Contents Editing Frank Miller's Sin City Nitrate Film - Playing with Fire! Mac - Demystifying Quartz Windows - Longhorn's Avalon LinuxMovies.org Conference Tips SIGGRAPH Conference Tips

MovieEditor is your magazine for the latest in motion picture filmmaking and technology. In this issue We lead with breakthrough 4:4:4 RGB techniques and technology used in FRANK MILLER'S SIN CITY. Director Robert Rodriguez (SPY KIDS) left the Directors Guild to co-direct this movie with comic book creater and first-time director Frank Miller. Film expert Frank Wylie describes the ways to detect nitrate film stock, including a "sure-fire" if dangerous method -- ignite it! Apple Macintosh released the Quartz graphics system with Mac OS X. And, Windows is developing Avalon as its answer for Longhorn. We review both. August is a great month for graphics conferences coming. Make your plans now. We look at SIGGRAPH -- the biggest of the big, and LinuxMovies.org -- a great small conference for motion picture technologists. Robin Rowe, Editor