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Animation:Master is a 3D character animation package by Hash, Inc. that includes tools for modeling, animating, and rendering. To learn more about Animation Master's features, see Animation:Master Features. Animation:Master was developed for and is targeted towards independent artists, so the workflow is designed to allow one artist to create a rendered animated piece from start to finish. The software uses a proprietary spline mesh technology to perform modeling and animation, and it is different in this sense from polygon mesh or NURBS-based programs.

The system used is called patch-based modelling. It uses multiple splines to create intersecting areas, called patches. Animation:Master is unique among 3D modelers in being able to easily support unusual spline topologies including five-sided patches which are unknown in traditional NURBS modelers.

Animation:Master has been used to create some of the most widely viewed animations of the internet age, including "Alien Song" and "Killer Bean 2". It's famed for both its low price and ease of use.

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A:M Resource Matrix - The official tutorial resource for Hash's Animation: Master.

A:M Studio - Features stills, animations, tutorials, and materials.
Meta Description: [ AM Studio, site dédié à Animation Master, galerie, animations, textures... ]

Animation Master Mailing List Search Engine - Searchable by subject, author or date.

Animation Master Plugins - A small collection of handy plugins by Masashi Watanabe, including MirrorSplines.

Anzovin Studio - Creators of the RAF character rig. Offers tutorials, videos and applications.

ArcticPigs Scripting Tutorials - A collection of scripting lessons for the 3d web viewer by Jeff Lee.

Basic Splinemanship I - Simple tutorial about working with hash splines.

CgTalk - Support forum and editorial comments for and by Animation Master users.
Meta Description: [ Application specific discussion for users of Hash Animation:Master (www.hash.com)., CGTalk, the CGSociety's official forum for digital artists ]

Colin's Loft - Colin Freeman's site, featuring an extensive tutorial, based on modeling his young son.

Creating Spider Webs in Animation: Master '99 - A tutorial by Jeff Paries.
Meta Description: [ , it occured to me that one of the new features available in Animation:Master '99 would be ideal for creating a great looking web with minimal effort. This feature is called Line Geometry, and it essentially allows you to draw a spline anywhere and any shape, and have it render as a line. ]

Demented3D - Features stills and animations by Matthew Krick, as well as his anime and toon tutorials.

Eggington's Animation: Master Models - Actions and models available for download. Includes characters, animals, vehicles and buildings.

404 Font Wiz - Converts text into an Animation Master model, using any TrueType font.

FrankSilas.com - Animation and modeling tutorials.

Gary C. Martin CGI - 3D character art, animation and articles. Site covers a range of personal studies, commissions and tutorials. The most popular references are the Preston Blair and Extended Phoneme mouth shapes.
Meta Description: [ Gary C. Martin's 3D cartoon character art, animation and articles. Contains phoneme mouth shape references, character rigging suggestions and cartoon character designs. ]

Hash Inc. - Developer of cross-platform modeling, rendering and animation software.

Hash's Animation:Master FAQs - A collection of frequently asked questions from the Hash Animation: Master mailing list.

KCI:dnd A:M Projects - Features several unique Animation: Master plugins, downloadable projects, and an image gallery.

Mart Animation - Offers a plugin that exports Genesis3D Actor files, and a tutorial showing how to build a monster.

Mike's Media - Animation: Master Files - A collection of Animation: Master projects available for download. Includes particle effects, booleans and stereo rendering.

Sherwood's Forest - Community and portal for Animation: Master users with tutorials, user groups, tips and tricks, resources, project files, books and other information.

The Animation Master Glossary - A comprehensive list of Animation: Master terms for beginners.

The Babbage Patch - Tutorials featuring water effects, compact disc creation as well as an image gallery.

TinCan's Gallery - Home of may useful Animation: Master tips, including basic splinemanship and FontWiz tutorials.

ToonNation - Creators of a wide selection of shaders for Animation: Master.
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Yves Poissant - Offers tutorials, as well as downloadable models, materials, plugins, and a skylight for Animation: Master. Also features a gallery of works.
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Zandoria Studios - Independent studio using A:M for character design. Includes tutorials on converting from Rhino to A:M, and works in progress.

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