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SERVING THE INDUSTRY FOR 25 YEARS 2 EDITOR'S LETTER An early path to pro work By Randi Altman 2 POST SCRIPT Avid gets busy By Marc Loftus 4 NEWS What's new in post 16 VISUAL EFFECTS 24 PREPARED FOR POST VFX pros offer advice early on By Marc Loftus AUDIO 30 CUSTOM SCORES Evoking emotion with music By Jennifer Walden VIDEO & FILM 36 RESTORATION Making classic films and TV look — and sound — as intended By Christine Bunish ON THE JOB 40 STUDENT TO PRO Navigating that all-important transition By Randi Altman DAILY NEWS UPDATES VIDEOS • Film Trailers • News from AES 44 David Fincher got the post team from The Social Network back together for the upcoming Girl With the Dragon Tattoo from Sony Pictures. Oscar-winning editors Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall return, along with assistant editor Tyler Nelson. The film was shot using Red One MX and Epic cameras. The editors called on Apple Final Cut Pro 7 for cutting and Adobe After Effects for many of the film's visual effects shots. Light Iron's Ian Vertovec employed Quantel's Pablo 4K for the color grade. For the full story, turn to page 18. www.postmagazine.com WEB EXCLUSIVES Slideshow: Photos from Post's 25th Anniversary Party TUTORIALS • Avid DS automated stereo conversion • Overview of the new technology in Eyeon's Fusion 6.3 This Month In 30 20 10 POST'S 25TH BIRTHDAY PARTY Couldn't make it? Browse through photos from the event 14 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Alexander Payne: The Descendants By Iain Blair 16 IN THE MIX Re-recording mixer David Raines on AMC's Hell on Wheels By Randi Altman 18 COVER STORY The post workflow for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo By Daniel Restuccio 20 STOCK FOOTAGE A gallery showcasing the latest news 44 POSTINGS A graphic glimpse of some recent projects 45 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers 47 REVIEW Autodesk Smoke 2012 SP2 for Mac OS X By Barry Goch 48 REVIEW HPs Elitebook 8560W By Dariush Derakhshani • Stereo 3D continues to mature • The serious technology required to turn comic into an animated feature Post • November 2011 1 HELL ON WHEELS DISCOVERY ACCESS IMMORTALS PIXELDUST ON OUR COVER The Adventur es of Tintin