Dan Ablan is president of AGA Digital Studios, Inc., a 3D animation and visual effects company in the Chicago area. AGA Digital has produced 3D visuals for broadcast, corporate, and architectural clients since 1994, as well as post-production services in conjunction with Post Meridian, LLC. Recent work includes 3D animation for United Airlines, NASA, Lockheed Martin, as well as Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
Dan is the author of many best selling international books from New Riders Publishing (Peach Pit Publishing Group), LightWave Power Guide (v5.0), Inside LightWave 3D (v5.5), Inside LightWave [6], LightWave 6.5 Effects Magic, Inside LightWave 7, Inside LightWave 8, and co-author of LightWave 8 Killer Tips. He also is the author of [digital] Cinematography & Directing, and served as technical editor for [digital] Lighting & Rendering. Dan was also a contributor to After Effects 5.5 Magic, from New Riders Publishing.
Dan has recently completed three new books, one for Thomson Course Technology on Luxology's modo 3D modeling software, another for Wiley Publishing on Digital Photography for 3D Animation, and one for Peach Pit Publishing - Inside LightWave 3D v9. He is currently working on an update to his successful modo book.
Dan is also the founder of 3D Garage.com (www.3dgarage.com), a website dedicated to LightWave 3D learning and LightWave 3D sales. 3D Garage is owned and operated by AGA Digital Studios, Inc. and offers high quality CD-ROM based LightWave courseware. AGA Digital Studios, Inc. is a NewTek authorized LightWave training facility and reseller. Dan Ablan has released an on-going series of training videos through Class on Demand, (www.classondemand.net) and has written columns and articles for LightWave Pro magazine, Video Toaster User magazine, 3D Design magazine, 3D World magazine, and NewTek Pro magazine. Dan has been teaching LightWave seminars since 1995 across the country, and at AGA Digital Studios, Inc. Some of the companies Dan has trained include Fox Television, ABC-TV New York City, CBS-TV Indianapolis, WTTW-TV PBS Chicago, Lockheed Martin, NASA, and many others.
Additionally, Dan is an avid photographer, having studied photojournalism in college. Visit his gallery at www.danablan.com
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