


Beta Sight: Avid Symphony.

The Camera Changes Everything: How Ron Howard and company melded video and film for EDtv.


Adding Value to DVD: Designing featurettes and web connectivity for feature film DVDs.


The Right Track: Filmmakers discuss the increasing importance of 3D tracking software.


Roll With the Punches: Mobile companies face the unexpected.


Leaping Over the Line: Moving from a below-the-line production job into the director's chair.


Step by Step: eXistenZ Toy Box, Toronto applies motion control and CG to Cronenberg's mutants.


Faster and Better: Technology Pushes Storage: Nine things to know from the storage frontier.


NAB: The Megashow: A few final words on the big event.


NAB Audio.


Mix to Pix: Making Panasonic's DA7 console.


Beta Sight: Interactive Effects' Piranha Compositing Software.

Big Pictures: Filmmakers assess the state of the giant screen.


A Different Cirque: Cirque du Soleil in IMAX 3D.


Speaking About Compositing: Six things producers should know.


Pioneering 2K Transfer: The future of color begins slowly.


Production Guide: Eastern Canada/New England: Variety is key in Eastern Canada and New England.


Step by Step: Pushing Tin: Seeing the light at 30,000 feet.


Fibre Channel: Network of the future...?


New Digital Tools: Notes on cameras, lenses, VTRs and editors.


Mix to Pix: A Loud Irony Enters the Mix: The Film Volume Issue.


Mix to Pix: Audio Equipment Preview: by Kristinha McCort.


Beta Sight: MTI's IntelliDeck.

How ILM's Army Conquered The Phantom Menace: A look inside ILM's digital pipeline.


The Tommy Awards: Millimeter's third annual NAB awards.


Virtual Sets: Designing for Broadcast.


The Mother of Rental Trends: Digital video evolution impacts all corners of the industry.


Production Guide: New York: The Big Apple means new methods, media.


Asset Management: Getting started with asset management.


Cinematography Update: NAB and Beyond.


Mix to Pix: Inside IMAX Sound.


Beta Sight: Discreet's Fire 3.0.

DPs In the Digital Realm: What's a cinematographer for?


Internet Toonz: Make it move and they will come.


Spiderman Leaps Into 3D: Kleiser-Walczak takes viewers along for the ride.


Rising Stock: The boom in licensed images continues.


First Person: HDTV: Birth of an Art.


Step by Step: Wild Wild West: ILM Creates 80-foot Arachnid.


Siggraph '99: Coming home to California.


Desktop HD: A perspective.


HDTV Handbook: News and advice from the HDTV frontier.


Reel of Fame: The best and most recent work of commercial directors and teleproduction facilities.

Same Game, New Rules

Sports and News get a boost from new technology

by Matt Cheplic


Digital Independents

Seven entrepreneurial stories

by Erich Spencer


DVD Deconstructed

Becoming a smart DVD client

by Philip De Lancie


The Haunting Gets Physical

Practical effects at work

by Michael Goldman


Production Guide: California

California's facilities branch into new services

by Kristinha McCort


Step by Step: Deep Blue Sea

Hammerhead dives into the digital deep

by Ellen Wolff


See All That You Can See

Video monitors for the HDV age

by Peter Putman


Mix to Pix

Orchestral audio for DVD

by Philip De Lancie


Beta Sight

Sierra Designs' HD 1.5 Plus


California Spotlight

Check out our spotlight on California companies

Beyond Limits

Shooting in the field

by Darroch Greer


Audio in the Field

by Mel Lambert


A Lot from a Little

Low-budget indies and digital effects

by Michael Goldman


Chasing the Muse

How music video directors devise treatments

by Matt Cheplic


Production Guide: Chicago/Detroit

Chicago and Detroit head into the diversification frontier

by Kristinha McCort


Step by Step: Inspector Gadget

Dream Quest devises digital gadgetry

by Ellen Wolff


After Market Effects

A guide to plug-ins, meshes, models, links, and more

by S.D. Katz


Network Rationale

Why move to Fibre Channel?

by Dan Ochiva


Mix to Pix

New York's newest screening facility

by Ty Ford


dSP Postation at Margarita Mix

by Philip De Lancie


Breaking the rules to get bigger sound

by Ty Ford


Audio Equipment Preview

by Kristinha McCort


Beta Sight

Brainstorm's Virtual Set Software


Fade to Black

Janusz Kaminski, Director/Cinematographer

Ad Agency Round Table

What are agencies looking for?

by Audrey Doyle


Thinking in Color

New ideas for 2K and HD telecine

by Cynthia Wisehart


Keeping Track

Digital facility management

by Michael Goldman


It Takes All Kinds

Stock shooters on the job

by Matt Cheplic


Step by Step: The Thomas Crown Affair

Getting off the ground

by Ellen Wolff


Production Guide: Texas/Hawaii

Texas and Hawaii stay sharp

by Kristinha McCort


A Digital Force

Lucasfilm on electronic cinema. Following this story, read Pete's report from Loew's Mediow 6 screening featuring TI's DLP digital cinema projector.

