1993 - 1995 Pacific Data Images

In 1994 I joined Pacific Data Images as User-Interface Designer for their animation tools. They are a computer animation and effects facility that uses largly in-house developed software to create animation and effects for Motion Picture and Television (they produced the animated movies Antz and Shrek with Dreamworks). I was given the task of making their tools easier to use. I worked on tools like a color picker, a lighting editor, and a motion path editor. Unfortunately, since PDI's tools are proprietary, I don't have any screen shots to show, and after spending a year and a half working on PDI's tools I realized that I wanted to work on interfaces that more people could use, including myself if I ever left the company. Right about then the web was starting to blossom so I decided to check it out.