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Friday, September 17, 2004 Rendering technology provides the foundation of any CG feature. As the industry heads toward independence of the animation package, the impact of mental ray® on production grows. To follow this trend, check out the LA mental ray®User Group at www.lamrug.org

Wednesday, March 19, 2003 Mirai used to sculpt Gollum's face. An excellent interview with Bay Raitt tells us how Weta uses Mirai in their facial animation pipeline in this AWN feature article. It also credits the actor, animators and mocap specialists together in the creation of Gollum's performance.