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Digital Video Production

Relates to 7499F Digital Video Production and 7499G Digital Image Capture & Manipulation

General Sites

Australian Media Facilities Directory (AMFD)
The Australian Media Facilities Directory is a fully searchable database of freelance personnel, talent, companies and facilities available in media and media related areas from print, film, radio and television to new media. The AMFD is updated constantly with a live contact facility, industry news and events information.

Australian Screen Editors (ASE)
A cultural, professional and educational organisation dedicated to the pursuit and recognition of excellence in the arts, sciences and technology of motion picture film and televisual post production. It aims to promote, improve and protect the role of editor as an essential and significant contributor to all screen productions.

Booking Business
The Booking Business is an answering and booking service for Australian film technicians servicing the television commercial, feature film and television industries.

Calling All Crew
Booking and answering service for freelance technicians in the television and corporate production industry in Sydney, Australia.

City Search, Sydney - Film
An online guide to multiple aspects of the film industry in Sydney, from what to see when and where find to casting agents , scriptwriters and caterers.

Crew rates: Pacific Film and Television Commission (PFTC)
Provides information on Australian crew rates.

eReleases Online News & Press Release Distribribution

FilmTvBiz
Contact and information provider for personnel, facilities and services in the Australian Film, TV, Advertising & Multimedia industries.

Glossary of Film and Video Terms
A glossary of film and video terms.

Howstuffworks "How Digital Cameras Work"

Mandy's Film and Television Production Directory
International listing of Equipment Manufacturers, Stockshots, Film Festivals, Film Distributors, Schools, Useful Research Sites, Associations, etc. The Australian directory allows searches by state.

Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA)
The Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance is the union for people working in the media, entertainment and arts industries. Our web site provides information on working in the these industries including wage rates and conditions, upcoming events and membership joining information.

NSW Department of Industrial Relations
This site provides New South Wales Award Payrates, including entertainment and broadcasting industry rates and actors' rates.

ozmedia-match
Free, fully searchable online directory of TV & Film freelancers' CVs & jobs bulletin board & discussion forum. Freelancers post and access their own CVs which also display their availability. Employers search the directory of CVs, check availability and post vacancies. Facilities companies list their services in the online directory.

PC Magazine: Digital Cameras: Closing the Gap

Qpix
This site features information about QPIX, Queensland's New Screen Resource Centre; its mission, strategies, resources, and current (and future) programs. Crew Link service provides informal referrals for emerging film, video and multimedia practitioners, contact QPIX for an application form. The site also features the latest industry news via an upload version of QPIX's monthly newsletter. The QPIX site is hot-linked to a number of other screen industry related sites.

SA Film Corporation
The SAFC was established in 1972 to stimulate and encourage the formation and continued development of a film industry in South Australia.  (Film includes all moving images available for viewing on any format, including multimedia). To this end, the SAFC will continue to stimulate and assist the State's film industry and community to achieve sustained economic and cultural benefits for the people in South Australia.

Top Technicians
Top Technicians is a service for Australian film crews. We have been serving the Australian Film Industry for more than a decade, providing a listing base for finding the right crew for your needs.

Video Head
Video Head is a program designed for young people to discover and experience film production experience. They create their own concepts, develop a storyboard, film with professional digital equipment, edit sue effects, add sound and music. Recreational and educational, Video Head courses are designed to take place during school holidays. All entries are automatically entered into the ATOM Awards.

Videomaker Online - Video Production Resources

 
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Commercial Software Sites

Adobe Systems
Makers of software such as Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, and Premiere. Site contains an immense amount information of their products as well as downloadable tutorials.

Alien Skin Software
Makers of Eye Candy filter plug-ins for Photoshop and After Effects.

Apple Computer
Site contains in-depth information of all Apple products.

Canon
Makers of Digital Camera and other imaging essentials.

ChromaGraphics
Makers of Photoshop plug-ins, such as EdgeWizard and MagicMask.

DigiEffects
Makers of great After Effects and Photoshop plug-ins.

Digital Frontiers
Web design tools for GIF and JPEG production, including plug-ins for Photoshop.

Discreet
Home of 3D Studio Max, the world's best selling professional 3D modeling and animation software for PCs.

Equilibrium
Makers of the popular image conversion program, DeBabelizer.

Extensis
Makers of production plug-ins for Photoshop.

Kodak
Site contains excellent information and products, including their line of digital cameras

LuRaTech
Amazing wavelet compression plug-in for Photoshop.

MacCPU
A site to buy boards, CPU upgrades, and drives.

Macromedia
Makers of Director, Dreamweaver, Freehand, and other products.

Metacreations
Makers of Bryce, Painter, Infini-D, Goo, and other consumer imaging programs.

Microtek
Full line of scanners and related products.

Newtek
Makers of Lightwave and Inspire 3D.

Olympus

Puffin Designs
Makers of plug-ins such as Knoll Lens Flare Pro, Cybermesh, and Commotion, the visual effects program designed for video and film work.

