The Happy Trails Animation team shares their 2D animation workflow secrets as they talk about the tools and techniques they use to create edgy, organic animation. Happy Trails is known for pushing the envelope of mediums, techniques and movements to create unique, humanistic animations for commercials and short-films. As an independent studio in Portland, OR, Happy Trails has found that technology plays an important role in maintaining an advantage in the competitive world of animation. In this 74 minute DVD titled "2D animation", Happy Trails' principles, Andy and Amy Collen candidly discuss why they choose specific products from such manufacturers as Macromedia, Wacom, Bauhaus, and Adobe. They talk about using Bauhaus Mirage and Macromedia Flash as a comprehensive animation environment in their digital workflow that they feel is vital for an animator be highly efficient.

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3: Savage Sun
Time hasn't stopped after the apocalypse. After the long nuclear winters, a few continue the struggle for survival in the irradiated wastelands. Then, a new order emerges, with a directive to destroy whatever freedom remains in its fortified enclaves and the surrounding Outlands. Kane, once its trusted and feared warrior, is now a fugitive driven to fathom the past and unravel the future.

Shake is the main stay of feature film compositing and in this course Tahl Niran focuses on the detailed workflow you need for real world feature film style compositing - but which are also relevant to other work such as compositing for commercials. This term we will be compositing a range of material from Cineon to Panalog and even traditional animation files. As shake is often used for compositing 3D - special attention will be given to this important area this term.