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OBSBOT Meet Flip Review: Finally, a Webcam That Knows How to Shut Up
The OBSBOT Meet Flip is tiny, genuinely portable and physically private. Add very good 4K video and surprisingly mature software, and this may be the travel webcam we have been waiting for.
Beat 2.0 Links Script Planning to Set
Beat turns screenplay breakdown, shot planning, set diagrams and shoot-day tracking into one local-first Mac workflow.
Media Plane adds nonlinear editing to Maya
Gizmify brings clip editing, retiming, compositing and scripted reference workflows directly into Maya with the beta Media Plane Editor.
Cadrage Directors Viewfinder NO AI
Cadrage Studio sits in creative pre-production for directors and DPs, between script breakdown, previs and location prep. It…
Beeble Canvas
Canvas arrives as a node based AI compositor plus automation, with SwitchX and SwitchLight under the hood and an API for pipeline integration.
Unreal Reality: Building A New Specimen
Director Dimitri Vallein breaks down the real-time production of his Unreal Engine short film New Specimen, from motion capture to cloth sims.
Infinity Hotel: Endless Rooms, Endless Renders
HFF Munich’s VFX students built Infinity Hotel, a hybrid short film merging live action with CGI, LiDAR scans, and Dolby Atmos sound.
Virtual Production Without the Disney Budget
A Rhode Island studio proves virtual production isn’t just for sci-fi. Door G’s team talks LEDs, Unreal, and the human side of real-time filmmaking.
How I Spent Five Years Making a Solo 3D Film
Maxim Gehricke spent five years creating his solo 3D short film SEN. Here’s how he did it without funding, team, or sleep.
From Animatic to Art Direction: Previs Pro Adds Video Styling
Previs Pro introduces Video Style Grade, bringing AI-driven visual styling to animatics, combining storyboard, previs, and art direction in one workflow.
Keep Your Pipeline: Chaos on Skipping the Game Engine
Chaos’ Chris Nichols explains how Chaos Arena and Chaos Vantage cut out the engine middleman with full ray tracing, open formats, and one asset for all.
Netflix Merges Scanline and Eyeline
Netflix unifies Scanline VFX and Eyeline Studios as “Eyeline”, merging high-end VFX with virtual production and AI research under one label.
Animatics, AI Lighting, and a Free Tier: Previs Pro 3 Expands Storyboarding on iPad
Previs Pro 3: now with animatics, AI lighting, and a free edition for iPad filmmakers.
iPhones Go “Pro” with Final Cut Camera 2.0
iPhones just levelled-up: Final Cut Camera 2.0 adds ProRes RAW, genlock, open-gate, Apple Log 2, timecode and multicam workflow tools – free update arriving later in September.
Workstations for Virtual Production
Virtual production wouldn’t be possible without high-performance workstations. These systems deliver the computing power required for rendering, simulations, and complex visual effects directly within the studio environment.
Strange New Virtual Production Worlds!
It's a good time for us Trekkies - between Discovery and Lower Decks, between Picard and Strange New Worlds, there's something for everyone - finally again! But there's a lot going on behind the scenes - because the first big show to be filmed on a Virtual Production Stage was Star Trek: Discovery. And right after that - almost simultaneously - came Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. As it was definitely worth seeing, we asked what you can expect from your big VP production.
WeFX Saddles Up for “1923”
From pristine scans to viscous blood foam: how 50 artists spent six months on 20 shots that make one horse’s final tumble painfully believable.
Step Into the Unknown: ‘Worlds Next Door’ Invites Digital Artists to Create and Collaborate
The Blender challenge Worlds Next Door starts June 8. Artists remix a template into looping shorts—no AI, transparent background required.
Getting Colors Right with the Datacolor LightColor Meter
Let's test! The Datacolor LightColor Meter Model LCM200 is designed for accurate light source measurement, addressing challenges in color matching across different light sources.
