Alain Bielik visits with the vfx wizards who have brought life to the very interactive natural history museum in Night at the Museum. Includes QuickTime clips!

Karen Raugust looks at how portable devices have enhanced producers’ and distributors’ ability to pitch their properties at trade shows.

VFXWorld picks its favorite moments of digital acting and 3D environments in this Year in Review overview from 2006. View the various clips in our VFXWorld Media Player.

For anime reviews this month, Chris Feldman takes a look at recent releases, Ninja Nonsense volumes 1-4 and Bleach volume 1.

Christopher Harz provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Tactical Iraqi, one of the most successful serious games designed to teach Arabic to soldiers deployed in Iraq.

AWN chats with filmmaker Don McWilliams about a giant box set for a giant of animation -- Norman McLaren: The Master's Edition.

Tom Sito's new book chronicles the history of the Animation Union. Libby Reed has read it and tells us whether it's worth putting on your wish list.

Tara DiLullo experiences Deja Vu all over again in her vfx coverage of Asylum's cutting edge work on the new Tony Scott thriller.

Dale Hendrickson, who worked on the original She-Ra and He-Man series, chats with veteran producer Lou Scheimer about his work on the two series, as well as his overall career in animation.

With visual effects work needed on a global scale, J. Paul Peszko investigates the rise in VFX throughout the Middle East.

Known mostly for its CG entertainment work, India’s emerging animation industry is increasingly adding vfx projects to its portfolio. Karen Raugust reports. Includes QuickTime clips of vfx showreels from Prasad EFX, Paprikaas Animation Studios and Rayudu Vision Media Ltd.!

Alain Bielik takes on the mission of uncovering the secrets behind the visual effects of Stormbreaker. Includes QuickTime clip of Baseblack’s vfx work in the film’s climactic rooftop sequence!

In this month’s “Career Coach,” Pamela Kleibrink Thompson makes an impression on the reader about business cards.

Carolyn Giardina reports on the growing popularity and importance of the eDIT 9. Filmmaker’s Festival in Frankfurt, Germany.

Karen Raugust investigates how the vfx work featured in new and returning series this fall focuses on realism and subtlety.

Karen Raugust investigates a Purdue University research project using 3D animation and virtual reality to teach math concepts to hearing impaired school children.

In this month’s “Career Coach,” Pamela Kleibrink Thompson lists the top seven ways to make a great impression on an interviewer.

Chris Landreth finds inspiration in all images computer-generated at SIGGRAPH’s 2006 edition of the Electronic Theater.

Renee Dunlop looks into how Mova’s Contour Reality Capture System changes how we look at CG characters.

Steve Sullivan, director of R&D at Industrial Light & Magic, tells Barbara Robertson about the new interactive previs system ILM is developing.