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: At the time of the photo, VF-194 was attached to Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10) and was slated to serve aboard the USS Independence . However, budget cuts and strategic shifts led to the squadron's early decommissioning before it could complete a full deployment.

VF-194 was one of the shortest-lived F-14 squadrons in U.S. Navy history, established on December 1, 1986, and disestablished in September 1988. Because of its brief existence, photographs of its aircraft are relatively rare and often archived in historical collections like the National Archives (NARA) and Wikimedia Commons .

: Files like these often contain EXIF metadata , which can include the camera settings, date taken, and sometimes GPS coordinates.

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Collaborative creation of CGTarian team and DreamWorks Animation Studios specialists.

: At the time of the photo, VF-194 was attached to Carrier Air Wing 10 (CVW-10) and was slated to serve aboard the USS Independence . However, budget cuts and strategic shifts led to the squadron's early decommissioning before it could complete a full deployment.

VF-194 was one of the shortest-lived F-14 squadrons in U.S. Navy history, established on December 1, 1986, and disestablished in September 1988. Because of its brief existence, photographs of its aircraft are relatively rare and often archived in historical collections like the National Archives (NARA) and Wikimedia Commons .

: Files like these often contain EXIF metadata , which can include the camera settings, date taken, and sometimes GPS coordinates.

Ray Rig Video Tutorials

Below you will find video tutorials that will help you to get to know Ray and it's functionality.

Ray Rig Introduction

Get to know Ray

In this video Dreamworks' animator and CGTarian online school mentor Mike Saffianoff introduces a rig of Ray character and shows its functionality.

Naturalistic blink

Character Close-Up: Crafting a Believable Face course.

This video fragment of Mike Safianoff's (Dreamworks) lecture tells us how to create natural blinking animation. at0194.jpg

Expressive Eyes

Character Close-Up: Crafting a Believable Face course.

Another piece of Mike Safianoff's (Dreamworks) lecture, where he tells how to create expressive eye animation.

Eye movements

Character Close-Up: Crafting a Believable Face course.

In this video Mike Safianoff's (Dreamworks) shows us important points in eye movement animation. : At the time of the photo, VF-194

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