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SIGGRAPH Animation Theaters, part 2.(Portfolio)

Computer Graphics World

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There is often a misconception that the SIGGRAPH Animation Theaters are looked upon as a second-place prize for those not selected for the Electronic Theater, but that is far from the truth, says Computer Animation Festival chair Paul Debevec of the USC Institute for Creative Technologies. "This year, even if every single piece in the Electronic Theater were to disappear and we had to build a new one, we could do it [from the Animation Theaters], and it would still be great."

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The Animation Theaters featured amazing reels that were organized by theme. One highlight was an entire reel of scientific visualization, including space imagery, among them "Solar-Terrestrial Interaction from Cosmic Collisions" by the American Museum of Natural History.

In all, 905 pieces were submitted to the festival. One ...

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