Nara: Now with More Sync, Less Scream
Filmlight’s Nara adds remote realtime playback sync, review-in-Baselight, and more versioning features for collaborative post and color workflows.
Dungeon Assets for Free: Fab.com’s New Drop for Unreal
Fab's new Dungeon Pack delivers 110 modular assets and props for Unreal Engine - and it’s free.
Kdenlive 25.04: Finally, Someone Gave the Timeline Some Respect
Kdenlive 25.04 brings AV1, OpenTimelineIO, better timeline tools, and updated keyframe management—but as always: check for stability before production use.
Achoo-Free Effects: “3D Dust & Pollen Free” for After Effects
New free preset "3D Dust & Pollen Free" for After Effects simulates pollen, dust, spores, dander and other floating irritants – without triggering allergies.
TD Meetup 17: Contract Negotiation
Negotiating a new contract can be a confusing and nerve-racking experience. The thought of meeting a group of strangers, in-person or online, who hold the power to decide your future can be overwhelming.
Neat Video 6.0.5: Noise Reduction Gets a Patch-Up
Neat Video 6.0.5 squashes bugs, improves GPU performance, fixes color channel issues, and updates presets – denoising stays smooth across video workflows, even in Resolve and Fusion 20
FMX 2025: AI, Arcane, and a Light Stage Walk into a Conference
FMX 2025 unleashes Arcane secrets, Houdini hocus pocus, and a swarm of AI panels onto Stuttgart. Turquoise flags and login buttons now live!
FMX 2025: Rebels, Randomness & Real-Time
FMX dives into the VFX secrets of “Andor” Season 2, “Severance,” “Vaiana 2” and much more – discover intricate workflows and innovative techniques in production.
Lightcraft Jetset Update: Virtual Production Goes Pocket-Sized
Lightcraft Jetset expands virtual production on iPhone with live compositing, Gaussian Splats, Aximmetry integration, and new camera support.
Mustafa Morad’s Datacolor LightColor Meter Adventure
Discover how Datacolor's LightColor Meter can enhance your workflow and save you from unnecessary post-processing in a free webinar on April 3.
MotionBuilder 2026: A little Leap
Autodesk's MotionBuilder 2026 enhances USD workflows, introduces animation retention, and adds new selection shortcuts for improved motion capture editing.
Blackmagic’s URSA Cine 17K 65: The Camera That’s More ‘K’ Than Your Keyboard
Blackmagic Design's URSA Cine 17K 65 camera showcases its 17K resolution and 65mm sensor in new films "Iceland" and "The Ranch," offering unparalleled cinematic depth and flexibility.
Cinemon 1.0: Signal Correction Done Right
Cinemon 1.0 is here. Color pipeline analysis, waveform monitor, and Scopes — now out of beta and ready for your iPad workflow.
GIMP 3.0: Free Image Editor Gets Non-Destructive—and a Bit Fancy
GIMP 3.0 lands after seven years of development: Non-destructive filters, real-time previews, improved PSD export, and layer multi-selection included.
ACES 2.0, Deinterlacing and Topaz: Mistika’s Triple Threat Update
ACES 2.0, AI deinterlacing, Topaz Labs and SDK support: Mistika Boutique and Ultima update integrates new tech for color, footage, and pipeline flexibility.
FMX 2025: AI, Animation, and Previs Take the Stage
FMX 2025 reveals a packed program featuring AI-powered VFX, animation techniques, sound design innovations, and the role of previs in action-heavy productions.
16.03.25: DESIGN FOR FILM: Bridging Art, Costume & VFX @ HFF Munich
The symposium Design for Film at HFF München explores the intersection of Art and Costume Departments with VFX, tackling workflows, communication, and education.
Oscars: ‘Flow’ and ‘In the Shadow of the Cypress’ Take the Spotlight
Latvia’s Flow wins Best Animated Feature, while Iran’s In the Shadow of the Cypress takes Best Animated Short at the Academy Awards.
Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF Body: Full Power, No Extras
Blackmagic Design introduces the URSA Cine 12K LF Body for $6,995, allowing professionals to rig their setup with existing accessories.
More ALEXA 35, Less Budget—But Still ARRI
ARRI introduces the ALEXA 35 Base Model, a lower-cost version of its flagship ALEXA 35. The new model offers the same sensor and image quality but trims the price tag by making advanced features available as separately licensed upgrades.
ASUS ProArt Display 5K PA27JCV
Let's not faff about: 5K Screens? Really? I tested one, and here are the results - the Use Case is not what you might think it is.
Unreal Engine 5.6: Enhanced Tools for Virtual Production
Unreal Engine 5.6 introduces usability improvements for virtual production, including better World Partition tools, Lumen updates, and procedural Megaworlds biomes.
Blackmagic Camera 9.2 Update: Pyxis 6K Gets Remote Love
Control the Pyxis 6K remotely, courtesy of the new Blackmagic Camera App. Firmware updates that might actually make life easier.
Blackmagic’s $30,000 URSA Cine Immersive Camera Enters Pre-Order Stage
Blackmagic Design's new URSA Cine Immersive Camera targets VR pros with stereoscopic 3D video capture at a steep $30,000 price tag.
Epic Games Launches Free Unreal Fellowship Game Development Course
Epic Games introduces a free, limited-time Unreal Fellowship course for aspiring game developers, filmmakers, and VFX professionals.
FilmConvert Hazy: Digital Mist for Cinematic Post-Production
FilmConvert introduces Hazy, a plugin for Resolve, Premiere and FCP. bringing mist filter effects to post-production workflows. Aimed at enhancing cinematic visuals digitally.
Dolby Launches free Training : Visual Storytelling in HDR
Dolby has unveiled its newest training course, Visual Storytelling in HDR, designed to bridge the knowledge gap around HDR and make this technology accessible for creatives at all skill levels. Developed over months by Dolby’s expert team, the course offers practical education and SDR/HDR examples, tailored especially for creatives who may be less familiar with the technical aspects of HDR.
D5 Render 2.9: Enhanced Terrain and Workflow
D5 Render 2.9 updates: Terrain tools, AI-based lighting, and pipeline optimizations for smoother real-time rendering.
Blackmagic Camera 1.4 Update for Android: Xperia Support and More
BMD has rolled out version 1.4 of its Camera Control app for Android, now supporting Xperia devices.
Free Adobe MAX 2024: Access all Talks from Last Week’s Event
Adobe MAX 2024's key sessions are now available online for free, providing creatives with tutorials on VFX, animation, filmmaking, and post-production tools.
Fallout becomes cinematic.
Paul Hatton catches up with Nikita Travnikov, an executive producer for Huuuge Games and 3D tinkerer - and we chat about the whole Fusion/Resolve pipeline!
The power of the crowd
Looking back: In DP 03 : 2015, Lighting Boy Studio realised the film project Le Gouffre. A Kickstarter campaign brought the animated film over the finishing line. An animago AWARD-nominated short film.
Cut faster – The Blackmagic Speed Editor
In DP 02:20, we already presented the Editor Keyboard from Blackmagic Design (BMD for short). It used to be close to 1,000 euros, but when it didn't become a big seller, it was lowered to around 600. Meanwhile, the manufacturer has removed the regular keys in the centre, moved the side panels closer together and added a few extra keys. The result is called Speed Editor (SE for short) and is still being offered at the competitive price of 380 euros including a licence for DaVinci Resolve Studio. Some folks are even marketing the device for 199 euros without the licence, but it remains unclear whether this is permissible on the part of BMD.
Inside ILM: Creating the Razor Crest for The Mandalorian
Doug Chiang, John Knoll and ILM artists explain the design and visual-effects production of the Razor Crest spacecraft for The Mandalorian.
