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Urban Renewal ... CaféFX Helps Build "Sin City" |
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Director Robert Rodriguez delivers an interpretation of Frank Miller's dim tale of guns and gangsters in the saturated streets of Sin City, resurfacing a film noir sentiment, sans film. Using the original comic as a strict visual guide and Miller as the DP, the film posed challenges in post that called for sophisticated software to tweak even the smallest details.
Café FX used Fusion to restore and highlight special colour effects and manipulation. "The Sin City look was a very special set of curves in Fusion that had to be adjusted on a shot-by-shot basis," says Everatt Burrell, a Café FX digital effects co-supervisor. Fusion's particle suite was used to manipulate droplets of rain that trickle down windshields and bounce off trench coats.
For a closer look at the making of Sin City, check out Ken McGorry's cover story in this month's Post magazine  .
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Director Till Hastreiter and the production team of Discofilm in Cologne, Germany, use Fusion as their core compositing tool for post production on Status Yo!
In search of a flexible and economical compositing tool, Discofilm decided to use Fusion for its "... first-class workflow and matured file management." Status Yo! has since been preselected for the German Filmaward.
Status Yo! takes a documentary-style look at the 'pflegerlounge' , a community of Berlin hip-hop artists that organize underground jams, showcasing their styles in freestyle and rap. This urbanized interpretation of the most popular German subculture supports a Euro approach to big dreams with little money in the ghetto. For more information vist Sascha Haber's website .
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Fusion 5 World Tour Rolls On... |
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Wrap-up - eyeon @ NAB 2005 |
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NAB 2005 was a huge success for eyeon. We received nothing but positive feedback and rave reviews from both new and loyal Fusion users.
Our booth was constantly packed, as were our in-depth demos. Standing tall between the walls of our competitors, eyeon managed to create a buzz that was heard loud and clear across the show floor.
Look out for us at SIGGRAPH 2005, where the release of Fu5 will explode in full force.
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Interview with Custom Film Effects' Mark Dornfeld |
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In our continuing series of interviews, eyeon spoke with Mark Dornfeld, Owner and Visual Effects Director, of Custom Film Effects. With credits including Chicago, Gangs of New York and Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind, Mark Dornfeld describes how CFE uses Fusion to service both the optical & digital needs of the motion picture industry.
Click here to watch our interview with Mark Dornfeld.
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F5 Teaser: Masks & Polylines |
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Join our Senior Product Manager, Isaac Guenard, as he highlights some of the impressive changes to Masking, Polylines and Rotoscoping in the upcoming Fusion 5. You can view the teaser here.
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 We have exciting news regarding compatibility between eyeon and Quantel systems, keep an eye out for additional information and scripts to be made available online soon.
 Coming shortly we will feature Tim Trumble of Dreamlight Imaging in Sydney, Australia. Take a look at some of Tim's current projects and visit a Fusion studio that will simply blow you away!
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