Please come to the Guild Lab

The Animation Guild opens its free computer lab
CG software and computers available to members
The Animation Guild is offering the free use of a computer lab to its members in good standing. The self-instructed lab, located at our offices at 4729 Lankershim Boulevard in North Hollywood, has Macintosh and Windows computers with the Alias Maya, Adobe PhotoShop, Apple Shake and Macromedia Flash programs.

The lab is open to all members in good standing (active or on honorable withdrawal.) Initially, the lab will be open Mondays from 1 pm to 9 pm, Wednesdays from 9 am to 5 pm, and Saturdays from 9 am to 4 pm.

Advance reservations are necessary and can be made by calling Trell at the Guild office at (818) 766-7151 during business hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5 pm. We cannot take reservations by e-mail. Reservations will be first-come first served, and only for one week in advance. We will start taking reservations each Wednesday at 8:30 am for the following week. We cannot guarantee the lab's availability to members who show up without a reservation.

Members can use the lab as an adjunct to their own training, to self-teach themselves on software programs, to work on their own CG projects, or to compile CG reels and demos. The lab cannot be used for non-CG-related projects of any kind. (Please note that the lab computers do not have Internet connections.)

The lab is set up for members to teach themselves, and full documentation will be available. Although there will be someone available to answer simple questions or work out hardware or software problems, we cannot promise there will be someone available to help with advanced or technical questions.

Depending on the lab's popularity, in months to come we may expand its hours, offer more software programs, change the lab rules and/or limit the number of hours per week that a member can use the lab. The Guild is not offering CG classes at this time.

We'd especially like to thank DOUG COOPER, KELLIE-BEA RAINEY-COOPER, KEVIN GEIGER and MOON SEUN for their generous hardware contributions to the lab.

With fewer and fewer available opportunities for reasonably-priced CG training, the Guild is pleased to offer this opportunity for members to expand and polish their skills.