| Spring 2011 Quarter News |
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AP1420 Digita Audio I has been canceled for summer qtr due to low enrollment.
It will be rescheduled and offered Fall 2011. |
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3ds Max Users Group Thursday June 23rd
Come to Digital Pictures at 6:30pm to learn all about what's new in version 2012 and more. |
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VE3486 Broadcast Graphics OPEN
Plesase sign up and take Broadcast Graphics if you qualify. This class could use some more students. It won't be offered again for 6 months. Don't miss out. Sign up NOW. |
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Maps, Masks, and Mattes has been cancelled due to low enrollment.
It will be rescheduled and offered Fall 2011. |
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Advanced 2D Animation is being offered for Fall quarter
If you want to take it, don't take Advanced 3D Animation Summer quarter. This class only is offered roughly once a year. I just wanted let all of you know so you can plan for it now. |
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Second Section of CA2429 Introduction to 3D Modeling is Available
Backed by popular demand, and student need, a second section of 3D Modeling has been opened. It is running Tuesdays & Thursdays from 8am to 11am. Sign up NOW!!! |
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Summer Course Offerings
You can now start planning your summer classes. Just view or download the course offerings found here |
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Registration Planning
Here is a list of classes not running for fall quarter. That means if you haven't taken them, and they are next in line to be taken in your degree audit, please sign up for them for summer 2011. |
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Nation Job Postings
Major to minor companies are looking for top talent. You could be the one they are looking for. Use this list as a great research tool to learn about different positions, their responsibilities, and the companies out there. |
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Understanding your Degree Audit
review this page, watch the video to learn how to read and understand your degree audit. This will help tremendously in planning out what you should take next quarter. |
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Autodesk has released the 3ds Max 2012.
It's shipping. Download it today. From what I've read and seen, it's a lot faster than 2010 or 2011. Read more... |
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Spring 2010 Intership Presentations
This quarter's internship presentations will be held Wednesday June 8th from 3-6 pm in Pence room 107. |
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Autodesk Maya 2012 is out!
Interesting enhancements, worth checking out. Read more...
Free trial version... |
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Autodesk 3ds Max 2012 is out!
Outstanding performance gains and newly enhanced features make this version a must have. Read more...
Free trial version... |
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Autodesk Mud box 2012 is out!
I haven't had a chance to learn of the new features yet. More coming. Read more...
Free trial version... |
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Autodesk MotionBuilder 2012 is out...
I haven't had a chance to learn of the new features yet. More coming. Read more...
Free trial version... |
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An Instructor starts a blog
Animation instructor Jon Dege has started his own blog showcasing his graduate school work as well as person work. Check it out here. Post a comment or two. |
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Final Cut Studio Pro is in three labs
Apple's award winning editing software is installed in labs La Salle 233, Pence 304, and 112. Remember the main video editing suite is Pence 112. |
| Winter 2011 Quarter News |
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Come to International Cartoonist Conspiracy jam meetings
Happen the first Thursday of every month at Diamond's Coffee Shop in Northeast Minneapolis. These are extremely informal gatherings where cartoonists from amateur to pro show up and draw jam comics. Read more... |
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Do you want to graduate sooner?
With the school's new three class reductions, if you sign up, you can graduate sooner for less money! Read more... |
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Guest Lecture DFVP- Film Maker
Barry Anderson is a local shooter/director who has specialized in HD DSLR filmmaking,
5-7pm, room 230, March 23. |
| Spring 2010 Quarter News |
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Film students travel to New Orleans
Four DFVP students embarked today on a student trip to New Orleans to film sevens days worth of documentary style narrative. A future screening is coming where all can see what they produced. We all wish them well. |
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DFVP Students Partying in New Orleans
You can't deny the truth! They said they were going to film a documentary. Hah! Their living it up in the lap of luxury. More to come. |
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New classes opened.
A third section of GD1400 Computer Applications has opened on M/W from 2-5pm. Feel free to sign up for the class.
A second section of DF1400 Survey of Digital Film has also be opened due to popular demand. T/R 5-8pm. Sign up today. |
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Portfolio Show Today
From 9:00am to 12:00pm at the Solera restaurant, one block west of the school on Hennepin Ave. Come and celebrate your fellow student's accomplishments. |
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CA2435 Advanced 2D Animation is available for Fall 2010.
Sign up now for advanced 2D animation. It is an alternative for CA3479 Advanced 3D Animation. Signup now. Advanced 2D only comes around once a year- like Santa Claus! See your advisor or AD to register for it. |
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Intermediate Broadcast Graphics instructor is found!
