The Post Group
The Post Group was founded as "Off-Line, Inc." in 1974 by Fred Rheinstein and had become "The Post Group" five year later. They were located on Homewood Avenue in Los Angeles and are currently owned by Matt Cooper. The company started with offline editing, but quickly expanded to include online editing, telecine, graphics, visual effects (VFX), and audio.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the company worked on the first four seasons of  and the first related film, . Their pioneering CGI work on the Crystalline Entity in  was one of the first CGI sequences used in Star Trek. It was rendered by Chris Alsop. Other shows and films included Max Headroom, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, Titanic, Independence Day, and Apollo 13.

As VFX post-production editing vendor for the Star Trek franchise, they were superseded by Digital Magic in 1991, and its sister company Pacific Ocean Post in 1994.

Staff 
The following employees worked on Star Trek:
 Chris Alsop – CGI renderer
 Pat Clancey – Visual Effects Editor
 Ray Clarke – DFX Paint FX Artist
 Helen Davis – Quantel Harry Artist / Creative Service Director
 Don Greenberg – Visual Effects Editor
 Stan Kellam – Visual Effects Editor
 Belinda Merritt – VFX Accountant
 Peter Moyer – Visual Effects Editor
 Steve Price – Quantel Harry Artist
 Fred Raimondi – Visual Effects Editor
 Rich Thorne – Chief Operating Officer
 Tony L. Torino – VFX Motion Control Director

Further reading 
"Special Effects – The Next Generation", Glenn Campbell & Donna Trotter, Cinefex, Issue 37, February 1989, pp. 4-21
 "The Special Effects", Michael McAvennie, , May 1990

External links 
 PostGroup.com – official site
 
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