Washington DC ACM SIGGRAPH

The DC Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH would like to thank Christy Spangler, an animator for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), for her insightful lecture on forensics reconstruction animation. Christy discussed how she uses various data sources such as photos, diagrams, photogrammetry, and point cloud data to create forensics animations of accident scenes. Her animations are created using Autodesk Softimage, Adobe Illustrator, along with other specialized applications. Christy showed several animations from various cases she has worked on which were intriguing yet disturbing due to the nature of the events. Thanks again to Christy and we look forward to having here return in the future!

DC ACM SIGGRAPH Meeting – February 6, 2014

DC ACM SIGGRAPH would like to thank Akin Bilgic for being the featured presenter at the most recent meeting. Akin discussed his background in the area of 3D modeling and rendering along with insights into the challenges of being a freelance artist. He also presented work from his portfolio then discussed how he approached modeling challenges. We look forward to Akin being a featured presenter again in the future.

Chapter elections were conducted during the meeting. The following is a list of the board members and their positions:

Chair – Roberto Ortiz

Vice Chair – Chris Rahaim

Secretary – Mark Jette

Treasurer – Holly Bloom

Congratulations to Onyx Lee who was chosen as the winner for the LightWave 3D giveaway.

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The NW Animation Festival is now accepting entries for 2012. Films

from anywhere in the world are welcome.

The event will be held in Portland Oregon on the weekend of May 18-19.
Early deadline December 15, final deadline April 1. See website for
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This is an announcement for animation educators. I want to bring your attention
to the approaching May 10 deadline of a new event for animation students, to be
held this summer at the SIGGRAPH 2010 Conference in Los Angeles. The SIGGRAPH
2010 Computer Animation Festival is offering, for the first time ever, an
Animation Clinic, where industry leaders and animation masters will review
current students’ final projects and works-in-progress, and offer creative,
production, technical and career advice.
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