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'Iron Man' swoops into theaters

The new movie Iron Man may be based on the 1963 comic strip, but its special effects are anything but vintage. CNET News.com's Kara Tsuboi talks with the visual and animation supervisors at Industrial Light Magic about pushing the limits of computer generated images to create those "Marvel moments."

Tags: News, kara tsuboi, ilm, lucas film, ironman, marvel comics, robert downey jr, superhero, Workforce Management, Productivity, Human Resources

Videos 2008-05-01

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Photos: Lucas launches new 'Star Wars' game

Film series creator George Lucas surprises dressed-up fans at Best Buy in San Francisco with a visit to help give the new video game a strong debut. by CNET News.com

Tags: Star Wars, Photograph, Games, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Marketing, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2008-09-16

George Lucas turns computers into pencils

George Lucas turns computers into pencilsOh the humanity...Long time Star Wars fan wonders if turning the computer into a pencil is REALLY such a good idea. We spend so much time seeing how we can do something super-technical that we forget the down-to-earth human side of it.Why do I...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, George Lucas, school book, computer

Discussion threads 2007-09-18

Forget Google, YouTube must pay!

In Why Google is more dangerous than Microsoft earlier today, I signaled to John Battelle that he ought not hold his breath for Google to step up to the money plate in support of "journalism," despite the fact that Google makes oodles of dollars off of gratis news.Move over news...

Tags: Google, YouTube

Blog posts 2007-05-30

Photos: 'Star Wars' goes pop culture

Three decades after the original film was released, the George Lucas creation has left a lasting impression on pop culture.

Tags: Star Wars, photograph

Image galleries 2007-05-25

Big Google Changes to Search, Navigation, Homepage, Ranking

UPDATE: Why Google Search will NOT rule the Universe! andSEM Beware: Google deals blow to search engine marketing andGoogle Search: Big, bad multi-billion dollar sandbox Google has a new vision for how best to organize the world's information and make it even more accessible, at Google.com: Universal Search debuts today, announced by Marissa...

Tags: Google

Blog posts 2007-05-16

YouTube presents awards to its first stars

YouTube presents awards to its first starsYawn...Just proves that some people will watch anything for entertainment.IdoacracyThen you need to see the movie Idiocracy. It relates well to what you are saying.Are you not confident with your video production skills?While much of what is on YouTube is crap, do you...

Tags: Corporate communications, Advertising & Promotion, YouTube Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-27

Inside the Lucasfilm data center

Inside the Lucasfilm data centerIs it running Linux?The special effects produced by ILM are rendered on Linux workstations. ZDnet didn't even mention this fact when they did an article on ILM's special effects processing. Now we have an article in which ZDnet cover the datacentre- and again, completely fail to...

Tags: Operating systems, 64-bit, data center, Desktop Support, ILM, Lucasfilm, Linux, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Unix, Microsoft Windows, job

Discussion threads 2007-01-26

Robert Rodriguez: Digital film making evangelist

Film director Robert Rodriguez is living proof of how technology is reshuffling the Hollywood deck. At AMD’s Global Vision Conference, the Austin-based filmmaker discussed his anti-Hollywood digital film making credo and technology focus and previewed a clip of his new movie, "Planet Terror," which is due in theaters on April...

Tags: filmmaking, Rodriquez

Blog posts 2006-09-20

New media A/V carts make a difference

In the old days, showing a film or slideshow meant that a teacher would have to plan weeks in advance to reserve equipment. The A/V guys would then roll in a heavy cart loaded with equipment, interrup class to set it up and then come back at the end of...

Tags: cart, A/V

Blog posts 2006-06-14

Why HD will rule the movie world

Why HD will rule the movie worldThat's two in a rowthat I agree with you. This is George Lucas' vision - as the last Star Wars film was done digital (WAS it HD though?).Q: Do you still need the heavy makeup for digital - or can you go "more natural"?35mm...

Tags: photo booth, movie world, photograph, makeup, movie

Discussion threads 2006-04-13

HD camera madness

I mentioned several months ago that I had accepted a position as cameraman on an independent film being shot in Los Angeles. Back then, the plan was to use Canon XL2s, which are standard definition cameras that are pretty good. Canon XL1-S cameras the previous version of the Canon camera...

Tags: camera, Panavision HD-900F High Definition Camera System

Blog posts 2006-04-10

Open source community needs a haircut and to dress for success

Open source community needs a haircut and to dress for successLooksSome might say "Looks count for a lot".I am not stomping on dress codes, but, looks are VERY misleading and I don't get to hung up on that type of thing anymore--too old to know better!Asinine Assumptions Produce Biased ReportingShaved...

Tags: business success, Sandals, open source, business field, Companies, open-source community

Discussion threads 2006-03-28

The Hollywoodization of gaming

E3, the annual gaming industry conference, was in Los Angeles last week, and many celebrated the coming evolution of gaming from its core target audience mostly young and male to a new audience encompassing more age groups and genders. Driving this will be the power provided by the new gaming...

Tags: game, John Carroll

Blog posts 2005-05-24

The Hollywoodization of gaming

E3, the annual gaming industry conference, was in Los Angeles last week, and many celebrated the coming evolution of gaming from its core target audience mostly young and male to a new audience encompassing more age groups and genders. Driving this will be the power provided by the new gaming...

Tags: game, John Carroll

Blog posts 2005-05-24

Final 'Star Wars' film leaked to the Internet

Final 'Star Wars' film leaked to the InternetWHO cares?They will still make their 100 billion on it and cry about lost sales.....only in america! Rich is never rich enough. Why not just hold us upside down as we enter the theatre for spare change as if ticket prices...

Tags: digital-rights management, DVD, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Internet, movie studio, sales, Star Wars

Discussion threads 2005-05-19

Tuning up for HDTV

Tuning up for HDTVEnd of Fair Use RightsHDTV will usher in a sad era where the common person looses their fair use rights and large amounts of our cultural heritage will be lost to DRM.400 BucksWhen the cost of digital sets drop to 400 dollars for about 27" screens, and...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, High-Definition Video, TV, HDTV, camera

Discussion threads 2004-09-15