Commotion, the award-winning visual effects application, is now available for Windows NT. Commotion version 2.1 marks Puffin Designs' first release for Macintosh and Windows NT. This highly anticipated release is a direct result of requests from thousands of NT-based effects artists who wanted to use Commotion on their platform of choice. Both versions are functionally and visually identical, enabling users to work in either environment without having to find work-arounds for interface or workflow differences.

Several films produced by RIT students will be screened at this year's SIGGRAPH conference including 'Head Quarters' by Jason Donati, 'Evolution in the First Person' by Elouise Oyzon and 'division' by George Nadeau. RIT will have an alumni, students, faculty and friends reception on Tuesday evening. Marla Schweppe, Duane Palyka and Johnny Robinson, all of the School of Film and Animation will attend the conference. In collaboration with the RIT School of Printing, students in the RIT School of Film and Animation have produced flipbooks again.

This week's quiz features questions about the lore of animation’s
past...How much do you really know about animation? Test your skills and challenge your brain. Each week, we'll see just how "smart" you really are! Take up the challenge by answering five multiple choice questions on a specific theme. For our second edition, we're asking questions about stop-motion and puppet animated films. Good luck...you'll need it!


You can find AWN's weekly Animation Trivia Quiz at:


www2.awn.com/quiz

AWN recently launched the "Career Coach," a new monthly column by Pamela
Thompson, a noted authority on jobs and recruiting within the animation
and visual effects industries.


AWN recently launched the "Career Coach," a new monthly column by Pamela
Thompson, a noted authority on jobs and recruiting within the animation
and visual effects industries. Pamela's new column is written
exclusively for AWN's Student Corner, and offers practical advice on key
issues related to jobs, recruitment, education and training, as well as

The 26th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive
Techniques is starting this Sunday, August 8 in Los Angeles. Visit the
SIGGRAPH Schoolhouse and its Electronic Library, a meeting place and
resource space, which offers attendees reference material and resources
for educators and students. As a leading publication in the animation
field, Animation World Magazine will be offered in the Electronic
Schoolhouse Library for on-line reference. Printouts of individual
articles will be made available to students by request.

Discreet, a division of Autodesk, Inc., announced the worldwide availability of 3D Studio MAX Release 3 software, the latest release of its award-winning, professional, 3D modeling and animation solution designed specifically for Intel architecture and Microsoft Windows NT. Shipping with the 3D Studio MAX R3 software is a free update to Character Studio" Release 2.2. With an enhanced collaborative workflow environment and powerful new renderer, 3D Studio MAX supports hundreds of third-party commercial and free plug-ins, many of which will be available for 3D Studio MAX R3 software today.

This year, SIGGRAPH '99, the International Conference on Computer Graphics
and Interactive Techniques, is being held in downtown Los Angeles at the
L.A. Convention Center. The conference program will include papers, panels,
courses, sketches, and applications. The event will also include an
animation festival; art gallery: technOasis; Emerging Technologies: The
Millennium Motel; Creative Applications Lab: The Digital Cafe; and The
Studio showcasing the latest implementations of technology. The Electronic

The 26th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive
Techniques, is taking place in Los Angeles, August 8-13, 1999. AWN is
participating in the SIGGRAPH '99 Electronic Schoolhouse, a new program
providing educators and students with an environment in which they can
explore and learn the many ways in which computer graphics are taught and
used in the classroom. The Electronic Library, as both a meeting place and
a resource space, offers attendees reference material and resources other

The deadlines for participation in Animation World Magazine's "SIGGRAPH 99 Special Report", part of our August "Computer and Internet Animation" issue, are fast approaching:


* Advertising space reservation: July 21st


* Press Releases and other News Items receipt: July 23rd


* Advertising Materials receipt: July 26th

SOFTIMAGE will be showcasing the latest release of Toonz, the leading 2D cel animation solution at SIGGRAPH '99 in Los Angeles. Toonz version 4.3 features a more interactive exposure sheet, larger palettes, "3D" textures, and new special FX. SOFTIMAGE will also be introducing for the first time the Toonz Linetester. Also shown, will be the Toonz plug-in for SOFTIMAGE®|3D which will minimize your tracking nightmares when combining all those external materials.