by Peter H. Putman


Workstation Round-Up

Graphics goes commodity

by Dan Ochiva


Impressions of Siggraph

Standouts from the show floor

by Dan Ochiva, Michael Goldman, and Kristinha McCort


Mix to Pix

Sexy gear and fishy Foley

by Ty Ford


Beta Sight

Cinema Graphics ShadeTree Renderer

by Dave Rand and Dale Mayeda


HDTV Handbook

News and advice from the HDTV frontier

by Jerry Whitaker


Fade to Black

Sydney Pollack, Director


Reel of Fame

From Sprints to Marathons

What feature films taught four spot directors

by Michael Goldman


Immaculate Conversion

Pennebaker/Hegedus on digital field production

by Darroch Greer


Digital Field Production: Assignment Hanoi

by Darroch Greer and Mel Lambert


Field Ready

The rental perspective on HD production

by Philip De Lancie


Fear and Loathing on the Low-Budget Trail

Unions, right-to-work, and other dilemmas

by Marsha Scarbrough


Doing It Bright

Florida proves location does matter

by Kristinha McCort


Step by Step: Stuart Little

No small feat for SPI

by Ellen Wolff


Digital Cinema

The studio perspective, Part II

by Peter H. Putman


The Basics

Getting the best out of video duplication

by Philip De Lancie


IBC Wrap Up

Notes from the Floor

by Dan Ochiva


The Mix: Wired for Sound

Integrated production at DS&P

by Philip De Lancie


Beta Sight

Post Impressions' SpiDDR


Fade to Black

Zhao Fei, Cinematographer

EQUIPMENT BUYERS GUIDE


Product Index


Film and video product categories.


Product Directory


Manufacturers listed by product category.


Manufacturers Directory


Manufacturers listed alphabetically with

addresses and phone numbers.

Real-Time Optical Motion Capture

Will it change how you make TV animation?

by Michael Goldman


Facility Executives' Forum

Playing the content-ownership game

by Michael Goldman


Get It Now

Stock footage on the Internet

by Audrey Doyle


Regional Report: Los Angeles

Staying vital in L.A.

by Kristinha McCort


Step by Step: Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man

Seeing double for large format

by Ellen Wolff


Desktop Compositing Revolution

$1,500 programs lead the way

by Dan Ochiva


Video for DVD

Understanding MPEG-2 compression

by Philip De Lancie


New Lens Products

Choose your compromises carefully

by Barry Braverman


The Mix: Surround for Picture

by Philip De Lancie


Fade to Black

Mike Figgis, Director


California Spotlight

The Business of HD

Real or imagined?

by Cynthia Wisehart


Ahead of the Crowd

Editors discuss coming trends

by Kristinha McCort


Best Laid Plans

How to prepare for on-site editorial installations

by Matt Cheplic


Regional Report: Mid-Atlantic and Southeast

From news to networks

by Kristinha McCort


Step by Step: Magnolia

A surreal storm from ILM

by Ellen Wolff


Update on 24p

Universal mastering format?

by Dan Ochiva


On the Bandwagon

Electronic cinema gains momentum

by Peter H. Putman


The Mix: Dat Recovery

by Ty Ford


Beta Sight: StageTools' MovingPicture


Fade to Black

Steve Beck

Film Biz in Cyberspace

Online film distribution

by Michael Goldman


Coming Attractions

Design luminaries predict future trends

by Kristinha McCort


Spot Directors' POV

How to improve the visual-effects process

by Michael Goldman


First Person

Opening a one-person editorial company

by Dave Winter


Regional Production Guide: Southwest

by Matt Cheplic


Step by Step: The Beach

CFC goes from particles to plankton

by Ellen Wolff


Working on the Web

Online production and post

by Dan Ochiva


NAB Preview

Choose Your Weapons


Fade to Black

Jim Jarmusch

Pushing the Big Envelope

Large-format CGI

by Ellen Wolff


The Digital Road to El Dorado...

...and Beyond

by Michael Goldman


First Person

Inside Dream Works Animation

by Michael Goldman


The Visual Language

Creating Modern Film Imagery

by Michael Goldman


Regional Production Guide: Canada

by Kristinha McCort


Regional Production Guide: New England

by Matt Cheplic


Step by Step: Snow Day

The Flakes Progress

by Ellen Wolff


Real SANs

Fibre Channel at Work

by Erich Spencer


The Mix

MetaSynth

by Matt Cheplic


Beta Sight

Digital Voodoo's D1 Desktop Card

by Matt Silverman


Fade to Black

Anthony Dod Mantle