VFXWORLD busily ends the month with the spotlight on features and shorts: Thomas J. McLean looks at the potential impact of 300 in creating a wave of stylized VFX; J. Paul Peszko explores another summer of breakthrough CG water effects; Taylor Jessen delves into the three shorts recently honored by the SIGGRAPH 2007 Computer Animation Festival; in this month's Digital Eye, Jenny Fulle reveals how Sony Pictures Imageworks is getting more globally connected with its recently announced satellite production strategy; and Joe Strike uncovers some of the technological advances that provide the hyper-real look found in this summer's animated releases.

Bill Desowitz
Editor