Bomper Studio | Workshop report
"Honey, do you want to animate my music video?" And other romantic stories with Cinema 4D.
GoPro HERO9 Black Records 5K Video
GoPro’s HERO9 Black introduced 5K video, 20-megapixel photos, HyperSmooth 3.0, longer battery life and new front and rear displays.
Berlin Funds Digital Film Production with €2 Million
Berlin’s 2020 Digital Film Production programme allocated €2 million annually to CGI- and VFX-intensive film and series projects.
Sony Launches Cinema Line with FX6 Preview
Sony’s Cinema Line grouped Venice and FX9 with the forthcoming FX6 while outlining firmware updates for its cinema cameras.
Datasmith Transfers Large 3ds Max Scenes to Unreal
Arch Point Design House demonstrates using Datasmith to transfer large 3ds Max scenes into Unreal Engine.
Samyang VDSLR MK2 Cinema Lenses Cover Seven Mounts
Samyang’s VDSLR MK2 cinema-prime range launched in 24, 35, 50 and 85 mm versions across seven camera mounts.
Lara Lom Appointed Managing Director of Rise London
VFX producer Lara Lom was appointed managing director of Rise’s new London studio, scheduled to open in September 2020.
MPC Episodic Opens Berlin VFX Studio
MPC Episodic opened a Berlin studio led by Thomas Knop, with Franzisca Puppe serving as executive producer.
MPC Visualization Reel Surveys a Decade of Blockbuster Previs
MPC’s Technicolor visualization reel revisited pre-production work for The Lion King, Godzilla, Blade Runner and other films.
Prop Store’s 2020 Hollywood Auction Featured Star Wars and Jurassic Park Props
Prop Store’s August 2020 auction offered 870 film artefacts from Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Alien, Ghostbusters and other productions.
Franco-German Series Fund Call
A Franco-German fund offered up to €50,000 per project for developing binational fictional series co-productions.
MFG Expands Film Development Funding
MFG Baden-Württemberg expanded documentary development support, raised fiction script limits and increased its project participation share.
Resolve Editing Workshop #10 – Delivery
The final episode deals—what a surprise—with the final step of the workflow: delivery. Once everything has been cleanly edited and graded, you also want to export the finished video and show it to people.
Resolve Editing Workshop #09 – Color Grading
This time it is about color grading—what possibilities the interface provides, and how to get primary grading done cleanly and efficiently.
Resolve Editing Workshop #08 – Titles & Effects
This time it is about clip properties, titles, and effects—anyone who wants to master stabilization, filters, transformations, and similar things should watch the tutorial.
Resolve Editing Workshop #07 – Workflow
The tools are only half the battle—the rest is using them. The seventh episode of the Resolve tutorials is about an efficient workflow and how you should handle your footage within it.
From another star | Retro article
Review: In DP 01 : 2010, Weta Digital created a wacky planet, alien life forms and humanoid screen heroes. For what? For James Cameron's Avatar!
Winners of the First SHOOT and CUT Award Announced
Second round of the competition organized by Sony and slashCAM starts in late summer.
eDIT Filmmaker’s Festival Enters Its Second Decade with a New Concept
Minister Lautenschläger presents new partners / “International appeal for Hesse as a media location.”
Canon: Freefilming Campaign
Canon is promoting its compact HF10 camcorder with a special campaign.
Filming Begins on Terminator 4
Hasta la vista, Arnie: Christian Bale and Sam Worthington take the leading roles in TERMINATOR SALVATION: THE FUTURE BEGINS.
Filming Wraps on the Thriller THE DOOR
After 40 days of shooting, the final take of the thriller THE DOOR was completed in Berlin last Friday. Filming took place mainly in Potsdam and also brought director Anno Saul and his team to Berlin, Hamburg, and Schleswig-Holstein. The thriller will reach cinemas in early 2009.
