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The Thrill is Gone?

An interesting question was posed to me recently…does knowing the behind the scenes stuff, the nuts and bolts, of media production lessen the “wow” factor for you as a viewer? This question not only applies to my experiences as a film and media student, but it’s also a question that directly relates to my experience […]

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70’s The New 40

Ask yourself this; Why does getting old have to be a bad thing? We spend our entire lives waiting to be 16, 18, 21, and then what? Are we are suppose to just sit back and accept that anything after our 20s is one step closer to looking like your grandparents? Not hardly. Today’s population […]

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5 Stress Reducing Tips

Working long hours and fighting to beat tight deadlines, our animators are very familiar with stress and the toll it can take on them. So in honor of Stress Awareness Day this week, we decided to share some tips on how to reduce the stress levels in your life. First, what is stress? The National […]

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Building a liquid-cooled, overclocked, 6-core render node for $1500.00!

Rendering is the most computationally intensive part of 3D animation. The part where having the computer with the fastest processor and the most memory really comes in handy. At Abbott Media we do quite a lot of rendering. To give you an idea, a single frame of animation can take up to three hours to […]

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National ADDY Awards

Abbott Media is proud to announce that we’re finalists for the National ADDY Award competition in Austin, Texas this year! After winning one gold and two silver awards in the regional competition, our entries will now move on to the national level in June. We want to thank our wonderful clients for giving us the […]