HOLLYWOOD - Creating believable facial animation has always been a holy grail for animators working on high-end apps. In fact, when Softimage approached 3DS Max-based Blur in Venice, CA, and asked if ...

April 7, 2006

NAB - the mother of all domestic trade shows in our industry. Like so many ventures, NAB's post 9/11 numbers took a hit, but they have been steadily rebounding over the last couple of years.

March 6, 2006

The reality TV business isn't really showing signs of slowing down, and while these shows aren't curing cancer, they are giving our industry a much-needed boost.

February 1, 2006

What were you doing when you were 16 years old? Listening to loud music? Ignoring your parents? Frowning? If so, I’d say you were in the majority. What was Eric Wotila doing? He was starting an ...

January 4, 2006

Each year, I try to poll the industry and ask, "What are you thankful for?" I do this, not because it's an easy column to put together at the last minute on deadline day - shame on you for even thinki ...

October 31, 2005

Say you're a feature film director who literally wants to take over a post production studio for three or four months...

October 10, 2005