Book Review: Film Music for Filmmakers
“The right music for a better film” is the credo of this theory and practice book on film music and its deliberate effect.
EMI Offers a New Solution for Soundtracking Private Videos
Working with GEMA, the music publisher enables legal soundtracking.
Senator Entertainment Produces “Unthinkable”
Samuel L. Jackson takes the leading role in the Marco Weber production.
EMI Music Publishing Gives Amateur Filmmakers Professionally Produced Film Music
Through a new online club portal, EMI, one of the world’s largest music publishers, now offers every amateur filmmaker similarly exciting music, supported by editorial selection from a vast, professionally organized catalog.
Constantin Film Produces Männersache
Constantin Film is producing its first feature film with star comedian Mario Barth.
Instant36: Making Films in 36 Hours
From the announcement of the topic to delivery of the finished film, teams have exactly 36 hours / Today is the last chance to register
Fast-Paced Competition: Making Films in 40 Hours
The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Museum für Naturkunde at Humboldt University Berlin are inviting entries for the “kurz vor 12” rapid-film festival. Complete films—from screenplay and shooting to editing—must be produced in just 40 hours.
Wim Wenders Celebrates World Premiere with PALERMO SHOOTING
Wim Wenders' new film PALERMO SHOOTING celebrates its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (May 14 to 25, 2008) as an official selection and in competition.
Disney Introduces New Film Label “Disneynature”
The Walt Disney Studios are introducing a new film label. As Dick Cook, Studios Chairman, announced on Monday, “Disneynature" will produce nature documentaries in collaboration with the world's best documentary filmmakers. The plan is to bring one new film to cinemas each year.
Filming Begins on ZDF Cinema Co-production “So glücklich war ich noch nie”
Filming begins in Berlin on the ZDF cinema co-production directed and written by Alexander Adolph, with production continuing through 21 May.
Clever Promotion for “Be Kind Rewind”
A contest for remade films on MyVideo offers a trip to New York and an acting workshop as its prize.
A New Old Name for Wim Wenders’ Production Company
Wenders Images GmbH adopts a new name and becomes Neue Road Movies GmbH as of 31 March 2008.
Filming of THE LAST STATION Begins on 7 April
The first take of THE LAST STATION, a film by director Michael Hoffman starring Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, James McAvoy and others, will be shot on 7 April 2008.
MyVideo Special for BE KIND REWIND Sparks ‘Sweding’ Trend
‘Sweded’ versions of Scary Movie, Titanic and others have already been watched more than 380,000 times.
Two Germans on Course for Success in Hollywood
It Began with a Slogan, a Bible Verse and 168 Hours to Invent a Story. After Another 168 Hours, the Short Film Had to Be Shot, Edited, Processed and on Its Way to Los Angeles
Eichinger Extends Exclusive Constantin Contract
Constantin Film AG and producer Bernd Eichinger have extended their framework production agreement early, through 31 March 2014.
Video: Animated Film “Entering Rockspring” + Making Of
The team led by Sebastian Krieg presented their student film "Entering Rockspring" at the start of the semester at macromedia FH. DP was there and put the presentation on the web.
Delusion 3D Short Film Sets Munich Premiere
The stereoscopic short film Delusion 3D by Munich producers Virtual Experience premieres at the Deutsches Museum on 28 March.
Tigerenten Film Box Helps Children Make Films
Young filmmakers can apply for a free Tigerenten Film Box containing editing software, production templates and learning material.
Audio Interview: Experiences from Filming I´m Legend
Those responsible for the film "I´m Legend" talk about the locations, the film's visual style and the shooating in general.
Production Begins on 13 Semesters
The Claussen+Wöbke+Putz Filmproduktion crew heads to Darmstadt on 1 April.
Two Months in Hollywood for Emerging Talent
MedienCampus Bayern is offering three emerging filmmakers the opportunity to spend two months learning about the film industry in Los Angeles.