3D for Hollywood power users ... and artists everywhere.

Aristomenis "Meni" Tsirbas is a LightWave[R] master, putting his skills to use at high-end Hollywood effects houses including Digital Domain and EdenFX. Meni has put LightWave through its paces in the production of many feature films, commercials and TV shows. But what is more important to Meni is the opportunity LightWave gives him to tell his stories, in his way--Meni's short film, The Freak, has been the toast of the film festival circuit throughout the past year, carrying away awards from Sundance and The Hollywood Film Festival, just to name a few. Meni is now preparing to unleash his next LightWave masterpiece, Terra.

"LightWave is a complete 3D solution, where I can model, animate and render high quality work within a single package," comments Meni. "Plus, it is a character animation powerhouse and has the best looking render engine. It's highly optimized for a production workflow, intelligently designed and very mature."

Out Of Our Minds Images (OOOMI), an independent studio in North Carolina, may not be as well known as the Hollywood facilities where Meni practices his bade, but they have the same dream--they want to make their own short films. So, OOOMI put their vision on screen with the award-winning short, Dear Sweet Emma, created entirely in LightWave 3D. The piece has already taken honors at the Kalamazoo ...