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Cinefex is a magazine that, in each issue, specifically focuses in-depth on the technical aspects of the special and visual effects used in a particular movie or television production. Launched in 1980 under stewardship of Don Shay, it has become the foremost periodical magazine on special effects, as it was known at the time, in the business and is (as of 2011) still being published. Its very first issue was equally dedicated to Star Trek: The Motion Picture and the movie Alien.

Though there is a certain overlap in the subject matter with the contemporary magazines American Cinematographer and Cinefantastique, Cinefex's focus lies on the various aspects of creating of what is presently called "visual effects", whereas American Cinematographer is focused on the actual filming techniques and Cinefantastique, together with the other contemporary publication, Starlog, covered a lesser in-depth but wider range of behind-the-scenes aspects. As such, the magazines can be considered complimentary.

Noteworthy is that Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan has not received any coverage in Cinefex, though an article about that film was apparently written at one point, as former freelance writer for the magazine, Kevin Martin, later recalled; "There was in fact a Star Trek II article commissioned by publisher/then-editor Don Shay, but he found it unsatisfactory and 'killed' it. I freelanced for the magazine from 1990 to 1998 and was staff writer there till the end of 2000 (wrote their coverage for ST TUC, GEN, FC and INS, though they really messed up the editing on GEN), and I spent a lot of that time trying to get a look at the TWOK manuscript without success. It must have been a real disaster, because I know of very few Cinefex pieces that were killed off rather than printed." (1)

Notable issues

Of particular relevance to Star Trek are the following issues:

Issue #	Year	Contents
1	March 1980	Star Trek: The Motion Picture: - Into the V'Ger Maw with Douglas Trumbull, Don Shay, pp. 4-33
2	August 1980	Star Trek: The Motion Picture: - Greg Jein-Miniature Giant, Brad Munson, pp. 24-49 - Star Trekking at Apogee with John Dykstra, Don Shay, pp. 50-72
18	August 1984	Star Trek III: The Search for Spock: - The Last Voyage of the Starship "Enterprise", Brad Munson, pp. 42-68
29	February 1987	Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home: - Humpback to Future, Jody Duncan Shay, pp. 4-31
37	February 1989	TNG Season 1: - Special Effects The Next Generation, Glenn Campbell & Donna Trotter, pp. 4-21
42	May 1990	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier: - Sharing the Pain, Paul Mandell, pp. 44-68
49	February 1992	Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: - Letting Slip the Dogs of Wars, Kevin H. Martin, pp. 38-60
61	March 1995	Star Trek Generations: - Kirk Out, Kevin H. Martin, pp. 62-77
69	March 1997	Star Trek: First Contact: - Phoenix Rising, Kevin H. Martin, pp. 98-119
77	April 1999	Star Trek: Insurrection: - Lost in the Briar Patch, Kevin H. Martin, pp. 68-95
93	April 2003	Star Trek Nemesis: - Through a Glass Darkly, Bill Norton, pp. 88-111
118	July 2009	Star Trek: - A New Enterprise, Joe Fordham

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 '''''Cinefex''''' is a magazine that, in each issue, specifically focuses in-depth on the technical aspects of the special and visual effects used in a particular movie or television production. Launched in {{y|1980}} under stewardship of Don Shay, it has become the foremost periodical magazine on special effects, as it was known at the time, in the business and is (as of {{y|2011}}) still being published. Its very first issue was equally dedicated to {{film|1}} and the movie {{w|Alien (film)|Alien}}.
-Though there is a certain overlap in the subject matter with the contemporary magazines ''[[American Cinematographer]]'' and ''[[Cinefantastique]]'', ''Cinefex''{{'}}s focus lies on the various aspects of creating of what is presently called "{{w|visual effects}}", whereas ''American Cinematographer'' is focused on the actual filming techniques and ''Cinefantastique'' covers a lesser in-depth but wider range of behind-the-scenes aspects. As such, the magazines can be considered complimentary.
+Though there is a certain overlap in the subject matter with the contemporary magazines ''[[American Cinematographer]]'' and ''[[Cinefantastique]]'', ''Cinefex''{{'}}s focus lies on the various aspects of creating of what is presently called "{{w|visual effects}}", whereas ''American Cinematographer'' is focused on the actual filming techniques and ''Cinefantastique'', together with the other contemporary publication, ''[[Starlog (magazine)|Starlog]]'', covered a lesser in-depth but wider range of behind-the-scenes aspects. As such, the magazines can be considered complimentary.
 Noteworthy is that {{film|2}} has not received any coverage in ''Cinefex'', though an article about that film was apparently written at one point, as former freelance writer for the magazine, Kevin Martin, later recalled; "''There was in fact a Star Trek II article commissioned by publisher/then-editor Don Shay, but he found it unsatisfactory and 'killed' it. I freelanced for the magazine from {{y|1990}} to {{y|1998}} and was staff writer there till the end of {{y|2000}} (wrote their coverage for [[Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country|ST TUC]], [[Star Trek Generations|GEN]], [[Star Trek: First Contact|FC]] and [[Star Trek: Insurrection|INS]], though they really messed up the editing on GEN), and I spent a lot of that time trying to get a look at the TWOK manuscript without success. It must have been a real disaster, because I know of very few Cinefex pieces that were killed off rather than printed.''" ([[User_talk:Sennim#Cinefex|1]])

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