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  John Knoll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John Knoll is a motion picture visual effects specialist at Industrial Light and Magic (ILM).
One of the original creators of Adobe Photoshop (along with his brother, Thomas), he is recently best known for his work as Visual Effects Supervisor on the Star Wars prequels and the 1997 special editions of the original trilogy.
Knoll was also the Computer Graphics Project Designer on The Abyss, an achievement which earned ILM its tenth Academy Award for Visual Effects.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Knoll   (190 words)

  
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Knoll re- jected the notion of contractually mandated period- ic across-the-board wage increases, declaring that wage increases were a matter for management alone to decide, and the Union would not be in- volved.
Knoll proposed that the next meeting be scheduled for December 1 be- cause in view of the intervening Thanksgiving holi- day, the Respondent would need that long to study and prepare a response to the Union's total pack- age.
Knoll further stated, as he had in the earlier session, that the Union "would have nothing to say about" wage increases; that they instead would be based on merit as determined by the supervisors.
www.nlrb.gov /nlrb/shared_files/decisions/298/298-524.txt   (14332 words)

  
 Knoll - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Knoll Pharmaceuticals had been taken over by Abbott Laboratories on 30th June 2002, atleast in India and in most parts of Asia.
Knoll is also the name of a company that produces office furniture systems.
Joseph Knoll is a drug researcher, who has developed (-)deprenyl, (Selegiline).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Knoll   (153 words)

  
 John Knoll Interview | PhotoshopSupport.com
Knoll's team of visual effects artists was successful in their efforts to create realistic skeletal characters for the film.
Knoll remarks, "The negatives had been damaged in some shots and there was a lot of stuff that had to be done to make it (Star Wars) look like audiences remembered it looking like.
Knoll Light Factory includes 25 individual lens filters that allow you to design a wide array of light effects from simple flares to glows to a photon torpedo.
www.photoshopsupport.com /articles/john-knoll-pirates.html   (991 words)

  
 Star Wars: Biography | John Knoll
John Knoll brings unique expertise and innovation in computer graphics to the creation of visual effects.
Knoll and his brother are the original creators of Photoshop, a high-end digital image-processing program.
Knoll was also the Computer Graphics Project Designer on The Abyss, for which ILM was honored with its tenth Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
www.starwars.com /bio/johnknoll.html   (330 words)

  
 VFXPro - The Daily Visual Effects Resource   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Knoll's team seems to have been charged with creating things archetypally 'Star Wars' -- odd-looking aliens, star fields and spaceships -- and the speeder chase is no exception.
John Young designed full-sized props of both speeders that were mounted on gimbals for movement.
Knoll recalled a Yoda replica that was in a display case at ILM, and he asked that it be shipped to Sydney, where they were shooting.
www.uemedia.com /CPC/vfxpro/article_4693.shtml   (3800 words)

  
 digitalanarchy.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Created by ILM Visual Effects Supervisor John Knoll, the Knoll Spark Pack gives you the power to create lighting effects and lens flares with an unprecedented level of precision and control, directly within discreet's Advanced Systems.
Knoll Lens Flare Pro is the centerpiece, designed to create lens flares and other lighting effects.
Knoll Min/Max is generally used for matte adjustments.
www.digitalanarchy.com /section/section_spk-knoll.html   (129 words)

  
 State v. Clapp - North Carolina DUI Lawyers
John McDade ("McDade"), Kwik Mart employee, observed that defendant was bobbing and weaving.
Officer Knoll noticed that defendant was unsteady on his feet, his clothing was mussed, his eyes were glassy and bloodshot, his speech was slurred, and he had a moderate odor of alcohol on his breath.
Defendant told Officer Knoll that his name was "Buddy D. Clemmons" and that his date of birth was "June 25, 1954." Officer Knoll later determined that information was not correct.
www.dui1.com /DuiCaseLawDetail12039.htm   (620 words)

  
 Story Photography: Photoshop History
While Thomas learned about image manipulation in the basement darkroom, John was attracted to the odd-shaped box known as a personal computer that his dad had brought home.
John has continued his career at ILM, serving as visual effects supervisor on projects such as "Mission Impossible" (1996), "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996), and "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" (1999).
Glenn Knoll is still working as a professor for the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan.
www.storyphoto.com /multimedia/multimedia_photoshop.html   (1038 words)

  
 PhotoshopNews.com Profiles: Thomas and John Knoll
In the fall of 1987, Thomas Knoll, a doctoral candidate in computer vision, was trying to write–as a diversion from his doctoral–programming code to display grayscale images on a fl-white bitmap monitor.
John arranged to purchase a new Macintosh II, the first color-capable model, through his father, a professor at the University of Michigan.
It was September 1988 and the Knoll brothers and Fred Mitchell, head of Adobe Acquisitions, made the deal with a handshake.
photoshopnews.com /stories/knolls.html   (980 words)

