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SERVING THE INDUSTRY FOR 26 YEARS VOL 26 · NO. 1 departments 2 EDITOR'S LETTER New Year's resolutions By Randi Altman 2 POST SCRIPT Animation updates 12 FILMS 22 OSCAR PICKS Post's best-guesses for gold. By Iain Blair VISUAL EFFECTS 26 VFX FOR SPOTS Big effects for the small screen. By Marc Loftus TRENDS 32 AGENCIES How agency creatives find, and work, with post pros. By Randi Altman AUDIO 36 AUDIO FOR INDIE FILMS Keeping the quality up even when budgets are down. By Jennifer Walden 36 20 By Marc Loftus 4 BITS & PIECES What's new in post 12 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Clint Eastwood — J. Edgar By Iain Blair 16 COVER STORY Tintin — Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson's great adventure By Daniel Restuccio 20 VISUAL EFFECTS ILM flies high for Red Tails By Christine Bunish 42 EDUCATION Academy of Art University adds color to its curriculum 44 POSTINGS A graphic glimpse of some recent work 45 PEOPLE Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers 48 REVIEW GenArts Sapphire V.6 By Fred Ruckel DAILY NEWS UPDATES REVIEW: KRK RP10-3 monitors By Luke Harper 44 The Adventures of Tintin, from Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, features performance capture, thanks to Giant Studios, visual effects from Weta Digital, and post via Park Road Post. Giant was able to apply the motion capture data to rigged character models in the CG environments in realtime. The models, built by Weta, were low poly, with no facial articu- lation. As the actors performed on stage the data was retar- geted in Autodesk MotionBuilder and synced to character mod- els that moved in virtual environments. Park Road Post com- pleted final color correction, sound re-recording and final sound deliverables. For more on Tintin, turn to page 16. www.postmagazine.com ASSET MANAGEMENT: 5th Kind develops 3D pipeline for Aardman and Pirates! Band of Misfits. This Month In • 's wide range of visual effects. • Mocap keeps the CG characters of in sync. • Creating the characters for . Post • January 2012 1 J. EDGAR RED TAILS MAN ON A LEDGE LADY GAGA ON OUR COVER Hugo Happy Feet 2 Tintin