It's official VE3486 Intermediate Broadcast Graphics is going to run Fall quarter 2010 Mondays & Wednesdays from 6-9pm in room 233. Andrew Shea will be teaching the class. Enjoy! |
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Fall 2010 class cancellations
The following classes have been canceled for Fall 2010 due to low enrollment. Please make adjustments to pick up another class as soon as possible if you were registered for one of these classes. |
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Blockhead 2010 is Coming.
Once again AIM is hosting the annual Blockhead festival Thursday October 28th at 6:00pm at the BlockE theater in downtown Minneapolis. Submission deadline is Monday October 11th at 3:00pm in room 341. More to come soon! |
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Fall 2010 registration has begun
Get your list of classes you want to take for fall quarter and go see your advisor or director. First come first served. But don't skip class for it. |
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Internship Opportunities Abound
check out the internships that I found with a five minute Goggle search.... |
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Fall Quarter Course Catalog out by Wednesday
The course catalog for fall quarter should be out no later than Wednesday, late morning. Please clear any holds you might keep you from registering. Plan your classes ahead of time. Do not show up to meet with your academic advisor or director un prepared. Pick three or four classes with possible alternatives if they are already full. Because we register 75% of the student body on Monday August 16th, 2010, plan ahead now! |
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How to Register
Here is where you will find all you need to know about preparing for registration. Read and watch... |
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SIGGRAPH 2010 has come & gone
I, like many of you, wish I could have gone. But alas, we were here. I hope you had a chance to watch some of the streaming presentation. They were amazing! Till next year... |
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AIM just received final approval for Initial Candidacy.
It's been a long road thus far. We're not an HLC school yet, but closer. Read more... |
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Animation Club Restructuring
Rebirth is a good thing. New organization and leadership is required to jump start the club again. Contact Jon Dege at jdege@aii.edu to get more details. |
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Computer Recommendations
Thinking of buying your own computer? First off, you don't need to have your own computer. There are plenty of labs and machines available. But if you must have your own, read on.... |
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Art Supply Kit Contents
Check here to see what is in the freshmen art supply kit. Just click on your major and the window will pop open. |
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Course Outlines
Now you can always find out the appropriate order of what to take and what quarter to take them. Prerequisites are also listed.
MAA VEMG |
| Spring 2010 Quarter News |
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Low enrollment forces two summer quarter class cancellations
DF2430 Electronic Field Production& DF3400 Media Theory & Criticism have been canceled due to low enrollment. Anyone who was registered for these two classes has been pulled out. Please see your advisor or director to register for another class. |
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Summer quarter still has open GE classes
Check here for a list of open general education classes for summer 2010. |
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Spring 2010 Portfolio Show
Friday June 1th, 2010 9:00am - 12:00pm Solera Restaraunt. Join the best and teh brightess from the Spring 2010 graduating class.
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Winter 2010 & Spring 2010 Graduation
Friday June 18, 2:30 at the Pantages Theater on Hennipen. That's one block north of our Pence building on Hennipen Ave. |
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Course Outlines
Now you can always find out the appropriate order of what to take and what quarter to take them. Prerequisites are also listed.
DFVP MAA VEMG |
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SIGGRAPH 2010 Conference Is Coming
what's it all about? Why should you save your money to travel to LA, CA? Read and watch to find out. Start planning with your fellow classmates to get good rates on flights and rooms. |
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Graduation Information
All a graduate will need should be answered here. Dates, times, caps & gowns, to receiving your diploma. It's all here... |
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Tuition Savings Opportunity
Learn how to save on tuition money by staying in school over summer quarter. |
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It registration time.
Come prepared to meet with your advisor or director. Plan wisely. Many classes are offered. Many will not be available for fall 2010. |
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Plan Ahead for Summer & Fall quarters
Here I have published not only summer quarter classes but also expected fall courses. This should help you figure out what to plan to register for summer registration. |
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New Storyboarding class is here
The new storyboarding class for film (DVFP) and Visual Effects (VEMG) students is offered for summer quarter only (for now). Plan on registering for it. Read more.... |
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Preview of Summer 2010 courses
Take a look at what core DFVP, MAA, & VEMG courses are planned on being offered for Summer 2010 quarter. |
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Mpls.-St. Paul International Film Festival offers a cinematic feast
The two-week festival offers a deep core sample of world cinema, American indies, documentaries, children's stories, Minnesota-made movies and more. |
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TED talks have arrived at AIM. Ideas worth spreading.
