AJA v10.2 "X Beta" drivers are now available for download, enabling Io XT and the latest KONA cards to be used with the new beta broadcast monitoring feature available in Final Cut Pro x 10.0.3. Support for Io Express and Io HD is coming soon.

The wonder and power of Star Wars as a timeless enterprise is enough to keep the struggling filmmaker's hope alive, or at least enough to get him to whip out his wallet and contribute to the pile of cash Mr. Lucas is now napping on. Hats off to Mr. Lucas who had the vision and foresight to take less on the front-end, and have full hope and confidence of the lucrative merchandising on the backend. In my opinion, Star Wars was the film franchise that solidified the concept of film merchadising on such a massive level. It defined a whole after-market revenue stream that has become its own galactic economy.

Mr. Lucas, here is to you, and your Death Star full of Vader Bills.

After ten years of operation,The Orphange, a Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Vancouver based VFX production company, has closed it's doors, according to a recent blog post by Stu Maschwitz.