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3DPDX and the Portland Autodesk Animation User Group is pleased to host an evening with Eric Scheur and Fred Ruff from BENT IMAGE LAB! BENT IMAGE LAB is a Portland production company and animation studio specializing in commercials, music videos, short films, and visual effects for feature films. Eric (Animator) and Fred (CG Supervisor) will be explaining how animators and TDs work together and will be explaining the importance of strong Pipeline at Bent. They will also be showing off some custom tools which were developed in-house to speed up the production process. Sure to be a valuable talk! FRED RUFF // When it comes to comes to computer generated graphics, Technical Director Fred Ruff wrote the book—or rather, the software! A leader in the field for over fifteen years, Ruff got his start in New York working for a post production facility, and has created graphics for Crystal Dynamics in San Mateo. Ruff worked as the Product Designer for Autodesk's 3DStudio Max, one of the industry's leading 3D modeling applications. ERIC SCHEUR // Eric is an experienced character animator who has worked with the likes of Bent Image Lab, Laika/House and Fashionbuddha Studio on dozens of national commercial campaigns. Eric was trained in Advanced Character Animation Studies at AnimationMentor and is a contributing editor at 11SecondClub.com Refreshments will be provided by Autodesk and Sketchbook, Inc. Raffle items: • Autodesk Tee Shirts • 3 full version of the new 3dCoat software • 10 “Portland” Posters from Tangible Worldwide Please RSVP as space will be limited. Join 3DPDX: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=2997513 Http://3dpdx.com Follow us on Twitter: @3DPDX, @AutodeskPDX