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Film School Secrets (Review)

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Cinema 4D Release 13 Studio (Review)

Cinema 4D Studio Edition, Release 13

It is getting harder and harder to look the other way when it comes to adding CG (Computer Graphics) to the independent filmmakers tool set. For serious indies that are looking to “up their game” Cinema 4D, the full studio version, is worth a long, hard look. Even TV shows are doing so much with green-screens and environment manipulation, that viewers are expecting a level of sophistication greater than ever before.

Yes, we all know that the story is King. However, with offerings like Maxon’s Cinema 4D (C4D), even humble filmmakers can have professional grade tools in their studio, which only expands on the ability to tell a good story. Read the rest of this story…

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Letters to Young Filmmakers (Review)

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Writing the Comedy Blockbuster (Review)

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Tiffen DFX 3.0 (Review)

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InDesign CS5.5 (Review)

InDesign Cover

A short time ago, Adobe introduced CS5 and with it came some great features. But the forward thinking people at Adobe realized that as media evolves at an astonishing rate, new features must be added to their existing programs. Not wanting to wait until the release of CS6, Adobe introduced InDesign CS5.5, which adds some great new features specifically targeting publishers who want to publish across multiple platforms. Read the rest of this story…

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Story CS5.5 (Review)

Adobe Story CS5.5

With CS5.5, writing with a partner is even easier than it was in CS5, and you can even set up permission levels to only allow them access to certain parameters. This is done very simply and becomes important when working with multiple partners or producers that you don’t want to directly edit your work. You can even access your scripts on your iPhone! (You can read them for changes and make comments, although, as of yet, you can’t actually change the script directly.) Read the rest of this story…

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Premiere Elements 10 (Review)

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Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 11 (Review)

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Something Startling Happens (Review)

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