  
 Grassy Knoll
Hill thought the shots had come from behind her on the grassy knoll and as soon as the firing stopped she ran towards the wooden fence in an attempt to find the gunman.
Deputy Sheriff John Wiseman submitted a report in which he said that he talked with Mrs Moorman that afternoon and that he took the picture from her.
Poorman said her mother thought the shots came from the grassy knoll nearby, not the book depository across the street, and ran to the area thinking she would be able to spot the gunman.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /JFKgrassyN.htm   (4131 words)

  
 Caribbean Villas - Orchid Knoll - St John, Virgin Islands
Bordeaux is St John's highest mountain, and at an elevation of 1200+ feet this charming villa offers majestic 320 degree views and excellent (clothing optional) privacy and tranquility.
After about a mile you reach Orchid Knoll and are rewarded with some of the most spectacular scenery, undisturbed privacy and natural beauty available on St John.
Orchid Knoll has a larger and even more deluxe neighbor, The Bordeaux Mountain House, which was built in the same year by the same designer/builder (Sunnyrock).
www.caribbeanvilla.com /orchidknoll/orchidknoll.html   (852 words)

  
 At First Glance
Once again, those words would be the first sight caught by moviegoers when Episode I opened on May 19th, 1999, and the overture of chapter 1 would naturally be expected to look no different than the other chapters of the big storybook.
But we had to identify those fonts." To achieve this, Knoll sent samples of the old roll-ups to the Art Department of Industrial Light and Magic, where resident typography experts started combing their manuals.
Once all the basic elements were found, Knoll and his team still didn't have it easy.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/rjavery/how.htm   (1027 words)

  
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Knoll supports both Mac OS X 10.1 and later and is certified for Windows XP.
Light Factory was created by John Knoll, co-author of Adobe Photoshop and a Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic.
Knoll Light Factory is a plug-in and requires one of the following host applications to operate.
www.redgiantsoftware.com /knoll-light-factory-features.html   (355 words)

  
 S W A D - Knoll, John
Knoll is the son of former college professor Glenn Knoll.
Knoll has worked on several projects outside of his work at ILM since 1986 including creating Photoshop software (with his brother Thomas), Knoll Light Factory software, the Knoll Lens Flare and a documentary on the Apollo 11 mission with NASA.
John and his older brother Tom were the original writers of the software for Photoshop which they sold in 1988 and went on the market in 1990.
www.nerf-herders-anonymous.net /JohnKnoll.html   (857 words)

  
 Review - Knoll Light Factory
Knoll Light Factory is a series of plug-ins for use in After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Electric Image, Photoshop, Commotion Pro and Commotion DV.
John Knoll uses a sun shining through a multi-colored stained glass window in one tutorial to show an example of how this works.
John Knoll used a white dot on a fl background that animated across the screen.
www.kenstone.net /fcp_homepage/review_knoll_light_factory.html   (2441 words)

  
 Conspiracy theories: On the grassy knoll
In 1965, the dismembered bodies of Fred and Edwina Rogers were found in a refrigerator and freezer at their home at 1815 Driscoll in Houston.
The authors claim sharpshooter Rogers and Charles Harrelson, later convicted in the slaying of federal judge John Wood (and the father of actor Woody Harrelson), fired simultaneously at Kennedy from behind a picket fence.
Whatever the case, the place the grassy knoll holds in the minds of anyone who remembers or investigates the Kennedy assassination is not about to dim soon.
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/special/jfk/theory/knoll.html   (556 words)

  
 Golden Gate Capital > Our Team > John Knoll
Knoll worked at Covad Communications as a product manager responsible for developing a new DSL service offering to expand the addressable market for the largest independent data CLEC.
Knoll was a Consultant with Bain & Company.
Knoll worked from the San Francisco and Stockholm offices as a member of the private equity group to advise clients in the identification and acquisition of target companies across many technical industries.
www.goldengatecap.com /team_knoll.html   (125 words)

  
 The Photoshop Blog - MAY 17 2005 | PhotoshopSupport.com
While the air is "thin" up there at the Ranch, Knoll clearly has an eye out for the working man. He sat down this spring to talk about what anyone planning an HD VFX job needs to know before they start shooting.
Knoll discusses working with HD cameras on Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith and reveals some great shooting tips.
There's also mention of an interesting historical note — when John and his brother Thomas were about a year and a half into creating Photoshop, John moved into ILM’s computer-graphics department and The Abyss (1989) became the first feature film to use a version of Photoshop.
www.photoshopsupport.com /photoshop-blog/05/05/17.html   (584 words)

