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departments 2 EDITOR’S LETTER Feeling social By Randi Altman ANIMA TION 16 THE EVOLVING WORLD OF MOCAP Many are now using the technology in the previsualization stage. By Christine Bunish S T E R E O S C O P I C 20 3D STEREO Broadcasters and game developers hope to bring the stereo experience into your living room. By Marc Loftus TRENDS 26 SOCIALLY CONSCIOUS Post studios use social media sites to promote and grow their business. By Randi Altman AUDIO 30 AUDIO FOR NEW MEDIA Regardless of where you view the content, it still needs to sound good. By Christine Bunish 30 20 12 2 POST SCRIPT Workflow troubleshooting By Marc Loftus 4 NEWS What’s new in post 12 DIRECTOR’S CHAIR John Carpenter — The Ward 38 STOCK FOOTAGE NEWS Stock companies add footage, search features and even S3D content. 40 CINEMA WORKFLOW Borrowing from the past to advance the future. By Ed Heede 42 EDUCATION Students from the DAVE School prepare to fly solo. 43 PRODUCTS The latest in hardware & software 44 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry’s movers & shakers 45 REVIEW Avid Phrasefind and AV3 GET By Jonathan Moser 48 REVIEW Digital Film Tools’ Photocopy By Brady Betzel DAILY NEWS UPDATES WEB EXCLUSIVES • VFX: Luma Pictures takes on Thor 38 Motion capture is no longer just for feature films or videogames. As the technology has come down in price and additional players have entered the market, more people are employing mocap for a variety of purposes, such as in the previsualization process. PhaseSpace’s Ketrina Yim designed this month’s cover using rigged models created in-house for demo purposes. The characters pictured are on line at a casting call, waiting for their chance at stardom. Turn to page 16 to read how motion capture is being used for previs and more. www.postmagazine.com • EDITING: DSLR Tips & Tricks in Premiere Pro CS5.5 By Colin Smith and Rich Harrington This Month In • The character creation Zen of . • Special Section: Storage’s sex appeal. • Stereo 3D continues to grow. • s NAB Silver Edge Award winners May 2011 • Post 1 THE WARD CINESITE/ON STRANGER TIDES YESSIAN FOOTAGEBANK ON OUR COVER SERVING THE INDUSTRY FOR 25 YEARS K ung Fu P anda 2 CGW’