UMAX
Information about UMAX scanners, and other UMAX products.

Valis Group
The home Page for Flo', Metaflo', Movieflo', RenderMan, Pixar's Showplace, MacRenderMan, Materia Prima, PixelPutty, Goo sidegrade!

 
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Publications

Art Byte
A Bi-monthly magazine devoted to digital arts.

Computer Arts
Computer Arts is Britain's creative magazine for computer arts for the Mac and PC. They feature articles and tutorials for image manipulation, digital video, 3D, graphic design, illustration, multimedia, and new technolgy.

desktopPublishing.com
Resource for traditional and web authoring. Massive clip art and images listings, and comprehensive compendium of DTP links.

Electronic Publishing
Publishes information on publishing technology with reviews.

eMediaweekly
Previously MacWEEK, this weekly publication will cover digital content creation on any platform -- Macintosh, Windows, Unix -- for Web, multimedia and print publishing.

Gamma Homepage
Important information on gamma correction and the most in-depth information on gamma anywhere.

Hollywood Reporter
Daily entertainment trade publication emphasizing in-depth analysis and news coverage of creative and business aspects of film, TV, theater and music production.

MacWorld

New Riders

Premiere
Magazine for young adults that goes behind the scenes of movies in release and production. Feature articles that includes profiles, interviews, reviews, coverage of video technics and hardware.

Publish (RGB)

Videography
Covers visual imagery, video web, editing, computer reviews and profiles.

Seybold Seminars
Seybold is the premiere graphic publishing convention and conference. David Biedny is the top-rated teacher at Seybold with his courses on Photoshop.

Thunderlizard
 
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Computer Graphics Technical

Computer Graphics World
Articles on computer aided 3D modelling, animation and visualization and their uses in engineering, science, and entertainment applications.

Digital Output
Monthly publication covering digital publishing from high-end printing processes to CD-ROM and internet publishing.

Publish
Monthly magazine. Publish is the leading how-to magazine for graphics professionals. It has authoritative reviews of the latest digital design and image-editing tools, helpful step-by-step instructional articles, problem-solving case studies, design and typography tips, and much more, all in one comprehensive, indispensable publication.

 
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American Cinematographer
Each month, American Cinematographer highlights two or three major productions currently in release and reports on new image gathering technology. AC also covers many facets of digital cinema, usually from the standpoint of the cinematographer or visual effects supervisor.

Film & Video
Film & Video, the voice of the production community, brings the production process to life. Film & Video's mission is to advocate creativity through an editorial focus on key personnel in the production and postproduction processes. Since its launch in 1984, Film & Video has strived to create a magazine as close to real life production as possible. Film & Video is written for producers of motion pictures, television programming, commercials, music videos and new media, and designed to educate and inform readers of the changing technologies and emerging trends in the film, television and interactive industries.

 
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Graphic Design/Illustration

Adobe Magazine
Past issues of this Quarterly magazine covering graphic design, publishing, Adobe Systems and software.

Applied Arts
Published seven times a year, covering graphic design, ads, photography, and illustrations. 

Communication Arts
Communication Arts magazine is the world's largest and most prestigious professional journal for visual communicators. CA is the number one creative resource for designers, art directors, creative directors, illustrators, photographers and multimedia professionals. CA publishes eight issues a yearÑfour single-topic annuals and four multidisciplined issues - and a ninth issue, a CD-ROM, featuring the best of interactive design.

Graphis
Bi-monthly magazine, Graphis covers digital designing, advertising industry, the latest in technical and contemporary graphic design, book reviews, profiles, industry reports and global reports.

How
Bi-monthly graphic design and illustration business resource. Gives behind the scene look of not only how the world's best graphic design and illustration are conceived and created, but why they do it. The business side to it is also included.

 
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Visual Effects General

Cinefex
Cinefex is a quarterly magazine that features the season's top effects films and major effects companies. Cinefex details the strategy and production of on-set effects, creature creations, digital post-production, and computer generated imagery.

Digital Magic
A supplement to Computer Graphics World, Digital Magic covers the effects industry, trends and techniques. Digital Magic is a magazine targeted at digital entertainment professionals working in film, television, CD-ROM games, LBE, and Web-based entertainment.

Digital Video Magazine
A monthly publication on digital video equipment and technique. Tutorials with online support.

Visual Effects Headquarters
Electronic. The Visual Effects Headquarters (VFX HQ) is an ezine that covers the visual effects industry. Focusing on feature film effects, the VFX HQ covers films from 1994 to the present, and all the major visual effects producers.

Visual Magic Magazine
A monthly electronic magazine that provides easily accessible news and information to digital effects and 3D animation professionals. VMM covers the 'tools and techniques' of digital imagery - with information on software, hardware, who is using what and how, how to use what you have got, how to break into the industry, and reports of events and festivals. They cover MAC, PC, and SGI, and software ranging from 3D Studio MAX to Alias PowerAnimator.

 
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