DreamWorks Animation’s PUSS IN BOOTS has set a Halloween weekend box office record. The SHREK spinoff grew $34 million over the weekend of Oct. 28-30, 2011.

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Bethesda, MD, Oct. 31, 2011 — Pixeldust Studios, an Emmy Award-winning digital animation and visual design studio that creates innovative animations and motion graphics for major broadcast and cable television clients, has produced over one thousand animations and visual effects that will be featured in the upcoming, four-part “NOVA” television series, The Fabric of the Cosmos. Based on the best-selling book by author Brian Greene (The Elegant Universe), The Fabric of the Cosmos will air on PBS for four consecutive Wednesdays, beginning November 2nd.

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This tutorial will explain how to create a nice 3D skyscraper text effect in Photoshop CS5, and will cover a couple of basic 3D concepts in the Photoshop 3D environment.
This part (Part 1) will explain how to create the basic 3D scene, apply the different needed materials, and adjust the lights for rendering. The next part (Part 2), will explain the remaining steps needed to get the final result.

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Hello everybody, in this tutorial, we will create a little penguin character with simple technique. Mostly, we will using the Ellipse Tool, the Direct Selection Tool, the Path Selection Tool and effect on the blending options. So, you should know the basic’s of shape and path.

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This tutorial will instruct you on how to create a vexel portrait in Corel Draw. This tutorial is not for beginners in Corel. To follow the tutorial you need to know the basics of Corel DRAW like trimming, welding, drawing with bezeir tool etc.

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The lion is one of the four big cats, and is also known as the king of all animals.

Wild lions currently exist in Africa and Asia. They typically inhabit savanna and grassland, sometimes they may be found in the bush and the forest. Lions are unusually social compared to other cats. A pride of lions consists of related females and offspring and a small number of adult males.

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