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Article: Chicago Tribune Binary Beat column.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- March 5, 2006
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Byline: James Coates
Mar. 5--PROGRAMS PUT AMATEUR DESIGNERS IN NEW DIMENSION: Have you ever wondered where they get those twirling logos that dance across the video screen touting everything from Eyewitness News to Alka-Seltzer?
Are you curious about how those ever more realistic computer games create entire platoons of fantastic characters garbed in bizarre gear and running, jumping and (of course) shooting their way across a surreal landscape rendered in impossibly brilliant colors?
Today I'd like to introduce you to the fast-evolving world of home-brewed 3-D computer animations that are changing everything from the face of the Web to cartoon ...