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POST APRIL 2015
ON OUR COVER
2 EDITOR'S LETTER
NAB 2015: What we know
By Marc Loftus
2 POST SCRIPT
The road to NAB
By Linda Romanello
4 BITS & PIECES
What's new in post production
15 RESELLER NEWS
Channel and distribution deals
16 DIRECTOR'S CHAIR
Leigh Whannell — Insidious Chapter 3
By Iain Blair
18 DOCUMENTARY
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
By Iain Blair
38 SOCIAL MEDIA
Platforms and nonlinear content distribution
By Bryan Robbins
38 SOCIAL MEDIA
What I've learned
By Mark Panik
39 POST POSITIONS
Death to tape — Long live the file!
By Paul Turner
40 NAB PRODUCTS
The latest in hardware & software
44 REVIEW
Autodesk Smoke 2015
By Barry Goch
46 REVIEW
Nugen Audio's Post Pack
By Erik Vlietinck
48 PEOPLE
Keeping tabs of the industry's movers & shakers
SERVING THE INDUSTRY SINCE 1986
VOL 30 · NO. 4
THIS MONTH IN
• VFX add Wow! factor to TV spots
• Building an intelligent robot for Chappie
• CG creatures make digital magic in Cinderella
• Setting the stage for a sci-fi battle
DEPARTMENTS
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Insidious Chapter 3
Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast
FEATURES
20 VISUAL EFFECTS FOR
TELEVISION SERIES
Penny Dreadful, CSI: Cyber, Agent
Carter, Olympus and more!
By Marc Loftus & Linda Romanello
28 AUDIO FOR ANIMATION
How sound helps mold the picture
By Jennifer Walden
34 THE DAILIES SHOW
On-set and near-set systems
continue to improve, providing
pros with a range of options
By Christine Bunish
American Odyssey
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