  
 The Carpark - Red Giant Software Official Distributor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Knoll Light Factory is THE gold standard in lighting effects used by thousands of motion graphic professionals and visual effects artists.
With the EZ version, you can choose from more than 40 preset light effects, designed by John Knoll, from a pop-up menu.
The text uses the first person because it was written by John himself.
www.thecarpark.net /products_knoll_light_factory.htm   (349 words)

  
 Macworld: Imaging Is Everything
And tinkering with image processing led to two great advances -- the knockout special-effects work he's done for George Lucas's Industrial Light & Magic and the development, with his brother, Thomas, of the image-editing application Photoshop.
"I have this history of turning hobbies into professions," Knoll says.
Knoll recently spoke with Macworld about his early dabbling with special effects and what role that played in Photoshop's development.
www.macworld.com /2001/01/bc/buzzknoll/index.php?pf=1   (1604 words)

  
 Star Wars: Expanded Universe | John Knoll's Tour of the Saga
John Knoll, Visual Effects Supervisor on the Star Wars Special Edition Trilogy and the Star Wars prequel trilogy, is your guide through this unique journey behind the magic of the saga.
For the original trilogy, Knoll's longtime contacts at ILM helped provide photographs and anecdotes from the days when Star Wars was young.
Creating the Worlds of Star Wars: 365 Days by John Knoll is scheduled for release on October from Harry N. Abrams books.
www.starwars.com /eu/lit/ref/news20050413.html   (247 words)

  
 Death Fall | John Knoll y su viaje en las pelĂ­culas de ''Star Wars''   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
A long time ago, in a suburb far, far away, John Knoll walked into a movie theater to see ``Star Wars'' and emerged a teenager transformed.
John Knoll, Industrial Light & Magic, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
John Knoll was 15 years old when he saw the original "Star Wars" in 1977; today he's the visual-effects supervisor for "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith,'' which opens in theaters Thursday.
www.deathfall.com /article.php?sid=5264   (874 words)

  
 Knoll Light Factory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Created by John Knoll, co-author of Photoshop® and a Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light and Magic, Knoll Light Factory allows you to design a wide array of professional lighting effects.
Regularly $129, Knoll Light Factory for Photoshop is available through Alien Skin for $99, $30 off list price.
Knoll Light Factory is sold for download only, and all documentation is electronic.
www.alienskin.com /partner/klf.html   (160 words)

  
 Biography: Charles Harrelson
, John R. Craig and Philip A. Rogers claimed that Harrelson and Charles Rogers were the two gunman behind the picket fence on the Grassy Knoll.
Wood, known as "Maximum John" for his tough sentences of drug traffickers, was the first federal judge to be murdered in the 20th century.
We could have gotten right up to the grassy knoll and thrown ourselves on the ground, like everybody else was, and started screaming, and that would have been the end of it.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /JFKharrelson.htm   (1888 words)

  
 Civil War History: The view from the Top of the Knoll: Capt. John C. Tidball's memoir of the First Battle at Bull Run.@ ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The view from the Top of the Knoll: Capt. John C. Tidball's memoir of the First Battle at Bull Run.
John C. Tidball was an artillerymsn during the forty years of his service in the army.
John C. Tidball, an artilleryman for every day of his forty-one years in the Army, saw action in many of the great battles of the Civil War, first as a horse battery captain, and later as a brigade and corps commander...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:21224560&refid=holomed_1   (269 words)

  
 The Making of the Cover
My thought was to have a simple white background with portraits of Thomas and John Knoll on the cover.
I had already shot a portrait of Thomas and I figured getting this on the cover would be a great excuse for John to let me shoot his portrait.
Fast forwarding a couple of months ahead and I was finally ready to photograph John at ILM located in San Rafael, CA.
www.schewephoto.com /pei/cover.html   (677 words)

  
 Borders - Store Inventory - Title Detail - Creating the Worlds of Star Wars: 365 Days
About the Author: John Knoll is visual effects supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic, a three-time Academy Award nominee for his visual effects work, and co-creator of the world-changing digital image-processing program Photoshop.
Description: John Knoll was 14 years old when the first Star Wars film (Episode IV) came out in 1977, and it changed his life.
With Knoll as tour guide, this deluxe addition to Abrams' 365 Days series provides the single most comprehensive collection of Star Wars images, including breathtaking 360-degree panoramic shots of sets and models, as well as concept art, props, film stills, and memorabilia.
www.bordersstores.com /search/search.jsp?mediaType=1&srchType=ISBN&srchTerms=0810959364   (273 words)

  
 BioM: Knoll, Esther (1929)
George Knoll was united in marriage with Wallace Dietsche, son of Mr.
The best man was John Knoll, brother of the bride, and usher was an uncle of the bride, Mr.
The bride was gowned in a white beaded georgette dress and wore a veil.
www.usgennet.org /usa/wi/county/clark/webbbs/records/index.cgi?read=16415   (341 words)

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