NEWS:JOE'S RANTS

Joe Gunn is the on-staff 3d animation and visual effects specialist at Digital Pictures in Minneapolis.
Joe has been certified by Discreet to train individuals, groups and entire companies on 3DS Max
and Combustion. Joe is not only a technician but an artist as well. Some of his industry experience
includes commercial and print design, post production and design/visulaization projects here in the
Twin Cities.

Past email 3/11/04

Greetings Max junkies! Let's get down to business:

NEXT MEETING:

Date: Wed March 31st. 2004

Place: Digital Pictures, 212 N. 2nd St. Minneapolis, MN 55401

Time: 6:30pm bar opens 7:00pm Contest Starts

Topic: This is the first Real-Time contest for our max user group. The stakes are high so please sign up early. This contest will bring out the best in our community. If your hungry for a plugin, come out and show your talents. We have sponsor's like Turbo Squid and the Discreet Certified Plugins, CAT character animation toolkit, and Digimation for contest prizes. These prizes will not be given out easily. Each module can only have 6 entries so signup early! Don't by shy. If you have any questions or concerns please contact me. GOOD LUCK!

1st Place Prizes: (Final Render Stage-1) (CAT) (Bones Pro)

If you have not come to a group meeting make sure you attend this one! Remember First Come First Serve for the Contest! Register NOW!

Last thing to note, our website is going to be complete by next week. You will notice that we now have a lot of content brewing and it's being updated daily.

Important message about the website: Our gallery section will be a place for our members to post their images. It will be a password protected area for uploading. If you want to upload your images CONTACT: russell@hdmg.com for the keys!

We only accept still images in a suitable web format (jpeg) no larger than 800X600. NO animation's will be allowed at this time.

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Until we meet again, 3ds max rocks!

If you don't know you better ask somebody!