About Joe Herman

Joe Herman is a filmmaker, artist and post production specialist and writes often about the industry. You can reach him at joe[at]nycppnews[dot]com. Follow him on Twitter @JoeHermanTweets.

HP Drops New Z2 Line of Cost-Effective Entry-Level Workstations

From many users’ perspectives, HP is the leading manufacturer of high-end workstations in the world with their acclaimed Z series of machines. Heavy 3D graphics and animation pros opt for their top-of-the-line Z8 which can lash together two Intel Skylake-SP Xeon CPUs with up to 56 cores in total and up to 3 TB of […]

The Compositor’s Apprentice – Joe Herman Checks Out  Blackmagic’s Fusion 9

Here’s Joe Herman’s take on Blackmagic Design’s Fusion 9. Soon after he wrote this review, Blackmagic dropped Resolve 15, which builds in the once stand alone Fusion app. As Joe notes, “This is impressive. Everything I wrote is still pertinent, but with the inclusion of Resolve’s legacy high-end color correction, full-featured video editing, Fairlight audio […]

Is Reallusion’s CrazyTalk Animator 3 Ready for Serious 2D?

Recently, there’s been a lot of interesting development in 2D character animation software. That’s good news since many products in the past simply lacked the right tools to do the job effectively. But can you actually do useful 2D animation with Reallusion’s Crazytalk Animator 3?

Why Joe Herman Likes MAXON’s CINEMA 4D R18

If you think about it, the summer months can be a bit like December for a certain sort of person. No, July or August are too hot these days to try to try to cool down with some image of a December chill in mind. Instead, realize that the gathering sweat on your brow signals that it’s time embrace the heat. Yes,for lovers of computer graphics it’s time to trek to the SIGGRAPH show, usually found on the West Coast…

Lenovo ThinkPad P40 Yoga Mobile Workstation Delivers 3D Power

You might have overlooked Lenovo’s ThinkPad Yoga laptop hybrid line for serious 3D work. You had good reason to before. That’s all changed…

Joe Herman Takes a Look at HP’s New ZBook Studio

Joe Herman looks at HP’s recent workstation launch event. Turns out that the workstation you might use tomorrow will sit on your lap and be more powerful than the one you might have in your edit suite…

HP Goes Beyond Entry-level with Z240 Workstation

Since today’s modern laptops have become more potent than ever, ideal for working on location or at your home, why buy a workstation?

Google to host Cloud Event for Media Companies in NYC

On October 16, Google is putting on an all-day event explaining how media companies can utilize the Google Cloud Platform and how to incorporate it into existing pipelines. Designed for content producers or those working in distribution, the event looks to be interesting and pertinent to our industry (and it’s free). Whether you are a […]

Lenovo’s Hot New ThinkPad Mobile Workstations

At Siggraph 2015, Lenovo announced two new mobile workstations that offer serious production power on the go. The first machines to offer Intel’s new Xeon E3-1500M v5 chipset, they handle up to a massive 64GB RAM…

Lenovo Jumps into Workstation Market with Hot ThinkStation P Series

Workstations are the workhorses of the postproduction industry, running 24/7 in a busy animation studio, or getting bounced around on a DT cart on a feature film shoot. So what’s Lenovo, better known for their business ThinkPads, think it’s doing by announcing its new P-Series workstations?