Come, engage, be inspired by a variety of speakers talking about topics from tech of tomorrow, what kids can teach adults, emotion behind invention, how entertainment industries are changing what we see, to photos that changed the world. We spend 45 minutes watching and discussing a different presentation each week. |
| Winter 2010 Quarter News |
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It's about time! Best Director Kathryn Bigelow
It was director Kathryn Bigelow’s night as 'The Hurt Locker’ nabbed 6 awards and edged out "Avatar" for best picture. |
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What a night!
Three and a half hours later the results are in. Read more... |
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When Core Classes are offered
Please review these two lists. Posted here are Spring & Summer 2010 offerings. If you have the pre-req for any of these classes, you should take them. They will not be offered for a quarter or two or more. See your AD if you have any questions. |
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Open Classes as pf 03-08-10
Check here to see a curent list of open general education classes. |
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Course Forecast
Here you will find the course forecast for when (projected) classes will be offered for the next four quarters. This is very important information for any to start planning their next quarter schedule or thinking about dropping a class. |
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Know your academic Record
If you don't know what your degree audit is, start by reading this information and watch the little video I made to help you understand and begin planning your registration process. |
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Check out the new DFVP course offerings
Spring 2010 quarter has a nine different classes and fifteen different sections (total) for you to choose from. This doesn't even include any Gen Ed classes. Sign up for DF2440 History of Motion Media & Mass Communications; a new DFVP class to be taught by Barbara Wiener.
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The Annie Awards
A very mixed bag of winners at the Annie Awards. 'Up' wins Best Feature and Best Director. Read more... |
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AIM Graduate has been published
VFX alumni, Jared Simeth, has an instructional video out on the gold-standard of VFX/Animation instructional labels, Gnomon. I It’s a whopping 305 minutes and looks as if it illustrates the Production Meeting process as well, as he is working (as in production) from a concept artist’s sketch. Read more by Michael Heagle about Jared...
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The Dean's and President's Choice award is coming up.
Win $250 scholarship. Read more... |
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Hollywood Director to visit & free Screening of flim.
There will be a screening coming up for CRAZY HEART, starring Jeff Bridges, James Keane & Maggie Gyllenhaal. The writer/director Scott Cooper will be in town and will be doing a Q&A at the screening that night! The screening is scheduled for Monday, January 11th at 7pm at the Landmark Lagoon in Uptown, Mpls. We would love to invite the first 100 admit two’s to join us! If interested please send an e-mail to ______________ and I will respond to the first 100 people! Please advise them to put “AII Minnesota” in the subject line so they know who to respond to. |
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VE2450 Maps, Mattes, and Masks has been closed due to low enrollment.
This doesn't happen very often. Especailly this late. The few students that are affected please see your academic direcotr ASAP to pick up another class. My appologies for the pain in the .... |
| Fall 2009 Quarter News |
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$250 is up for grabs!
The Dean's and president's choice awards deadline is coming up. December 11th. Read more... |
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Learn to build your own web site workshops
The WDIM program will be hosting a number of on campus workshops teaching how to create interactive online portfolios. Read more... |
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Open General Education Classes
Here is a list of open general education classes for Winter 2010 quarter. Fill 'em up!. Read more... |
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VE3453 Intermediate VFX for Winter 2010!
Intermediate VFX is runing for winter quarter 2010. I just need each VFX student how needs it (or wants it) to come and talk to me to get registered. |
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Wacom Cintiq tablets ROCK!
We now have 10 Wacom Cintiq
tablets, five in lab 227 and five more in alb 233. The Cintiq is the ground breaking pressure sensitive tablet that lets you draw on the screen. |
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A flash based Color Scheme Designer
Use this web resource to help you figure out warm and cool combinations, mono, complementary, triad, tetrad, analogic, or accented analogic color combinations. Then export them to HTML, CSS, XML, Text, Photoshop or GIMP palette. |
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Blockhead 2009 was a smash hit!
The full show is online for your viewing pleasure. Come watch Vic, Vanna, the finalists, and the award winning entries. Congratulations to all the students! |
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Free 6 Month license of 3ds max & Maya
A great offer with a possible catch. Yes this offer is true, but you have to sign up for a free account with Autodesk and there is a "print banner" on the output. More on that later. Read more and sign up now! |
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School H1N1 information
Please read carefully before spreading rumors as well as the flu... |
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The Animation Club needs your help.
I hear it's coming back for Fall quarter 2009. Read more... |
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New Digital Film & Video Production Program Announcement!
