Resources

ASIFA-Seattle Animators

ASIFA Seattle Members’ Biographies
Our membership centers around the Puget Sound reigon of Washington State.

Classes and Workshops

911 Media Arts Center, Seattle WA
Seattle Flash User Group, Seattle WA
NW Film Forum/WigglyWorld, Seattle WA
Northwest Film Center || School of Film, Portland OR

Schools

Art Institute of Seattle, Seattle WA
Bellevue College, WA
Digipen, Redmond WA
Evergreen State College, Olympia WA
Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design, Vancouver, BC Canada
Olympic College, Bremerton WA
Oregon3D, Portland OR
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR
Seattle Central Community College, WA
U.W. Animation Lab, Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering, Seattle WA
Vancouver Institute of Media Arts, BC Canada
Vancouver Film School, BC Canada

Also see a listing of 900+ schools in 54 countries:
      AWN Animation School Database

Festivals

2D or Not 2D exploring the future of animation
Seattle Children's Film Festival always has lots of good animation screening
SIFF Seattle International Film Festival
One Reel Film Festival at Bumbershoot, Seattle WA
Irish Reels, Seattle WA
NW Film - Video Fest, Portland OR
Sakura Con - anime convention, Seattle WA

Equipment Rental

911 Media Arts Center, Seattle WA
NW Film Forum/WigglyWorld, Seattle WA
Victory Studios, Seattle WA
Northwest Film Center, Portland OR

Software

Adobe - Flash, AfterEffects, Photoshop, Premiere Pro
Hash - Animation Master, 3D modelling and animation package
Frame Thief - Mac-based stop-motion software
Stop Motion Pro - PC-based stop-motion software

Hardware

Animation Toolworks - "Toolbox" for stop-motion films or pencil tests