Covers high-end animation techniques, including dynamic facial animation and lip synching; how to animate with a sound track; animating with controllers, expressions and multiple modifiers; and animating the environment with cameras, lights, atmospheres, and space warps. Plug-ins such as Character Studio, HyperMatter, Morphmagic and MAXTrax are discussed. In addition, chapters detail how to market animations, and video post alternatives. The CD-ROM contains plug-in demos, sample animations, tutorial files, and bonus appendices. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.