The Art Institutes International Minnesota is pleased to offer a Bachelor of Science degree in Digital Film & Video Production beginning in the summer of 2009. Read More... |
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Academic Achievement Center
The Academic Achievement Center (AAC) and the Interior Design Skills Center at The Art Institutes International Minnesota (Ai Minnesota) provide peer-tutoring in various subjects for both program and General Education classes. Their hours are posted here... |
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Blockhead 2008 Reel
The Blockhead 2008 reel is online and ready for your viewing please. It's long. Enjoy. |
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Internship Now Required of Animation, VFX, and Digital Film Students
Curriculum changes to benefit students, build experience, and increase job placement possibilities is now in affect starting Summer 2009 quarter. Read more... |
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| ILM's presentation, December 3rd, 2009 on Transformers 2 was phenomenal! Doug Sutton talked for over two hours even before he got to the Q & A section. The amount of shots, previs, compositing, effects, polygons, and particles that went into making Transformers 2 was mind blowing. Rendering passes, render times, and hundreds of layers went into this movie. And we got the chance to see it all!. From the "parts library" as Doug called it, through the thirty some new robots, to the mammoth devastator robot- whose' rig was so thick, the rig looked like a dense mesh in wire frame display mode, the amount of effort these artist put out was astounding. An awesome presentation. |
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ILM is in town today!
Doug Sutton, a sequence supervisor at Industrial Light & Magic, is presenting at this years MET. Read more... |
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The 2009 Minnesota Electronic Theater is today and tonight!
will be held Thursday, December, 3rd 2009 5-10PM. The deadline for animation and effects submissions is
November 13th, 2009 |
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Oscar®-nominated film Director was on campus
Jason Reitman presented a lecture to students Ai Minnesota regarding his recent work and experiences in the film industry Tuesday November 10th 1:30-2:00PM in Pence 109 & 113. |
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Start by clearing any holds you might have on your account. Next start planning on what you want to take for Winter 2010. Course catalogs are due out early this week. I will post it as soon as it is available. |
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Know your academic Record
If you don't know what your degree audit is, start by reading this information and watch the little video I made to help you understand and begin planning your registration process. |
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Ai Web Design 202 Workshop:
Come and learn about HTML coding languagesfor self promotion, coummunication and much more. |
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The HLC visi.
Read up on how
you can contribute toward the future improvement of our school. More information... |
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Free 3ds max character Rigging Plugin: Puppetshop!
Lumonix has made Puppetshop a free download for users of 3ds Max 8, 9, 2008 and 2009. |
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Inspiration Room
A database of advertising, music videos and other inspiring graphics to explore the creative form. |
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Free 3ds max Digimation Plugins
Digimation pioneered the plug-in business for 3ds Max. To date, we’ve released over 50 products and now we’re offering a collection of twelve tried and true favorites to the 3D community for free! |
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Long awaited trailer for the animated film "9" is finally online!
I think it looks pretty fun - I hope this one turns out. It's been a long time coming for this flick - starting as a short film and then being transformed into a full length deal. CLICK HERE to check it out. |
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Disney & Pixar's- What's Next?
Disney and Pixar unveiled their complete animated movie line-up from 2008 to 2012 today at a press conference in New York. Featured in their announcement is a diverse and ambitious slate of 13 new animated feature films, most of which will be featured in 3D. |
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Economic Slowdown Hits Home
Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc., whose titles include "Rock Band," posted a wider quarterly net loss Thursday and said it is laying off about 6 percent of its work force to cut costs as it heads into the most lucrative season for the games industry. |
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Autodesk Swallows up Softimage
Autodesk is now the definitive leader in 3D Animation. They just annouced they are acquire Softimage. Who's next? What's left?
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Spore is out
If you haven't seen it yet take a look at YouTube.com for samples. I got the creature Creator for $10!. Its awesome and a blast to play. The main site can get you going. |
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Adobe Photoshop World Keynote '08 - Vegas
In this special episode you'll Adobe's SVP of the Creative Business Unit - Johnny L and Photoshop Product Manager John Nack show off some upcoming CS4 technologies as well as technology Adobe is working on beyond CS4. (34 minute video presentation)
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Adobe Podcasts from Terry White
1. Premiere Pro CS3's New Support for XDCAM Footage
2. Insert Flash content into a PDF with Acrobat 9 Professional
3. The Acrobat Forms Workflow from Creation to Collecting the Data
4. Create Non-destructive Text Effects In Photoshop CS3
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