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2 EDITOR'S NOTE BIGGER, FASTER,
BETTER "Tomorrow's" digital cinema
technology is at the doorstep, as higher
resolutions and higher frame rates change
the landscape of filmmaking.
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PRODUCTS HP's Z27x, Z24x DreamColor
displays • The Foundry's Modo 801 •
Blackmagic's URSA camera • Devil & Demon's
Devil supercomputers and Demon workstations
NEWS CGW Silver Edge Award winners –
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C O M P U T E R G R A P H I C S W O R L D
6 LET HIM FLY In The Amazing Spider-Man 2,
the web-slinging superhero faces off against
three villains, each presenting their own
unique challenges for animators, as did
Spider-Man himself.
20 COMING OF AGE The characters and
animation in How to Train Your Dragon 2
reach a new level of maturity, thanks to the
crew at DreamWorks.
26 BIRDS OF PARADISE Look Effects spreads
its technological wings by devising a new
feathering and a new flocking system for the
thousands of CG birds in the movie Noah.
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14 TRICKY PIXIES Digital Domain
takes digital humans to the next step,
creating the CG fairies that look like
their larger, real-life counterparts in the
movie Maleficent, a re-imagining of
the "Sleeping Beauty" fairy-tale.
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