Mark Christiansen reviews Inside SoftImage 3D, a long overdue text of tips, tricks and tutorials on the popular 3D animation package.

AWN has compiled a roster of noteworthy stop-motion companies from around the world.

Brad DeGraf and Emre Yilmaz demystify performance animation
and explain why the `Devil's rotoscope' might not be so bad after all....

Deborah Reber profiles three applications of motion capture
technology that are currently in production. In "Nick Strives to Define
Motion Capture," she interviews Jeffrey Beers, Executive Producer of
the Digital Animation Group at Nickelodeon.

Deborah Reber profiles three applications of motion capture
technology that are currently in production. In "Voltron Returns...This
Time In 3D," the television show Voltron: The Third Dimension

Jerry Beck reviews Creating 3-D Animation, a complete stop motion how-to guide from the hugely successful Aardman Studios. A must have for filmmakers, enthusiasts and Wallace & Gromit lovers.

There's no denying that Bristol is the stop motion
city, especially with Aardman Animations' coup of bringing a feature film
to the area. Andrew Osmond investigates the hubbub.

Mark Christiansen reviews Character Animation In Depth
which relates how to advice for 3D animation setup across most major platforms
and software packages.

From hit movies to recent mergers, Eric Huelsman relays
every facet of what happened last year in CGI and how it is going to effect
1999. Includes Quicktime movie clips.

IMAX invents a new technology that allows animators to animate in thin air!